Chords for "Keiki O Ka 'Aina Stand Strong" By Paul Izak

_ This song goes out to the Manaʻa I o Hana and everyone out there practicing sustainable
living in themselves and for the community. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Manaʻai mahalo for the paʻiʻai In [C] a time when [Ab] the culture could die
If you [Am] take away the water, [D] our precious vai vai
_ [Am] _ [Em] Manaʻai mahalo [G] for the [Bm] paʻiʻai In [C] a time when the people could cry
Cause they're abusing [Am] the ʻāina, a [D] ole ma lama
_ So [Am] let's [Em] not feed [Bm] our hunger with greed It's time [C] we plant the seed
And remember [Am] true Hawaiʻi, [D] kanaka maoli Don't [Em] let it die
Don't [Bm] say that we didn't try To [C] break on through the lies
I look [Am] into the inside, [D] a kua gaʻi dai [Ab] Like [G] Opelu in the [Bm] sea, a school we must [A] be
Planting [D] kalo to feed [G] our families Singing our [Am] songs to help each other [D] along
Ke Kio [C] Kaʻaina, [G] stand strong
_ [Em] _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ Well [Em] we can talk about sustainability [Bm] But most of this land is leased to companies
Who [C] could care less about the people And the land they grow [Am] upon
Just becomes a [D] chemical farm They're doing harm
[Em] And what have these companies done for us anyway?
[A] Most of the food they grow just [Bm] gets sent away
[C] To another place And they say it to our [Am] face
If we didn't have them we'd [D] starve in just a few days
Well our way, [Em] we are here to make our stand today
And [Bm] there's a lot of people out there who feel the same way
[E] Don't let them trick [C] you, they're out to deceive
[Am] But everyone's [D] entitled to what they believe
So I'll [Em] be chanting manaʻai [Bm] Mahalo for the [Bm] paʻiʻai
In the [C] time when we look through the lies Stare them in the [Am] eyes
And told them that this [D] truth wears no disguise
And [G] like Opelu [Bm] in the sea A school we [Am] must be
Planting kalo [D] to feed our [E] families [G] Singing our songs [A] to help each other along
[D] Ke Kio Kaʻaina, [G] stand strong
Like Opelu [D] in the sea [Bm] A school we must be
[Am] Planting kalo [D] to feed our [G] families Singing [Am] our songs to help each other [D] along
Ke Kio Kaʻaina, [C] [G] stand strong
Ke Kio Kaʻaina, [D] Ke Kio Kaʻaina, _ [G] stand strong
Children [A] of the land, Ke Kio Kaʻaina, stand strong _ _ _ _
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