CULTURE
I can hear my Ancestors voices calling
Their voices are engraved in my heart
My heartbeats to the sound of them chanting
They chant from the pain that made our story
Our story is seen thru the eyes of our children
Our children who donʻt know the language
The language that we had to fight for the generations to come
The generations who will continue to be proud of our flag
The flag that was pulled down in front of our people
The people who worked hard off the land for life
LIFE? Well that was hard to imagine after the plentiful amount of death
Death from the diseases that tore families apart
Families who were taken to Molokaʻi and thrown into the sea because of the sickness
The sickness brought to us from (none savages)
SAVAGES is what we were called, though love was all we needed
Unconditional love for the culture is what we fought for
Culture is the story of my life.
HE HAWAII AU. (I AM HAWAIIAN)
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