Better Than This

EXPLICIT

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
No it doesn't get much better
Even when she's wearing all leather
Yeah I probably should've known better
'Cause she could take me for everything now
Even though I've gotta go home
I couldn't even stand, let alone walk
But girl, you know you fooled me though
But I don't give a fuck, no no no no

CHORUS 1
Summer is the feeling in the air
Everybody's dancing everywhere, yeah
No, no no, no no, I'm drunk again
But it doesn't get much better than this

VERSE 2
And I probably should've known better
Champagne and Molly don't mix well
But my wounds would beg to differ, hey
'Cause I took too much this time to take it all back
So what's the point
Of making excuses for breaking promises? Umm

CHORUS 2
Summer is the feeling in the air
Everybody's dancing everywhere, yeah
No, no no, no no, I'm drunk again
But it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much

BRIDGE
Make this up to her
No I'm never gonna make this up to her
Bounce, just bounce
No I'm never gonna get this off my chest

CHORUS 3
Summer is the feeling in the air
Everybody's dancing everywhere, yeah
No, no no, no no, I'm drunk again
But it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
No it doesn't get much better than this
But it doesn't get much better than this

OUTRO
Just bounce, bounce, just bounce
Just bounce, bounce, just bounce
Just bounce, bounce, just bounce
Just bounce, bounce, just bounce

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Black Diamond

From Black Diamond EP (2017) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Did you ever wonder what life would be
With no one at your side
Did you ever wonder why no one cares
Watching you suffer through life on a hope that something would be

PRE-CHORUS 1
Shining like no one
Higher than heaven on earth
Shining like no one else
Sees through the darkness

CHORUS 1
Black diamond
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Paragon
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Black diamond

VERSE 2
Did you ever wonder what life would be
With no one at your side
Did you ever wonder why no one cares
Watching you suffer through life on a hope that something would be

PRE-CHORUS 2
Shining like no one
Higher than heaven on earth
Shining like no one else
Sees through the darkness

CHORUS 2
Black diamond
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Paragon
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Black diamond
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Paragon
Oh oh oh oh, in solitary
Left alone like the heart of the sea
Black diamond

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Can't Catch Me (Interlude)

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE


Yeah, uh
Can’t pass me up, I’m phenomenon
Yeah

Can’t catch me now
Better pull up quick trying to pass me now
Can’t catch me now, can’t catch me now
Can’t catch me now
Better pull up quick trying to pass me now
Can’t catch me now, can’t catch me now

Can’t catch me now
Better pull up quick trying to pass me now, yeah
Pass me now, yeah
Can’t catch me now
Better pull up quick trying to pass me now, yeah
Pass me now, yeah

Hold on, don’t look back
Hold on, don’t look back at it, at it
Hold on, don’t look back
Hold on, don’t look back at it, oh

Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah

Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah (can’t catch me now)
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah (can’t catch me now)
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah (can’t catch me now)
Nah nah nah na-na, na na nah nah (can’t catch me now)

Can’t catch me now
Can’t catch me now
Can’t catch me now
Can’t catch me now

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Common

EXPLICIT

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
As I walk through the streets of pain and love
As I walk through the streets of pain and love
I feel the struggle of everyone, things have faded
I see a change in the young generation of sons (I see a change)
I see fight, I see fame
I see the ones who wanna change

VERSE 2
Sit around and wait for the power to move
(The young generation of sons)
Sit around and wait for the power to move
Live your life like there's nothing to prove
The ones who came here before you will lose
Sense of doubt, sense of feeling
Fuck it, just do your thing

CHORUS
To move on up means to rise above
Stop overthinking
To move on up means to rise above
Stop overthinking
To move on up means to rise above
Stop overthinking
To move on up means to rise above
Stop overthinking

To move on up, just to rise above
Stop overthinking

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Cross Your Mind

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
I don’t wanna complicate this
If nothing’s gonna turn this thing around
I don’t wanna just be famous, don’t know how to talk to strangers
I just wanna blow your mind now

PRE-CHORUS 1
But I wanna know, do you feel it sometimes?
I wanna know, will it be alright?
I wanna know, when the night arrives
Does it ever cross your mind?

