For your viewing pleasure… I present to you “E Ha’i Ana Wau” by Hawaiian group Green Light Go! Thanks to Kamuela Kahoano who sent me the lyrics! You can find a full review of their debut album HERE.
E Ha’i Ana Wau
Tell my mom, I’m going back to school,
And I ain’t gonna fool around no more.
The coming year holds the key to who I’ll be,
The man behind the door.
There’s much to risk,
They’re kinda right,
But my head still way up high.
And it must be fun to know I’m the one
Making my reality all mine.
Chorus A:
Because I’ve looked inside,
I know my path.
I’ll seize every opportunity I have
To pour these thoughts into my head,
‘Coz I’m doing something good.
You know I fear no book.
I know my task.
I seize every opportunity I got to pass.
I’ll pour those thoughts into my head
‘Coz I’m doing something good
Before I’m dead
Spoken:
Imua e na poki’i a e inu i ka wai ‘awa’awa. ‘A’ohe hope, e ho’i ai.
Forward on now my brothering soldiers,
Forward on now my brothering soldiers,
Swallow back the waters of doubt that hold ya.
You should be tall, you should be proud
Coz there’s no turning back now
Chorus B:
Ua pa’a no ka iki ike ala pono, no kakou ke kuleana e holomua no’ono’o.
O ka hawai’i wale no ka ho’okele. I keia wa’a e pae ana.
Pono no e kulia i ka nu’u.
I kukui na kini Hawai’i, i ho’i mai, ka ha’aheo me ka ha’aha’a.
Hele mai, komo mai ia Lanakila.
Waiho aku i ka hilahila
Kula nui kukui na’aoao.
Holomua a’e na Hawai’i apau… ah… yeah, yeah, yeah.
E ha’i ana wau i ko’u mama, e a’o ana wau i ke kula nui o Hawai’i, i keia makahiki hou.
A ma hope, no’eau ana wau i ka hana, i ku pa’a kakou, a ha’aheo oe i ku’u mama.
We say…
Chorus B
Chorus A/Chorus B
You know I’m doing something good,
I’m doing something good,
I’m doing something good.
