[Māori] Zamboya
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
# ZAMBOYA **[INTRO — Handclaps, Shakers, Playful Female Vocal]** *(Pakipaki! Boom!)* Tukua te matapihi kia tuwhera! Tukua te puoro kia rere mai! Oh-eh-oh! Ah-ya-ya! Kotahi te hikoi māku, Kotahi te hikoi māu. Kua rite katoa? ZAMBOYA! **[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Maranga mai, te ao e karanga ana! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Whakaaro te reo, puritia te rangi! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Tukua te ao whānui ki te kanikani! Tū! Tū! Pakipaki! ZAMBOYA! Whakahokia mai te wairua! **[VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]** Ka whiti te rā i runga i ngā tuanui, Kōwhai te marama i runga i te huarahi. Ka tuwhera tētahi kuaha, Ka kitea tētahi rangi hou. I nanahi he pātai nui, Kei te tatari tonu mō ngā whakautu. Engari i tēnei rā ka waihangatia tētahi mea Me te māia o ō mātou oranga. I te wāhi i aukati ai te ara, Kei reira tētahi piriti ka tīmata. I te wāhi i noho puku te reo, Kei reira tētahi waiata e pōwhiri ana. Ehara i te mea ka tae mai ngā moemoeā āpōpō, Ehara i te mea he māmā, he tika te ara. Engari ka taea e tētahi āheinga te huri i te haerenga, Ka taea e tētahi ringa te whakatuwhera i ngā kūaha. **[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]** Ka taea e koe te rongo i te pae rākau e neke ana? Ka taea e koe te rongo i ngā pahu e whakautu ana? Hīkoi atu ki tētahi tangata, Waiho ōu māharahara ki muri. Ka taea e ia reo te uru ki te waiata, Ka taea e ia ngākau te kimi i tōna wāhi. Ka neke paku atu tātou ki te tata, He menemene kei runga i ia kanohi! **[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Maranga mai, te ao e karanga ana! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Whakaaro te reo, puritia te rangi! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Tukua te ao whānui ki te kanikani! Tū! Tū! Pakipaki! ZAMBOYA! Whakahokia mai te wairua! **[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT]** Zam! Zam! Hey! Hey! Bo! Bo! Neke! Neke! Ya! Ya! Huri mai! ZAMBOYA! Rongo i te tangi! **[VERSE 2 — FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]** He māmā kei te pakihi, He pāpā kei te moemoeā. He kaipāmu kei te whakatipu, He kaihanga kei te hanga. He tauira kei te ako i ngā nama, He kaihokohoko kei te kimi huarahi. He kōrero tō ia tangata, He rā tō ia haerenga. Mai i te kāinga ki te tāone, Mai i ngā maunga ki te moana, Ka hono a Sweefin i te iwi me ngā āheinga, Hei āwhina i te nuinga ki te whai wāhi, ki te moemoeā. Ina whai huarahi te nuinga Ki te waihanga, ki te whakawhiti, ki te tipu, Ka taea e ngā whakaaro te kimi i te anamata, Ka taea e ngā hapori te whiti. **[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]** Ka taea e koe te rongo i te pae rākau e neke ana? Ka taea e koe te rongo i ngā pahu e whakautu ana? Hīkoi atu ki tētahi tangata, Waiho ōu māharahara ki muri. Ka taea e ia reo te uru ki te waiata, Ka taea e ia ngākau te kimi i tōna wāhi. Ka neke paku atu tātou ki te tata, He menemene kei runga i ia kanohi! **[CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Maranga mai, te ao e karanga ana! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Whakaaro te reo, puritia te rangi! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Tukua te ao whānui ki te kanikani! Tū! Tū! Pakipaki! ZAMBOYA! Whakahokia mai te wairua! **[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]** Kia rongo koe i warewaretia, Kia tū koe ki waho rā, Kimihia he tatau tuwhera Me te hoa hei tū ki tāua. He ao mō ngā haerenga kē, He ao mō ngā moemoeā. Ko te ao āpōpō e whiti mai, Ina haere tātou tahi mai. *(Piano ka memeha. Ka tīmata ngā pakipaki.)* **[WHAKANGAHU — KARANGA ME TE WHAKAUTU]** Kaiārahi: Ko wai te moemoeā? Rōpū: Māua! Māua! Kaiārahi: Ko wai ka tīmata? Rōpū: Āe au! Āe au! Kaiārahi: Ko wai ka kanikani? Rōpū: Katoa! Kaiārahi: Na, whakaatuhia mai te neke! *(Ka piki te puoro.)* Hī! Hī! Takahi! Takahi! Pā! Pā! Pakipaki! Ha! Ha! Huri noa! ZAMBOYA! Rongo i te oro! *(TE WAIATA NUI O AMAPIANO)* Oh-eh-oh! Ah-ya-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! *(Ka karanga te rōpū ki runga i te rangi.)* **[WAIATA MUTUNGA — KO TE KĀHUI HAKA KATOA]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Whakaara ake, karanga te ao! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Rongo i te manawataki, pupuri tonu! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Haere mai te ao ki te kanikani! Takahi! Takahi! Pakipaki! ZAMBOYA! Whakahokia te wairua! **[WHAKAMUTUNGA — KITĀ HIGHLIFE MAHANA, KĀHUI KĀRANGI]** Kotahi te takahi māku, Kotahi te takahi māu. He tūmanako iti I ngā mahi ka mahia. Sweefin ka tuku ara hou ki te hono, Ki te waihanga, ki te whakawhiti, ki te tupu. Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Whakaara ake. Neke tahi. Hanga āpōpō. ZAMBOYA! *(Pāhitanga pahu whakamutunga whakanui.)*