[Māori] Amaviva
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
# 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! He