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[Marshallese] Amaviva

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# AMAVIVA
*One Humanity. Infinite Hope. One Dance.*

[INTRO — SOFT HUMAN HEARTBEAT, DISTANT AFRICAN PERCUSSION]

*(Whispered female voice)*

Ita e vahi…
E tei ai te manako.

Ita e vahi…
E tei ai te aroha.

Ka mea e te aroha…
Ka tiaki i a koe?

*(A child laughs. Handclaps enter.)*

Oh-oh-oh!
Eh-ya-ya!

E te aroha iti…
E te marama iti…

*(Bass begins to rise.)*

AMAVIVA!



[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
E te aroha iti ka huri te ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Tuku mai te ngākau ki te rēhia!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa mai i te taha ki te taha!

Huri ki ngā waewae!
Whakarongo ki te pātea!

AMAVIVA!
Kia ora te tangata!



[VERSE 1 — WARM AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]

I reira he rākau i te pōuri,
I reira he pātea i te ua.
I reira he ringa e rapu ana,
Me te ngākau e tumanako ana.

I reira he tatau e whakatuwhera ana,
I te wāhi i tu ai i mua.
I reira he tangata e mea ana, “Nau mai,”
Me te tamaiti e kata ana anō.

Ko ia te mahi aroha he tīmatanga,
Ko ia te aroha e whakatō ana i te kākano.
Ka kite i te tumanako i ērā atu,
Ka kitea e tātou te mea e hiahia ana.

A, ka pai ake te ao
I te wā e toha ana i ngā mea e taea.
He kaupapa kei roto i ia tangata,
He tika te ao mō ia tangata.



[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]

Ka taea e koe te rongo i tō pūkahukahu?
Ka taea e koe te rongo i ngā pātea?

He oro te tumanako e hoki mai ana,
He anamata e tata mai ana.

Tuku mai tō ringa, me tuku ki te ao,
Kia tipu te pai.

Ka hiki i te wairua o te tangata,
Ka tuku i tā tātou anō ki te rangi!



[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
E te aroha iti ka huri te ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Tuku mai te ngākau ki te rēhia!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa mai i te taha ki te taha!

Huri ki ngā waewae!
Whakarongo ki te pātea!

AMAVIVA!
Kia ora te tangata!



[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL GLOBAL DANCE CHANT]

Ama! Ama!
Huri ki te taha matau!

Viva! Viva!
Huri ki te taha mauī!

Ringa ki te ngākau!
Ringa ki te rangi!

AMAVIVA!
Tuku mai te aroha ki te pua!



[VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]

E te whaea e hanga ana i te mea,
E te matua e ako ana i ngā mea.
E te tamaiti e whai ana i te whakaaro
E kore e mōhiotia e te ao.

E te pāmu e toha ana i te mātauranga,
E te kaihoko e rapu ana i ngā ara.
E te rangatahi e moemoeā ana
Mo ngā rā e bright ana.

Mai i te kainga ki te tāone,
Mai i ngā maunga ki te moana,
He promise kei roto i ia tangata,
He mana kei ia ora.

Sweefin e hono ana i ngā tāngata me ngā pea,
E āwhina ana i te katoa ki te whai wāhi me te tupu.
Ka tae te whai wāhi ki tawhiti,
Ka taea e ngā moemoeā te tīmata ki te kitea.



[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]

Ka taea e koe te rongo i tō pūkahukahu?
Ka taea e koe te rongo i ngā pātea?

He oro te tumanako e hoki mai ana,
He anamata e tata mai ana.

Tuku mai tō ringa, me tuku ki te ao,
Kia tupu te pai.

Ka hiki i te wairua o te tangata,
Ka tuku i tā tātou anō ki te rangi!



[CHORUS — MASSIVE FESTIVAL DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
E te aroha iti ka huri te ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Tuku mai te ngākau ki te rēhia!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa mai i te taha ki te taha!

Huri ki ngā waewae!
Whakarongo ki te pātea!

AMAVIVA!
Kia ora te tangata!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Ita'na ma'ko na'ra,
Ita'na wa'na le'na,

Faka'na kuta mo'ra,
Faka'na ngua na'ra.

Ita'na na'ra mo'ma,
Ita'na wa'na fa'na,

Faka'na na'ra mo'la,
Faka'na vava na'ra.

Ena'na ma'na mo'na,
Ena'na ma'na tu'na.

Nai'na te'ra fa'na,
Nai'na te'ra ma'na.

Na'na fa'na kuta,
Ke'na ta'na na'ra:

Ena'na ma'na mo'na,
Na'na mo'na ma'na.

[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

Ita'na ma'na e'ra wa'na...

Ita'na ma'na na'ra.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Na'na fa'na...

Na'na ki'na...

Na'na le'na...

*(Choir whispers)*

Faka'na...

Faka'na...

FAKA'NA!

[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: Ko na'ra fa'na?

Crowd: KUA TENA!

Lead: Ko na'ra ki'na?

Crowd: KUA TENA!

Lead: Ko na'ra te'ra?

Crowd: KUA TENA!

Lead: Faka'na mo'na!

[THE AMAVIVA DANCE — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Ama! Ama!
Hato ki'na!

Viva! Viva!
Faka'na wa'na!

Tera ki'na!
Tera na'ra!

Faka'na fa'na!
Faka'na fa'na!

*(MASSIVE AFRO-HOUSE BASS DROP)*

[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — LOG DRUMS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FESTIVAL BRASS]

Ama-ama!
AMAVIVA!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!

*(Crowd chants over the groove.)*

[FINAL CHORUS — FULL GLOBAL CHOIR]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Na'na fa'na ki'na e'ra!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Faka'na e'ra ma'na!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Faka'na ta'na ki'na!

Tera ki'na!
Feel the beat!

AMAVIVA!
Faka'na na'ra!

[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

Na'na ki'na!
Na'na fa'na!

Na'na mo'na
Ena'na ma'na!

Ena'na na'ra!
Ena'na na'ra!

Na'na ma'na!
Na'na mo'na!

AMA!