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I love this song. I;’m moved by it and I’m not even Hawaiian. I think that this song can be applied many places.
This song is simply devine i had never heard of iz till a friend told me to look him up and i am a fan bug style.
This song just hits the heart big time.
Simplesmente PERFEITA! ‘-’
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natali,
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Wow. I never have thought of it that way. And I never would’ve, without you. Thanks for opening my eyes a bit more.
my dad went to highschool with him but didnt go to college because of his music career
We did the Hawaiians and the Native Americans the same as we are doing to the Iraqis and the Afghans…Obama is continuing the EMPIRE BUILDING. The American government is EVIL. The Japanese were right – the military is ****** in propagandized by their IMPERALISTIC government. HOW SAD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD…
BRah u still just a kid
to any hawaiians out there or people who live in hawaii come and message me we can get to know each other better and god bless Bruddah IZ
im proud to be a hawaiian may god bless his soul R.I.P. Bruddah IZ 6/26/1997 he passed away just 2yrs after i was born and i wish i could’ve meet him when i was still a child i believe IZ has blessed me he has given me peacefulness and if we all kept playing his music the his spirit will never leave us Isreal Kamakawiwo’Ole was the greatest hawaiian may he rest in peace
corporations, because the land was not acquired legally in the first place. Therefore, when the song asks you to imagine what the king and queen would think about hotels built on sacred land, this is a clear reference to both the illegal overthrow and modern urban development at the cost of the homes/homeland of the lower class.
It is perhaps best understood in the context of the 70s when many communities were resisting evictions from their old-fashioned, usually plantation-style villages with gardens, chickens, and other aspects of rural living. The anti-plantation-based argument for fair treatment of laborers blended with the Hawaiian land rights view that the plantations—and all Hawaii for that matter—was being unfairly governed by those missionary descendants/Big Five
im lucky i leave in hawwai its preety its sad that he passed away in a heart atack
UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO O HAWAII
(rough transalation: The constant, wet Rain Gives Life to the land
And brings goodnesschange to Hawaii)
If just for a day our king and queen
Would visit all these islands and saw everything
How would they ’bout the changing of our land
Could you just imagine if they were around
And saw highways on their sacred grounds
How would they feel if they ’bout this modern city life
Tears would come from each others eyes as
They would stop to realize
That our people are in great, great danger now
How would they feel
Would their smiles be content
Rather then cry
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Cry for the lands that were taken away
And in it you’ll find Hawaii
Could you just imagine if they came back
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
How would they feel about this modern city life
Tears would come from each others eyes as
They would stop to realize
That our land is in great, great danger now
All of the fighting that the king had done
To conquer all these islands
Now there’s condominiums
How would he feel if saw Hawaii now
How would he feel
Would his smiles be content
Rather then cry
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Cry for the lands that were taken away
And in it you’ll find Hawaii
UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO O HAWAII
I love Maui!
Wish I could have seen him before he passed…
Beautiful song.
absolutely amazing musical and political statement. what is the “78″ about though? i would assume it relates to the year 1978, but what is that?
I just wrote the very same thing to a friend… for years I have heard this and just causes deep despair for the hopelessness of the Hawaiian people… in the past, present and future.
Thanks. Sharing National Sunday Law by A. Jan Marcussen=)
me too. As a Maori from Aotearoa NZ I draw many parallels from his lyrics to the way our nation has changed from the time of our old people.
Always brings tears to my eyes!! Love this song! Thanks.
fedor is the man