Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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(The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness)
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If just for a day our king and queen
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Would visit all these islands and saw everything
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How would they feel about the changes of our land
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Could you just imagine if they were around
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And saw highways on their sacred grounds
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How would they feel about this modern city life
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Tears would come from each others eyes
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As they would stop to realize
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That our people are in great great danger now
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How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry
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[Chorus:]
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Cry for the gods, cry for the people
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Cry for the land that was taken away
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And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i
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Could you just imagine they came back
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And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
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How would they feel about this modern city life
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Tears would come from each others eyes
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As they would stop to realize
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That our land is in great great danger now
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All the fighting that the king had done
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To conquer all these islands now these condominiums
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How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei
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How, would he feel, would his smile be content, then cry
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[Chorus]
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Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
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Hawai'i '78
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |