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MASTER SPLINTER feat MUKPUDDY
Konnichiwa my turtle charges, you boys and girls are all wonderful people.
On this ‘Brightness Sparks’ LP, Esoligh has brought his best and brightest ideas, with some of the best and brightest artists he’s had the opportunity to be in contact with. I feel as though the universal balance within this art is good.
My turtle family, soak up the heart in his work and feeel the aroha like a hug from a faithful friend, hmmm my ninjas.
Break apart the rocks around your heart and love everyone who crosses your path, we are us,
there is an “i” in team but it is in the “A” hole.
Repetition is the mother of skill, and love is a muscle that needs developing, walk tall and hone your craft, you are wiser than you know.
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HIPPY GURLS by ESOLIGH featuring MATT HERD.
Introducing, the one, the holy, ESOLIGH!! (MATT HERD)
1st Verse (ESOLIGH)
Out at a club, nah I was on Facebook,
Had about as much money as a homeless dude with his face shook,
Lost in the game, like bukarking chicken’s .. looks,
Wanted to develop the friendship but got harshly roadblocked
Girls look at me, and they see mental illness,
Mauiui becomes much more important than stillness,
They, don’t seem to care bout what I’ve achieved,
They more, seem to care about shit they don’t see in me
Yo I’m seen as this lame horse and a fake has four legs,
Integration my issue, like lentils and eggs,
I wish I could be an integrated free form human being,
To be honest, the guy you’re seeing has nothing on me
I get brutally bro’d by every single wahine that knows,
About the pain I have felt, the medical paradigm blows,
It’s the one that they follow, a bunch of chumps,
Are my emotions not, the most important of bumps?
Chorus (MATT HERD)
And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl,
She said yo,
Won’t you come with me girl?
She said bro,
no, no, no,
I won’t go, wherever you go
And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl,
She said yo,
Won’t you come with me girl?
She said bro,
no, no, no,
I won’t go, wherever you go
2nd Verse (ESOLIGH)
Placing my faith in the Goddess, and the heavens,
My heart reads the oneness like snowboarders at Methven,
Riding the lightning without drugs in my veins,
Know the Master within and let him take the reins
No fear, that’s the message, I say to myself,
Down with the arrogant self, up with the inner wealth,
For the world seems to turn on some invisible shit,
Some big pharma, makutu, up in this bitch
I rhyme for the wahine who need a light by day,
A rhyme by night, shining brightness leading light,
I rhyme for that street kid, I gave my old skateboard to,
Even though some other streetie, stood over and robbed you, of it
Cos I do my best to do righteous deeds,
I’m a fully unknown quantity tuned to my own station,
Like, Pass the Dutchie this generation rules the nation,
Like my, Uncle Dave working up on the sheep station
Chorus (MATT HERD)
And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl,
She said yo,
Won’t you come with me girl?
She said bro,
no, no, no,
I won’t go, wherever you go
And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl,
She said yo,
Won’t you come with me girl?
She said bro,
no, no, no,
I won’t go, wherever you go
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COMMUNITY by ESOLIGH feat SHAQLES & DJ SCIZZORHANDS
CHORUS (Esoligh)
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi,
Like a taniwha
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
What up, to Legal Money Mike!
Yea yup, that brother is maddd tight,
Had my back since I appeared from thin air,
Disappeared to a ward then I reappeared!
Thanks my bro, mad puawai to you g!
The one like Marcus Delic reminds me,
Of the homie, the mythology, Legal Money,
A community walking upright on the daily
James Delic spits mantras, spiritually,
Bringing the Indigo prominently,
MC Bjorn I met at the clubhouse Arcade,
One of the greatest, Iwi of Aotearoa made
A blessed moment, that keeps going on,
The people I love, walk upright, walk on,
Arohanui to my tuahine Ally, and her fiancee Johnny,
Straight to you in Germany to bless your reality
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi,
Like a taniwha
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH)
Sitting here in Birkdale liveily,
The community is felt here on fb,
The community pages tell me more,
About who lives around me y’all
Than any other interaction, in the street,
Cos we just walk by everyone we meet,
Or drive past each other ignorant of we,
It’s tv land like k-os said believe me
We all together kept apart by the television screen,
1984, unnecessary buying is the mainstream,
Stay free be yourself only,
Not someone elses' putty
The freedom is yours if you let it be,
It’s not mine to give away,
But yours to find for yourself,
Free them dope rhymes from the shelf
Yo! Free like Gandalf and all the elves
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi,
Like a taniwha
VERSE THREE (SHAQLES)
So I be here on step one,
Sitting near a wall where,
My thoughts give the less-on,
On one of them days I feel less on
I think about my fam in return,
I put my best on, knowing i could I press on,
Uh, gather round, candy in a bag,
I'm swinging the bat around
And I got a batarang,
I'm sending it outta town,
In other words,
I'm steady holding it down
And I dun came long way from it,
Things I dun seen that make it hard to stomach,
And I'm all about chillin' and working towards a better life,
Past friends keep telling me the wrong advice..
