[Māori] We Go Up

Lyrics

[INTRO]  
Āe...  
Ringaringa teitei  
Ā te pō nei ka ara  
Āe-āe  

[VERSE 1]  
Pō roa, rā taumaha kua pahure  
Whakamua, pakaru ngā here  
Ia takahanga, ia hinganga  
Kua whakatū mātou kia kaha  

Mai i te pōuri ki te marama  
Kei te tatari mō tēnei pō  
Rongo te manawa ki roto i tō uma  
E mōhio ana koe ko mātou te whai ake  

[PRE-CHORUS]  
Kaua e tatari i te kūaha  
Kua rite mātou, hiahia atu anō  
Ki te whai mai koe, whakaatu mai  
Ko tō mātou wā tēnei  

[CHORUS]  
Ka piki ake, kāore e heke  
Rongo i te wiri o te whenua  
Ka piki ake, puta noa  
Ko tō mātou wā, ko tēnei rā  

Ringaringa teitei, whakaatu mai  
Rongo i te kaha e kī ana  
Ka piki ake, tūtahi  
Katoa — kei te ora  

[DROP / CHANT]  
Piki… piki…  
Ka piki ake  
Piki… piki…  
Ringaringa teitei  

[VERSE 2]  
Te tāone e wiri ana i te patuki  
Ia menemene ka whakaputa i te wera  
Kāore he mataku, kāore he pouri  
Koinei te pai rawa atu kua rongo  

Kanohi rerekē, reo kotahi  
Ia manawa ka whiriwhiri  
Mēnā kei konei koe, nōu te wāhi  
Tūhono mai  

[PRE-CHORUS]  
Kaua e tatari i te kūaha  
Kua rite mātou, hiahia atu anō  
Ki te whai mai koe, whakaatu mai  
Ko tō mātou wā tēnei  

[CHORUS]  
Ka piki ake, kāore e heke  
Rongo i te wiri o te whenua  
Ka piki ake, puta noa  
Ko tō mātou wā, ko tēnei rā  

Ringaringa teitei, whakaatu mai  
Rongo i te kaha e kī ana  
Ka piki ake, tūtahi  
Katoa — kei te ora  

[BRIDGE]  
Mēnā he taumaha te ao ināianei  
Hiki ake, e mōhio ana mātou  
Ia moemoeā kei te ora tonu  
Ā te pō nei ka ara  

[FINAL CHORUS]  
Ka piki ake, kāore he whakaroa  
Ia takahanga e whakamārama ana i te ara  
Ka piki ake, rongo i te tangi  
Kia rongo te ao katoa ināianei  

Ringaringa teitei, āta pa ki te rangi  
Koinei te wā ka whakatau  
Ka piki ake, tūtahi  
Katoa — kei te ora  

[OUTRO]  
Piki… piki…  
Ka piki ake  
Āe  
Kei te ora mātou