I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

I'm a ninja, yo
My life is like a video game
I maintain when I'm in the zone
One player, one life on the mic limited time (Yo Ninja, go!)
No fucking around I'm cutting down anyone in my path
Trying to fuck with my game with razor sharp lyrical throw stars
Here my flow's hot
Hosstyle
Wild, out of control
Ninja skop befokte rof taal
Rough rhymes, tough times
Met fokol kos, skraal
Till I hit triple seven at the ATM
Straight famine or feast
When you living on the razor edge
Stay sharp sharp
Rolling with the $0$
High energy
You never seen Zef so fresh
Uh! When we mic check Hi-Tek flows flex
Yo we optimistic, not fuckin' depressed
We not like the rest
My style is UFO
Totally unknown
You can't fuck with my new Zef flow
I'm hard to miss
"You can't do this, you can't do that"
Yo, fuckin' who said so?
I do what I like
Too hot to handle
Too cold to hold
You can't fuck with the chosen one
I-I-I-I-I want the knife
Yo I'm a Ninja

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

Ninja is poes cool
But don't fuck with my game, boy
Or I'll poes you
Life is tough when I get stuck
And my time is up I push through
Till I break-break-break on through to the other side
Fantastically poor with patience like a stalker
Ninja is hardcore
Been cut so deep, feel no pain it's not sore
Don't ask for kak or you'll get what you ask for
I'm like a wild animal in the corner
Waiting for the break of dawn
Trying to get through the night
Just a man with the will to survive
My blades swing free
Decapitate a hater
With amazing ease
This is not a game, boy
Don't play with me
I work my mic-saber like a wild fucking savage from the dark side danger!
Yin to the yang
Totally Hi-Tek, Ninja's motherfucking big in Japan
I seen the future but I never got nothing in my hand
Except a microphone, big dreams, and a plan
Fly-talking, sky-walking
Like a ninja

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

Fuck this is like
The coolest song I ever heard in my whole life
Fuck all of you who said I wouldn't make it
They said I was a loser
They said I was a no-one
They said I was a fucking psycho
But look at me now, all up in the interweb, world wide
2009, futuristic
Enter the Ninja
Yo-Landi Visser
DJ Hi-Tek
Die fokken Antwoord
Dis mooi ne? (I'm a ninja!)

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai (yo I'm a ninja!)
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection (yo I'm a ninja!)

I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Be my samurai (a motherfucking ninja!)
I, I, I
I am your butterfly
I need your protection
Need your protection

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this band is satire. it's plain in the vids, there's an over-arcing theme going on, telling a story. the tattoos should give a subtle clue to the fact that they ain't serious. they play like fools, but how many people are gonna know enough to place the tattoo on Ninja with the knife being held over his heart? the character being portrayed isn't likely to be able to draw that kinda parallel? specifically, in the character for Ninja, the first part (Nin) is a kanji composed of the upper part meaning "edge of the sword" and the lower part meaning "heart." add to that the lyric in this song "Been cut so deep, feel no pain," seems to be drawing a parallel to this very concept that, while not originally part of the mythos, has worked it's way into it since it's translation into English. that's only part of my reasoning, mind.

this band is satire. it's plain in the vids, there's an over-arcing theme going on, telling a story. the tattoos should give a subtle clue to the fact that they ain't serious. they play like fools, but how many people are gonna know enough to place the tattoo on Ninja with the knife being held over his heart? the character being portrayed isn't likely to be able to draw that kinda parallel? specifically, in the character for Ninja, the first part (Nin) is a kanji composed of the upper part meaning "edge of the sword" and the lower part meaning "heart." add to that the lyric in this song "Been cut so deep, feel no pain," seems to be drawing a parallel to this very concept that, while not originally part of the mythos, has worked it's way into it since it's translation into English. that's only part of my reasoning, mind.

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+2
My Interpretation
They simple Smile.DK for the hook? Regardless, this song rearry good. I think he got mad flow, also I think this song about his struggle with gender issues.

