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[Marshallese] Stackalaya

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# STACKALAYA  
*Pēpē ni Pēpē. Pāna Kahi.*  

**[INTRO — Playful Marimba, Finger Snaps, Rolling Bass]**  

O-na-na!  
Eh-ya-ya!  

Tahi pē,  
Tahi mahere.  

Ngā moemoeā e pāka,  
Ki ngā mea kei roto i tō ringa!  

*(Tahi pā!)*
  
Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  

Hey! Hey!  

**[CHORUS — Immediate Afro-House Dance Hook]**  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Pēpē ni pēpē, pāna kahi!  

Tiaki i te iti!  
Mahere i te iti!  
Kia pai ai te neke i tēnei rā!  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya!  

Iti i te iti,  
Rā i te rā,  

Whakawhanake tō ao i tō huarahi!  

**[VERSE 1 — Bouncy Afrobeats, Highlife Guitar]**  

Ka haere te moni, ka haere,  
Tēnei te rārangi e rere.  
Engari mēnā ka hoatu tō moemoeā he mahere,  
Ka taea e koe te tīmata ki ngā mea e taea ana.  

I kī te whaea, “Kaua e tere i te ara,  
Ka tupu ngā mea pai me te tiaki me te wā.  
Kia waiho i te iti i te utu,  
Kia whakaaro ki ngā whiringa i whakaarotia.”  

Tahi tiaki, tahi whāinga mārama,  
Kia ako i ngā mōrearea kei mua.  
E kore e huri katoa te ara ki te koura,  
Engari he nui te whai mātauranga i te kōrero.  

Sweefin ka whakauru i ngā ara hou ki te hono,  
Ki te tiaki, te whakawhiti, me te rapu.  
I ngā taputapu tika me ngā mōhiohio,  
Ka taea e koe te mahere mō te mea nui.  

**[PRE-CHORUS — Rising Harmonies, Handclaps]**  

Kaua e waiho i tetahi ki te tere,  
Kaua e waiho i tetahi ki te whiriwhiri.  

Tēnā tango tō wā, ā, ako i te rerekētanga  
I waenganui i te oati me te pono.  

Te pā ki te rīki, te kitea tō pātea,  
Ia haerenga he āhua āna.  

Ka tīmata koe mō āpōpō,  
Whakawhikihia he wā ki ngā moemoeā!  

**[CHORUS — Full Amapiano Log-Drum Drop]**  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Pēpē ni pēpē, pāna kahi!  

Tiaki i te iti!  
Mahere i te iti!  
Kia pai ai te neke i tēnei rā!  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya!  

Iti i te iti,  
Rā i te rā,  

Whakawhanake tō ao i tō huarahi!  

**[POST-CHORUS — Viral Dance Chant]**  

Stack! Stack!  
Hoki mai te rīki!  

Pā! Pā!  
Kaua e wareware i te mahere!  

Pā! Pā!  
Katoa tango!  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Whakawhia ngā moemoeā!  

**[VERSE 2 — Female Lead, Rolling Bass, Bright Guitar]**  

He wahine kei te whakahaere,  
E mahi ana ki te tupu.  
He pāpā e whakamahere ana mō ngā utu kura,  
E whakaaro ana ki te haere o te moni.  

He tauira kei te whai whakaaro,  
He kaipōti kei te neke.  
I nga tangata katoa he take  
Ki te whai i te huarahi pai ake.  

Kei te tiaki etahi mō ngā rangi ua,  
Kei te tāpiri etahi mō ngā tau e haere ana.  
Kei te hanga etahi i tētahi pakihi iti,  
Kei te māmā i ngā nama i taua wā.  

Ngā moemoeā rerekē me ngā haerenga rerekē,  
Ngā huarahi rerekē ki te tīmata.  
Ka tīmata te whakawhirinaki pūtea  
I te mōhio i ngā mea kei a koe.  

**[PRE-CHORUS — Choir Builds]**  

Kaua e waiho i tetahi ki te tere,  
Kaua e waiho i tetahi ki te whiriwhiri.  

Tēnā tango tō wā, ā, ako i te rerekētanga  
I waenganui i te oati me te pono.  

Te pā ki te rīki, te kitea tō pātea,  
Ia haerenga he āhua āna.  

Ka tīmata koe mō āpōpō,  
Whakawhikihia he wā ki ngā moemoeā!  

**[CHORUS — Festival Dance Drop]**  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Pēpē ni pēpē, pāna kahi!  

Tiaki i te iti!  
Mahere i te iti!  
Kia pai ai te neke i tēnei rā!  

Stack-a, stack-a-laya!  
Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya!  

Iti i te iti,  
Rā i te rā,

**[BRIDGE — Warm Piano, Children's Choir]**

Enekar kash kan imōttan,
Riñiā e kake ej lōñlōñ.
Kajitōk ekkar kōn wōnmaanlōk,
Etnan inōnin eḷapāḷap.

Jānene jānin ejja bukot,
Ejjejej kake eḷap tōmak.
Aetok ke jānon eṃṃaan,
Maak kake kōttar kōn juon wān.

*(Music fades to finger snaps)*

**[DANCE BREAK — Call-and-Response]**

Lead: Kaṃmool jān wōt?
Crowd: Kōjjemi wān!

Lead: Etokḷā en?
Crowd: Eḷane wāween!

Lead: Kōn boktak?
Crowd: Ekkan menon!

Lead: Kwaar kōn—
Crowd: Dān juon wān!

*(Bass drops)*

Kōttar! Kōttar!
Ņan wōt!