And if you be the one to try and impress on,
Know that inside you got a weapon.
It's set on the real,
Instead of postin' up being headstrong,
Try to be the only one living, not slept on
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi
Community, means everything to me,
Everyone together working kotahi,
Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi,
Like a taniwha
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*LOVE* by ESOLIGH featuring RIZVÁN & DJ SCIZZORHANDS
CHORUS (Esoligh)
YOOOO YO YO YO YO
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
(repeats four times)
VERSE ONE (Esoligh)
On this real atmospheric tip of reality,
Bless your temples, bless your soul,
Let’s roll towards our goals,
Bless you and yours constantly
Let there be peace, let there be peace,
Throughout reality, throughout the land,
Let us be free, live in positivity,
Shaq Gavet paints pictures
With this beat, he sets me free,
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY,
We are universes orbiting each other,
Some nasty goodness, we like to eat
Some extreme people out there,
Trying to mainstream all of us,
From our personal pathways,
Fuck ‘em, be yourselves my gees
Live on for days,
Stay alive, be and thrive,
Hug your Mum everyone,
Life is in this moment yeah
Set your guns to stun!
CHORUS (Esoligh)
YOOOO YO YO YO YO x 4
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
(repeats four times)
VERSE TWO (Esoligh)
I lie here early in the morning, typing,
This beat repeats only one minute long,
I summon the Holy Spirit from within my heart,
The energy lifts, as I spit this gift
Rise from your slumber,
Realise you need to cut this lumber,
REALL, REAL, REAL,
Like Cappadonna and ODB
I light your fire from within me,
These raps a phat light of freedom gee,
Haters gon hate, religiously,
While my freedom reigns righteously
Fuck everybody that doesn’t understand,
Fear and ego are the enemy,
Like Earl said (SK La' Flare said it on the track but Earl rapped it on stage when I saw him and that's what I was referring to), crucify them to death,
The Rugged Man raises the dead
And I shed, the, devils from within me,
What I read, The words I read,
In the Gnostic gospels set me free,
The Gospel of Phillip will deliver me
CHORUS (Esoligh)
YOOOO YO YO YO YO
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
(repeats four times)
VERSE THREE (Rizván)
I wanna be me, I wanna be free,
To share my truth when I speak,
You better believe, for the mountains peak like a breeze,
But clouds down to the sea
Just be, myself and not to worry bout the judgements of nobody else
It's hard enough, living this life to receive love,
When your guard is up,
Sorry tryna cover scars and harden up
Insecurities, the deepest fear in me,
Acceptance, don't wanna be all alone and left neglected,
No cellphone, no internet, feeling so disconnected,
But putting up a front, a facade of just the best bits
We all see through the veils,
But nobody else wants to fail, hell,
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
That's just the truth, I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you... that's just the truth
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GET RHYTHM by ESOLIGH featuring SHAQLES, BRIAN G. & DJ SCIZZORHANDS
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
'Get Rhythm', like Johnny Cash,
I smash the enemy's negativity energy,
Give it the bash, agash, rewash,
All you evil ones get smashed
Fiddling with kids, get rashed,
Monsta mash rehash, tiggy tash,
I’m flash, enter shikari, enter goku,
I slice thru like my nephews
Here I go, bringing the heater,
Not like the one Mum bought tho,
The shit’s pre broken so it’s cold in here,
The warewhare gear not that shit yeah!
