"REFLECTION" lyrics written by Mana Kaleilani Caceres and Jerry "Pito" Javier, music by "Radical Rob" Onekea.track #14 on Mana's 2nd cd, "I BE HAWAIIAN" released in 2007. Music video posted on Mana's maoliworld and on the Overdrive Live DVD Volume #4.Take some time to realize, did you everThink what you were told, it was a lie?What you need to do is stop, look and listen.Take a look around and see what you’ve been missing.Many others deal with struggles and strife,But only you can make the most of your life.It’s time for us to make a decisionIs the life you made the one that you envision?Know your enemy, so the saying goes,But what if your own greed and ego, make you your own foe?Or do you suppose, by keeping your eyes closed,That you’ll live free of guilt and no-one else will know?YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.It takes a village to raise this a child,And keep him safe when things get too wild.Teach him the ways, keep him well versatile,Then one day, he gwan come, come along,Come back a doctor or a politician,Fight for the people in all the nation,Come for the village, and not just for one.Then selfishness will finally be gone.We can march, we can scream, we can call for changeIn the end it’ll be all we can arrange.There’s no way to change the world if your own house is a mess,If you can’t come clean your love will fail the test.YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.We might fuss and we might fightWe will succeed if we unite.Akua bless us with all of His might,Come see a better day, if we try.No more tears, no more Tutu cry,No more children asking, why, why, why.Why don’t we come together and unify?It’s the only we gonna be alright.So our roots and culture can survive,Then our way of life will never die……….YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.YO! A CROOKED POLITICIAN, NO!LET MY CHILDREN LEARN TO GROWAND SING THESE SONGS OF FREEDOM, YEA.
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