CHORUS 1
Oh love, I’m gonna love you ‘til I turn to dust
I'm gonna love you ‘til fade to rust
I'm gonna love you ‘til I fade away

VERSE 2
I don't wanna fall by the wayside
I don't wanna drift away now
I don't wanna break my bones, sell my heart, live on my lonesome
Even though I'm at the stage now

PRE-CHORUS 1
But I wanna know, do you feel it sometimes?
I wanna know, will it be alright?
I wanna know, when the night arrives
Does it ever cross your mind?

CHORUS 2
Oh love, I’m gonna love you ‘til I turn to dust
I'm gonna love you ‘til fade to rust
I'm gonna love you ‘til I fade away

BRIDGE
I’m gonna love you ‘til I turn to grey
I’m gonna love you ‘til my dying day
I’m gonna love you ‘til I fade away

CHORUS 3
Oh love, I'm gonna love you ‘til I turn to dust
I'm gonna love you ‘til I fade to rust
I'm gonna love you ‘til I fade enough, oh

I'm gonna love you ‘til I turn to grey
I'm gonna love you ‘til my dying day
I'm gonna love you ‘til I fade away

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Excuse Me

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

INTRO
Love on the take, I know
Go on and take me home
To a place I know

VERSE 1
Even when my mind's faded
You and I still hesitated
When I look all I see is the, is the, is the first time
Even through you frustrate me
I take it like I never made it
I know, I know, I know, I know

CHORUS 1
Love on the take, I know
Just don't write me off yet
Say the word, I'll go
Though I don't even know how
And I never will, will, will
No, I never will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will

VERSE 2
Even though you're frustrated
I took it like I never made it
When I look all I see is the, is the heartache, yeah
Though I know I still love you I got to
Got to tell ya you're making this harder
Harder than it needs to be

CHORUS 2
Love on the take, I know
Just don't write me off yet
Say the word, I'll go
Though I don't even know how
And I never will, will, will
No, I never will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will

BRIDGE
Mmm, you know I’m out here
Oh yeah, hmm, hmm

VERSE 3
Girl, you know I hesitated
I was lying when I said I made it
And even when the acid’s faded

CHORUS 3
Luck kept me here this long
So just don’t write me off yet
Even when it’s hard
’Cause I could never look back
And I never will, ‘cause I never could
Say you will remember it how it was
’Cause I never could, ‘cause I never could
No I never could
No I never will

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For You

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Do you wanna waste your time with me?
In my head I feel strange lately
Come waste your time with me
In my head I feel strange lately

PRE-CHORUS 1
Do you feel alright?
Do you get on by?
I just want to keep this for you
Breathe it in, recline
Breathe it out, feel fine
I just want to keep this for you

CHORUS 1
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?

VERSE 2
Why’d you waste your time with me?
In my head I feel strange lately
Come on, spend your time with me
In my head I feel strange lately

PRE-CHORUS 1
Do you feel alright?
Do you get on by?
I just want to keep this for you
Breathe it in, recline
Breathe it out, feel fine
I just want to keep this for you

BRIDGE
Do you feel alright?
Do you get on by?

CHORUS 2
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you

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For You (Art Heist Remix)

Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Do you wanna waste your time with me?
In my head I feel strange lately
Come waste your time with me
In my head I feel strange lately

PRE-CHORUS 1
Do you feel alright?
Do you get on by?
I just want to keep this for you
Breathe it in, recline
Breathe it out, feel fine
I just want to keep this for you

CHORUS 1
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?

VERSE 2
Why’d you waste your time with me?
In my head I feel strange lately
Come on, spend your time with me
In my head I feel strange lately

PRE-CHORUS 1
Do you feel alright?
Do you get on by?
I just want to keep this for you
Breathe it in, recline
Breathe it out, feel fine
I just want to keep this for you

CHORUS 2
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you
Do you want love? Do you need love?
For you

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Heroin

EXPLICIT

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

INTRO
I said, girl, where you coming from, huh?
Everybody’s got a heroin
So much better in than out

VERSE 1
You don’t mind thinking that I’ve got it all worked out
When I really don’t
I don’t know anyone who can pull these strings this hard
And then fucking won’t
I don’t know why, but you got me so twisted
So you look like you carry the weight of the world
On your shoulders

CHORUS 1
I don’t know why, I can’t understand
You could drag me along, change all my plans
All of my world rests in your hands
I just wanna be, wanna be your man

VERSE 2
And I don’t think that it’s just a crush, no
And I don’t think anyone could affect me this much
But you don’t even see if in yourself love
Yeah yeah, ye-ye-yeah, yeah, yeah
And all you see
Is a fucked up version of the person that you used to be

CHORUS 2
I don’t know why, I can’t understand
You could drag me along, change all my plans
All of my world rests in your hands
I just wanna be, wanna be your man

BRIDGE
Mmm, mmm, mmm
I’m still drawn to your fire, fire, fire

VERSE 3
Girl, all the drugs in the world can’t take your place
But you don’t understand all the courage it takes
When nothing gets me, when nothing gets me high
I’m still drawn to your, I’m still drawn to your fire

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I Don't Care

Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Pull these broken heart strings
Why did you do this to me?
The heaviest of feelings
I hold my stone
You tore up the memory
Storm of the century
A pointless, wasted journey
You broke my soul

PRE-CHORUS 1
He’s in love with you, I don’t care
She’s in love with him, I do care about it
He’s in love with you, I don’t care
She’s in love with him, I do care about it

VERSE 2
Cut up with no emotion
Your last words were spoken
How could you leave me broken?
You stole my soul

PRE-CHORUS 2
He’s in love with you, I don’t care
She’s in love with him, I do care about it
He’s in love with you, I don’t care
She’s in love with him, I do care about it

OUTRO
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, you don’t care, we don’t know
I don’t care, we don’t know
We don’t know

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I'm Crazy

VERSE 1
We made it here, the curtain falls
You took it all, and now it’s gone
We set it up, we said it all
We see it now, the lines are drawn
But you’re gonna

PRE-CHORUS
Blame it all on
Blame it all on

CHORUS
In the golden light
In the endless night
I’ll dream of you
Maybe
I’ll remember
A passing memory of you
Maybe

VERSE 2
A flash of light, a grain of old
Is not enough to change it all
Say you will and say you won’t
Say you can, but then you don’t

CHORUS
In the golden light
In the endless night
I’ll dream of you
Maybe
I’ll remember
A passing memory of you
Maybe

BRIDGE
Blame it all on
Don’t you blame it on me
Blame it all on
Blame it all on
Don’t you blame it on me
Blame it all on

CHORUS
In the golden light
In the endless night
I’ll dream of you
Maybe
I’ll remember
A passing memory of you
Maybe

In the golden light
In the endless night
I’ll dream of you
Maybe
I’ll remember
A passing memory of you
Maybe

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If I Was

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to say
Your eyes like razor blades
And in the moment, that look begins to wane
Your focus falls away
If I was a gentleman, you’d have my hand to hold
You wouldn’t feel the cold
If I was a better man
You’d never feel this way

CHORUS 1
Even when the light’s low, even when my sight goes
Even when my mind’s so untrue
I see your heart shining through
Even when we broke down, outside that club in Newtown
Even though I had no, no clue
I tried so hard (I tried so hard) to impress you

VERSE 2
Dancing to the records, that we used to put on
Something like Frank Ocean ‘I’m Thinkin’ ‘Bout You’, now I’m lost
Now that it’s all done, I’m struggling to let go
Maybe I should move on
(Never thought I would say that I'm quitting on us)
Call me sometime when you’re not out with all your friends
I beg you please, I beg you please, hey
Call me sometime when you’re not out with all of them
I beg you please, I beg you please

CHORUS 2
Even when we broke down, outside that club in Newtown
Even though I had no, no clue
I tried so hard (I tried so hard) to impress you

OUTRO
(Even when we broke down outside that club in Newtown)
Shining through, shining through
(Tried to impress you)
Shining through, shining through

I don’t know what to do
Shining through
I don’t know what to do
Shining through
I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what to do
Shining through
I don't know what to do or what to say
Your eyes are faded by I'm stuck like
Shining through
I'm stuck like

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Keep From Going On

EXPLICIT

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
I can hardly believe my eyes
Had me locked up from the start
And to only realise
That the prison’s in my heart

I should know better, even though I let her
Devil’s got me under her thumb
Caught up in the struggle, can’t afford the hustle
Guess I’ll have another one

CHORUS 1
Ooo, I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road
Ooo, and I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road

VERSE 2
I can hardly feel it
While I’m shifting, standing high on the wall
If I’m fucked up, there’s no greater height to fall
One more until it’s all departed
Scattered into night
If my heart was hollow
Would you even know?

