Acking

We can tell you this is right
We can tell that its wrong
And no matter what we say, you not listening
Mauna Kea, 'A'ole
Cruise ships, 'A'ole
Development, 'A'ole
Greed, 'A'ole

Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking, acking
Why you acking like you don't hear me?

Whoa Paniolo Prince how you rolling?
Going level King Arthur glowing
Everything flowing cause we knowing
Hawaiians they start sailing when the wind blowing
Rebel seed sowing consciousness growing
Social media posting the brainwash slowing
But I feel a disturbance down in the force
'Eha of some of the best 'āina warriors, they course
Through my veins, why we strain to remain
Regain perspective, living collective
Multi-dimensional and interconnected
We loved and respected by all of nature's friends
Proof is in the pudding, no need to pretend
My mouth, my gun, Excalibur, my pen
Aloha 'āina warriors meet my friends
That's about to make new legends

If the 'āina's on the line, then I will never run
If we gotta bring the flame, I'm Maui pulling down the sun
They disrespect my culture and they claim to be pono
Then stop the development, defend 'Ōhikilolo
You know how we roll we kill the oppressors on the track
You go tell the military that we want Mākua back
Protect mauna kea protect Pōhakuloa
They try to silence us but my people taking over
More knowledge, more wisdom, all these young Hawaiians driven
Because our ancestors signed the Kū'ē petition
Eastside, Westside, any side, and every side
It doesn't matter anyway cause we got that Hawaiian pride
Love for my people, not a heart filled with hatred
How can these non-Hawaiians say our sacred sites ain't sacred
The dark side killa shake your 'ulī'ulī
Hawaiian patriots here to make the system huli

Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking cuz, acking
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Greedy, selfish, stupid bully
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking cuz, acking
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking cuz, Acking

I'm known as Illnomadic, I've been all over the planet
Cross the Atlantic as a child escaping static
I was born in war that got its grip on the East
So we came to Hawai'i seeking freedom and peace
Come to find out I found the mark of the beast
On Kanaka sacred land turned to Waikīkī streets
All man, it seems the world is caught in a grip
On that old slave ship still cracking the whip
Nah, we crack back with raps stacked with facts back
From the days of the ancestors here to bring the light back
The birth of hip-hop coincides with a time when
Young Hawaiian minds reawoke to see the crimes
That their people was facing, cultural degradation
Revolution Music, reemergence of the ancients
Synchronicity in the process, producing
Indigenous blueprint now bubbles with the movement

Your mind is the one computer worth hacking
That what my uncle told me when I asked him
What's the secret to motivating the masses
Overtaking them bastards that been keeping us captives
He said first off don't do too much yapping
Camouflage your passion, keep your lips fastened
Cause when you air your intentions and your tactics
They know where to send assassins for your captains
He said let only love motivate your actions
In public and private and preach what you practice
Besides, why use bait that's accurate
When bears and flies find honey more attractive
I said but unks you should see the way they acking
He said I know already, its more important we fashion
A world that we imagine instead of reacting
Cause liberty is more than just tyranny absence

Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking cuz, acking
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Greedy, selfish, stupid bully
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Acking cuz, acking
Why you acking like you don't hear me?
Ackin cuz, Acking

Just breathe with the Guardians so you can See Clearly
Ignite in the Valley of Kings, that's where the seeds be
Use your Weapons of War, Let the Water Flow
Ho Aunty! Where'd them Rodeo Daze go?
Stop Acking when Paniolo rappin'
Style is Rebellion, a Polynesian dragon
Alchemize the demons, break the cycles that we trapped in
Speaking truth to power, that's that Moloka'i action

Uh that's that Moloka'i action
Speaking truth to power that's that Moloka'i action
Yeah, yeah

Just breathe with the Guardians so you can See Clearly
Ignite in the Valley of Kings, that's where the seeds be
Use your Weapons of War, Let the Water Flow
Ho Aunty! Where'd them Rodeo Daze go?
Stop Acking when Paniolo rappin'
Style is Rebellion, a Polynesian dragon
Alchemize the demons, break the cycles that we trapped in
Speaking truth to power, that's that Moloka'i action
That's that Moloka'i action
Speaking truth to power everytime that we rappin'
Stop Acking, Stop Acking