Hawai'i '78 Introduction

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

I feel free now, you know?
You know, I was just confined like, you know?
My Mom was born on Niihau, my Dad was born here
Well my Dad was a, he worked for the Navy, down at
PWCA, Public Works, down Pearl Harbor
Oh my mother was tight, ah, she was was tight
My Poppa was tight
My Poppa died when he was, when I was 10 I think
I was 10 years old
But every once in a while, he come come back you know
Like I trip
Just like couple of weeks ago
I was sleeping at my place
And then my mother and auntie Nina came

How would they feel?
Would their smiles be content rather 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

He loved music, brah
He had a massive heart attack
The way that, just depression brah
He was real depressed, I was on the same course he was going
And he knew that too and that's why he came back
And tell me that "eh" 'cause he did come back
And told me that "eh" 'cause
You know, no be scared, these people here for help you
It's kinda like telling me
If he had them, he would still be here
I still believe if he had called me, he'd be alive
'Cause he died of a broken heart, brah

How would they feel?
Would their smiles be content rather 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 aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i