I Am I Be

[Interlude 1]
Faustina Agolley: When, now? I am Faustina Agolley. I be a global citizen
Lazy Grey: I am Lazy Grey. I be rusty griz
Linda Marigliano: Yello? Hello, hello. Hey Hau. I am Linda Marigliano and I be in love
Faustina Agolley: I am Faustina. I be a global citizen. I am Faustina Agolley. I be a global citizen
Ralph Rip Shit: I am Ralph. I be the bookkeeper
Pressure: I am Pressure. I be a Hilltop Hood
Awa: I am Awa. I be vintage
Class A: Are we right? I am (laughs), shit
PLO: I am
Essa: I am Essa. I be the middle man
PLO: I am I be, I am I be. I am I be, I am be
Class A: I am Class A. I be my father’s favourite MC
PLO: I am PLO I bе [?]

[Hau]
Nothing but maximum respect for plug one, two, and three
Coursе we talk about De La Soul, [?] soul
And I can’t forget Professor Prince Pa-a-aul
Yes, sir
Cause’ you know he’s the foundation, right?

[Verse 1: Hau]
I am Hauie Beast
I be the first generation of FOBs born here
My uncle had saw there were opportunities
True indeed, knew that he’d be a
Shining example of how to build a career
He filled up with knowledge, brothers filled up with beer
So I had the best of both worlds, children of a leader
Cousins came in dozens, underground I was firin’
Diamonds in the rough, buff and see them shiny
In the sun as the clouds run, clear the whole sky
I will celebrate my thirty-eight year old life
Built, or rather stitched together like a quilt
‘Cause we’re all cut from the same cloth made of silk
Stitch, made from hopes and dreams, pleasure and pain
And anguish, [?] the game, peoples refrains
Thrown in the faces of past and present
Now I nurture the future, and class is in session
This is indeed the seed, who shall proceed to carry
The surname through and continue to be a challenger
Challenge the boundaries, break down the barriers
Ready to shake down the averages, I am I be

[Chorus 1: Samples]
"I am"
"I—I be, I—I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be"
"I am"
"I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be"
"I am"
"I—I be, I—I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be"
"I am"
"I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be"

[Verse 2: Rex Martel]
I am I be
The one they call Rex from the sunshine state
Made the trip like an untied lace
From the city of sails, down the hard road
Son it’s been a long trail
But people feel these words like the fingers on braille
Ray Charles, see the light
Stevie Wonder writing songs in the key of life
Got the diction from the second page
Never been a slave redefine renegade, Jesus Christ
Woo, no blasphemy
Vainglorious like the red, black, and green, [?]
But my flag’s red, blue, and white
The son of Samoa, my posse man shout
“How ‘bout some hardcore?”
But [?]
A kiwi in Australia like Tony Abbott’s wife
Working overtime to get the Tony Abbott life
Company car, Tony Abbott bike
Paid my fuckin’ taxes, now can I have a slice?
Call me Big Rex, [?]
But so cool headed but the flow got a bad temper
The beard got a little salt and black pepper
But that’s what you call an OG, I am I be

[Chorus 2: Samples]
"I am"
"I—I be, I—I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be, be"
"I am"
"I—I—I—I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be, be, be"

[Interlude 2]
Eso: I am Eso. I be out of this fuckin’ world, cunt
Jake Biz: I am Jake Biz. I be a 750 Rebel
Dusk: I am Dusk. I be present
Tornts: I am Tornts. I be scrawling my life on the page
Nina Las Vegas: I am Nina Las Vegas, and I be Egyptian-Australia

[Verse 3: Rizvan]
I am I be
Rizvan, the artist
The son of perseverance and hardship from the friendly islands
With nothing much to start with
Just ambition and stars to keep the path lit
Stay on target
[?] before emigrate over the waters to the
Awkward shores, to a different way of living
And I was struggling to fit in but [?] quit in retrospect
Cos I was ready to give it my all, that’s for sure
(On this long white cloud), Tāmaki Makaurau
Aotearoa’s what I’m standing on right now
A new generation, infused with the fragrance
Of coconut oil and flowing tunes in the basement
[?] biscuits and hibiscus and I
Reminisce at times ‘cause I miss it
A new land but my roots’d never whither
Still [?] Tonga, salute to the kingdom
I am, I be
Yeah, I am, I be

[Chorus 3]
"I am"
"I be, I-I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want, want"
"I am"
"I be"
"Do what I do professionally
To tell the truth I am exactly what I want to be, be, be—
Want to be—want to be—
Want to be—want to be"
"I-I am, I-I am a
I-I-I am, I-I-I-I am
I-I am a, I am a
I am a nightmare walkin', psychopath talkin'
King of my jungle, just a gangster stalkin'"

[Outro: Dutch]
I am Dutch. I be stealing Hau’s delay, delay, delay, delay, delay. (Laughs)