This song really moves me to the bones. I am Native American and like the Hawaiian's we know each other's pains that our families went through when our lands were stripped from us. I have nothing but great respect for Hawai'i and it's people. Bless you all and your lands brother's and sisters
I am of Quechua descent. We once were a great empire that covered almost the entire Andes in South America. I too feel the loss and pain from European colonization. The Spanish were particularly brutal.
I am Kanaka Maoli, a direct descendant of Captain Alexander Adams and Kalaimoku. My Great Grand father was made the fleet commander of Kamehameha the Great's fleet of ships, and was The Pilot for Honolulu Harbor for 35 years. I still cry every time IZ's song plays--and I long for Hawaii. My heart goes out to our brothers and sisters, The Great American Indian's and also the Tribes of Peoples in Alaska. When I see on the news how the United States hurts all of us original PEOPLE OF THE LANDS, I hurt and I cry. I no longer respect the United States government, I will not ever say your pledge of allegiance again in my life time. You people who praise black lives matter have no education and the pain of being run over and killed off by the American presidents. If you cared as Christians should, you will attempt to help our Indigenous and first born peoples of the land, and know how we have been treated worse than blm could ever matter.
@@kamgradsr7418 What an amazing heritage. I bow to you and your ancestors. and I too cry whenever I hear this song, and I've cried over the massacres and horrors perpetrated on native peoples. I want to believe we are waking up, coming into a time when we have to feel the pain that others have felt and have our hearts broken open with empathy and sorrow and love. Much is happening on the indigenous rights front, and artists like Izzy are helping open people's hearts. Please don't denigrate blm, as that is just another front where we are all learning there is only one human race, and skin color is just our superficial packaging, has nothing to do with our souls and spirits. Ethnicity and culture are splendidly diverse, all beautiful and gifted in many ways. When I watch movies like "Twelve years a Slave," and "Harriet" and "Just Mercy," I understand the unspeakable horrors of slavery and the injustices perpetrated since emancipation. Its all part of the same awakening of hearts that needs to happen. Not a contest to see who suffered most. And its also true that no ethnicity is blameless. There has been violence and crimes against humanity in every culture. May you be healed of your pain and enabled to envision a more positive future with respect and justice for all, and most of all, a great love for Mother Earth.
I know my name doesn't show it, but i am a kanaka maoli. And unko iz alway made me proud to be Hawaiian. My tutu grew up in a time when being Hawaiian wasn't "ok" or "good". What ever you like call it. But i learned along my way dat my ppl are great and i'd never wanna be from any place else
my friend and i were discussing the recent events in hawaii (the wildfires), and she brought up this song. i’m happy she recommended it to me, it’s touched my heart. i hope to see a day where others can truly listen to native voices.
This song is becoming ever more relevant. The people of Maui are being erased to make way for a 15 minute city. God help the natives of Maui and pour out your justice on this world. 🙏🏼
I'm Chamorro, from Guam. We had no king, but we had chiefs. I feel this song in my heart and soul. What an amazing storyteller, musician, and singer he was. Here's to all indigenous peoples. Rest in peace Izzy.
I am not hawai'ian Keoni, but I am Native American. I want to extend my hand out to you and say I am so sorry for what you and your family has went through. I had the blessing to come visit your beautiful lands and fell in love. You can feel the spirits of the past bring peace to those who have the purest attentions and respect the lands. The night I left there to come home I cried, the spirits welcomed me with open arms as I welcome them. Bless you and your family friend~
I used to fall asleep to this man's music! My father actually emailed him once and he responded! I love Bruddah Iz and all his songs. God bless his spirit! And to all you people who degrade him cuz he was fat and overweight, you have no soul and you can burn in the deepest pit in hell, cuz you have no right to say anything about him. He had a spirit and a voice of an angel. That's all that matters.
This song had and STILL HAS that "chicken skin" effect on me! Can't help but to shed a few tears for our ancestors in the past, for the HAWAIIANS in the present, and our slowly decreasing bloodline of KANAKA in the future. May God Bless Us All, because not ONLY have we LOST our 'AINA, but SOON, we will also LOSE the KOKO of our very existence. no matter though, because WE are ALL GODS' CHILDREN...ALOHA ke AKUA (GOD is LOVE)!
I am of Lakota decent, family and tradition. I pray everyday for peace. "Ohana" needs to be instilled in all of us. Family tradition and respect. Much love to all ancient nations and there native people ❤
I'm portuguese ,so an european however I feel so many deep this song and I'm that fond of indigenous cultures and the way they feel and protect the Mother Hearth, that maybe just maybe once on my other previous lives I should 've been an American Indian ... Great respect for all of you!!!❤
You're aboriginal no matter what color if you were borned (I spelled it the way it used to be spelled) on the soil where you are domiciled. To be a resident is just to be there temporarily to do business. B.A.R. oathing attorneys sometimes make good speed bumps ... to progress.
Iz was a beautiful man who will never be forgotten! Hearing him sing this song makes me sad, he was a legendary master, his voice is pure magic, and everyone loves him dearly! Thank y’all for sharing him!
