[Intro]
You know the time, you know the time - it's time for Nesian 101

[Chorus: Awa]
You're never on time
And music's on all day
And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads
White on white sneaks and baggy jeans
Got that greenstone around your neck

[Verse 1: Sabre]
I came from the 183
So I know a little bit about fresh bee
Yes we, keep rep'n and rock'n that fresh steez
Jeans cut with socks and jandals
Aloha shirts be the formal dress standard
Spot the Polys from a mile away
And you know they're coming when you hear this play (Everybody jump!)

[Break]
Follow the leader, leader, leader (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)
Follow the leader (Hi!)
Follow the leader, leader, leader (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)

[Hook: Awa]
You're so fresh, so I want to know if you're down
'Cause if you are, then let that hair down baby
I wanna know
[Verse 2: Awa]
Got two fried eggs on that $1 bread
Street Fighter 2 where my money's spent
The brothers roll past, speakers on full blast (Everybody jump!)
Singing, "Korero Māori e" (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)

[Chorus: Awa]
You're never on time
And music's on all day
And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads
White on white sneaks and baggy jeans
Got that greenstone around your neck

[Verse 3: Tha Kid Oldwun]
What you know about F.O.B
Taro, Manioke & that Lu Sipi
Y'all know what I'm talking 'bout, the Sunday feeds
Two-minute noodles and that fried corned beef
For the rest of the week, that's all there is
Go to school and scab off the rest of the kids
Save that bus money home for that $1 chips
If you don't walk it off, it goes straight to the hips

[Verse 4: Junz]
I never run my day by time
I run my time by the change of sky
I run my time like my appetite
Coke and a pie's what we call fine dine
Surrey Cres. to Sandringham
Californ-I-A down to Japan
It's the real McCoy making all that noise
More FOB than Fall Out Boy
[Chorus: Awa]
You're never on time
And music's on all day
And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads
White on white sneaks and baggy jeans
Got that greenstone around your neck

[Interlude: Sabre]
So what we gon' do right here
Is we gon' school ya on what we call
The ways of the fresh
Nesian 101 if ya will
So if ya feelin' what we sayin', let me know, join in

[Breakdown: Tha Kid Oldwun]
Bounce on that 2 & 4, don't clap on that 1 & 3
You have your cappuccino, we on that cuppa tea
Be rude to turn it down, so take it if it's free
Just keep it fresh, no matter where you be (Sing it with me now)
Bounce on that 2 & 4, don't clap on that 1 & 3
You have your cappuccino, we on that cuppa tea
Be rude to turn it down, so take it if it's free
Just keep it fresh, no matter where you be (Sing it with me now)

(All the ladies in the place put ya hands up, put ya hands up, put ya hands up, put 'em up, put 'em up, let's go)
[Hook: Awa]
You're so fresh, so I want to know if you're down
'Cause if you are, then let that hair down baby
I wanna know

[Chorus: Awa]
You're never on time (Never on time)
And music's on all day
And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads (Ngati dreads)
White on white sneaks and baggy jeans (White on white)
Got that greenstone around your neck

You're never on time
And music's on all day
And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads (Ngati dreads)
White on white sneaks and baggy jeans (White on white)
Got that greenstone around your neck

[Outro]
(Sing it with me now)
Follow the leader, leader, leader
Follow the leader
Follow the leader, leader, leader
Follow the leader (Hi!)

Follow the leader, leader, leader
Follow the leader
Follow the leader, leader, leader
Follow the leader (Hi!)