[Māori] Sundrum

Lyrics

# SUNDRUM
*Rongo Ake Te Ao Hou*

**[INTRO — Pūoro Tātangi, Waiata Whakatangi, Pakipaki]**

*(Pū… pū-pū… pakipaki!)*

Ka rongo koe?

He oro hou kei te tiriti.

Ai-aue, ai-aue!

Haramai, e te iwi!

**[CHORUS — Pahū Afro-House]**

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo ake te ao hou!

Oma, oma, kaua e oma—
Noho mai, tukituki tonu!

Aue! Aue!
Kia rere te rangi pai!

Kotahi te hīkoi, e rua ngā hīkoi,
Katoa kei te rere!

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo te ao e waiata ana!

**[VERSE 1 — Pīkau Afrobeats, Kitā Highlife]**

Kei te waiata tētahi i te matapihi tuwhera,
Kei te kanikani tētahi i te ua.
Inanahi, he wahangu te tiriti,
Inaianei kei te karanga mai ki a tātou.

He ara whakawhiti kei runga i te wai
I tētahi wā he pakitara i uhia te tirohanga.
He kotahi mano ngā huarahi ki te tīmata anō,
He kotahi mano ngā mahi hei mahi.

Ka kite au i ngā ringa e toro ana ki tawhiti,
Ka kite au i ngā tauhou e kimi ana i te whenua kotahi.
Ia reo e uru mai ana ki te waiata
Ka nui ake, ka whiti ake te tangi.

**[PRE-CHORUS — Whakarahi Waiata]**

Ki te whai māia koe iti nei,
Haruru mai ki te papa kanikani.

Ki te kitea te herekore,
Puritia te kūaha mō tētahi atu.

E kore e hiahiatia te tīmatanga kotahi,
E kore e hiahiatia te moemoeā kotahi.

Engari i tēnei pō ka neke tahi—
Rongo te rā, rongo te patuki!

**[CHORUS — Kua Pahū Amapiano]**

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo ake te ao hou!

Oma, oma, kaua e oma—
Noho mai, tukituki tonu!

Aue! Aue!
Kia rere te rangi pai!

Kotahi te hīkoi, e rua ngā hīkoi,
Katoa kei te rere!

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo te ao e waiata ana!

**[POST-CHORUS — Waiata Kanikani Pūoro]**

Pū-pū! Pakipaki!
Whakahokia te rā!

Pū-pū! Aue!
Kanikani ki te rā kanapa!

Porohita, porohita,
Waewae ki te whenua!

SUNDRUM!
Rongo te oro!

**[VERSE 2 — Takiwā Wahine, Pāho Rākau]**

Kei te whakatuwhera tētahi whaea i tana pakihi,
Kei te ako tētahi pāpā i tētahi mea hou.
Kei te tamaiti he kara i te pepa,
E tuhi ana i ngā ao kāore anō kia mōhiotia.

Kei te kaiahuwhenua e kawe ana i te kai,
Kei te kaihanga he mahere hou.
Ka tīmata ia moemoeā i tētahi wāhi,
Ka tīmata ia haerenga i te wāhi e tū ana tātou.

Mai i te kāinga ki te tāone,
Mai i te maunga ki te takutai,
Ka hono a Sweefin i te iwi me ngā whai wāhitanga,
Ka āwhina ki te whakatuwhera atu i ētahi atu kūaha.

Ehara i te mea he māmā ngā ara katoa,
Ehara i te mea ka puāwai ia kākano.
Engari ki te whai wāhi ngā tāngata maha ake,
Ka nui ake te wāhi mō ngā moemoeā ki te neke.

**[PRE-CHORUS — Waiata Taupori]**

Ki te whai māia koe iti nei,
Haruru mai ki te papa kanikani.

Ki te kitea te herekore,
Puritia te kūaha mō tētahi atu.

E kore e hiahiatia te tīmatanga kotahi,
E kore e hiahiatia te moemoeā kotahi.

Engari i tēnei pō ka neke tahi—
Rongo te rā, rongo te patuki!

**[CHORUS — Kua Pahū Huihuinga]**

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo ake te ao hou!

Oma, oma, kaua e oma—
Noho mai, tukituki tonu!

Aue! Aue!
Kia rere te rangi pai!

Kotahi te hīkoi, e rua ngā hīkoi,
Katoa kei te rere!

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!
Rongo te ao e waiata ana!

**[BRIDGE — Piana Mahana, Waiata Kapa]**

[Verse]

Ki te pō e taumaha ana,  
Ki te ara roa e kore e mutu,  

Whakarongo ki te ngākau iti,  
E akiaki ana kia kaua e tuku.  

[Chorus]

Tukua te aroha iti,  
Tukua te ringa awhina.  

Ka whanui te ao nei,  
Ina mōhio koe te tū o te tangata.  

*(Piano stops. One drum continues.)*

**[DANCE BREAK — Call-and-Response]**

Lead: Ka rongo koe i te pahu?  
Crowd: Pakipaki!  

Lead: Ka pā te rā ki a koe?  
Crowd: Puta mai!  

Lead: Ko wai e karangatia ana?  
Crowd: Katoa!  

Lead: Na, nekehia te tinana!  

*(Bass rises)*

Pakipaki! Patupatu!  
Hoki rua ngā hīkoi!  

Hei-o! Hei!  
Neke ki tētahi taha!  

Ringa ki runga,  
Waewae ki raro!  

SUNDRUM!  
Waiho māna e rere!  

*(Massive bass drop)*

**[FINAL CHORUS — Full Choir, Brass, Percussion]**

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!  
Rongo i te rā hou e puta mai ana!  

Oma, oma, kaua e oma—  
Tū tonu, patupatu tonu!  

Hei-o! Hei-o!  
Waiho te wairua pai e huri!  

Kotahi te hīkoi, e rua ngā hīkoi,  
Katoa i te rerenga!  

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!  
Rongo te ao katoa e waiata ana!  

**[OUTRO — Guitar, Whistle, Fading Crowd Vocals]**

Oh-eh, oh-eh!  

He iti te tūmanako,  
He iti te marama.  

Kotahi mano reo  
I roto i te pō.  

Sweefin—whakakotahi te tangata,  
Wāhi ki te tipu.  

Rā, rā, SUNDRUM!  

Rongo i te rā hou e puta mai ana!  

*(Pakipaki… patupatu!)*