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i (The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness) If just for a day our king and queen Would visit all these islands and saw everything How would they feel about the changes of our land Could you just imagine if they were around And saw highways on their sacred grounds How would they feel about this modern city life Tears would come from each others eyes As they would stop to realize That our people are in great great danger now How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry Cry for the gods, cry for the people Cry for the land that was taken away And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i Could you just imagine they came back And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks How would they feel about this modern city life Tears would come from each others eyes As they would stop to realize That our land is in great great danger now All the fighting that the king had done To conquer all these islands now these condominiums How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei How, would he feel, would his smile be content, then cry Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
You can find "Hawaii" in this song if you listen to the words. With all of the pleas, remorse, despair, grief and loss being expressed in this beautiful song, there is no mention of animosity or anger toward the haole visitors who conquered and forever changed the course of Hawaiian culture. Forgiveness is always granted. That is true Aloha spirit!
Yeah, they are nice to forgive the Tahitians for invading and reducing them to commoners, calling them menehune (an insult meaning "people of small status") and imposing their culture on them.
The haole people will NEVER allow the loss of the beautiful culture of Hawaii. There are many giant pockets of undisturbed areas on island. And the great part is when time is right, we go to Costco or Foodland.
he literally sings about how the king conquered the Islands originally. Is that different? Would George Washington look back cry right now, yes, yes he would.
If you cry when you hear this song, no worries. It just means you have the true love and respect for IZ, the islands, and (for many) your ancestors, that they deserve. So if this makes you cry, good for you! :)
I visited Maui this summer. Even if I'm only 17 I can hardly imagine that I'll ever see something as stunning and beautiful as these islands and it's people. I hope that this culture will survive and maybe take it's place back in the future. And I look forward to come back one day Greetings from Germany
Hello beautiful people of Hawaii...Iam Mexican by birth...but this beautiful song strikes deep within me a deep chord and I cry...I hope someday soon that the Hawaiian people claim back their beloved islands...long live Hawaii
I always cry listening to this song, and today watching again I noticed that Israel was also crying in a video where he sang. Great lesson he gave us all through his songs! I'm very grateful! Namaste Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole, it was a pleasure to know your history and your songs! ❤
The only time I've ever heard this before was just just parts of it in the greatest surf movie ever. In God's hands and part of the greatness was within this song. Now that I've heard this it has so much more meaning.
I first heard it in this movie too. I didn't know who sang it and it was before I was good at looking things up on the internet. Later I was in one of the surf brand shops on Oahu and it came on. It stopped me in my tracks. The clerk didn't know who was singing but turns out they sold the CD. I've been enjoying Iz's music since that trip. Saddest song I've ever heard but also one of the most beautiful.
+Mr Reality Germany has one of the strongest and most stable economies in the world. Last I knew we basically saved the Eurozone from crashing. Imagine Greece paying back billions in loans with even just 1% interest. Do you know ow much money that is?
+Mr Reality Yes. Anyway this discussion has run its course for me. Im just trying to spread the Aloha Vibes, chief. No offence, but you just don;t seem to be on that page. Happy trails, nonetheless. :-)
Amen. This was the first Iz cd I heard that my mom bought. He truly helped me to understand Hawaiian Culture and real sovereignty. Uncle Abel from Kawa was my actual experience. But Bruddah Iz showed me true spiritual reality through his music. I truly miss hearing him live and direct. Humbly I ask. How come our youngens don't play this. Instead it is rap, and hip hop.
I'm not Hawaiian, but my friend is from Guam and I love the culture of every Pacific island. You're never find any people more prideful of their heritage than them. I'm Irish and Polish. I may be white, but I still know what it's like to have your land and culture stripped away. Stay true to your ancestry and reclaim it as much as you can, guys.
This track is haunting... heard it on Hawaii Five-O, and i could'nt get any sleep, had to look it up, amazing! These tunes are free, floating, light as air... as i said, haunting
Such a beautiful song; I've been listening ever since Alone In IZ World came out, and not many songs put tears in my eyes. This one is one of those songs.
It's beautiful there. I am sad too about all the changes. I mostly camped and lived in cabins. Saw many angry ghosts. Saw wonderful things. Sad I did not meet a Kahuna. I did not focus on it enough
I heard this song for the first time while I was driving up the Kona coast and it started raining and this song came on the radio. I legitimately cried listening to it.
I'm not Hawaiian , but I do love Hawaii , and my best memories are soothing my mind to the sounds of Barddah Iz's somewhere over the rainbow , before paddling out to the Mokuleas and surfing with only two other friends. Beautiful music , wonderful message... Negative comments usually come from people with no friends , and who can't find a girlfriend...Kooks will be kooks...
IZ "The voice of the people". God granted me the privilege of living on Oahu for 2 years. I explored every corner of this Island Paradise. luckily I discovered IZ's music the first week and he was with me on all my journeys. Go this Island for a week. Stay at an YMCA,rent the cheapest car you can find and have an experience of a life time.