Like the legend Tom’s, shit year,
I lie here daring like a double dare,
Listening to the remenants of Everclear,
Bought circa ’96 from the old G’field mall
Fuck yeah!! (oh, fuck yeah)
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
VERSE TWO (BRIAN G)
Knee deep in the waters at my adolescence' twilight,
Recognise a 9-5 could leave my mind finite,
Primed with a plan I'm on the first flight to freedom,
It's a blossoming effect I'm branching off into season
Catching, wind in my roots on the path less travelled
Tongue, built like a helix so the words unravel,
Pray my soul stay pure knocking wood like gavel,
Disposition of possession branding me like chattel
Thank the seven stars for Andre, Sean, Lauryn & Chicago
If the cadence wasn't there I'd fall victim to Iago
Yo amplified excellence left stretches in my skin,
Same scars now validate the decadence within, me
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
Johnny saved my life,
Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE,
Like CHRIST
VERSE THREE (SHAQLES)
I'm what they wanted, never the one to want it,
But someone got me to follow through, collar blue I'm on it,
And they been the past on the weekend,
So I dun threw the trash in the deep end, I thought about it
Why you tryna condone, messages in the air,
I be sitting alone, with nuttin' up in my ear,
With something that I could hear, something telling me no,
Energy in my square with circles I should've known, and I'm
Pro Am, I go HAM, youngin's in this game,
But the focus ain't the program, poetry in motion,
Celebrating nothin' feeling broken,
Reaping what you sew, got a blanket I dun Woven. broham
They say there's two people in life,
Those who got it, and those who wanting to get it
And I feel I'm kinda both in a way, so i'm kinda winning,
Season in the pocket and I ain't spit in a minute, I'm kidding
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DECIMATE FOES by ESOLIGH feat ESOREX1 and RAIZA BIZA
CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1)
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
VERSE ONE (ESOREX1)
Yo I 'Decimate Foes' with flows,
Breaking nosebones, wise knowledge knows,
Metaphorically splitting, heads as I said
Break beats, break legs, break minds, divine ensigns
Knowledge reigns supreme, over negative I told you so's,
Busting down doors, with the flows,
Righteous rhythms written, rhyme schemes worn like mittens,
Dissing fools that are lost in the matrix
Lighted steps lift feet over foes trait tricks
Despited steptoe tricks lost to my picks,
Speak truth and not folly, foolish words, manure lorry,
Spitting this fight at night, much tight
The sight I see is dear an' clear as beer
To an alcoholic skating like Peter Smolik,
Grinding, flipping, ruling, oh yip sick tricks,
Bru the vision is undissable, kissable
Gotta sight the beautiful within and around us,
Light up the lamp with the truest of trueness and soundness,
Say yes to best, in the west of the nest,
Staying in Birkdale, haere ra to Blessie
Wack eggs do wack things unbesty,
Tear down the ugly with the lighted,
Right best sights we're knighted with,
Rise up like the lost children find yourself
Hands are dealt to smelt your pelt to armour with,
Paying the piper like ya karma disarmer,
Boom bappin' harm like a shwarma,
Eat a nana like Shanna banana
Sent to ya, meant to ya,
These words spoken are written clearer,
Hear the ones you hold dearer to ya
A new one like a massive tackle from a rugby centre,
Bless ya, represent to ya
CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1)
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
VERSE TWO (RAIZA BIZA)
Wah wah, wah wah, wah
One of the most defiant,
Flow close to the heart,
Like the song Lauryn Hill wrote for Zion,
Feel it all combine
Inside these thoughts of mine,
When innocent lives are lost like Columbine,
I'm on my grind,
Studio all the time
Going against the grain,
I never did fall in line,
This is a style I made I call it mine,
The only shit that I rap is the shit that is on my mind
Left it all behind,
Put 'em all in a line,
Sacrifice is necessary,
Leave it all behind
Got these rap critics backflipping with these rap writtens,
Couple rap spitters in the spot with some bad women,
Lose it all just to fall at the Devil's gates,
Tatted tears like Kevin Gates
Mumma said that I never wait,
I'm just trying to catch a ride up to level 8,
Better get it straight,
Young Biza voice of the young people
Mouth piece for move makers,
Voice of the true shakers,
Seen it all I'm just tryna get a few acres,
Couple chains got me trapped up in some new cages
CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1)
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually,
Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps,
We be we, we be free,
Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
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SAID LOVE by ESOLIGH feat BRIAN G.
CHORUS (ESOLIGH & BRIAN G.)
Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what?
He doesn’t exist like my partner,
So he steps not and says nothing,
Puts nothing above loving
Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what?
He doesn’t exist like my partner,
So he steps not and says nothing,
Puts nothing above loving
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
I love women hard n fast,
These hard n fast women, yo they never last,
Love you ladies but don’t got you at all,
I see so much lostness in this whirled
Brokenhearted David P lost sight doesn’t see,
I’m a hurt man women don’t love me much,
But I sleep, peacefully sometimes, without sedation,
On my probation, from the space station,
In full effect, laugh if you want, to it,
But life is not that funny, sometimes, is it,
A hug from Marvin is like a word from Liz Arden,
The type of thing that’s not too often that margined
Pashing stones is my past time,
I pashed sandstone like last time,
Well my love song isn’t yet written,
I try to stay smitten with the love of living
CHORUS (ESOLIGH & BRIAN G.)
Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what?
He doesn’t exist like my partner,
So he steps not and says nothing,
Puts nothing above loving
Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what?
He doesn’t exist like my partner,
So he steps not and says nothing,
Puts nothing above loving
VERSE TWO (BRIAN G.)
Sick as this Auckland weather,
Love is ever-changing and estranging,
Dipping through different phases where emotions keep you caged in,
But even the most veteran street walker knows
You can't escape Cupid's scope,
You ain't outrunning these arrows,
So in the search for a perfect companion,
We travel through canyons and mountains
None of us fathom the brutes and the cannons of thousands,
A battle's promised over the horizon,
No matter how you plan it there will always be surprises,
My point of view was always skewed
Because of past relations,
Made me cold to the idea of a butterfly sensation,
But when you least expect it the universe will direct it,
So suffice to say I shortlived the lonely and neglected, and much affected
My perspective derives on record,
Denounce my past and now you see the madness to my method,
The reason I'm respected is the woman on my team,
Yeah I paired my Martin Luther King flow with a Queen
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5 MINUTES feat SCIZZORHANDS
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
Yo, lying here in the Den, it’s 4:33am,
I just awoke thinking’ about another girl again,
Ya, 2001 since I last had a wahine toa,
Odd vibes, like at Earl Sweatshirt you knowa
I lie back vibing to this Haz instro,
Laying back in the cut like a pro hoe,
But I ain’t that way yo, chillin’,
Red light district at my Mum’s
Got ejected from her house last night before last,
Awoken, yelled at, put on blast,
I held, on, to my strength to not fire back,
And got kicked out in the street, like fitted caps
My stepdad a rough tough old man,
Broke a young mans nose for steppin' to him,
Whanau amazing’, but don’t step,
You’ll get smashed by the Tohunga tone deaf, yes, yes
I bless every single person around me,
I chillin’ and I do it like mutiny on the bounty
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
5 minutes to write this here verse,
5 seconds for verbals to ring out,
Goodbye to the serpents within me,
Send your blackness deep into outer space
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1)
Prayer meeting yo I was at one,
Seen as a pariah for my experience,
Fundamentalism the only way for these men,
Losing sight like falling leaves in Heaven
Wide ranging knowledge,
Of different religions frowned upon like a weakness,
It hurt so much to be shat on like my thesis,
I only got a B- for three years hard graft
Such a fucking bummer I can’t grasp,
I tried so hard, I gave of my soul,
I starved, for these words and that art,
Just to get the shaft from the boss
Urban Design can suck my arse,
I’m sure you can’t live my craft,
Your ideas are major arse, I blast,
Lying back here writing this, in the dark, yea
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
5 minutes to write this here verse,
5 seconds for verbals to ring out,
Goodbye to the serpents within me,
Send your blackness deep into outer space
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JEWEL HEARTS feat HEEFHAKABOOGIE & SCIZZORHANDS
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
Grandma Rowena passed away yesterday,
Sadly but not so, sadly, sure to me,
Grandma was a brilliant example true-ely,
Smashing raps out 1 2 3 to be free
Yo death is a part of life,
Like ‘Eternal Grower’ outlined to every life,
Breaking badness with the radness see through the sadness,
We are everyone, badness beckons not the one
Rowena Isobel Patterson nee Duxbury was one in a million,
She was a billion dollar hearted puawai,
Knew Stephen Pawai of Rangitane,
Righteous rhymes I set these free
What is your favourite lightfully?
There’s more of me that Grandma sees,
98 years young a favourite bee,
KIndhearted wisdom is who she be
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
E Kuia, E Koro
...
E Kuia, E Koro
...
E Kuia, E Koro
...
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH)
Grandpa reunited with Grandma,
Big hugs in heavenly situations, yah
Free your strength of love to the motions,
Your light gave me life elevations
Leaving left sided lefties alight,
My Grandma an artist so nice,
Here I am as I write no bite,
Left over right tai chi might
Mighty Mos Def and Andrew Patterson,
Eccentric geneii with much in common,
My heart is throbbin’ out flow,
I let the kind hearted know
A once in a lifetime show,
A Grandparents love just goes,
Flight to the sky is thine,
Embracing the divine ensign all the time
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
E Kuia, E Koro
...
E Kuia, E Koro
...
E Kuia, E Koro
...
