Hawai’i 78′ (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK)

Music Video of the Week, 23 Mar 2015

The Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau – TRANSCEND Media Service

Hawai’i 78′ by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole
Originally titled: Hawai’i 77′
Original Song Writers: Mickey Ioane, Abe Keala, Cleyton Kua and Kawika Crowley

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD1z2mEApd0
LYRICS:
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai’i
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai’i
(The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness)

If just for a day our king and queen
Would visit all these islands and saw everything
How would they feel about the changes of our land

Could you just imagine if they were around
And saw highways on their sacred grounds
How would they feel about this modern city life

Tears would come from each others eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our people are in great great danger now
How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry

[Chorus:]

Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Cry for the land that was taken away
And then yet you’ll find, Hawai’i

Could you just imagine they came back
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
How would they feel about this modern city life

Tears would come from each others eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our land is in great great danger now

All the fighting that the king had done
To conquer all these islands now these condominiums
How would he feel if he saw Hawai’i nei
How, would he feel, would his smile be content, then cry

[Chorus]

Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai’i
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai’i

This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 23 Mar 2015.

Anticopyright: Editorials and articles originated on TMS may be freely reprinted, disseminated, translated and used as background material, provided an acknowledgement and link to the source, TMS: Hawai’i 78′ (MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK), is included. Thank you.

If you enjoyed this article, please donate to TMS to join the growing list of TMS Supporters.

Share this article: email mastodon facebook 🔗 copy link

This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.

Comments are closed.