[Māori] Higher

Lyrics

[Verse]  
🎵 Oh oh oh oh, eh eh!  
Tūna tātou ki runga!  
Sweefin whānau, kei te ready?  
Kia kī mai, ki runga, ki runga, ki runga!  

[Verse 1]  
I te haere au i te ahi, whakaaro kāore te pō e mutu,  
Engari tō marama i whiti, i huri i te pō ki te hoa.  
Ia hā, he waiata, ia taahū he rangi,  
Ināianei me Sweefin e piki ana, e tuhi ana i tā mātou pūoro.  

[Pre-Chorus]  
Kāore he here e taea te pupuri,  
E rangi ana, kāore e hoki.  
Mai i ngā pahi e kawe ana,  
Tēnei te wā, tēnei te wā.  

[Chorus (Hook)]  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga, kāore e titiro ki raro,  
Moemoeā e ahi ana, ahi, e piki ana i te whenua.  
Ngā ngākau kotahi, ka taea e mātou te whiti i te rangi,  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — koe me au.  

[Chant / Call & Response]  
🎵 (Kaiwhakahaere) Sweefin ki runga!  
(Iwi) Ki runga!  
(Kaiwhakahaere) Moemoeā e ahi ana!  
(Iwi) Ahi!  
(Kaiwhakahaere) Whakatū ngā ringaringa!  
(Iwi) Ki runga!  
I te tahi mātou e piki ana, e rere ana!  

[Verse 2]  
Ia tohu i riro hei kōrero, ia roimata hei kōhatu,  
Ināianei kua hanga te mamae i te korōria, kāore e ngaro, kua tupu.  
Mai i te kāinga ki te tāone, ia reo ka tīmata ki te waiata,  
Sweefin mana i roto i te wairua, te rangimarie te himene ka kawe.  

[Pre-Chorus]  
Kāore he here e taea te pupuri,  
E rangi ana, kāore e hoki.  
Mai i ngā pahi e kawe ana,  
Tēnei te wā, tēnei te wā.  

[Chorus (Hook)]  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga, kāore e titiro ki raro,  
Moemoeā e ahi ana, ahi, e piki ana i te whenua.  
Ngā ngākau kotahi, ka taea e mātou te whiti i te rangi,  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — koe me au.  

[Bridge / Breakdown]  
Whakatū ngā ringaringa, waihohia te ao e kite,  
Sweefin e kawe ana i te kotahitanga.  
Ia wairua e tika ana ki te whiti,  
Mō ake tonu, mō koe, mō au.  
🎵 (Chant) Oh oh oh, Sweefin oh!  
Eh eh eh, ki runga tātou!  
Oh oh oh, Sweefin oh!  
Ahi, ahi, e mura ana i tō mātou wairua!  

[Chorus (Hook) ×2 with variations]  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga, kāore e titiro ki raro,  
Moemoeā e ahi ana, ahi, e piki ana i te whenua.  
Ngā ngākau kotahi, ka taea e mātou te whiti i te rangi,  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — koe me au. 🎵 Ka piki tātou (piki!)  
Ka kaha tātou (kaha!)  
Ka whiti tātou (whiti!)  
Sweefin mō āke tonu (mō āke tonu!)  
🎵 Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — (oh oh oh!)  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — (eh eh eh!)  
Moemoeā e ahi ana, ahi — (oh oh oh!)  
Sweefin ki runga, ki runga — koe me au! 🎵 Sweefin… ki runga, ki runga, ki runga…  
Ka piki tātou, ki runga, ki runga…  
Mō āke tonu, mō te whiti…  
Sweefin ki runga, koe me au.