Mai Kahiki Mai

Hoe, a holo Eʻe mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkaʻilimoku Hoe, a holo E’e mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkaʻilimoku I don’t recognize the faces but they look like me Calmed me with similar tongues that hooked my cheek Several steps a firm foothold kept the foot lightly Planted gradually rooted, till it took my teeth Trap the spirit and imprison the body conceivably Wrapped me in beliefs and systems of honoring deities As the seasons lived in shift rise and falling of Pléiades We’ve given more than can be taken back offering needlessly Bodies offered up on alters blood to consecrate the waters Angry gods we all look starward, search for mercy finding martyrs We been fractured into classes, I don’t own a soul to barter A pledge to play the role that I’ve given my life to honor A currency of flesh make equals of beast and man at times As either will suffice as price to pacify They managed to enchant us the captured willingly stand in line A few of us resist to raise the fist to take us back in time Makua the prophet, Paʻao the priest Said to have arrived around 900 AD Pilikaʻaiea proceeds La‘auali‘i A shift of governance guided by the Pléiades A different type of mana beat the storms and brought the drums A new set of kapu with luakini heiau A different type of people not foreign to sacrifice Kanaloamuia, the swarming of the flies Mai poina adaptations not the same as demise Our story begins in a land before time So much more than the overthrow, youʻd be surprised From the waves we rise, mai Kahiki mai Let’s go inside the mind of a native chief Gave up the right as king to be a thief Son of Kamauaua, Kaʻupeʻepeʻe I would ride with you against them all the way These new ways, too aggressive, too rude Steadily grabbing the best places of the island group This has to stop now! This rank and worship cannot begin We need a brave pirate warrior to defend So steal their helmets, cloaks, minds, weapons, wives Retreat to Hāʻupu your fort backside Molokaʻi Hit’em hard and fast, lightning strike in the night Buccaneering booty, taking flight without a fight Outta sight vision transition to losing minds That’s what happens when what you love you cannot find We don’t need you here! Leave, don’t come back! The best defense sometimes false crack surprise attacks Hoe, a holo Eʻe mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkāʻilimoku Hoe, a holo E’e mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkāʻilimoku Lift, paddle, water, travel Lift, paddle, water, travel Huli, systems, destroy, unravel Lift, paddle, water, travel Lift, paddle, water, travel Arrive to inspect they returned to do battle Huli, systems, destroy, unravel We ride waves of change to survive through the channel The new, the old, knowledge that is vital Cultural survival through these waves of arrival The bold, hold onto stories from their ancients, Regrow, perpetuate amongst the changing faces To handle the shifting of the sands is in practice The art of preservation hidden mana that is active Esoteric applications stories got the jewels in them Follow hidden threads you will always find the clues in them! Old ways, shake, rattle Relations replaced with reconnaissance to battle Bone break, replace marrow Reflections of what once was is but a shadow A new cast system, a new path of wisdom Uprooted original family trees to plant a vision No brash decision this was a calculated precision Wave after wave the tides have risen Rongo, Tāne, Tū, Tangaroa This meeting would forever change the people of Hāloa The good and the evil in the eyes of the beholder Righteousness is a perspective reserved for its owner Lono, Kāne, Kū, Kanaloa Integration complete successful takeover Original inhabitants no longer the controller But aloha ʻāina forever be one with our composure Hoe, a holo Eʻe mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkāʻilimoku Hoe, a holo Eʻe mai ke kai a Paʻao i holo Huli, a luku Hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kūkāʻilimoku