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Aku Moutere

by L(())VE & HOPE

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This waiata was written by Vincent Olsen Reeder, Mara TK and Mark Vanilau. The lyrics are in Maori and Samoan and talk about the current housing crisis, and feeling as if we have been cast out to sea; with no land to inhabit.

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V1:
Gmaj, Amin, Bmin, Amin
Kei hea aku moutere? where are my islands?
I tauwhiro rā i ahau that nurtured me
taku waka te whiua my canoe has been cast
ki te koro Parata e into the throat of the Parata

Gmaj, Gbmaj
E te kaihautū O great captain
whatungaro te whenua i a tāua the land is lost to you and I

Cmaj, Bmin, Amin, Gmaj
Kia mahara ki te wā o te ora remembering the times I was alive
tītaha ki tai Rocking wildly at sea
pae ki uta Whilst the land is stable


V2: (samoan)

Ua iai tagata ese There’s a stranger
i o'u laufanua in my home
Ua tulia i matou i a'au I've been outcast into the ocean
Ma ua fai o'u matafaga, and these sharks (predators of the sea)
mo i'a feai inherit our shores

E kore te uku e piri ki te rino Clay doesn't stick to iron
Engari te uku e mau ki te kiri but it does stick to skin
Kia mahara ki te wā o te ora remembering the times I was alive
tītaha ki tai Rocking wildly at sea
pae ki uta Whilst the land is stable

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released May 17, 2017

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