Otara (Misunderstood)

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Dimuat naik oleh rikerstarr

It's the home of the brave

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

Uh, Otara raised me

Turned me from a boy into a man

As a youngin' comin' up

My parents always had a plan

Raised in the city of the faithful

We didn't have much

But gah' damn we were grateful

From Sandbrook to Flatbush down Preston to E.T

Bring it back around the long slide is where you'll find me

Kickin' it with the USOs jamming tag down at Ngati

Otara you already know what's f***in good g

Stereotypical views is what we're fighting

The typical news about the place that I reside in

The gangs, the violence is all they care about

It's like you'll never make it far

If you're a kid from the South

There isn't a place on this earth that's so similar to heaven

But they paint a different picture when you watch that Ten 7

THERE'S NO WAY

Just shows how little they know

When all they see's a kid screamin' out AYO

From the 274 to the 685

Reppin' my city like I'm reppin' my tribe

Straight chillin' on this high

Hittin' rhymes right off the mind

Sippin' on this lemon lime while I ride the 49

Forever loyal to the soil I was raised on

Never forgetting where I came from

I'll always keep it in my heart

And I'm reppin' my city Lua Fiku to the Fa

Cheeehooo

It's that love and it's tuff

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

My home my heart that's Ōtara

History made foundations laid

Through the Dawnraid of my forefathers

Fighting for our rights

Shedding light upon our people

Creating opportunities to make sure that we're equal

I'm talking 'bout the hood with so much pride

And minimal praise

And most people just get by on minimum wage

Though it's a given

Individuals no matter the age

Will have their cover judged

Without the person reading the page

Is that a ploy g saying I ain't from the hood to annoy me

Boy out the hood but you can't take the hood out of the boy

See, all these dudes should know better

See I moved out but always got the hood on my mind

Like my New Era

Parents they been go-getters from the get go

Made a change - though it wasn't presto

One thing remains they taught me respect those

People that deserve to be respected

My elders and show love to the neglected

Now tell the world that we ready steady comin' up

If there's a problem we'll put our your light like ciggy butts

Channel that inner Ruben Wiki when we run it up

Lisone when it's up the guts

But if it's uppercuts then that's the inner Uncle Jake the Muss

'Cause we Warriors to the E N D

Otara Flea Markets right next to the M.I.T

Listening to freestyles that have the peeps like O M G

Feelin' Bizarre like they was listening to OMC

It's the H.O.B

Or the home of the Scorpion

Double check the colours that you walking in

Or the tone that you talking

No gawking or acting staunch

I see it clear in my eyes

We from the same hood so put the hate and ill feeling aside, yeah

Said it's that 274 buzz

And if I'm eatin'

We all eating

'Cause it's all love

There ain't no changing where you came from

'Cause at the end of the day I reckon we'll be singing the same song

Like, aye

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

Shoutouts to all the boys from the hood

New Zealand's Inglewood

And big shoutouts to the USOs that make noise in the hood

Bring stories to the hood

Bring glory to the hood

If you're a stranger there's some places to avoid in the hood

See we were raised in the hood

Getting blazed in the hood

And if somebody got beef

Scoop up the boys and we're good

Ain't nothing changed in the hood

Still full of rage in the hood

And you can leave but you never really get away from the hood

It just stays in the hood

Nothing fades in the hood

So when I die you can scatter my remains in the hood

'Cause even though there's so much pain in the hood

There's so much good buried just beneath the surface - misunderstood

It's the home of the brave

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

Uh, Otara raised me

Turned me from a boy into a man

As a youngin' comin' up

My parents always had a plan

Raised in the city of the faithful

We didn't have much

But gah' damn we were grateful

From Sandbrook to Flatbush down Preston to E.T

Bring it back around the long slide is where you'll find me

Kickin' it with the USOs jamming tag down at Ngati

Otara you already know what's f***in good g

Stereotypical views is what we're fighting

The typical news about the place that I reside in

The gangs, the violence is all they care about

It's like you'll never make it far

If you're a kid from the South

There isn't a place on this earth that's so similar to heaven

But they paint a different picture when you watch that Ten 7

THERE'S NO WAY

Just shows how little they know

When all they see's a kid screamin' out AYO

From the 274 to the 685

Reppin' my city like I'm reppin' my tribe

Straight chillin' on this high

Hittin' rhymes right off the mind

Sippin' on this lemon lime while I ride the 49

Forever loyal to the soil I was raised on

Never forgetting where I came from

I'll always keep it in my heart

And I'm reppin' my city Lua Fiku to the Fa

Cheeehooo

It's that love and it's tuff

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

My home my heart that's Ōtara

History made foundations laid

Through the Dawnraid of my forefathers

Fighting for our rights

Shedding light upon our people

Creating opportunities to make sure that we're equal

I'm talking 'bout the hood with so much pride

And minimal praise

And most people just get by on minimum wage

Though it's a given

Individuals no matter the age

Will have their cover judged

Without the person reading the page

Is that a ploy g saying I ain't from the hood to annoy me

Boy out the hood but you can't take the hood out of the boy

See, all these dudes should know better

See I moved out but always got the hood on my mind

Like my New Era

Parents they been go-getters from the get go

Made a change - though it wasn't presto

One thing remains they taught me respect those

People that deserve to be respected

My elders and show love to the neglected

Now tell the world that we ready steady comin' up

If there's a problem we'll put our your light like ciggy butts

Channel that inner Ruben Wiki when we run it up

Lisone when it's up the guts

But if it's uppercuts then that's the inner Uncle Jake the Muss

'Cause we Warriors to the E N D

Otara Flea Markets right next to the M.I.T

Listening to freestyles that have the peeps like O M G

Feelin' Bizarre like they was listening to OMC

It's the H.O.B

Or the home of the Scorpion

Double check the colours that you walking in

Or the tone that you talking

No gawking or acting staunch

I see it clear in my eyes

We from the same hood so put the hate and ill feeling aside, yeah

Said it's that 274 buzz

And if I'm eatin'

We all eating

'Cause it's all love

There ain't no changing where you came from

'Cause at the end of the day I reckon we'll be singing the same song

Like, aye

You can tell where I'm from

If you take a look into my eyes

'Cause it's 274 that I rep

'Til the day that I die

If you see the boys out on the streets

You already know why

'Cause it's 274 that I rep 'til the day that I die

Shoutouts to all the boys from the hood

New Zealand's Inglewood

And big shoutouts to the USOs that make noise in the hood

Bring stories to the hood

Bring glory to the hood

If you're a stranger there's some places to avoid in the hood

See we were raised in the hood

Getting blazed in the hood

And if somebody got beef

Scoop up the boys and we're good

Ain't nothing changed in the hood

Still full of rage in the hood

And you can leave but you never really get away from the hood

It just stays in the hood

Nothing fades in the hood

So when I die you can scatter my remains in the hood

'Cause even though there's so much pain in the hood

There's so much good buried just beneath the surface - misunderstood