He Kanaka (feat. The Vitals) Lyrics

O wākea a ke kāne
No wai a papa hānau moku
Hānau ʻo Hawaiʻi hī mūkā
ʻAʻole au he rasta ano hoʻi i kanaka wale no au,
kanaka nō hawaiʻi
Ē...
According to my name which is Elijah,
The one that I can praise to his name is Jah.
Sorry I don’t believe in your religion,
No offense to you it’s just that I'm a Hawaiian.
Ever since the day you landed on my island,
Many of them passed away and many of them gone.
All of them be giving praises to your holy begotten son.
My people have to chant and say “This is my song,”
I say ʻAʻole au he rasta ano hoʻi i kanaka wale no au,
kanaka nō hawaiʻi
Ēi...
Wahi a ka ʻino aʻo kaʻi kēnā

Welo mai ka ike mai pūpū nā
Huli ka lima ʻa i lalo ka lima
Hoʻi i ka ʻāina aʻe mau ka Kona
Hiʻohiʻa i ka lua, wā hinahina
I ka ʻāina a Hawaiʻi, e ʻai mi ka iʻa
Uʻe ka inu ʻai ka pī ka pua wā
Wela nō ʻo Hawaiʻi momona
Ēi...
I never gave my praises up to Jah,
Cause the race that which I came from was raised in Hāloa so,
Wai ka lā hiki ā i ka lā kau
He Hawaiʻi a mau a mau
Say ʻAʻole au he rasta ano hoʻi i kanaka wale no au,
kanaka nō hawaiʻi
ʻAʻole au he rasta ano hoʻi i kanaka wale no au,
kanaka nō hawaiʻi
Ēi...
Lyrics Submitted by Samuel Chang-Yadao