CHORUS 2
Ooo, I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road
Ooo, and I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road

CHORUS 3
Ooo, I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road
Ooo, and I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road

OUTRO
Ooo, I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road
Ooo, and I know, you’ve got to keep from going on down that road

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Ko Tātou Te Ahi

Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Kei te wera o te ahi
He ara kake ake
Don’t leave behind the roots of this place we call home
We feel the fire burning bright
Ka piri ki te ngākau
He aroha mau roa

PRE-CHORUS 1
Ko tātou te ahi
Ko tātou te ahi
Ko tātou te ahi
We are the fire

CHORUS 1
Walking through the fire
We can take it higher
We are the fire
We are the fire

RAP (Lui Mill)
This light in the dark times, we never gon’ recline
Our mana strong though, not born on these sides
Don’t matter though, raised well, on this east side
Nō tawhiti i tau mai, nō tata (te) manaaki mai
Rū whenua, can’t make us fall, brother, we stand tall
When locked down, we find soil, we grow kai that won’t spoil
Ahi inside us all, it doesn’t burn, it boils
Ahi inside us all, it doesn’t burn, it boils
Ko tātou te ahi, ko tātou te ahi, ko tātou te ahi, ahi inside us all
Ko tātou te ahi, ko tātou te ahi, ko tātou te ahi, fire that grows so strong

VERSE 2
Tō manaaki i te rahi
Te mahara mau ake
Rere tonu a mihi ki a koutou
Te iwi i manaaki mai

PRE-CHORUS 2
Ko tātou te ahi
Ko tātou te ahi
Maimoatia te ahi
Ko tātou te ahi

CHORUS 2
Walking through the fire (walking through the fire)
We can take it higher (we can, we can)
We are the fire
We are the fire

Walking through the fire
We can take it higher
We are the fire
We are the fire

OUTRO
Ko tātou te ahi

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Lone Man

From Black Diamond EP (2017) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Flying like the nomad
Elegance is all it is
Passion from the known man
The black swan that hides within
In trouble with the sane mind
Search and you will find
Isn’t that easy
Isn’t that easy
Isn’t that easy

CHORUS 1
Lone man wading through the water
Lone heart walk along the sea
Lone man tracking down old family
Don’t wanna be the lone man
Don’t wanna be the lone man
Be the lone man

VERSE 2
Working through the up and down
Looking out through the hourglass
Running through the same old living, what am I missing?
Watching the hours pass
Isn’t that easy
Isn’t that easy

CHORUS 2
Lone man wading through the water
Lone heart walk along the sea
Lone man tracking down old family
Don’t wanna be the lone man

BRIDGE
Don’t be the sad guy, ask me how I am
Don’t be the sad guy, ask me where I’ve been
Stuck in my own mind, ask me who I am
Don’t be the sad guy

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Mama Told Ya

EXPLICIT

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE and HERE

INTRO/VERSE 1
Let me hold ya
Let me hold ya, my aurora
Let me hold ya
Let me hold ya like I’m outta here, outta here
Like I’m outta here, outta here
Like I’m outta here, hey

CHORUS 1
Mama told ya
Don’t fuck with him
When it comes to the game
Mama told ya
There will be a better way
There will be a better day

VERSE 2
Could be better
Could be better but I’m trying
Could be better
Could be better but I’m trying, trying

CHORUS 2
Mama told ya
Don’t fuck with him
When it comes to the game
Mama told ya
There will be a better way
There will be a better day

BRIDGE
Now she's rolling on the rhythm
Yeah she's running from the hurt
Now she's got me out her system
And she's adding up her worth
Now she's rolling down the window
Yeah she's running from the morning
Now she's got me out her system
But it's not feeling so rewarding

OUTRO
Rolling, rolling
Back on the rhythm, rhythm
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no
Now that she's rolling
Back on the rhythm, rhythm
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no

Rolling, rolling
Back on the rhythm, rhythm
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no
Now that she's rolling
Back on the rhythm, oh
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no

Shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen

Now that she's rolling
Back on the rhythm, rhythm
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no
Rolling, rolling
Back on the rhythm, rhythm
I shoulda got her out my system
But my heart won't listen, to no

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NightLights

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
I’ll cauterise my wounds with shots
Won’t stop until it hits the spot
Shaking all the webs out of my head to my favourite song
To the gods let the liquor drop

