I cannot breathe please step off of my chest
Loosen the noose tightening round my neck
I wish for freedom and to sing my song
We're prisoners on the very land we're from

BALDHEAD!
You're so well fed on my destruction
Fetishize
Our women, silence our children

Plunder my motherland, pollute the sea
But still I survive though you clip my wings
BALDHEAD!
You tricked us with your treaty

BALDHEAD!
Your king sits high on his throne
He listens
To his people, not to my own

Framed as a savage I'm burned at the stake
A woman's a witch, yes, it's her that you hate
How dare you
Put shame upon my skin

You are a cannibal, you brought the plague
Curse us with churches and teach us your ways
BALDHEAD!
You made your bed

Ka whawhai tonu maatou, ake ake
Ka whawhai tonu maatou, ake ake