[00:00:00] Southside - David Dallas/Sid Diamond/Mareko [00:00:00] Lyricist:Sagapolutele/Savelio/Puniani/Maoate [00:00:00] Composer:Puniani/Savelio/Maoate/Sagapolutele [00:00:01] Oh [00:00:03] Oh [00:00:05] Oh [00:00:06] Oh [00:00:07] Oh [00:00:10] Oh [00:00:12] Oh [00:00:14] Oh [00:00:15] Oh [00:00:16] Oh [00:00:17] 278 you already know [00:00:19] It ain't really much to look at but it's home [00:00:21] Used to bus from the old bar which was to go [00:00:23] Into town rolling through otahuhu depot [00:00:25] Thinking how we ended up here [00:00:27] Yeah no secret theres some people doing tough here [00:00:29] Could be rough here if your parents come here from an island [00:00:32] In the hope of a better life [00:00:33] For the child and an education [00:00:34] But they ain't got time to keep an eye on 'em [00:00:36] They workin' every day [00:00:37] They won't even see retirement [00:00:38] School don't teach you to deal with this environment [00:00:41] Another poly kid left to his own devices [00:00:42] And you look at what they reinforce [00:00:44] Oh [00:00:45] When they talk about us doing crime playing sports [00:00:47] Standing in the dole line [00:00:48] Or in the court [00:00:49] Think it don't affect us all [00:00:51] Look at boys from the Southside Southside [00:00:53] If you looking from the outside [00:00:55] Some scared to death when they see us [00:00:57] 'Cos every 107 they featurin' [00:00:59] Boys from the Southside Southside [00:01:02] But we represent it with pride [00:01:04] When you feel you come from the bottom [00:01:06] 'Til you reach the top [00:01:07] Ain't no stopping 'em [00:01:08] Boys from the Southside [00:01:09] It's about time all the people talking sh*t now [00:01:12] Figure out why this town is so influential [00:01:15] The real melting pot immigration central [00:01:17] Culture our knives be so instrumental [00:01:19] But still we never acting like we too d**n special [00:01:21] Don't ever let nobody say we all just criminals [00:01:24] Round here it ain't all that simple [00:01:27] Oh [00:01:28] Raised there struggle city a place where [00:01:30] A population whorey five slash amazing [00:01:32] Most of 'em work 9 to 5 to pay rent [00:01:35] Go to church and sing songs and pray for better days [00:01:37] Better pay and a better location [00:01:39] The kids choose sport over education [00:01:41] And dream that one day the all blacks take them [00:01:43] Somewhere exposed to the drugs and the gang life [00:01:45] Think it's cool to get involved end up in the can right [00:01:47] Got a lot of teens pushing prams before they see life [00:01:49] 'Cos their parents did the same [00:01:50] Thing so it seems right [00:01:52] Seem right to say the same [00:01:53] A product of pride over law so [00:01:55] When they got my back like the tat on my torso [00:01:57] That's why I give back ask where my awards go [00:01:59] To the schools in the Southside Southside [00:02:02] If you're looking for me outside [00:02:04] Some scared of death when they see us [00:02:06] Then they talk sh*t when they leave [00:02:08] Like the boys from the Southside Southside [00:02:11] Are good for nothing so f**k 'em [00:02:13] Give 'em no chance just cuff 'em [00:02:15] If it was up to the cops and the judges [00:02:17] The boys from the Southside [00:02:18] Would be outlined [00:02:19] Shot on sight [00:02:20] Here we got crime in the area [00:02:22] If you got shine then it's any up [00:02:24] Only 'cos we broke tryna get our accounts right [00:02:26] What's going in our minds [00:02:28] Six words [00:02:29] How we gonna get by [00:02:31] I don't know exactly [00:02:32] But we ain't gonna wait in the dole line [00:02:34] Yeah 267 landed a aeroplane [00:02:37] Back when my parents came [00:02:38] From the islands [00:02:39] With a bible and a pair of J's [00:02:41] Yeah Jandals [00:02:42] Trying to set a better way to get our educa [00:02:44] Tions that we found street smarts and [00:02:46] A free pass to the green pastures [00:02:48] Around these parts we were blessed with the big heart [00:02:50] That can see past all the eat asses