Thank you :) It's people like you who make it easier to put up with all this. :) I'm not only from Hawaii but I'm also Hawaiian so the fact that you understand that IZ is just standing up for not only my heritage and nation but his as well means a lot. There are a lot of haters on here so its quite refreshing to see someone kind enough to defend people you don't know. And yes, his music is beautiful and his message is even greater. :)
Samoan Gameplay The real hawaiians are gone sadly. There are no Hawaiians today, its becoming like the mayans and Aztec. They disappeared do to other races taking over. Hawaii is mostly mixed asian today. Most of the hawaiians died from diseases. @polynesian_hawaiian_ on instagram
There's still full blooded Hawaiians. They live in Ni'ihau. That's the only place where tourists can't go. You have to be full blooded Hawaiian to go there.
Not Hawaiian, but as an aboriginal, I empathize with IZ on this. It’s painful to watch your home and way of life taken away from you. Your culture taken from you. Your people oppressed and killed off by the Invaders. My people don’t really exist anymore. This song brings tears to my eyes.
Had to return to this majestic song after realizing what's happening to Florida today... the materialistic rich buying the land for themselves with no care for the environment or the natives of said land. Amazing and sad how this cycle keeps repeating over history. Peace, Hawai'i... God rest Iz's soul.
❤ thankyou Izzy for your beautiful voice & your songs that touch all our hearts. This song in particular resonates deeply bc the lyrics are so true & meaningful. We must always respect & live in harmony with Mother nature & our Earth 🌎 ❤️ May you be Resting in Peace 🙏🏾 dear Soul Israel
I barely know anything about Hawaii other than its music is great and that it's beautiful. But I can perfectly relate to this song, thinking about today's modernized world. I have always felt out of place, as if I wasn't born at the right era. Of course I don't think of that most of the time, after all we adapt, and I live in this era so. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, sometimes I wish things were much simpler.
I am a haole by birth, but I know I am kanaka maoli. Just got back to the 'aina after sixteen years absence. So bad to see. Too many people, too many buildings. Trade winds choked. Traffic horrible on Oahu. Humidity so bad everywhere. Too many people, mostly haole. Spent a few mon=ments at the small monument on Kaua'i honoring the birthplace of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole. No one else there, haole or local. My wife did not get my emotion. She is not of the islands. She is Mediterranean. We spent some time in Honolulu, visited I'olani Palace. Such a sadness grasped me there. We stole so much, we haoles. Sure, maybe England or Russia would have, but they didn't. WE did. So this anthem from the late, very much lamented Bruddah Iz speaks truth. Feel it. Know it, if you are of Hawai'i, or ever go. Yes, I am haole. But in my heart, from my time there, and my heart, I am kanaka maoli. Aloha nui loa.
It's so sad to see people falling away from their heritage and culture, our ancestor's gave us a gift, a way of life and people choose not to honor them. The day our plane landed in Ohau I could feel a sense of peace and calm coming over me. The spirits have a way of letting you know if your welcome there or not, and to me they greeted me and my family with open arms.I am a Cherokee and proud of my mother teaching me to respect Mother Earth and the people & I am teaching my child the same
This song has a type of... magic, I guess you could say. When I close my eyes I see cuzin iz, my grandpa (who I never met only seen pictures), and my grandma, we're all sitting on a fallen palm tree staring at the sunset and the words my grandpa says to me is "you must help restore the kingdom of hawai'i. Our people need you. And so does kailani (my niece). Teach her our people's history and she will restore the kingdom". The words from cuzin iz "keep your music gentle, but still express your emotions tru it. Tell people da story of our hawaiian braddahs and sistas". Though my grandma didn't say anything in this "vision", I still remember her words when she said "I never want to go back to hawai'i, they are destroying my home. It used to be a beautiful place but now there's too much. There's no more Aloha"... may cuzin iz, grandpa Laie, and grandma kiki rest in peace in paradise. Aloha oe
I love IZ, his music speaks to all of us, whether we are Hawaiian or not. As an American from California, I am proud to call Hawaiians my American brothers and I would hate to see you leave our country. You have so much beautiful culture and heritage and IZ would agree with me. Cheers from San Diego. Mahalo and kipona aloha. You are all ohana to us.
Being born in 1999 as a proud Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, and Portuguese... the land really changed over the course of just 16 years. Hawaii is turning into cement city, where's those green lush forest land that Hawaii is so called being called for paradise? With the new Ka Makana Ali'i Mall in Kapolei, its sad to say we, Hawaiians, have no say anymore.
@@MeHoyMinoy-cv3ps don’t know if you’ll ever see this but come to hawaii. I’m Puerto Rican Japanese Irish Italian. There’s hella mixed people out here.
@@keepkauaiit3551 ah wow you have an awesome mix🙌. I am definitely going to visit Hawaii in future, it is TOP of my bucket list. I can’t wait to experience all the Hawaiians culture and see the country, it honestly looks like the most beautiful place on earth to me!!
I walked into Makua Cave singing this at the top of my lungs my arms out stretched, and hitting the notes. My Wife was filming it,.. my kids were tripping',... the tourist's mouths were flopped open. It was pretty cool.
@3:51 UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO O HAWAI'I (rough transalation: The constant, wet Rain Gives Life to the land and brings goodness/change to Hawaii)
To my Kānaka Maoli, as the smoke clears, I will stand by you, and fight for us, until my last breath. I refuse to let them take all that is left from us… #PRAYFORMAUI #MAUISTRONG
I am from Hawaii and although I'm still learning Hawaiian this song one of the songs that I just know by heart, this song is what gets me goin everyday and helps me work on stuff way better.
