Lyrics
Intro - Talkbox with Vocoder effect
(Wah-wah-wah... hui... aloha...)
Eh you know I went to Hawaii
Never comin back the same way
Verse 1 - Spoken/Sung - Talking Blues style
My great uncle Kimo live in a shack by the sea
With a mangy old mutt named Poi and a coconut tree
He said "Brah you mainland folks got it all figured out
But you never seen a party till the wild ohana shout"
Eleven cousins sleepin on the floor of the lanai
Granny makin poke on the rocks beneath the sky
They got ukuleles strung with fishin line and hope
And the whole damn family taught me how to cope
Chorus - Sung with harmonized vocoder layers
Aloha ʻāina wild and free
Hawaiian heart lives inside of me
Pua nani beauty all around
The rhythm of the islands is the only sound
Wild ohana standin strong
A hui hou I sing this song
Verse 2 - Talking Blues with talkbox responses
The rooster crow at four AM right under my window sill
Little keiki gigglin runnin up the hill
My cousin Lehua she can cook a mean laulau
She said "Eat up brah" I said "How much?" She said "No pau"
The neighbor's pig broke loose again ran through the taro patch
Aunty Pua just laughed and said "Go catch that little scratch"
They don't lock the doors they don't count the days
They measure life in sunset rays and ocean sprays
Chorus - Sung with harmonized vocoder layers
Aloha ʻāina wild and free
Hawaiian heart lives inside of me
Pua nani beauty all around
The rhythm of the islands is the only sound
Wild ohana standin strong
A hui hou I sing this song
Bridge - Talkbox over ukulele picking, slower
I learned to shave ice with sweet li hing mui
Watched the waves roll in while the day turned smooth
Uncle taught me how to read the stars and tides
Said your real ohana ain't the one inside your bloodline
(Kākou... kākou... we are all connected)
The whole island wrapped me up in green and gold
A story I could never fully tell or hold
Drop - Vocoder and talkbox trading phrases
(We ride the wave - Heʻe nalu)
(We sing the song - Mele)
(We share the food - ʻAi)
(We never leave - Mau loa)
Wild ohana!
Wild ohana!
Verse 3 - Talking Blues - Quick and rhythmic
Last day I packed my bag and I walked down to the shore
Uncle Kimo hugged me tight and gave me one last kōkua pour
He said "Boy you take Hawaii with you everywhere you roam
Don't forget the turtles and the way you found a home"
The kids all waved from the pier with muddy feet and grins
I cried right through my sunglasses and my sunburned skin
Lehua stuffed some musubi in my carry-on
A piece of island paradise that I'll never outgrow
Chorus - Big and full, vocoder harmonies stacked
Aloha ʻāina wild and free
Hawaiian heart lives inside of me
Pua nani beauty all around
The rhythm of the islands is the only sound
Wild ohana standin strong
A hui hou I sing this song
A hui hou I sing this song
Outro - Talkbox fading, ukulele strumming out
(Wild ohana...)
(Wild ohana...)
E hana ka hauʻoli
(Make the happiness)
Aloha...
Aloha...
(Ukulele pluck... fade...)
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