They simple Smile.DK for the hook? Regardless, this song rearry good. I think he got mad flow, also I think this song about his struggle with gender issues.

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Fuck, this is like The coolest song I ever heard in my whole life I have to agree with these lines

Fuck, this is like The coolest song I ever heard in my whole life I have to agree with these lines

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Diego: What area are you from? I live in Southern CT and unfortunately our radio stations are filled with complete mainstream shit. And nah, this song is not a joke, it's completely legit and in my opinion, amazing. I think this song is about his struggle comin up because people told him he'd never amount to anything and didn't believe he'd make it with his unique sound. Now, he's givin em a big fuck you, cuz he's untouchable - he's a mothafuckin ninja!

Diego: What area are you from? I live in Southern CT and unfortunately our radio stations are filled with complete mainstream shit. And nah, this song is not a joke, it's completely legit and in my opinion, amazing. I think this song is about his struggle comin up because people told him he'd never amount to anything and didn't believe he'd make it with his unique sound. Now, he's givin em a big fuck you, cuz he's untouchable - he's a mothafuckin ninja!

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@XTinaBispa, I live in the UK. It was given a sort of test airing on Radio 1 (the biggest pop/rock station in the country), the listener feedback was quite negative. I haven't heard it since, but I don't listen 24/7.

Dieg0on August 08, 2010

All up in the interwebz? Really?

thiswasntmeantformeon September 20, 2010

Dude Watkin Tudor Jones is an underground hiphop artist but he's also actor because every band he is in he takes on a different persona for the entire time he is in the band......if you have seen any of his other bands you would understand NINJA is just a character... a character who is meant to help him get his message across...this time that message being diversity and equality...but yeah you all should try looking up what a song is about or even the band signing it before you try and fucken say what its about... but yeah either way its music let it mean what u want

SetShitOnFireon October 09, 2010
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I think it's probably "don't ask for kak," not "don't ask for cock." Vulgar either way, but kind of an important distinction.

I think it's probably "don't ask for kak," not "don't ask for cock." Vulgar either way, but kind of an important distinction.

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@kagi “kak” is Afrikaans for “shit” not cock...
Don’t ask for shit is what it says haha..!

Savannahbananahon December 17, 2018
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I wanna know if he is answering her "need my Samurai" with "Yo I'm a Ninja" as in saying I'm a Ninja NOT a Samurai (coz they were enemies). some perspective / backstory on Die Antwoord.... youtube.com/…

I wanna know if he is answering her "need my Samurai" with "Yo I'm a Ninja" as in saying I'm a Ninja NOT a Samurai (coz they were enemies). some perspective / backstory on Die Antwoord.... <a rel="nofollow" href="http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1RmnyBNlI">youtube.com/…</a>

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Nice shout out to Dance Dance Revolution in this song.

Nice shout out to Dance Dance Revolution in this song.

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If it's not satire, I don't think it's completely serious. Look up the band "Max Normal", it's Ninja's other stuff, and it's much better imo.

If it's not satire, I don't think it's completely serious. Look up the band "Max Normal", it's Ninja's other stuff, and it's much better imo.

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first comment on this amazing song

first comment on this amazing song

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-4
My Interpretation
I heard this on the radio for the first time today, I can't tell if this song is a joke or not. If it's serious, it' fucking awful. If it's a joke, it's not very funny.

I heard this on the radio for the first time today, I can't tell if this song is a joke or not. If it's serious, it' fucking awful. If it's a joke, it's not very funny.

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Dieg0on August 04, 2010 Link
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I was thinking like that too. First, I heard it on TV and thought it was quite strange, but then I watched the video and damn, in my opinion it's so fucking weird and awful.

Somewhere I read that the band is a satire. If that's true, they're great. If not - ouch.

schattenperleon October 01, 2010

"Decapitate a hater with amazing ease
This is not a game, boy
Don't play with me"

melzeronon September 15, 2013

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