A zumba teacher used this song for a cool down...i am absolutely in love with it...i miss living in hawaii...this song makes my heart open and pour all its tears to the ground...big love
This song really moves me to the bones. I am Native American and like the Hawaiian's we know each other's pains that our families went through when our lands were stripped from us. I have nothing but great respect for Hawai'i and it's people. Bless you all and your lands brother's and sisters
I am of Quechua descent. We once were a great empire that covered almost the entire Andes in South America. I too feel the loss and pain from European colonization. The Spanish were particularly brutal.
@@SuperGreenwing Aho my Pacific Cousin 🙏
We are ancient relatives from a time long gone but we still remember for our spirits never die 🙏💛💯
I am Kanaka Maoli, a direct descendant of Captain Alexander Adams and Kalaimoku. My Great Grand father was made the fleet commander of Kamehameha the Great's fleet of ships, and was The Pilot for Honolulu Harbor for 35 years. I still cry every time IZ's song plays--and I long for Hawaii. My heart goes out to our brothers and sisters, The Great American Indian's and also the Tribes of Peoples in Alaska. When I see on the news how the United States hurts all of us original PEOPLE OF THE LANDS, I hurt and I cry. I no longer respect the United States government, I will not ever say your pledge of allegiance again in my life time. You people who praise black lives matter have no education and the pain of being run over and killed off by the American presidents. If you cared as Christians should, you will attempt to help our Indigenous and first born peoples of the land, and know how we have been treated worse than blm could ever matter.
@@kamgradsr7418 What an amazing heritage. I bow to you and your ancestors. and I too cry whenever I hear this song, and I've cried over the massacres and horrors perpetrated on native peoples. I want to believe we are waking up, coming into a time when we have to feel the pain that others have felt and have our hearts broken open with empathy and sorrow and love. Much is happening on the indigenous rights front, and artists like Izzy are helping open people's hearts. Please don't denigrate blm, as that is just another front where we are all learning there is only one human race, and skin color is just our superficial packaging, has nothing to do with our souls and spirits. Ethnicity and culture are splendidly diverse, all beautiful and gifted in many ways. When I watch movies like "Twelve years a Slave," and "Harriet" and "Just Mercy," I understand the unspeakable horrors of slavery and the injustices perpetrated since emancipation. Its all part of the same awakening of hearts that needs to happen. Not a contest to see who suffered most. And its also true that no ethnicity is blameless. There has been violence and crimes against humanity in every culture. May you be healed of your pain and enabled to envision a more positive future with respect and justice for all, and most of all, a great love for Mother Earth.
A'ho
I know my name doesn't show it, but i am a kanaka maoli. And unko iz alway made me proud to be Hawaiian. My tutu grew up in a time when being Hawaiian wasn't "ok" or "good". What ever you like call it. But i learned along my way dat my ppl are great and i'd never wanna be from any place else
I haven't got any Hawaiian lineage, but this song brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful. Just beautiful.
my friend and i were discussing the recent events in hawaii (the wildfires), and she brought up this song. i’m happy she recommended it to me, it’s touched my heart. i hope to see a day where others can truly listen to native voices.
maui victims were killed by the government.
This song is becoming ever more relevant. The people of Maui are being erased to make way for a 15 minute city. God help the natives of Maui and pour out your justice on this world. 🙏🏼
maui victims were killed by the government. they need death to justify change
Hawaiians..
WARRIORS..
LOVE AND RESPECT
THANK YOU MUSIC.
IZ AND FAMILY..
THANK YOU
I'm Chamorro, from Guam. We had no king, but we had chiefs. I feel this song in my heart and soul. What an amazing storyteller, musician, and singer he was. Here's to all indigenous peoples. Rest in peace Izzy.
❤
I am not hawai'ian Keoni, but I am Native American. I want to extend my hand out to you and say I am so sorry for what you and your family has went through. I had the blessing to come visit your beautiful lands and fell in love. You can feel the spirits of the past bring peace to those who have the purest attentions and respect the lands. The night I left there to come home I cried, the spirits welcomed me with open arms as I welcome them. Bless you and your family friend~
oh please, tell us how much you've been through.
Aho to you my Pacific Cousin!!!
💛🙏🤙💯
@@carl-ok9gn carl must be a white guy...sorry no white privilege in hawaii
@@p3ngi3 or Jewish privilege
@@carl-ok9gn lol yeah don't come here, not with that disrespect. we take all kine here minus disrespectful dodos
It only takes hearing this song one time and it stays with you for life!
Iz is just incredible. Always has been and always will be. He stays for life. This song is my ring tone I love hearing it every day. Aloha
I used to fall asleep to this man's music! My father actually emailed him once and he responded! I love Bruddah Iz and all his songs. God bless his spirit! And to all you people who degrade him cuz he was fat and overweight, you have no soul and you can burn in the deepest pit in hell, cuz you have no right to say anything about him. He had a spirit and a voice of an angel. That's all that matters.
