Hawaiʻi '78
By
Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole
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Facing Future
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Ua mau, ke ea o ka ʻāina, i ka pono, o Hawaiʻi
Ua mau, ke ea o ka ʻāina, i ka pono, o Hawaiʻi
For just for a day our king and queen
Would visit all these islands and saw everything
How would they feel about the change of our land?
Could you just imagine if they were around
And saw highways on the sacred grounds
How would they feel about this modern city life?
Tears would come from each other's eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our people are in great great danger now
Would they feel?
Would their smiles be content, then cry?
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 if they came back
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
How would they feel about this modern city life?
Tears would come from each other's eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our land is in great, great danger now
For all the fighting that the king has done,
He conquered all these islands now there's condominiums
How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i today?
How... would he feel?
Would his smile be content, then cry?
Cry for the gods, cry for the people,
Cry for the land that was taken away
And then yet you'll find... Hawai'i
Ua mau, ke ea o ka ʻāina, i ka pono, o Hawaiʻi
Ua mau, ke ea o ka ʻāina, i ka pono, o Hawaiʻi
