[Hawaiian] Tapaloo
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
# TAPALOO *Komohana i ka manawa.* **[INTRO — Pū kani kelepona, Pa'i lima, Marimba le'ale'a]** *(Ding!)* E o-na-na! Hey-ya-ya! Ho'okahi pa'i li'ili'i... E hiki mai ka manawa hou! Tapa-tapa-loo! Hey! Hey! *(Hāʻule ka bass)* **[CHORUS — Hoʻokani Hula Afro-House]** Tapa-tapa-loo! E hele mai nā kānaka āpau! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! E nānā i ka ulu ʻana o nā manawa! Tapa-tapa-loo! He wahi no kāua! Pa'i! Pa'i! Ka hele! Ka hele! E hā'awi i ka honua i ka 'oli'oli! **[VERSE 1 — Afrobeats Hīmeni, Kiaka Kiʻekiʻe Highlife]** Kū nei o Mama ma ka puka, Ka lā o ke kakahiaka ma kona maka. Hiki iā ia ke nānā i kāna kālā ma ke kelepona Me ka huakaʻi ʻole i kahi ʻē. ʻAʻole e kali hou i ka lā kūʻai E nīnau i kekahi i ka hana. Ke aʻo nei i nā mea hou, E koho ana i nā mea nona. Mai ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi a ka kūlanakauhale, Mai ke alanui a i ka pā. Hiki i nā pilina uila ke hana I nā ala hou no nā kānaka āpau. Hāʻawi ʻo Sweefin i nā ala hou e pili ai, E hana i nā uku, kālepa, a ulu. Ke komo hou nā kānaka, Ua nui ka manawa e hōʻike ai. **[PRE-CHORUS — Kūkulu ʻOluʻolu]** E ʻike i ka paʻi ma kou manamana lima, E ʻike i ka mele ma kou wāwae. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu e hiki ai E hoʻonanea i ka wā e hiki mai ai. E lawe mai i nā kānaka, nā mea moeʻuhane, E lawe mai i nā mea hana i ka papahele. Ke wehe mākou i nā ala hou, Hiki iā mākou ke hana i wahi hou! **[CHORUS — Hoʻokani Amapiano Piha]** Tapa-tapa-loo! E hele mai nā kānaka āpau! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! E nānā i ka ulu ʻana o nā manawa! Tapa-tapa-loo! He wahi no kāua! Pa'i! Pa'i! Ka hele! Ka hele! E hā'awi i ka honua i ka 'oli'oli! **[POST-CHORUS — Hoʻopaʻi Hula Viral]** Pa'i! Pa'i! Pa'i lima! E hele i mua, E hoʻi i hope! Hema! ʻAkau! E huli a puni! Tapa-tapa-loo! E ʻike i ke kani! **[VERSE 2 — Alakaʻi Wahine, Amapiano Bass ʻOlē]** Aia ka mea kūʻai i nā hīnaʻi, Aia ka mahiʻai me nā hua. Aia ka haumāna me ka manaʻo A me ka hoʻolālā ʻoihana e hana. Hōʻike ka mea hoʻolālā ʻōpio i kahi mea kūʻai Ma kahi āna i ʻike ʻole ai. Hoʻouna ka ʻohana i kākoʻo i ka home Ma o ka pilina uila. Nā kānaka like ʻole, nā huakaʻi like ʻole, Nā ala like ʻole e loaʻa ai a mālama. ʻAʻole ʻoki ka hiki i nā pilikia a pau, Akā, hiki iā ia ke kōkua i nā ala hou e ʻike ai. Mai ka mākeke a i ka hale hana, Mai ke kahakai a i nā kūlanakauhale mauna, Ke komo hou nā kānaka i ka ʻāina hoʻomohala, Hiki i nā manaʻo hou ke kaʻa a puni. **[PRE-CHORUS — Kūkulu Mele Kōkua]** E ʻike i ka paʻi ma kou manamana lima, E ʻike i ka mele ma kou wāwae. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu e hiki ai E hoʻonanea i ka wā e hiki mai ai. E lawe mai i nā kānaka, nā mea moeʻuhane, E lawe mai i nā mea hana i ka papahele. Ke wehe mākou i nā ala hou, Hiki iā mākou ke hana i wahi hou! **[CHORUS — Hoʻokani ʻAha Hula]** Tapa-tapa-loo! E hele mai nā kānaka āpau! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! E nānā i ka ulu ʻana o nā manawa! Tapa-tapa-loo! He wahi no kāua! Pa'i! Pa'i! Ka hele! Ka hele! E hā'awi i ka honua i ka 'oli'oli! **[BRIDGE — Piana ʻOluʻolu, Kōkua Keiki]** Hiki i ke kelepona ke lilo i puka, Hiki i ka uku ke lilo i hoʻomaka. Akā, ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana maoli he mea nui— He manawa e komo ai i kāu māhele. ʻO ia ka aʻo, ka hilinaʻi, a me nā koho, ʻO ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi e hoʻāʻo ai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana he mea e hiki mai ana ka wā e hiki mai ai.