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M​ā​oriness feat Fiona Erica

from THE WAY I SEE THE WORLD by ESOLIGH by Esoligh

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about

This is inspired by my summer scholarship research project at the University of Auckland. It was an enlightening study and I would like to share part of what I learned to shed some light on things. Features my youngest sister Fiona Erica on the chorus and both my sis Fee and my step sis Roseanna on laughter.

lyrics

Maoriness by Esoligh feat Fiona Erica with te reo Maori translation in the second verse by Hohepa Joseph Henare Maclean

Chorus - Fiona Erica
Flying above the clouds,
Above darkness' shroud,
That's where marie is found,
High above the ground


1st verse - Esoligh
This study uncovered the muddy,
Values guiding modernity,
Showing cultural shifts need to be,
Implemented, most naturally

Fostering n enabling community,
Aware of self most truthfully,
Paul, Ingo, Awhi and Rewi ,
Wise experts allowed me

To delve through understandably,
Developed understandings see,
Tangata whaiora showed up too,
which was usefully cool

This boom bappy beat,
Speaks reverentially deep,
About the summer weeks,
Finding inspiring treats

Sitting in seats,
Listening to holistic feats,
Learning useful deets


Chorus - Fiona Erica
Flying above the clouds,
Above darkness' shroud,
That's where marie is found,
High above the ground


2nd verse - Esoligh
Te Reo Māori nei rā
te hononga ki onamata
ki te punga e mau
tēnei taonga ka tau

Te mauri mana māori
arero pono te kī
koia rā hei ārahi
i rō te poho hāpori

Mātāpono aroha
hereherenga Te Arawa
te mea tata ngaro rawa
Nō roto te kāra...kia

me pēhea e hoki mai
ki tōna ahuareka pai
tēnā te āta panoni
arā, kia noho Māori

Translation:
Te reo Maori ake,
Linking us to the past lovely,
Hold to be ourselves,
A taonga in itself

The living language of Maori,
Tongues which spoke truthfully,
From a guided position,
Within close community

Of Maori values and aroha,
Binding force of Te Arawa,
Something almost lost to searches,
By those inside the churches

How is it we hoki Mai,
To something ka pai,
We must readopt gradually,
allowing ourselves to re be


Chorus - Fiona Erica
Flying above the clouds,
Above darkness' shroud,
That's where marie is found,
High above the ground


3rd Verse - Esoligh
It's clear to me,
For Maori to be healthy,
We need to be,
Included in the lived landscape

It is our identity,
Part of us centrally,
Papatuanuku earth goddess,
Our mother she doth bless

It's honestly incredible,
To know we’re all special,
To a greater power,
Inexhaustible aroha hour by hour

Simply know the links,
Whence we came instincts,
A balancing of energies,
Like reciprocal synergies

Mixing together ethnicities,
Melting like liberties,
Like this and like that,
Hit the beat like a bat

Jamming to indigenous tracks,
Like a yacht tacks

credits

from THE WAY I SEE THE WORLD by ESOLIGH, released May 16, 2014
D. Patterson, M. Smith, F. Patterson

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