HAWAI'I SINGING RESISTANCE

Come help us launch O`ahu’s singing resistance, inspired by the thousands in Minnesota who took to the streets to sing in solidarity with their neighbors being terrorized by ICE.

Music as a tool to unite and strengthen communities facing attack is part of a long tradition here in Hawai`i and across the world. On Saturday we will be joining millions looking to find the music that can most powerfully meet the moment we face now.

There is magic in hearing your own voice magnified by hundreds. Gather with us as we sing out our commitment to one another and our island home; claim our power in the face of fascism; and our determination to keep moving forward toward the world we want to see. Together we are powerful. 

SONG LIST & LYRICS

“No One Is Getting Left Behind This Time”

by Joshua Blaine

(from the Minnesota Singing Resistance Song book) 

Lyrics: 

No one is getting left behind this time 

No one is getting left behind 

No one is getting left behind this time 

We get there together or never get there at all

We get there together or never get there at all

We get there together or never get there at all

Listen:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/63841347?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

“People Have the Power”

by Patti Smith and Fred Smith 

Lyrics: 

(Singer)

I was dreaming, in my dreaming
Of an aspect, bright and fair
And my sleeping, it was broken
But my dream, it lingered near
In the form of, shining valleys

Where the pure air, rarified

And my senses, newly opened

I awakened, to the cry

(Singer & Chorus)

That the people, have the power

To redeem, the work of fools

Upon the meek, the graces shower

It’s decreed, the people rule

(Crowd)
People have the power!
People have the power!
People have the power!
People have the power!

(Singer)

Vengeful aspects became suspect

And bending low as if to hear

And the armies ceased advancing

Because the people had their ear

(Crowd)                             

People have Power          

People have Power         

People have Power          

People have Power          

(Singer & Chorus)

In the form of, shining valleys

Where the pure air, rarified

And my senses, newly opened

I awakened, to the cry 

(Crowd)
People have the power!

People have the power!

People have the power!

People have the power!

(Singer & Chorus)

Where there were deserts, I saw fountains

Like cream the waters rise

And we strolled there together

With none to laugh or criticize

(Crowd)    

People have Power
People have Power

People have Power 
People have Power  

(Singer & Chorus)
I was dreaming, in my dreaming

God knows, a purer view

As I surrender, to my sleeping

I commit my dream to you

(Crowd)                                

People have the power — to dream!
People have the power — to vote!
People have the power — to strike!
People have the power — to love!

People have the power!       
People have the power!       

People have the power!        

People have the power!      
People have the power!       

People have the power!        

People have the power!       
People have the power!        

People have the power!

People have the power!

People have the power!     

People have the power!     

Listen:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz3i_BYUc

“Hawai`i Aloha”

words by Reverend Lorenzo Lyons aka Laiana

Lyrics: 

E Hawai'i e ku'u one hanau e O Hawaiʻi, o sands of my birth
Ku'u home kulaiwi nei My native home
'Oli no au i na pono lani ou I rejoice in the blessings of heaven
E Hawai'i, aloha e O beloved Hawaiʻi

E hau'oli na 'opio o Hawai'i nei Be joyous o youth of Hawaiʻi
'Oli e! 'Oli e! Rejoice! Rejoice!
Mai na aheahe makani e pa mai nei May the gentle breezes blow
Mau ke aloha, no Hawai'i Love for Hawaiʻi is eternal

E Hawai'i aloha e O beloved Hawaiʻi

Listen: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YdBonElhB0 

“Keep on Moving Forward”

 by Emma’s Revolution, words by Pat Humphries

Lyrics: 

Gonna keep on moving forward, keep on moving forward
Never turning back, never turning back.

Gonna keep on singing loudly, keep on singing loudly
Never turning back, never turning back.

Gonna keep on loving boldly, keep on loving boldly
Never turning back, never turning back.

Gonna keep on fighting fascism, keep on fighting fascism               

 Never turning back, never turning back.

Gonna stop this war together, stop this war together      

Never turning back, never turning back. 

Listen: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPwRnS7ZEA0