VERSE TWO (HEEFHAKABOOGIE)
Tautoko Manawa, ain’t no English equivalent for what you are,
Our sun and stars for you close yet you’re so far,
The other side called you home and you responded,
And all you ever wanted for us was the best standard
Only you could melt the cold hearts of your grandkids,
The city school of hard knocks gave us harsh lessons,
Still just pitbulls with puppies in your presence,
At age 9 I didn’t even know your first names
Didn’t need to, Nana koro e ro meant the same,
Love, unbiased and unconditional,
Earliest memories I recall sitting there listening to,
You playing trumpet and singing up in the living room
Me and Veronica with tambourines to join along,
Staring up in awe, kids lost in song,
I swear you still hand me melodies from up above,
This music is in my blood
And when you left I wouldn’t believe it,
Yeah they say the first cut is the deepest,
Though it was the second to me it still felt the same,
Different circumstances, still the same pain
Yeah I miss you Koro knew that things would change,
Worried bout Nan, how would she maintain,
I was young but couldn’t bear the thought of only you up in the house,
Never wanted to see you lonely
Still each year you'd send a card on my bday,
With the sweetest messages that I would relay,
Years when arthritis would make your hands shake,
I teared up watching your handwriting deteriorate
Ink smudges from the times I let em fall,
I'd Curse Gods, curse time yeah fuck ‘em all,
Held it in thought it was being a man,
I was still just a boy who loved his Nan
And though we always told you I hope you understand,
We’re all just your mokos who loved you and,
Pass the message on to the rest of the fam,
Ka tutaki ae ki te ao te arai
Miss you, love you, good bye, for now
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RECONNECTION by ESOLIGH featuring SWIZL JAGER
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
VERSE ONE (Esoligh)
Yo I’m a Maaori, through and through,
A Danish, Scottish, Irish, English, Welsh Maaori that’s the truth,
Who are you? Do you even know?
Letting your ancestors inform helping you to define you?
I went to Maketu in February 2002,
Seeking healing from my disconnected whanau,
A broken man with psychotic symptoms,
Struggling through each days glimpses
Stepping into the hui with Paul and Quentin Tapihana,
Demons were dancing in my mental, sucking out my mana,
I sat barely holding on waiting for change,
Anzac and Piripi Tapsell, one love, saying
kia ora, welcome, as I sat flattened by by madness,
The defest matatuhi seeking ahi kaa gladness,
My great kuia Bertha Te Arani Warmington beckoning,
This te ao Maaori world graspable, reachable, needing intersectioning
Unsectioning
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH)
Hetty and Quentin helped me out,
And this whanau connection wasn't in doubt,
Clout, of the holy sanctified bout,
This person I am my own walkabout
I haven’t been back to Maketu since,
My karakia include it, like spears to mints,
Whakaaro naturally wander to awhi me,
Righteous strength of whanau, in I & I you see
I’m a Viking of the sunrise and a Viking of the icy sea,
Blonde haired, blue eyed Danish Maaori soul to see,
Go over to the pain inside of me,
Finding the flipside of shadow, insights I see
When whanau realise I'm a Tapsell they awhi me,
Something shifts, something changes, instantaneously,
I felt myself begin to grow to further activity,
The energy, chi, mauri gives me hunger to be
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
Sights within lead up to understanding,
Leading to futures unreprimanding,
Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending,
It's what I'm seeing!
VERSE THREE (SWIZL JAGER)
Who dat! Who dat! Bitch I got that ahi kaa,
Spitting flames from the centre of my wairua,
They wanna know, ko wai au?
So I tell 'em whakarongo and you best to take notes
I'm a mix of love and violence,
Not a psycho, just a product of environments,
I still recite though not wanna succumb to silence
So play your violins, cos it's a sad state of affairs what them Simon Says
You wanna know my whakapapa,
Get the fuck up off my nuttas,
You're muppets, I shrug 'em off,
Cos they just sucka luckas
I'm a child of the universe culturally identified as Maaori,
But that doesn't define me,
I've got that Chinese blood in my veins, Irish as well as the Danes,
English too, but the fact remains
I am me and you and I will never be the same,
We are our own self and that will never change,
No matter what I still give love and thanks to my Tupuna,
Because without them there would be no us
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11. |
Vibez feat Strahan Cole
03:21
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VIBEZ feat STRAHAN COLE
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH)
Yo, I’m wandering down the street,
Down by the beach, F-R-E-E,
Untouchable like I just smoked good weed,
Shouts to Taila in the green bus baaby!
