O Akua
Composed by: John Lincoln
Performed by: Palolo
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When the British first came to Hawai'i Nei, the Hawaiian people lived easily
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We lived in tribes that was run by chiefs, ancestral gods, and the kahunawilis
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O Akua, take me back to the luau, wahine, and my little grass shack
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O Akua, take me back to the luau, wahine, and my little grass shack
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Imua (ohana) ku Imua (ohana) ku (2 Xs)
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Kamehameha's battles were easily won, with the help of two haoles, Davis and Young
That's how our first King has appeared,
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His cannon and muskets were no match for the spear
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The missionaries come, they teach the King somethin' new
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The King give 'um land to teach the kanaka too
Now they own the land from the hill to the sea,
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but was it given to them or to Christianity?
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Today get industries and the missionary land
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We got to get together braddah, got to make a stand
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Keep the culture, teach the keiki so they know, ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono
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