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ALL HAWAI‘I STAND TOGETHER
Liko Martin
(Don Ho asked Liko Martin to write this song and was the first to record it. Mana Keale translated the hui into hawaiian.)
INTRO D7 G7 C
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As I have traveled from place to place, some familiar and some strange
G7
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To hear the ancient chantings of our home, As I’ve listened to the stories
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G7
My eyes have seen the glory, So let us raise our voice in song to save our
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land
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C7
HUI All Hawai‘i stands together, It is now and forever,
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D7
G7
To raise your voices, and hold your banners high
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We shall stand as a nation
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To guide the destinies of our generations
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G7
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To sing and praise the glories of our land
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Within stone walls and cities of refuge, We learn the sacred ways
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Upon Waipioʻs valley floor the ancient battles rage
C7
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From the barren slopes of Kaho‘o-lawe to the shores of Kahana Bay
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G7
We shall claim our lands from the Barking Sands to the valleys of
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Hana-lei
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G7
From the fiery pit of Tutu Pele, I hear my mother’s call
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Old Tutu Kane and Mauna Kea send their love to all
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To stand as one beneath the sun, blessings from Haleakala
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G7
C G7
For our sweet Ka’ala and Wai’ale’ale, Where the greatest waters fall
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C7
Hawai‘i Loa, ku like kakou Ku pa‘a-me ka-lokiahi e
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G7
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Ku kala me ka wiwo‘ole Onipa‘a kakou, ‘onipa‘a kakou
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C 1) Repeat HUI 2 3 X
A lanakila, na kini e E ola, e ola, e ola na kini e 2) To Tag
TAG
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G7
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E ola, e ola, e ola na kini e
Repeat 4 X
Composer Liko Martin was born in Honolulu. He is a musician, singer, songwriter,
political activist, and poet, a man of wisdom with strong mana and strong mana‘o.
Growing up on the slopes of Diamond Head in Waikiki, his family was involved in
music and public service to Hawai‘i and music was a way to pass the mana through
songs. His mentor was Kui Lee. The day of Kuiʻs funeral in Waikiki he went up on top
of a mountain and took a vow to stand for what Kui stood for.
Liko was a street person in L.A. and raised his family for 15 years in L. A. and
Hawai‘i. He now lives on Kaua‘i. In a Voices of Truth TV interview with The Koani
Foundation director Ehu Kekahu Cardwell, Liko talks about his songwriting process:
“When the door knocks, I open myself up, paint the picture of the song, and then go
back to doing what Iʻm doing, The song is like catching a wave, taking it turn by turn,
and getting into the collective subconcious. All Hawaii Stands Together doesnʻt come
from the mind, but from the heart.
“When the music calls me, I go to it. I love to be asked to write songs about things.
I paint a picture in the song, all personal, with different levels of consciousness that Iʻve
learned to craft. For instance in the verse I tell the story of me, in the chorus I tell the
story of us, in the bridge I make the transition between the individual and the collective.
Itʻs a hit song because it has all those elements. Thatʻs how it happens.”
© Liko Martin. Photo and song composition use granted by Liko Martin 11/23/12 for Kauai Kanikapila Songbook only.
All other use prohibited without consent of Liko Martin. (Photo by Sylvia Partridge.)