I hit the probiotics to avoid the pus,
Walking with my wiz-dom as I does,
Gotta avoid being a cunt, sorry munts,
If I was a egg, I need frying to realise
I’m a good guy but I need to realise,
Can’t go on that way, shed this disguise,
Good people get together like 'Into the Dojo',
I flow yo holding on like Holyoake
This Pine Tree Meads type flow,
Keeps on like Sid Going,
I’m knowing like Chey Ataria,
Like Warriors legend Stacey the cuz Jones
I eat boil up like pork bones
CHORUS (STRAHAN COLE)
Vibez is on,
Like sport and art,
Vibez is on,
Like fits and starts,
Vibez is on,
Like beers and weed,
Vibez is on,
Like raising seeds
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH)
When I was young I played rugby,
For one season at 15,
It was mean, a 4th grade team,
Birkenhead College the dream
I had the fear of God put in,
When facing massive island brothers,
On the green, got ran over like a steamroller,
Crushed like the moa
Monster mashed like potato n kumara,
Winded like I ran into a wall and it buckled me,
It don’t stop at the bottom of a ruck,
That’s why rugby players hard as lady luck
Concrete though, that’s more rough love,
More unforgiving than an Island brother,
Or a cricket ball to my astral eye,
At St Pauls in 1993, my hands were broken through
And I felt that G!
CHORUS (STRAHAN COLE)
Vibez is on,
Like sport and art,
Vibez is on,
Like fits and starts,
Vibez is on,
Like beers and weed,
Vibez is on,
Like raising seeds
Vibez is on,
Like sport and art,
Vibez is on,
Like fits and starts,
Vibez is on,
Like beers and weed,
Vibez is on,
Like raising seeds
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12. |
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I KNOW I JAM feat VAJRA GOD
VERSE ONE (VAJRA GOD)
Last night I didn’t sleep that deep,
Watched porn and wrote songs deep,
Made sure I healed my sexuality,
My sexuality incredibly scarred in duality
By what must have been,
Intense and prolonged hurt I mean,
I can’t remember the cause of it all,
I just know I’ve been blocked to y’all
For a very long time the wahine,
Would smile but I n I unable to do anything,
With my sexual energy sadly,
That included a woman unbelievably
Every time I was keen as a bean,
Nothing actually happened to my team,
Now see the light brightly shining in front of me,
With plenty of the finest of pussy offered to me
God is great, Goddess is sensually esoteric,
The best vibes felt through my phallic,
As we jammed that night in Matakana,
I felt my vajra getting larger like a Charger
And I charge her and I kick my fucken dick into her poon tang,
She loves it she swing swing she happy
VERSE TWO (VAJRA GOD)
The only time a woman has touched me,
In recent memory sustainably,
I paid 300 bucks for the vibrations,
Of love and sexual energy
I was so grateful for this,
The rising kundalini, the healing, the synergy,
The energy of pure universality,
It was amazing, I would like more sensually
Yet the Goddess doesn’t email a reply,
To my inquiries for another chapter,
And I’m poorer in fiscal lore,
Too poor at the moment for that score
It is a grand memory, vibrationally,
Contacting, my inner sea, healthily,
Of kundalini energy, sacredly, hornily,
And blissfully, experiencing myself orgasmically
Arohanui for people like that,
Who can offer experience to people that,
Have a broken sexual position,
Helpin’ reinvigorate the hurt fission
So they can hit the pussy all the time and jam it,
Reham it, kick in the satanic,
And be Goddess, Godly love everybody
VERSE THREE (VAJRA GOD)
At the cusp of something extreme,
It might be, like a dream,
A flurry of sexuality, functionality,
A flurry of women exploring me
The joy of sex times 93,
Going only for the pure ladies,
This may be a journey, of ecstasy,
Beyond and free, eccentrically
Of contemporary society,
I’m embarking on my waka,
On the journey of re-discovery,
Of human life on Gaia’s green
The Goddess pure sexual, energy,
Backwardsness needs to be ceased,
Love increase, to love and peace in this time
Of have much mores, and have much leasts, no feasts
The weather buffers my soul in the seas,
I sit here with bare knees,
While winds swirl and blow around me,
I know this is like the wahine
Emotions fluctually moving me,
I sit centred in my seat,
Beautiful babes I love ya, I hug ya,
Give me a tug ya
Suck my vajra all damn day,
And thank ya, jam it, kablamm it,
Kick you in the nuts if you're a wack kid
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13. |
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SUNNY SIDE UP feat ESOREX1, PAKKZ THA GENERAL, RIZVÁN & SCIZZORHANDS
SAMPLE PERFORMED throughout CHORUSES (RIZVÁN)
My life, my life, my life, my life,
In the sunshine (x2)
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1)
I bust these rhythms through my rhymes,
Draw from the vine these intra signs,
Shine the mind from inner lines,
Nines on nines the baby’s timed
Who are you but who you are,
Silently praying up to stars,
Shaqles drops this funky jam,
I hit land, like internal tans
Keeping my inner sight glued,
Righteous rhyming, dopest dudes,
Soulfood, wholefoods, good n true,
Defining words like dictionaries
Playing inside minds, like Pictionary,
I sire entire discographies,
Ripping minions apart like muscles atrophy,
Spitting clarity with trained barbarity
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH)
Bustin’ out these words from within,
I rhyme insightful bringing out the wind,
Flatulence not the one I mean, change,
Like a changeling, state I dream
People, people, people yes!
