Hawai'i 23

'Hawai'i 23' was written and performed by Millicent Cummings based on 'Hawai’i 78' written by Mickey Ione, Clayton Kua, Abe Keala and Kawika Crowly in 1976 retaining the structure and chorus. It follows another version called 'Hawai'i 17' regarding the TMT in a line of the artist's adaptations intended to illustrate the different, contemporary facets of the original song. It was recorded by Tommy Osuna 2024, All rights reserved regarding the artist's part, Copyright 2023. Video by Millicent Cummings, dedicated to the Kanaka Maoli People and the People of Lahaina with Love. www.frommillicentwithlove.com Here are the lyrics for

Hawai’i 23 by Millicent Cummings finished 12-30-23

With closed eyes you’ll not see my friend
The same old land grab come again
With deaf ears you’ll not hear the children cry, but I
Smell a rat upon the ashen breeze
Who plays the HAARP in SMART Cities And doesn’t care how many people will die
Where were the sirens and the support
Why all the chem trails the day before
And who turned the water off and tell me why?
So obviously geo engineered
Like so many fires, floods and storms as queer But the truth does neither burn nor does it lie
How would you feel if it was your child that died that day?
You would cry for the Gods, cry for people
Cry for the land that was taken away
And then yet you’ll find Hawai’i
No hurricane named Dora was
To blame for what these pirates caused
No climate change enraged the hellish flames
For Mother Nature She does not make
Infernos like the ones these pirates bake
That cook trees from the inside while leaves remain
The Lahaina fires were so controlled
From block to block in stranglehold
And so many people were stopped from getting away
So that new colonies could set up camp
For richer settlers rubber stamped
To build their smart new houses on their graves
How would you feel
If it was your great grandma’s house, would you cry?
You would cry for the trees, cry for the animals
Cry for the land that was desecrated
And then yet you’ll find Hawai’i
But destined is the Queendom’s rise
From ashes under DEW lit skies
As Nature’s Law still lies beneath the ground
We know this climate changing hoax
Is bound to follow up in smoke
With every lie they’ve told about Her crown
For truth is like a timeless flash
Whose embers lie below the ash
In the Phoenix that is rising in me and you
Because the Queen did plant in these sacred lands
The seeds of sovereignty to stand
Stand up now unless you’re a pirate too
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono