Ka Tau Te Ra'a - Yoyo Tuki - Tapati 2016

From tired eyes of grandmothers Have fallen countless tears Too much blood has spilt From successive tragedies Too many Rapanui disappeared Into a heartless land But still we survived The misery and devastation So wake up Listen to how they survived How we survived Take with you the history of our people Chorus One sunrise they came from the blue The feet of foreign man For all that they stole They held but grass in their hand 111 people left alive Heaven knows where the others died I want you the youth, to know This history of freedom denied (Pre-chorus & Chorus) Raise your voice above the wind So all the world can hear The spirit of a culture too strong to die Your message loud and clear