This song had and STILL HAS that "chicken skin" effect on me! Can't help but to shed a few tears for our ancestors in the past, for the HAWAIIANS in the present, and our slowly decreasing bloodline of KANAKA in the future. May God Bless Us All, because not ONLY have we LOST our 'AINA, but SOON, we will also LOSE the KOKO of our very existence. no matter though, because WE are ALL GODS' CHILDREN...ALOHA ke AKUA (GOD is LOVE)!
I feel the mana in his voice, so much meaning and soul 🙏🏽
Yes. And camping next to the earth on the Hawaiian islands is mana. I will never be the same
I am of Lakota decent, family and tradition. I pray everyday for peace. "Ohana" needs to be instilled in all of us. Family tradition and respect. Much love to all ancient nations and there native people ❤
Mahalo nui loa my friend
I'm Indigenous from (Kanataa) Canada and I feel this song whole heartedly
I'm portuguese ,so an european however I feel so many deep this song and I'm that fond of indigenous cultures and the way they feel and protect the Mother Hearth, that maybe just maybe once on my other previous lives I should 've been an American Indian ...
Great respect for all of you!!!❤
I'm native from Aotearoa (New Zealand) I know exactly what you are saying and feel... live proud and prosperous. Indigenous people around the world.
The song captures the heartache felt almost universally by aboriginal peoples all over the world better than anything else possible.
❤️
Wait until you discover what’s been done to all people
fr
You're aboriginal no matter what color if you were borned (I spelled it the way it used to be spelled) on the soil where you are domiciled. To be a resident is just to be there temporarily to do business. B.A.R. oathing attorneys sometimes make good speed bumps ... to progress.
Iz was a beautiful man who will never be forgotten! Hearing him sing this song makes me sad, he was a legendary master, his voice is pure magic, and everyone loves him dearly! Thank y’all for sharing him!
I got to see him in person when I was a teenager. It’s so sad that he couldn’t be saved. His voice is so important to Hawaii.
Love the new remake, but had to come back here and listen to Iz sing it again... still more powerful...
Just did the same thing lol
Same here🤙🏽
There nothing like this original one 🤙🏾
Same hea 🤙🏾
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
(The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness)
If just for a day our king and queen
Would visit all these islands and saw everything
How would they feel about the changes of our land
Could you just imagine if they were around
And saw highways on their sacred grounds
How would they feel about this modern city life
Tears would come from each others eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our people are in great great danger now
How, would they feel, could their smiles be content, then cry
Cry for the gods, cry for the people
Cry for the land that was taken away
And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i
Could you just imagine they came back
And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks
How would they feel about this modern city life
Tears would come from each others eyes
As they would stop to realize
That our land is in great great danger now
All the fighting that the king had done
To conquer all these islands now these condominiums
How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei
How, would he feel, would his smile be content, then cry
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
Ua mau, ke ea o ka aina, i ka pono, o Hawai'i
And then bid goodbye*
Oh hawaii
Thanks man
Mahalo Nui Loa bra. Just left home, left my heart behind though. Safe keeping.
Thank you 😢
You can find "Hawaii" in this song if you listen to the words. With all of the pleas, remorse, despair, grief and loss being expressed in this beautiful song, there is no mention of animosity or anger toward the haole visitors who conquered and forever changed the course of Hawaiian culture. Forgiveness is always granted. That is true Aloha spirit!
Yeah, they are nice to forgive the Tahitians for invading and reducing them to commoners, calling them menehune (an insult meaning "people of small status") and imposing their culture on them.
The haole people will NEVER allow the loss of the beautiful culture of Hawaii. There are many giant pockets of undisturbed areas on island. And the great part is when time is right, we go to Costco or Foodland.
he literally sings about how the king conquered the Islands originally. Is that different? Would George Washington look back cry right now, yes, yes he would.
@@grezbobolik1560 he's talking about how Hawaii has changed from when our King and Queen ruled until the white man got greedy
Many believe Haole means white or tourists well it means “Breathless” because when the Hawaiians met the Europeans they said haole and were breathless
If you cry when you hear this song, no worries. It just means you have the true love and respect for IZ, the islands, and (for many) your ancestors, that they deserve. So if this makes you cry, good for you! :)
I visited Maui this summer. Even if I'm only 17 I can hardly imagine that I'll ever see something as stunning and beautiful as these islands and it's people. I hope that this culture will survive and maybe take it's place back in the future. And I look forward to come back one day
Greetings from Germany
I'm planning on living on O'ahu when i get older. i love hawaii. it is just beautiful.
*****
My parents weren't with me. And what do you mean with that?
Panuska I went too. Saw the seven sacred pools and said to myself "am I in heaven?"
Amanda Rosebud nah we dont need any moa haoles stay home 😂
@@blanethegoat stfu
Rare depth
Soooo heartfelt
There is such nobility here
Thank you IZ for your Beautiful voice/soul! You made the most beautiful timeless music 🎶 ❤ RIP 🙏
Crying my eyes out right now!! What an incredible song !!! Be strong my Hawaii !!!!❤❤❤❤❤
The Hawaiian word is "Onipaa" , which means steadfast, We will be steadfast, especially now for our Lahaina brothers and sisters.
