Hawaii '78

there is so much passion in both the lyrics and music of this song...I've never been to hawaii, and I don't believe in the religious stuff, but I do share the same worry for what humans are doing to the great earth we have

I am a haole myself, and I don't live on the islands, but I have a deep appreciation of the hawaiian culture. This song means a lot to me, and I think it's wrong what people have done to the islands, what with its commercialism. It's like the history has gradually disappeared over the years. We should be more careful about what we do, because once information like that is gone, it's lost forever.

Such a sad song :( it's about how would the sacred people feel if they saw we have built over taken over the sacred lands. It's truly sad and I know some people still want to be free from America. I feel bad now because I'm going to Hawaii but going there I'm staying in a hotel which they probably didn't want we took over. The song is about just how would they feel if they saw it today. In there time it wasn't like America I was a country full of there culture there life not ours.

Since my childhood my small town on the mainland has gotten worse as it's gotten bigger. Old places we used to run around in the woods are housing and/or commercial and are gone. I miss those places and the innocence. Unfortunately that's the way it goes. He doesn't really explain how "Cry for the land that was TAKEN AWAY". I'd like to see evidence of that. Indigenous people claim land was taken away and I would give that to them, maybe on the condition that we can agree that 'pockets or parcels' of land. The Hawaiian's didn't own the whole of the islands, like mainland Indian's didn't own the whole of the US. How could somebody reasonably make that claim? Anyways great song, w great feeling. Man is corrupt, that includes all of us. We must use reason to guide our lives if we are to live as a community

ok this songs basically showin how hawaii is changing and growing. to me and the natives its bad because it was better when the forigners werent here. then the haoles had to take over. this song tells us how would our ancestors and ancient people feel about this change. Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono o hawaii basically means this is our land and we shall take care and respect it. is the whites doing so? haha