Lyrics Hawai'i '78 (Intro) - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i
I feel free now, you know?
I was just confined like, you know?
My Mom was born on Ni'ihau, my Dad was born here
My Dad, he was a... he worked for the Navy
Down at PWCA Public Works
Down Pearl Harbor
Oh my mother was tight ah... was tight
My Poppa was tight ah
My Poppa died when he... when I was 10 I think
I was 10 years old
But every once in a while, he come back you know 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
There's people here for help you brah"
It's kinda like telling me if, 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 he feel?
Would his 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 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono O Hawai'i