His voice is angelic. Love his music. So sad what man does to each other for a peice of paper. Truly disgraceful.
the sadly missed IZ. RIP, thank you the music.
Hello beautiful people of Hawaii...Iam Mexican by birth...but this beautiful song strikes deep within me a deep chord and I cry...I hope someday soon that the Hawaiian people claim back their beloved islands...long live Hawaii
Eso 👍♥️
@@soco1999 Sorry...I should have said this a year or more ago....you are a beautiful soul....it matches you...no mistake about it....
Love to Mexico as well!!! 🇬🇧🤝🇲🇽
Kanaka Maoli. ❤🙌
I always cry listening to this song, and today watching again I noticed that Israel was also crying in a video where he sang. Great lesson he gave us all through his songs! I'm very grateful! Namaste Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole, it was a pleasure to know your history and your songs! ❤
still one of the most beautiful songs with such a strong voice
Defend Hawaii
SPAM the likes.
from what
@@carl-ok9gn your ancestors 👊💯
Plead..the Blood of Jesus..Onto Hawaii.¥
@@carl-ok9gn who the fuck do you think (；一_一)
BJ Penn UFC 94 came out to this song. Never forget that moment for the rest of my life. Mahalo BJ
damn right!
we all never forget the prodigy
Excellent opening
the only correct homage
Bj penn , my favourite fighter ever.
There were alot of great fighters but somehow BJ made me feel something none of the others did.
The only time I've ever heard this before was just just parts of it in the greatest surf movie ever. In God's hands and part of the greatness was within this song. Now that I've heard this it has so much more meaning.
I first heard it in this movie too. I didn't know who sang it and it was before I was good at looking things up on the internet.
Later I was in one of the surf brand shops on Oahu and it came on. It stopped me in my tracks. The clerk didn't know who was singing but turns out they sold the CD. I've been enjoying Iz's music since that trip.
Saddest song I've ever heard but also one of the most beautiful.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono.
Much love, peace and respect to all of Hawai'i and its people all over the world from Germany.
+Mr Reality No one in Germany cares about them coming over. Most are even helping out - minus some of the states in the former GDR.
+Mr Reality Germany has one of the strongest and most stable economies in the world. Last I knew we basically saved the Eurozone from crashing. Imagine Greece paying back billions in loans with even just 1% interest. Do you know ow much money that is?
+Mr Reality Yes. Anyway this discussion has run its course for me. Im just trying to spread the Aloha Vibes, chief. No offence, but you just don;t seem to be on that page. Happy trails, nonetheless. :-)
+Christian Schaefer Oui oui oké
Aloha Aku No, Aloha Mai No.
Amen. This was the first Iz cd I heard that my mom bought. He truly helped me to understand Hawaiian Culture and real sovereignty. Uncle Abel from Kawa was my actual experience. But Bruddah Iz showed me true spiritual reality through his music. I truly miss hearing him live and direct. Humbly I ask. How come our youngens don't play this. Instead it is rap, and hip hop.
I was recently introduced to this beautiful song by Tavana.. Has shifted my entire perspective. Mahalo for your music of healing IZ. Rest easy.
I'm not Hawaiian, but my friend is from Guam and I love the culture of every Pacific island. You're never find any people more prideful of their heritage than them.
I'm Irish and Polish. I may be white, but I still know what it's like to have your land and culture stripped away. Stay true to your ancestry and reclaim it as much as you can, guys.
Hauntingly beautiful.
Im Portuguese. I stand with Hawai ohana. Long Live Hawai. This sing Everything!!! ❤
I wish for unity love and peace for the lands that was taken and community to remember Ohana or I will
This track is haunting... heard it on Hawaii Five-O, and i could'nt get any sleep, had to look it up, amazing! These tunes are free, floating, light as air... as i said, haunting
ME TOO!
Such a beautiful song; I've been listening ever since Alone In IZ World came out, and not many songs put tears in my eyes. This one is one of those songs.
It's beautiful there. I am sad too about all the changes. I mostly camped and lived in cabins. Saw many angry ghosts. Saw wonderful things. Sad I did not meet a Kahuna. I did not focus on it enough
Thirty years ago. This is my favorite song ever
One of the best songs I've ever heard..🙏🍀
I heard this song for the first time while I was driving up the Kona coast and it started raining and this song came on the radio. I legitimately cried listening to it.
I'm not Hawaiian , but I do love Hawaii , and my best memories are soothing my mind to the sounds of Barddah Iz's somewhere over the rainbow , before paddling out to the Mokuleas and surfing with only two other friends.
Beautiful music , wonderful message...
Negative comments usually come from people with no friends , and who can't find a girlfriend...Kooks will be kooks...
IZ "The voice of the people". God granted me the privilege of living on Oahu for 2 years. I explored every corner of this Island Paradise. luckily I discovered IZ's music the first week and he was with me on all my journeys. Go this Island for a week. Stay at an YMCA,rent the cheapest car you can find and have an experience of a life time.
