[Māori] Elevate

Lyrics

[Intro]  
Āe-āe, āe-āe, ae, ae,  
Whakatika, kāore he wā.  
Ngā wairua rere, whakatuwhera te kuaha,  
Ka rere te moni, ka auaha.

[Verse 1]  
Tirohia te marama, e whiti ana,  
Ngā whakaaro hou, kei te whai mai.  
Mai i te aukati, ka ara ake,  
Whakamanahia ngā moemoeā i mua i a koe.  
Tārahi i te ara, hanga teitei,  
Whakatata ki ngā whetū i runga rā.  
Ko te manawataki o Awherika, ko tō tātou wā,  
Auahatanga, whakatika.

[Chorus]  
Āe-āe, kanikani, kia kitea,  
Ngā nekehanga rangatira, kia mōhiotia.  
Te ringa o Sweefin, whakatuwhera whānui,  
Te hokohoko me te whakawhirinaki, huri noa te ao.  
Āe-āe, whakatika te kēmu,  
Kāore i rite te auahatanga.  
Kia whiti a Awherika, kaua e tatari,  
Kia auaha, kia whakatika.

[Verse 2]  
Ko te ataata o mama, te whakahī o papa,  
Ka neke whakamua, hamama te reo.  
Ka tupu te pakihi, kei te tika te wairua,  
Kei te ārahi a Sweefin, i te ao, i te pō.  
Ka rere te hokohoko, anō he ngaru moana,  
Te whakamanatanga te ara ka whakatakotoria.  
Whakatika kotahi, kāore he mutunga,  
Auahatanga, whakatika.

[Bridge]  
Āe, ka neke te moni ma,  
Hurihia ngā oranga, hanga te moemoeā.  
Ka hiki te whenua e te auahatanga,  
Ka tū a Awherika ki runga.  
Nā-nā, rongo te takoto o te rārangi,  
Kua kaha te ohanga, kei a tātou te mana.  
Te moemoeā o Sweefin, ka honohono,  
Whawhati i ngā here i te kuaha.

[Chorus]  
Āe-āe, kanikani, kia kitea,  
Ngā nekehanga rangatira, kia mōhiotia.  
Te ringa o Sweefin, whakatuwhera whānui,  
Te hokohoko me te whakawhirinaki, huri noa te ao.  
Āe-āe, whakatika te kēmu,  
Kāore i rite te auahatanga.  
Kia whiti a Awherika, kaua e tatari,  
Kia auaha, kia whakatika.

[Outro]  
Āe-āe, te manawataki o Awherika,  
Ka teitei ngā ringa, mātakitaki i tō tātou nekehanga.  
Te māramatanga o Sweefin, arahi te huarahi,  
Kei konei te auahatanga, kia mau tonu.  
Āe, ka whakatika,  
Kāore he wā mō te tatari.  
Kanikani mō te aroha, kanikani mō te wā,  
Auahatanga, whakatika.