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[Māori] Amaviva

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

[INTRO — SOFT HUMAN HEARTBEAT, DISTANT AFRICAN PERCUSSION]

*(Whispered female voice)*

Ira tuai…
Ira toana ihi i te mana.

Ira tuai…
Ira ta te aroha e tiaki.

Ka pehea te aroha…
Ka timata i a koe?

*(A child laughs. Handclaps enter.)*

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

Tahi iti aroha…
Tahi iti marama…

*(Bass begins to rise.)*

AMAVIVA!

[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tahi iti aroha ka huri ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ka wera nga ngakau kotahi!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa i nga taha!

Kia neke to waewae!
Kia rongo i te rangi!

AMAVIVA!
Ka ora te tangata katoa!

[VERSE 1 — WARM AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]

I reira he rama i te pōuri,
I reira he wairua i te ua.
I reira he ringa e toro ana,
A, he ngakau e tumanako ana.

I reira he tatau e tuwhera ana,
I reira he pakitara i tu.
I reira he tangata ke e mea ana, “Nau mai,”
A, he tamariki e kata ana.

Ko ia katoa he mahi aroha he tīmatanga,
Ko ia katoa he whakaaro e whakatō.
I te kite i te tumanako i era,
Ka kitea e tatou te mea e hiahiatia ana.

A, ka waiho te ao hei ātaahua
I te wa e tohatoha ana tatou.
Ko ia tangata he kaupapa,
Ko ia ora he whai wāhi.

[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]

Ka taea e koe te rongo i to manawa?
Ka taea e koe te rongo i nga paū?

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

Tangohia tō ringa, tuku ki te ao,
Ka whānui te pai.

I te hiki i te wairua o te tangata,
Ka tuku i tāu ki ngā parirau ki te rere!

[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tahi iti aroha ka huri ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ka wera nga ngakau kotahi!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa i nga taha!

Kia neke to waewae!
Kia rongo i te rangi!

AMAVIVA!
Ka ora te tangata katoa!

[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL GLOBAL DANCE CHANT]

Ama! Ama!
Neke ki te taha!

Viva! Viva!
Neke ki te taha!

Ringa ki tō ngakau!
Ringa ki te rangi!

AMAVIVA!
Ka whānui te aroha!

Oh-eh-oh!
Oh-eh-ah!

Katoa!
Anei tatou!

[VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]

He whaea e hanga ana i tetahi,
He papa e ako ana i te mea.
He tamaiti e whai whakaaro
I te ao kaore i mohiotia.

He kaipāmu e tohatoha ana i te mōhiohio,
He kaipōti e rapu ana i ngā huarahi.
He kaihanga rangatahi e moemoeā ana
Mo ngā rā brighter.

Mai i te kainga ki te tāone,
Mai i ngā maunga ki te moana,
Ko ia tangata e pupuni ana i te whakaritenga,
Ko ia ora e whai mana.

Sweefin e hono ana i ngā tangata me ngā āheinga,
E awhina ana i te katoa ki te whai wāhi me te tupu.
I te taenga mai o ngā āheinga ki te tawhiti,
Ka taea e ngā moemoeā te timata ki te whakaatu.

[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]

Ka taea e koe te rongo i to manawa?
Ka taea e koe te rongo i nga paū?

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

Tangohia tō ringa, tuku ki te ao,
Ka whānui te pai.

I te hiki i te wairua o te tangata,
Ka tuku i tāu ki ngā parirau ki te rere!

[CHORUS — MASSIVE FESTIVAL DROP]

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tahi iti aroha ka huri ora!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ka wera nga ngakau kotahi!

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!
Tuku te koa i nga taha!

Kia neke to waewae!
Kia rongo i te rangi!

AMAVIVA!
Ka ora te tangata katoa!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Sī o nāna i ka pō,  
Sī o nāna i ka lōʻihi,  

E ʻike i ke kākoʻo,  
E ʻike i ka mele hope.  

Inā ua nalowale nā moe,  
Inā ua pōkole ka manaʻo,  

E hoʻokomo i ka lokomaikaʻi  
E ʻike i kahi lani hou.  

He ʻano kūʻokoʻa ko mākou,  
He ʻano kūʻokoʻa i nā ala.  

Akā, ke aloha e hāʻawi aku,  
E noho ana i nā lā o mākou.  

E mālama i ke ao i kekahi lā,  
I ka manawa e hiki mai ana:  

Ua hoʻololi mākou i nā mea,  
A me nā mea e kōkua i nā mea.  


[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

ʻAʻole pono e hoʻololi i ke ao holoʻokoʻa…  

E hoʻololi i ke ao o kekahi.  

*(A second heartbeat.)*  

Kahi ʻōlelo maikaʻi…  

Kahi kākoʻo…  

Kahi puka…  

*(Choir whispers)*  

E hāʻawi…  

E hāʻawi…  

E HĀMAMA!  


[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: O wai e makemake i ke aloha?  

Crowd: ʻO nā mea a pau!  

Lead: O wai e hiki ke hāʻawi i ke aloha?  

Crowd: ʻO nā mea a pau!  

Lead: O wai e hiki ke hāʻawi i ka manaʻo?  

Crowd: ʻO nā mea a pau!  

Lead: E hōʻike mai iaʻu i kāu hula!  


[THE AMAVIVA DANCE — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Ama! Ama!  
Nā lima i kou puʻuwai!  

Viva! Viva!  
E wehe i nā ʻākoakoa!  

Kū i ke kumukū!  
Kū i ke kumu!  

E hāʻawi i ke aloha!  
E hāʻawi i ke aloha!  

*(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!  
He aloha liʻiliʻi e hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ola!  

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!  
E hoʻāla i nā puʻuwai i hoʻokumu!  

Ama-ama-AMAVIVA!  
E hāʻawi i ka hauʻoli mai kekahi i kekahi!  

E neʻe i nā wāwae!  
E ʻike i ka beat!  

AMAVIVA!  
E hoʻokomo i ka ʻike o nā kanaka!  


[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

He lokomaikaʻi liʻiliʻi!  
He smile liʻiliʻi!  

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