BRAINS - KAʻIKENA SCANLAN Chords

E yo!
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_ O [Am] ka mea ihala ua [Em] hala
E _ [Am] maka ala i ke [Dm] kinu
I ka naau
[Am] _ Ame kano [Em] ono
Well _ [Am] it's not the same, it's not [Dm] as simple as before
It's not [Am] our bodies but our brains
[Em] They're using for their war
[Am] Confused and in pain, we don't [Dm] know what we're fighting for
[Am] So they watch us kill each other [Em] as we pile up on the floor
[Am] So what's the future?
[Dm] To the youths of today
Cause I said [Am] I'm looking for the truth
But I see [Em] them look to the books and pray
[Am] But the YouTubes and Facebooks, [Dm] them can't look away
[Am] Don't let our culture die in a [Em] museum, it's a [Am] flair
Close your eyes, E [Dm].K. Moulton, listen for a second
[Am] Would you realize that racing your mouth [Em] every time it's a tick of breath in?
[Am] Well it's hard when your brainwashed, [Dm] your senses got you guessing
[Am] If you listen to me truly speak, [Em] you'd realize what I'm stressing, I [Am] say
Well it's not the same, it's not [Dm] as simple as before
It's not [Am] our bodies but our brains
[Em] They're using for their war
[Am] Confused and in pain, we don't [Dm] know what we're fighting for
[Am] So they watch us kill each other [Em] as we pile up on the floor
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This _ _ is more than a hesitation, this is just lazy
This is more than a generation, this is history
But don't [N] take that _ criticization, let your roots run deep
While adapting to [G] do as the ancients call me crazy
But I [Am] think this is more than a [Dm] vacation, this hua ka'i
[Am] Has the means to replace a nation [Em] that's filling us with greed
[Am] A thousand years since we came here, [Dm] but in this past century
[Am] We've been fighting to be free, but today [Em] we're fighting just to be here
[Am] Well it's not the same, it's [Dm] not as simple as before
It's not [Am] our bodies but our brains
[Em] They're using for their war
[Am] Confused and in pain, we don't [Dm] know what we're fighting for
[Am] So they watch us kill each other [Em] as we pile up on the [Am] floor
_ Why does the [Dm] Hawaiians arrest the [Am] Hawaiians?
Having me question [Em] who I am and where I stand
[Am] Soon we'll realize [Dm] that it's by design and
[Am] I will not take [Em] my hands out of my lands
[Am] Get up, get up, get out of the box, [Dm] they're trying to stop us
From talking [Am] about all the crops and the mountain [Em] tops and the fishes in the sea
[Am] Get up, get up, get out of the box, [Dm] they're trying to stop us
From talking [Am] about all the crops and the mountain tops and the fishes in the sea
Not 300 years since [Dm] that dumb Boston tea party
Now they're coming [Am] over here with the sea pieces
[Em] Never coming over here, them coffin [Am] coffins
Cuffing us in the coffin [Dm] coffins
Telling us where the coffee [Am] coffee
Sorry that's not me, [Em] so get up, get up, get off me, [Am] off me
Well it's not the same, it's [Dm] not as simple as before
It's not [Am] our bodies but our brains
[Em] They're using for their war
[Am] Confused and in pain, we [Dm] don't know what we're fighting for
[Am] So they watch us kill each other as we pile up on the floor
Well it's not the same, it's not [Dm] as simple as before
It's [Am] not our bodies but our brains
[Em] They're using for their war
[Am] Confused and in pain, we [Dm] don't know what we're fighting for
[Am] So they watch us kill each other [Em] as we pile up on the [Am] floor
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Not [Am] our bodies but our brains
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_ Ea [Am] _ 'aumai kākou [Em] i ka i, _ kāmai, [Am] kāpaleta
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E ku kākou i [Am] ka pono
Ha'a ku e [Em] i ka hewa
A [Am] _ _ ohe [Dm] hope ho'i mai ai
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] Ea _ 'aumai _ _ _ _ _
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