Kūmimi

No rulez, a new day, an old sign but a new wave We caught the sun, we find a way Write our words where the moon stays The realm of Hina breathing I’m believing in her kūʻē The music in creation medication when your wounds ache I, plant my feet inside the dirt now Learned how to give her respect and let’s call it work now Like each branch of the tree reach for the light expressing roots We are entering into a new era, called “The Truth” Kūnihi ka mauna, Kūmimi ke kaona Battles uphill but not over for our ahupuaʻa Fight still left in me, cause got it from my mauna Came on my own but walked away with six brothers My heart has been filled under these poepoe moons I’m weaving pilina because gold rushings for fools The Waiwai, ka leo mai ka hohonu I ka Honouliwai, the ʻapu is full Anemones on my pinchers like the Kūmimi crab Helping Indigenous peoples, fight to get land back Cracking jokes all day, while staying on track Creating food sovereignty, when we make rock stack Find me not afraid to die, standing on the frontlines Or in Aotearoa, singing in the whare kai Got the hui by my side, and they’re always down to ride Mai ka mole o Lehua, from the roots we rise Arise before the sun is seen on the climb Greeted by the songbirds at Honouliwai As the many pulelehua go fluttering by I feel a tranquility within my soul, body, mind First time I had my ten toes on dis ʻāina My ʻohana Super Saiyan ignitin’ da fire Keep that torch runnin’ for our future protect and providers Who we give our all to nā keiki o ka ʻāina This healing that I’m feeling in my soul Is the reason that I’m needing everyone to know Wherever you go, whoever you know When our volcano blows you can’t stop the flow That’s the feeling I get when they around Blood pumping, heart racing, hands in the ground Scream laugh, rock stack, fill da ʻōpū These mele, our pule, our ho’okupu These mele, our pule, our ho’okupu