"I BE HAWAIIAN" lyrics written by Mana Kaleilani Caceres, music by "Radical Rob" Onekeatitle track from Mana's 2nd CD, "I BE HAWAIIAN" released in 2007I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz my children going sing this a song.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz the DJ going still play my song.How come all the things we got, you want and will not stop, huh?Until you see yourself in someone else’s shoes, oh come on.Are you not happy unless you displace someone’s keiki?You try to take away the only things that we’ve got lately.But I tell you this right now, it will not come to happen,Oh Mr. John Doe I don’t think that you have learned your lesson.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz my children going sing this a song.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz the DJ going still play my song.So I will promise to you, that you will not receive,Acceptance to Kamehameha Schools, it shall not be.So like all those before you, you maybe don’t believe,The KOKO in your veins it separates you from me.No, I am not alumni, and I don’t have to be,‘cuz that school is still more mine then to you will ever be.Some words I say are harsher, then people want to hear,‘cuz knowledge in my hand is more powerful than a spear.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz my children going sing this a song.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz the DJ going still play my song.How can we guarantee the Hawaiian culture,Won’t go extinct because of westerner vultures?Look what was taken, we lose more everydayIt’s just a matter of time before the keiki move away.What you gonna do when the land is gone?Where you gonna go when you don’t belong?Who you gonna call when things go wrongAnd the whole world going follow along.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz my children going sing this a song.I’ve been Hawaiian from the day me born,I’ll be Hawaiian till the day I gone,And after that, I still going carry on,‘Cuz the DJ going still play my song.
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Show the world what you can do brah... You have the gift....You know what people want...sing it Mana...
Aloha no
Bobby E