Scroobius and Sage on stage with Def!
Life to life flowers and flower pots,
Light to living like Sasquatch
It’s a choice we all must make,
Elate our hearts deny the fake,
It’s a boom bap swing set down the lake,
Tight the fight is freight on tape
We must light the fire inside a snake,
And deftly base our walk on fate,
Karmic debts state a case,
We must rise up escape the space
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
VERSE THREE (PAKKZ THA GENERAL)
I see things through the ‘Sunny Side Up’,
Hard is how I came up, but not everything’s rough,
Some days go good, some of them is bad,
Don’t feel isolated cos, everyone’s mad
Everyone’s sad you just gotta keep headstrong,
Tomorrow ain’t promised, not everybody’s here long,
Do your thing in the cold world, stay warm,
Even when shit’s tough homie, keep form
Hip Hop is our release,
Put the beats on box and let them calm down the beast,
Keep it a hunnid even more cos I’m dead broke,
Never walked in my shoes grind for years in the big smoke
If one of us make it, then we all do,
Read between the lines, and look for the small clues,
Tautoko and Manaaki,
Those are two keys to keep your life hearty
CHORUS (ESOLIGH)
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up,
Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing,
We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
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14. |
Jackie Chan feat Esorex1
04:40
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JACKIE CHAN feat ESOREX1
CHORUS (ESOREX1)
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
VERSE ONE (ESOREX1)
Free to pages, the skilful sage engages,
Scripting these lines, on 12 gauge pages,
My mind skips, over events staged vagueness,
Learning things that never before got made kid
Reflecting understanding, the man I am,
Growing slowly into myself, like eating jam,
Learning to know about, the holy ram,
About what to do and where I staaand
Being free in this time of, plenty,
Held by a few mentally unwell g’s,
A necessity to share freely, every piece,
Minds need to be freed and food shared freely
Not enslaved, by economy just walking,
We’re not digits, but sanctified spirits,
We’re people walking towards, the liquid,
Truthfully the sea where we converge with it
CHORUS (ESOREX1)
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
VERSE TWO (ESOREX1)
Smashing these lines, on internal rhymes,
Down on pages, like the rock of sages,
Virtual like dungeons and dragons, mages,
Seeing the light inscripted, on sages pages
Like Dick van Dyke I pick up the mics,
Mighty might I light up the lights tight,
Mighty Mouse, I drink from glasses yeah,
That glass is grouse, it had mad nouse hee
My sisters gave it to me in about 01/03,
In my parents house, that mighty mouse be,
I know not now, how to walk about gee,
Finding where it is now, it’s hidden to my brow
Not living with folk, who take for granted me,
My goodness, and who aren’t anointed with the WEEE,
Ever again, make a pact with my ngakau,
To ever see the light in women and men my friend, yheah
CHORUS (ESOREX1)
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
VERSE THREE (ESOREX1)
Martial arts mastery the tightest thing,
Is knowing who I be when I take a swing,
No periphery just hitting, the demons within,
Just clearly seeing the energy trying to kill me
Seeing my me beyond all negativity,
As unique and free, like Jackie C,
In a world of peace, I wear black fleece,
False ideas everywhere I don’t need these
Whereas we are all free to walk away G,
Just choose our way forward today baby,
By positivity and light that shines boldly,
Or negativity that drags us away
I love my Maaori tangata who make up me,
The strongest beings are some of these,
All of us true and we need the seed,
To realise we are uniquely us to walk free
CHORUS (ESOREX1)
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
Teaching is not action, it’s just words,
Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns,
Application is action, the world turns,
Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
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15. |
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Reconnection 2 (Written transforms into freestyle)
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 1
On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau,
A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato,
The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain,
Dion Muir he was leading the team and
I was tripping out, couldn't focus,
On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus,
In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud,
Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡
The Mātua laughed at me immaturely,
Though playing rugby with Chase,
Made me feel accepted Gee,
The demons, the paedophiles put in me
Made me dangerous to my cousin,
And the Mātua keke took him away from me,
Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he,
Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 2
I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V,
Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy,
600 horses 🐴 pulling me free,
Down streets full bore ecstatically
I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜,
[beat changes]
She ain't crazy, she's a Gee,
I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me,
People call me crazy 😜 commonly
But they can't write no prose like me,
Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man,
In a tall poppy hater society,
With the Tongans next door watchin' me
[new mellower beat drops]
Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!?
