Alien Weaponry Mau Moko
"Mau Moko" is from Alien Weaponry's highly anticipated third studio album, "Te Rā", out March 28!
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VIDEO CREDITS
Video Director: Jermaine Leef @jgeeksnz
Director of Photography: Piotr Kwasnik @piotr.dp @KwasnikPictures
Female Lead: Lizzie Rangihuna @lizzierangihuna
SONG CREDITS
Produced by
Produced, Mixed, Mastered and Additonal Lyrics by Josh Wilbur
Engineered by Steve Ornest
Recorded at Total Access Studio
Made with the support of NZ On Air.
LYRICS
Ono tekau ngā tau e kōkiri ana (auē) mō o mātou tikanga
For 60 years we fought for our tradition
He tata wareware te tuhi toi, i tata ngaro ō mātou ritenga
An art nearly forgotten, our practice almost lost
Koropehu ō mātou tōhunga, ka pēhia e te kuīnitanga
The suppression of our tōhunga, suppressed by the crown
I parea mātou e te mana moko i āu mahi kino
Our moko protected us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Kua horahia e koe te kiri Māori hei whakaaturanga
You displayed our skin as spectacle
Hoki mai te mana, nā te ao taihara i whakaora (e)
We have taken back our tradition, revived by a criminal world
Ka whiua mai rā ō kanohi whakawā kei patu mai
Your judging eyes try to hurt us
Otirā, ka whakamarua mātou e te moko i tō mauāhara
But our moko protects us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Mau Moko
Wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Hoki mai te mana
Restore our mana
Kō wai mātou ē!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
Kīhai koe e māmara
You don't understand
Ō mātou kōrero tuhi kiri
The story in our markings
Ō mātou kōrero tuku iho!
The story of our ancestors!
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
“Mohoao, makimaki, ao kōhatu, kōmuri” Kao!
“Savage, monkey, stone age, backwards” No!
Kō wai mātou ē!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou e!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Pre-Order "Te Rā" now: https://lnk.to/AlienWeaponry-TeRa
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https://www.tiktok.com/@officialalienweaponry
VIDEO CREDITS
Video Director: Jermaine Leef @jgeeksnz
Director of Photography: Piotr Kwasnik @piotr.dp @KwasnikPictures
Female Lead: Lizzie Rangihuna @lizzierangihuna
SONG CREDITS
Produced by
Produced, Mixed, Mastered and Additonal Lyrics by Josh Wilbur
Engineered by Steve Ornest
Recorded at Total Access Studio
Made with the support of NZ On Air.
LYRICS
Ono tekau ngā tau e kōkiri ana (auē) mō o mātou tikanga
For 60 years we fought for our tradition
He tata wareware te tuhi toi, i tata ngaro ō mātou ritenga
An art nearly forgotten, our practice almost lost
Koropehu ō mātou tōhunga, ka pēhia e te kuīnitanga
The suppression of our tōhunga, suppressed by the crown
I parea mātou e te mana moko i āu mahi kino
Our moko protected us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Kua horahia e koe te kiri Māori hei whakaaturanga
You displayed our skin as spectacle
Hoki mai te mana, nā te ao taihara i whakaora (e)
We have taken back our tradition, revived by a criminal world
Ka whiua mai rā ō kanohi whakawā kei patu mai
Your judging eyes try to hurt us
Otirā, ka whakamarua mātou e te moko i tō mauāhara
But our moko protects us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Mau Moko
Wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Hoki mai te mana
Restore our mana
Kō wai mātou ē!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
Kīhai koe e māmara
You don't understand
Ō mātou kōrero tuhi kiri
The story in our markings
Ō mātou kōrero tuku iho!
The story of our ancestors!
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e mātau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story in our markings
Kōrero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tāngata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
“Mohoao, makimaki, ao kōhatu, kōmuri” Kao!
“Savage, monkey, stone age, backwards” No!
Kō wai mātou ē!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou e!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
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