CHORUS 1
I see a sparkle in the light
I see adventure in your eyes
This is my reason to survive
Night lights

VERSE 2
Take my hand and we’ll split the sky
Eyes twinkle in the blink of an eye
Don’t know what you’re doing but you do it when you do it to me, hey
White lines playing tricks with the light, hey

CHORUS 2
I see a sparkle in the light
I see adventure in your eyes
This is my reason to survive
Night lights

CHORUS 3
I see a sparkle in the light
I see adventure in your eyes
This is my reason to survive
Night lights

I see a sparkle in the light
I see adventure in your eyes
This is my reason to survive
Night lights

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Nothing

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Say do you remember
Burning through the embers
Bruising bandits, lighting fires

Losing my convictions
Making my decisions
Pushing up the mountainside

CHORUS 1
There’s no reason
There’s no reason

There’s no reason
There’s no reason
There’s no reason

VERSE 2
Where did this thought take me
Let the mind betray me
Or open up a path to grow

Standing on the ashes
Smoldering in patches
Smoking in the tidal flow

Holding on to hand grenades
Waiting for the detonate
Hoping for an afterglow

CHORUS 2
There’s no reason
There’s no reason
There’s no reason

There’s no reason
There’s no reason
There’s no reason

BRIDGE
Changes all too often, all I wanted
Change is often conflict, far from objective
Change can transform prophets into monsters

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Party In My Head

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Party’s on my mind, happening all the time
But you can’t see me, hey
The feeling’s everywhere
But you don’t seem to care
’Cause you can’t see me, hey
Push on through

PRE-CHORUS 1
Late night in my head
People on this dance floor know it
Late night I sit around and party

CHORUS 1
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Party in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

VERSE 2
Speaking out of line, you tell me all the time
You think you see right through me, hey
This party’s in my head, but like my mother said
”Don’t let them see right through you”
You gotta push on through

PRE-CHORUS 2
Late night in my head
People on this dance floor know it
Late night I sit around and party

CHORUS 2
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Party in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

BRIDGE
Late night I sit around
People on this dance floor know the moves
Late night I sit around and party
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

CHORUS 3
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Party in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Only in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Party in my head
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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Real World

From Black Diamond EP (2017) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Been down south to the last seen city
I feel the water at my feet
If you go the wrong way, if you go the wrong way
There's no harmony

PRE-CHORUS 1
People do cry when they have got plenty
Need to stay away

CHORUS 1
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
In real time

VERSE 2
Greed ran wild at the turn of the century
Circulate confusion
Can you see the wrong way? Can you see the wrong way?
Stuck in this illusion

PRE-CHORUS 2
People do cry when they have got plenty
Need to stay away

CHORUS 2
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
Live in this real world
In real time

Living, living world
This is the real world
Living, living world
This is the real world
Living, living world
This is the real world

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Scorch

EXPLICIT

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
So is this love, love like the heroin needle
Fast like torpedo, getting me to be fuego
I don’t want venereal flows , I want the people
Hit hearts and hit home, huh, whereever he row
Straight land into Heathrow, back to the airport
With a finer assortment of bars I do scorch
Pat me down and find list of shit I wrote
To keep the plane afloat inside the clouds
I'm buggin from the go, explode
Might be me, I’m 'bout to blow and hit the road
And don’t ya know that eminence is ever imminent, I roll
Along inside a spinning wheel, the Father Time with quick hands
Has never caught me sittin' still and never will though

CHORUS 1
Get that paper lit and hold it to the light
Is this that shit that makes you stay up through the night?
Hit the replay, hit the replay, hit the replay

VERSE 2
I'm next up like rope tied or neck ties, uh
Don’t get it twisted like the ya tee is tye-died
Neck to neck, racing my record against time
Stop, watch, listen, I'll probably go blind
If an eye for eye mattered, my eye matter would die
Simplistic on the side if I tried
Linguistics multiply when I rhyme and that's fine, see that's fine
Said, I said, that's really really fine, said
There's no match for you and I, I'm cloud 99
Nimble on my nimbus flow, go cool and block your shine
Sun rays beaming through the palms like Jesus Christ
Walkin' on sound waves, it's the flavour for your ear space
Spaced out but not out paced yet
Picked off like Pluto but I don’t plan it yet
Tryin' to milk your way into the system like you're so large
Then get plucked off like the strings on that guitar

