E TU

should have stormed the gubbament,next time though aye ;-)


E Tu
by Dean Hapeta

Karanga, rangatahi, whakarongo, whakarongo
Ko nga tamatoa matou, ka tahu te ahi
Kaua e nukurautia, kia mau ki to Maori

Te meho o te mana i te tokomaha
Kei Te Rauparaha te toa me te kaha, Ana!
Hone Heke, topea te pou haki
Na te whakapairua o te mahi Ingarihi
He mea kohuru i te tauiwi.
Ka whakahoki-patu mai i Te Kooti.

Te Hokowhitu-Maori i nga pakanga nui
Pumau te whawhai kotahi
Moana Ngarimu, rua-kore-iwa
Au maro, te nguha, te ngana
Horetiti! horetata! Ka mau te wehi, he rangatira!
Ko Papurona, tere omanga
Rangatu tupuna, mauriora

E Tu
Maranga
Kia Kaha
Rangatira

I haere kimi-mate a Von Tempsky
Koia te he koia te ngohi
Ko Titokowaru he toa nunui
Te whawhai mohio o te Maori Hi!
Ka whakaeke hoia ki te pa
Whakaaro nei ratou, te toa
Ko te whakaeke ratou ka mate ka hinga
Ko Kawiti tatai tikanga

Ko Te Rangihaeata mau te whenua
Te atetenga ki te hoia
Ko te whenua, he pu, te rangatira
I Awakairangi i tahaetia he taonga
I te tau tahi-waru-wha-ono
He pakanga na tenei mahi kino
I hinga Maori i hinga Pakeha

Ko ta tauiwi homanga, ne
Te ture Pakeha e mahi i te he
Ko matou e patu nei te koretake
Kaua e wareware ou tupuna
Te nonoke e haere tonu ake na Ae!
He mea i karanga, he tino take
Ka whawhai tonu matou, ake! ake! ake!

E pumahara nei taku kupu
Kare kau te moni te kaupapa
Kare taku korero he pakiwaha
Ka kii te pono ana te tikanga
Ko Papurona me tana homanga te he
Nga kaitorangapu he mate
Kua tango o tatou whenua, e haere tonu
Ko te korero nei ka paku

Me mohio te hitori kia matau ai to tu
Akohia! waiho te makuware
Kia manawanui ki te nonoke nei
Kia kaha kia mau ki to Maori
Kaua e tuku te whawhai nei.

Original lyrics, Dean Hapeta, 1988

Karanga, rangatahi, whakarongo, whakarongo
We're nga tamatoa, so we must light te ahi
Don't get led astray by Babylon, kia mau ki to Maori

There's alot of people who think they're tough today
But chiefs like Te Rauparaha woulda blown dem away, Cher!
Hone Heke he expressed his disgust by
cutting down the flagpole, huh
Pakeha killed Maori inna Matawhero
So Te Kooti exacted it in a slaughter.

Yes, the Maori battalion inna World War Two
Staunch on the battlefield they had many clues
Like Moana Ngarimu on hill 209, Victoria Cross so true so strong
Yes the Maori was a bad warrior
Strike fear in the hearts of the Babylon soldier
Yeah its true, yeah its true, that's why I'm talking to you
Kia kaha, kia kaha two one two two

E Tu
Stand Proud
Kia Kaha
Say It Loud
The man who tried to kill him was Von Tempsky
But he became a victim of his own folly
Cause Titokowaru was too smart you see,
Guerilla warfare, huh, Maori
The British raided a Pa they thought it'd be a victory
But Kawiti fooled the enemy
The British raided the Pa yeah but they got shot down
Cause Kawiti had a plan and it was sound, break down

Te Rangihaeata believes in holding land
Against the foe, yo, the British man
To him land's essential to the mana of the chief
And in the Hutt there were some hardcore feats
In 1846 in the Hutt Valley I said
Fighting broke out between the British and the Maori
And more than one settler on disputed land
Was killed when the Maori fought the British Plan

Cause white rule and injustice go hand in hand
So against that is where we stand
Don't forget those who've fought before
Our struggle continues more and more
Yeah it's a struggle, it's a struggle
The system's got us in a muddle
So strive to get outta this puddle.

Well I always put my mind to the rhyme
Don't wear no gold chains cause we ain't that kind
Don't neva rap and say I think I'm cool
Just preach the truth with us that's a rule
Yeah, rising inflation to me is a crime
And sport is politics so don't mess with my mind
They falsely own our land so they really don't
We've been ripped off man so shut up I won't

You gotta learn the history to know where ya truly are
Learn it somehow this ignorance has gone too far
Have self determination in what ya gonna do
Kia kaha, kia mau ki to Maori
Don't let no-one stand on you.