Hawai`i We Will Return -
Words & Music by: E. Keali`i Blaisdell |
| Imagine there's a place, a beauty beyond compare And of people, who'd give their love to you and me A place where it used to be to raise your family But now Hawai`i, is not Hawai`i anymore From the Ko`olau's to the Wai`anae range we have missed you From Koke`e to Mauna Kea this was our home From our valleys to the ocean is where my people roamed We will return to you again Hawai`i was once our kingdom, our lands were vast and green And now there's buildings and people everywhere Annexation was the key to overthrow our monarchy That's why Hawai`i is not Hawai`i anymore |
| Source: E. Keali`i Blaisdell Album "Keeping It Traditional" - This song was written as a message. Over the years Hawai`i has changed since the first missionaries arrived. The Hawaiian people have lost everything to big business and government and the United States seems to have forgotten about our native people. Copyright 2005 |