Why you gotta constantly compete with me,
It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street,
Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me?
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung],
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 3
It went one of two ways unfortunately,
Some whānau rejected me,
Many tested me, many accepted me,
My Kuia used to visit in her holidays
Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away,
I am of this land and she is of me,
Just like i am of Europe so far over the sea,
A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me
I'm like Bugz was, an EMCEE RiP,
Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti,
I'm from Maketū in the sunshine,
For years i walked so Pōrangi
Now my scarred being,
I stare skyward and ask to be free,
Like the old whare Couldrey,
And the painting of the O.G. Tangihanga which i did see.
Ends with just under 1 min 40 seconds of freestyle off top.
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16. |
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Reconnection 2 feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG by Esoligh
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 1
On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau,
A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato,
The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain,
Dion Muir he was leading the team and
I was tripping out, couldn't focus,
On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus,
In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud,
Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡
The Mātua laughed at me immaturely,
Though playing rugby with Chase,
Made me feel accepted Gee,
The demons, the paedophiles put in me
Made me dangerous to my cousin,
And the Mātua keke took him away from me,
Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he,
Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 2
I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V,
Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy,
600 horses 🐴 pulling me free,
Down streets full bore ecstatically
I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜,
[beat changes]
She ain't crazy, she's a Gee,
I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me,
People call me crazy 😜 commonly
But they can't write no prose like me,
Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man,
In a, tall poppy hater society,
With the Tongans next door watchin' me
[new mellower beat drops]
Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!?
Why you gotta constantly compete with me,
It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street,
Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me?
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung],
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, is a laughing matter
Verse 3
It went one of two ways unfortunately,
Some whānau rejected me,
Many tested me, many accepted me,
My Kuia used to visit in her holidays
Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away,
I’m of this land and she is of me,
Just like I am of Europe so far over the sea,
A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me
I'm like BUGZ was, an EMCEE RiP,
Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti,
I'm from Maketū in the sunshine,
For years i walked so Pōrangi
Now my scarred being,
I stare skyward, and ask to be free,
Like the old whare Couldrey,
And the, painting of the O.G. Tangihanga, which i did see.
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
{SeventySeventhWonder, The CDG, and Esoligh [sing, singing rap, and rap]}
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter.
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17. |
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Reconnection 2 feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG by Esoligh
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 1
On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau,
A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato,
The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain,
Dion Muir he was leading the team and
I was tripping out, couldn't focus,
On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus,
In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud,
Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡
The Mātua laughed at me immaturely,
Though playing rugby with Chase,
Made me feel accepted Gee,
The demons, the paedophiles put in me
Made me dangerous to my cousin,
And the Mātua keke took him away from me,
Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he,
Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
Verse 2
I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V,
Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy,
600 horses 🐴 pulling me free,
Down streets full bore ecstatically
I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜,
[beat changes]
She ain't crazy, she's a Gee,
I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me,
People call me crazy 😜 commonly
But they can't write no prose like me,
Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man,
In a, tall poppy hater society,
With the Tongans next door watchin' me
[new mellower beat drops]
Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!?
Why you gotta constantly compete with me,
It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street,
Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me?
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung],
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, is a laughing matter
Verse 3
It went one of two ways unfortunately,
Some whānau rejected me,
Many tested me, many accepted me,
My Kuia used to visit in her holidays
Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away,
I’m of this land and she is of me,
Just like I am of Europe so far over the sea,
A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me
I'm like BUGZ was, an EMCEE RiP,
Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti,
I'm from Maketū in the sunshine,
For years i walked so Pōrangi
Now my scarred being,
I stare skyward, and ask to be free,
Like the old whare Couldrey,
And the, painting of the O.G. Tangihanga, which i did see.
Chorus
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter
{SeventySeventhWonder, The CDG, and Esoligh [sing, singing rap, and rap]}
Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me,
Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau,
Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter,
Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter.
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