Manners from Reparations by Naakz

can’t respect u
No thanks to the bus driver
Taking up 2 seats,
Scheming conniver
ur bag and urself
Appreciation is wealth
I see u Sinking in denile
This my cypher

Tell a lot from their manners
Aint hard to decipher
Standing in the way
U could act a bit nicer
No thanks no please
How’d u get here
No sorry no scuse
It’s a bit weird
Bruce Wayne in the manor
Ain’t no butler
Gimme a jimmy
Or shimmy
I’ll make u stutter
Stand tall and proud
Ur hunched and muffled
Bruv ur Taking up the lane
Store ur duffle
Don’t stand for the elders
That’s pathetic
I see u Focused on ur phone
It ain’t prophetic
Monocultural
Ur Research is etic
My approach multifaceted
It’s genetic

U wanna talk about blood
Shut ur mouth
Half this, half that
Ur in a drought
Can tell by ur words
Ur from the south
That ain’t a diss
It’s the truth from my account

What I say on the mic
I don’t say in real life
Quietly seething
Can’t be caught pissing off the whites
Keep the yolk,
but i disregard the shell
Starved of resources
my people dragged thru hell

Draw love from my blood
Donate to the loveless
My bloody valentine
all my sisters and brothers

Ain’t impressive if u rap fast
Or rap slow
It’s all about the MANA in ur words
U wanna know?

I’ve seen place names changed
I’ve seen profits divested
I’ve seen people blamed
I’ve seen phrases molested

Life is a game of favours
Who owes who
Nobody is blameless
Yeah I’m pointing at u

I’m like the acolyte
Without ki adi mundi
Get ur history right
It ain’t funny
Fool me once
Don’t take me for a dummy
Fool me twice
Now ur making all the money

now ur making all the $$$
and u think its so funny
now ur making all the $$$
(LAUGH)

Hidden blade
Stabbed in the back
How’d it feel
Behind brick walls
My creed pierces ur shield
Made of steel
I see u Hiding in ur coffin
Reaper come to collect
bet u feel fear often

Recover from the wounds
Ur ego hurt
Hide behind ur goons
Ur words blurt
Mental strain weighs
I can’t blame you
Despite all your so-called pain
I’ll still shame you

somebody gotta take the blame

now ur making all the $$$
now ur making all the $$$
now ur making all the $$$
$$$
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• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Indigenous Peoples
• abstract hip-hop
• conscious hip-hop
• experimental hip-hop
• maori
• Wellington