I Am Coming Home

Spent my whole life trying to find the parts that were missing What looked like direction was guessing What I achieved was all that defined me Never knowing what stood behind me Breathe it in, breathe it in, night jasmine calls the summer toward us I have been taken care of without invitation What I owe can never be repaid to the people of this land Rivers, oceans, and big sky above us And so I am going home I am going home I am going home I am going home (Toitu) (Toitu) Remember, remember who I am, kaitiaki That I come, that I come through a line of Wāhine Toa Toitu te whenua, toitu te tangata Toitu te whenua I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home I am coming home Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga Kei te hoki au ki te kāinga