CHORUS 2
Get that paper lit and hold it to the light
Is this that shit that makes you stay up through the night?
Hit the replay, hit the replay, hit the replay

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Shake The Ground

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Sitting 'round, waiting, watching, feeling
Loving it, it ain't worth changing
Blink of an eye, everything is gone
So leave the past times alone
And make yourself at home

VERSE 2
Calm before the storm, it hits home
Reality is something we think we know
Fade to black, and think aloud
Your heart is the real one
Let your feet shake the ground you stand on
Flowing like love in motion
Ka kite koe
Ka kite koe

BRIDGE
Beauty always gets what's coming
Innocents suffer the bad things
Don't fly away, stay a while and come with me
Left us here with the past time memory
Sun will shine on a new day
Don't fly away, stay a while and come with me
Don't fly away, stay a while and come with me
Don't fly away, stay a while and come with me
Back home

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Something There

From Black Diamond EP (2017) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
I think that we've found us something
Warm underneath my skin
Feel it in my bones again

PRE-CHORUS 1
Making me feel this way (making me feel this way)
Stuck in this endgame
Still feel the same, feel the same
Making me feel this way (making me feel this way)
Stuck in this endgame
Still feel the same, feel the same
There’s something, there’s something

CHORUS 1
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel

VERSE 2
Don't need to go searching
You could travel the whole wide world
No need for investigation
You'll always find me, girl

CHORUS 2
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel

BRIDGE
That's how it's supposed to be
There's something, there's something
That's how it's supposed to feel

CHORUS 3
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to be
There’s something, that’s how it’s supposed to feel

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Taku Aroha

Listen HERE

VERSE

Puritia au me he hue kārewa ana
Kei motu koe i tēnei taura pūrengi
Me āta haere nei koe
E mamae ai ko ahau noa
Taihoa e tae tāua ki tua

PRE-CHORUS

Whakamōhio mai
Ka mutu pea ināianei
Ā tāua nei raru
Taihoa e tae tāua ki tua

CHORUS

Taku aroha

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Taku Ngākau

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VERSE 1
Kei te whanga ahau
Whanga ki a koe
Ka pura ngā whatu
Taku ngākau e

Journey ‘round the table
Road to somewhere new
Holding up the bright blue sky
Taku ngākau e

CHORUS 1
Nei te aroha
Nei te aroha
I roto i tēnei ao
Growing old with someone else
Taku ngākau e

V ERSE 2
Peace and love and mana
Shines just like her māmā
Koro has a new best friend
Kuia has her everything

Kei taku manu
Manu tangi ata
Taku ohonga
Ki ao hou, ki ao hou

CHORUS 2
Nei te aroha
Nei te aroha
I roto i tēnei ao
Growing old with someone else
Taku ngākau e

BRIDGE
Tirohia ō tūpuna e
Tiakina ai koe
Toroa ō tūpuna e
Puritia ai koe

CHORUS 3
Nei te aroha
Nei te aroha
I roto i tēnei ao
Growing old with someone else
Taku ngākau e
Taku ngākau e
Hi

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Tāwara Ana

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VERSE 1
Māwherangi nei
He rite tonu
Tē kitea mai, nei
Aurongo hora
Rawa koe e aro
Tē kitea mai, nei
Me koke

PRE-CHORUS 1
Pō noa, ko au kē
He kanohi kitea rātou
Pō noa, ko au me taku tahi

CHORUS 1
Tāwara ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tamumu ana
O, o, o, hohō

VERSE 2
Whakatara mai
Mate aku pai
I taku awe ruhi
Te māwherangi nei
E ai ki a Māmā
Tō awe, me mau tonu
Me koke tonu au

PRE-CHORUS 2
Pō noa, ko au kē
He kanohi kitea rātou
Pō noa, ko au me taku tahi

CHORUS 2
Tāwara ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tamumu ana
O, o, o, hohō

BRIDGE
Pō noa, ka noho au
E mōhio ana rātou ki au
Pō noa ko au me taku tahi

CHORUS 3
Tāwara ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tamumu ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tāwara ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tamumu ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tāwara ana
O, o, o, hohō
Tamumu ana
O, o, o, hohō

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Through The Vein

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Poison running through the vein
Of a broken woman as she cries
There's nowhere to run
As we look down from our pedestal
And we fill his head with lies
Like it will be alright
There's nowhere to hide from the pain