Perfect song for my mantras, and came here because of Hawaii 5-0
Beautiful song! 💖
Me too
This makes me miss living in Hawaii, such a beautiful group of islands.
go back braddah, I'm going soon :)
Thank you :) It's people like you who make it easier to put up with all this. :) I'm not only from Hawaii but I'm also Hawaiian so the fact that you understand that IZ is just standing up for not only my heritage and nation but his as well means a lot. There are a lot of haters on here so its quite refreshing to see someone kind enough to defend people you don't know. And yes, his music is beautiful and his message is even greater. :)
Let me hear all the Hawaiian’s out there🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽❤️
Samoan Gameplay
The real hawaiians are gone sadly. There are no Hawaiians today, its becoming like the mayans and Aztec. They disappeared do to other races taking over. Hawaii is mostly mixed asian today. Most of the hawaiians died from diseases. @polynesian_hawaiian_ on instagram
jake from statefarm moe keale was full hawaiian
Aidan Sakai
Not 100%
There's still full blooded Hawaiians. They live in Ni'ihau. That's the only place where tourists can't go. You have to be full blooded Hawaiian to go there.
@@jakefromstatefarm3654 my mom is pure hawaiian and still kicking at 68! 😁 her 5 siblings are also alive and well!
God Bless your Soul Braddah IZ, so glad i had the privilege of seeing you perform at windward mall back in da 90's.
Not Hawaiian, but as an aboriginal, I empathize with IZ on this. It’s painful to watch your home and way of life taken away from you. Your culture taken from you. Your people oppressed and killed off by the Invaders. My people don’t really exist anymore. This song brings tears to my eyes.
I hate it too. I'm white. I'm not proud. I love this song. I sing it so loud!
@@jamisongugino2887 you're a fool
i always feel sad when i hear the chorus, but in a way it makes me proud to be a who I am and be born and raised in this place everyone can call home
Right....it sends endless chills hearing the old one express his words
Had to return to this majestic song after realizing what's happening to Florida today... the materialistic rich buying the land for themselves with no care for the environment or the natives of said land.
Amazing and sad how this cycle keeps repeating over history. Peace, Hawai'i... God rest Iz's soul.
Oh my gosh, total goosebumps. So incredibly sad but beautiful.
I love this beautiful man so much. Thank you Bruddah Iz for all that you've left for us.
Prayers for Maui and everyone impacted.
Goosebumps very beautiful song
Rest in Power and Rock Steady, IZ. I'll do my best to support Native and POC Hawaiian residents in getting the Kingdom of Hawai'i back for them.
❤ thankyou Izzy for your beautiful voice & your songs that touch all our hearts. This song in particular resonates deeply bc the lyrics are so true & meaningful. We must always respect & live in harmony with Mother nature & our Earth 🌎 ❤️ May you be Resting in Peace 🙏🏾 dear Soul Israel
This song got a special place in my heart...it takes me to a very special place I have known this song forever! Bradda Iz will NEVER be forgotten!
Thank you
I barely know anything about Hawaii other than its music is great and that it's beautiful. But I can perfectly relate to this song, thinking about today's modernized world. I have always felt out of place, as if I wasn't born at the right era. Of course I don't think of that most of the time, after all we adapt, and I live in this era so. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, sometimes I wish things were much simpler.
Caio Lara you're right brother, I could not have put it better myself.
Caio, wonderful comment....many blessings....
Hawaii is beautiful, but if you are looking for a beautiful place that appreciates Americans more, then head to Anguilla.
@@vickiolson2012 without tourism, then the economy would be nothing
I am a haole by birth, but I know I am kanaka maoli. Just got back to the 'aina after sixteen years absence. So bad to see. Too many people, too many buildings. Trade winds choked. Traffic horrible on Oahu. Humidity so bad everywhere. Too many people, mostly haole.
Spent a few mon=ments at the small monument on Kaua'i honoring the birthplace of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole. No one else there, haole or local. My wife did not get my emotion. She is not of the islands. She is Mediterranean. We spent some time in Honolulu, visited I'olani Palace. Such a sadness grasped me there. We stole so much, we haoles. Sure, maybe England or Russia would have, but they didn't. WE did. So this anthem from the late, very much lamented Bruddah Iz speaks truth. Feel it. Know it, if you are of Hawai'i, or ever go.
Yes, I am haole. But in my heart, from my time there, and my heart, I am kanaka maoli. Aloha nui loa.
never were a haole if thats your conclusion. thats why i love home
you are what is referred to as indoctrinated. congratulations.
@@carl-ok9gn you're not from there so you have no voice.
This song is more relevant now than ever! Heart breaking! 🌴💔🌴
RIP IZ! I just learned of him this year when I visited Maui! What an AMAZING MAN with an AMAZING VOICE!
Every time I listen to this song I remember home, and just miss is so much more. God bless and may you R.I.P. bruddah mahalo
Thank You IZ... for all the love you gave through your passion.
Mahalo~
I love and felt every verse of this great song! The music and vocal with the message is perfectly put together. R.I.P IZ
This song always brings me to tears.
