(Guitar strums) Kawika Kahiapo: The word that comes to my mind is experience.
Like the song Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna, I was just watching the events unfold on evening news every night.
I felt like the inspiration I guess, seeing the kupuna, seeing the series of events unfold, literally, the song kind of wrote itself.
I'm just grasping on to all the visuals and the audible stuff that was happening.
So I just gathered that and compiled it into what I feel is, I'm just expressing through the song, what we're seeing happening, real time.
So I think as far as the composition side, it's, it’s everyday life experiences.
Performance: Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna (Guitar playing) Our people hear the call Come one and all As we unite on the mountain For the powers that be Manifest their greed And desecrate our motherland We stand in Kapu Aloha Hand in hand we make our stand Kūpuna warriors put their lives on the line Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna People from far and wide Join with our stride And stand with us in unity Solidarity for all the world to see Truth will prevail And set us free We stand in Kapu Aloha Hand in hand we make our stand Kūpuna warriors put their lives on the line Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna (Guitar instrumental) We stand in Kapu Aloha Hand in hand we make our stand Kūpuna warriors put their lives on the line Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna Our people hear the call Come one and all As we unite on the mountain For the powers that be Manifest their greed And desecrate our motherland We stand in Kapu Aloha Hand in hand we make our stand Kūpuna warriors put their lives on the line Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna Kūpuna warriors put their lives on the line Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna Eō!
Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna (guitar instrumental) Eō Kū Kia‘i Mauna (guitar instrumental)