CHORUS 1
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through

VERSE 2
Voices from the photograph
Of this poison aftermath
It's a long road, honey
To change our ways for a brand new day
Oh, it's a long way, honey

CHORUS 2
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through

CHORUS 3
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through
To save a soul, you gotta let him go
'Cause there ain't no time for them to break through

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Too Soon

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
When the stars come out
And you need another's touch
It may take all night
But you gotta let it take you out

VERSE 2
As I stare at every blip
And I hear every beat
No matter how out of time
You gotta let it take you out

CHORUS 1
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
I don't know ya, thought I knew ya
Couldn't handle the pain you went through
Now I know that I spoke too soon

VERSE 3
I've stolen this day
But I'm running out of time
God, I know that heaven's only moments away
But you gotta let it take you out

CHORUS 2
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
I don't know ya, thought I knew ya
Couldn't handle the pain you went through
Now I know that I spoke too soon

CHORUS 3
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
I don't know ya, thought I knew ya
Couldn't handle the pain you went through
Now I know that I spoke too soon

CHORUS 4
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, what's gotten into ya?
I don't know ya, thought I knew ya
Couldn't handle the pain you went through
Now I know that I spoke too soon

OUTRO
When the stars come out
And you need another's touch
It may take all night
But you gotta let it take you out
You gotta let it take you out

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Vibe With You

From Dillastrate (2019) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
All the ways it hurt, baby
Every single time
You treat me like cocaine
It's like you used up every line

You know I came here for love
You got me feeling like I can't go back
I'm never gonna settle for another lover
Who could maybe treat me better
They got nothing on you
'Cause of what I'm feeling for you now

CHORUS 1
I just wanna
I just wanna vibe with you
Spend a little time with you, oh
If every single night's with you
That would be alright

VERSE 2
We've been caught in a strange dream
But I swear I still remember the times
Times when we could hide away
Be with you night and day
I'm hanging out for this feeling

CHORUS 2
I just wanna vibe with you
Spend a little time with you, oh
If every single night's with you
That would be alright

BRIDGE
I just wanna vibe with you
Spend a little time with you, oh
If every single night's with you
I hope that’s al-, I hope that’s alright with you

CHORUS 3
I just wanna vibe with you
Spend a little time with you, oh
If every single night's with you, oh
I just wanna vibe with you

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Wax

From Narrative EP (2021) - Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Moonlight on velveteen
Spinning records with a love supreme
I can show you what a love can be
’Cause I want no other than you

VERSE 2
Al Green and Afro Blue
Captivated by a graceful view
There's just nothing that I wouldn't do
’Cause I want no other than you

BRIDGE
When you're home, a thousand hearts could shine
But when you're gone, love just won't align with mine

VERSE 3
Don't try to fight the feels
When your mind hides what your eyes reveal
’Cause your vibe is live and so surreal
And I want no other than you

BRIDGE
When you're home, a thousand hearts could shine
But when you're gone, love just won't align with mine

VERSE 3/OUTRO
Don't try to fight the feels
When your mind hides what your eyes reveal
’Cause your vibe is live and so surreal
And I want no other
I want not other
I want no other
I want no other
I want no other, than you

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Way To Flow

Listen HERE

VERSE 1
Do we stand for something? Can you understand?
The power to do nothing, we can’t change it
Singing out for comfort, deny it within
Flavour’s on the inside, who gives a shit what they

Think of you, do what you do man
Go with the flow
Don’t you stop dreaming, do your own thinking
Do it your way (your way)

CHORUS 1
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta flow, it’s the only way to roll with it

VERSE 2
Rivers flow forever, changing with the tides
You don’t speak for all of us, you can’t change it
Taken down for nothing, colour’s for the wall
Haters hate on everything, who gives a shit what they

Think of you, do what you do man
Go with the flow
Don’t you stop dreaming, do your own thinking
Do it your way (your way)

CHORUS 2
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta flow, it’s the only way to roll with it

BRIDGE
No one can hold your own
No one can hold your own
I just can’t

CHORUS 3
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control, it’s the way you gotta go
It’s the way you gotta go, it’s the only way to flow
I just can’t control
No one can hold your own
I just can’t control (no one), it’s the way you gotta go (can hold)
It’s the way you gotta flow, it’s the only way to roll with

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