What a heavenly voice-and message
It's so sad to see people falling away from their heritage and culture, our ancestor's gave us a gift, a way of life and people choose not to honor them. The day our plane landed in Ohau I could feel a sense of peace and calm coming over me. The spirits have a way of letting you know if your welcome there or not, and to me they greeted me and my family with open arms.I am a Cherokee and proud of my mother teaching me to respect Mother Earth and the people & I am teaching my child the same
Probably the most beautiful voice ever existed. And he fought for the right!
IZ is Hawaii. Never will anyone ever sing Hawaii like this.
Wow What a Stunning Voice...
This song has a type of... magic, I guess you could say. When I close my eyes I see cuzin iz, my grandpa (who I never met only seen pictures), and my grandma, we're all sitting on a fallen palm tree staring at the sunset and the words my grandpa says to me is "you must help restore the kingdom of hawai'i. Our people need you. And so does kailani (my niece). Teach her our people's history and she will restore the kingdom".
The words from cuzin iz "keep your music gentle, but still express your emotions tru it. Tell people da story of our hawaiian braddahs and sistas". Though my grandma didn't say anything in this "vision", I still remember her words when she said "I never want to go back to hawai'i, they are destroying my home. It used to be a beautiful place but now there's too much. There's no more Aloha"... may cuzin iz, grandpa Laie, and grandma kiki rest in peace in paradise. Aloha oe
Magic is the word. Thanks for your comment. It also moved me.❤🩹
From a Boricua (Puerto Rican) to all my brothers and sisters in Hawaii and in the mainland...Keep fighting. #DefendHawaii ... We're with you all. 👊🤙
He brings me to tears, every time.
I just started listening to iz.. I'm from Ohio.. I really love his music.. it saddens me how we treat our family in Hawaii..
Never heard anyone use vocal range like that when he hits the second ua mau it has enough power there to wake up the lord himself
I love IZ, his music speaks to all of us, whether we are Hawaiian or not. As an American from California, I am proud to call Hawaiians my American brothers and I would hate to see you leave our country. You have so much beautiful culture and heritage and IZ would agree with me. Cheers from San Diego. Mahalo and kipona aloha. You are all ohana to us.
Being born in 1999 as a proud Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, and Portuguese... the land really changed over the course of just 16 years. Hawaii is turning into cement city, where's those green lush forest land that Hawaii is so called being called for paradise? With the new Ka Makana Ali'i Mall in Kapolei, its sad to say we, Hawaiians, have no say anymore.
Aloha from Brazil....
So cool, I also have 4 distinct places im from - Portugal, Poland, China and England. I don’t often come across others with a big mix. 😃
@@MeHoyMinoy-cv3ps don’t know if you’ll ever see this but come to hawaii. I’m Puerto Rican Japanese Irish Italian. There’s hella mixed people out here.
@@keepkauaiit3551 ah wow you have an awesome mix🙌. I am definitely going to visit Hawaii in future, it is TOP of my bucket list. I can’t wait to experience all the Hawaiians culture and see the country, it honestly looks like the most beautiful place on earth to me!!
Such a beautiful and pure song. Reminds me of floating on my back in water. Sounds weird but life is weird.
I know exactly what you mean.
I walked into Makua Cave singing this at the top of my lungs
my arms out stretched, and hitting the notes.
My Wife was filming it,..
my kids were tripping',...
the tourist's mouths were flopped open.
It was pretty cool.
R.I.P Braddah Iz! You brought the history through your music!
ten utwor ma dusze... Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole na zawsze w naszych sercach...
Iz's music does calm the soul. The message I hear is, "Come sit down and listen to this."
LAHAINA ‘23
KEEP LAHAINA LANDS IN HAWAIIAN HANDS
Omygosh!!! Love Love love this man's voice... ❤ He was a real sweetheart I hear.
@3:51 UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONO O HAWAI'I
(rough transalation: The constant, wet Rain Gives Life to the land
and brings goodness/change to Hawaii)
To my Kānaka Maoli, as the smoke clears, I will stand by you, and fight for us, until my last breath. I refuse to let them take all that is left from us…
#PRAYFORMAUI #MAUISTRONG
this song just makes you think how wrong is humanity , we are in an unstoppable spiral to our own destruction...
this type of music is true art. no one cares about those who hate it.
Im Hawaiin by ancestor blood my moms last name is Kua. The second verse my grandpa clayton kua wrote.
Oakland Pouha
@polynesian_hawaiian_ on instagram
@@jakefromstatefarm3654 ika pono o hawaii
Bullshit
He wrote that song sitting at his producer's home in the mountains of Hawaii. It was him alone that wrote that song.
Yes the original song was called “Hawaii 77”
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I am from Hawaii and although I'm still learning Hawaiian this song one of the songs that I just know by heart, this song is what gets me goin everyday and helps me work on stuff way better.
A mais bela canção que eu ouvi nos últimos 20 anos!
Came here from Hawaii 5-0
Beautiful song.
I really like this song first heard this song at a ukulele festival awesome!!
A zumba teacher used this song for a cool down...i am absolutely in love with it...i miss living in hawaii...this song makes my heart open and pour all its tears to the ground...big love
The Song From "Hawaï 5.0" beautiful song and so sad....HALOA!!!!
Hoale here. Just want to say sorry for what my ancestors did. This song had deep feeling in it. One love...