[Māori] Breakthrough

Lyrics

[Intro]  
Oh na-na, ka piki te rā!  
Kanikani, muramura te ahi.  
Sweefin arahi i te pō,  
Whawhati here, tomo ki te ao.

[Verse 1]  
E te whaea, kua mutu te ua,  
Ka ara te rā, ka haere whakamua.  
Ko te moni e rere ana, tipu i whakatō,  
Mai i te kāinga, whakamōhio te tāone.  
Ko te hokohoko e karanga ana, kuaha hou e tuwhera,  
Te reo o Awherika, rangona te waiata.  
Kua mutu te raru, kua tae te wā,  
Whawhati i ngā huringa, patu te pahu.

[Chorus]  
Oh-oh, whawhati i te mekameka pōharatanga,  
Kanikani mō te koa, kāore e mamae.  
Te marama o Sweefin e whiti ana ki tawhiti,  
Mai i te aukati, hurihia te tai.  
Oh-oh, whakaaweawe te manawataki,  
E mura ana te tūmanako, ngakau ahi.  
Whai rawa mō ia whenua,  
Whawhati i te huringa, tū pakari.

[Verse 2]  
Ka piki ngatahi, i te taha o te taha,  
Kāore he tangata i mahue, kāore he tūranga huna.  
Ngā kī a Sweefin e whakatuwhera ana i te kuaha,  
He iti noa, inaianei he nui noa atu.  
Ka rere te moni kei hea te aroha e noho ana,  
Te mana e whakatakoto ana i te ara.  
Te anamata o Awherika, whai rawa, toa,  
Whawhati i ngā huringa, mātakitaki te puāwai.

[Bridge]  
Hiki ō ringa, kia kitea e te ao,  
He anamata kanapa, kī i te wikitoria.  
Te hokohoko me te whakawhirinaki i ia ringa,  
Whakakotahi i ngā moemoeā puta noa i te whenua.  
Kua oti te huringa, kua tīmata ngā rā hou,  
Whakaatu a Sweefin kāore he oti.  
Oh na-na, kanikani, tipu atu,  
Kua ngaro te pōharatanga, whakamōhio te iwi.

[Chorus]  
Oh-oh, whawhati i te mekameka pōharatanga,  
Kanikani mō te koa, kāore e mamae.  
Te marama o Sweefin e whiti ana ki tawhiti,  
Mai i te aukati, hurihia te tai.  
Oh-oh, whakaaweawe te manawataki,  
E mura ana te tūmanako, ngakau ahi.  
Whai rawa mō ia whenua,  
Whawhati i te huringa, tū pakari.

[Outro]  
Oh na-na, rongo te piki o te puoro,  
Kanikani mō ngā moemoeā i te rangi.  
Te aroha o Sweefin, kei konei tonu,  
Whawhati i te huringa i ia rā.  
Āe rā, kia kanapa te anamata,  
Ringaringa i te ringaringa, rere ngā manaakitanga.  
Whiti mai Awherika, ka kite te ao,  
Whawhati i te huringa, kua wātea mātou!