ALIEN WEAPONRY - Mau Moko (Official Video)
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"Mau Moko" is from Alien Weaponry's highly anticipated third studio album, "Te Ra", 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 nga tau e kokiri ana (aue) mo o matou tikanga
For 60 years we fought for our tradition
He tata wareware te tuhi toi, i tata ngaro o matou ritenga
An art nearly forgotten, our practice almost lost
Koropehu o matou tohunga, ka pehia e te kuinitanga
The suppression of our tohunga, suppressed by the crown
I parea matou e te mana moko i au mahi kino
Our moko protected us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko matou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e matau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tamoko
The story in our markings
Korero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tangata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Kua horahia e koe te kiri Maori hei whakaaturanga
You displayed our skin as spectacle
Hoki mai te mana, na te ao taihara i whakaora (e)
We have taken back our tradition, revived by a criminal world
Ka whiua mai ra o kanohi whakawa kei patu mai
Your judging eyes try to hurt us
Otira, ka whakamarua matou e te moko i to mauahara
But our moko protects us from your hate
Ko te hunga mau moko matou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e matau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tamoko
The story in our markings
Korero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tangata 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
Ko wai matou e!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko matou
We are the people who wear moko
Kihai koe e mamara
You don't understand
O matou korero tuhi kiri
The story in our markings
O matou korero tuku iho!
The story of our ancestors!
Ko te hunga mau moko matou
We are the people who wear moko
E kore koe e matau (e)
You don't understand
Te tikanga tamoko
The story in our markings
Korero tuku iho
The story of our ancestors
Tangata Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
“Mohoao, makimaki, ao kohatu, komuri” Kao!
“Savage, monkey, stone age, backwards” No!
Ko wai matou e!
Who are we!
Ko nga tangata mau moko matou e!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko