album cover
Mau Moko
album cover
Mau Moko was released on March 28, 2025 by Napalm Records Handels GmbH as a part of the album Te Rā
AlbumTe Rā
March 28, 2025
LabelNapalm Records Handels GmbH
BPM118
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

For 60 years we fought for our tradition
Ono tekau ngā tau e kōkiri ana (auē) mō o mātou tikanga
An art nearly forgotten, our practice almost lost
He tata wareware te tuhi toi, i tata ngaro ō mātou ritenga
The suppression of our tōhunga, suppressed by the crown
Koropehu ō mātou tōhunga, ka pēhia e te kuīnitanga
Our moko protected us from your hate
I parea mātou e te mana moko i āu mahi kino
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
You don't understand
E kore koe e mātau (e)
The story in our markings
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story of our ancestors
Kōrero tuku iho
We are the people who wear moko
Tāngata Mau Moko
You displayed our skin as spectacle
Kua horahia e koe te kiri Māori hei whakaaturanga
We have taken back our tradition, revived by a criminal world
Hoki mai te mana, nā te ao taihara i whakaora (e)
Your judging eyes try to hurt us
Ka whiua mai rā ō kanohi whakawā kei patu mai
But our moko protects us from your hate
Otirā, ka whakamarua mātou e te moko i tō mauāhara
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
you don't understand
E kore koe e mātau (e)
The story in our markings
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story of our ancestors
Kōrero tuku iho
We are the people who wear moko
Tāngata Mau Moko
Wear moko
Mau Moko
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
Restore our mana
Hoki mai te mana
Who are we!
Kō wai mātou ē!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou
you don't understand
Kīhai koe e māmara
The story in our markings
Ō mātou kōrero tuhi kiri
The story of our ancestors!
Ō mātou kōrero tuku iho!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga mau moko mātou
you don't understand
E kore koe e mātau (e)
The story in our markings
Te tikanga tāmoko
The story of our ancestors
Kōrero tuku iho
We are the people who wear moko
Tāngata Mau Moko
Savage, monkey, stone age, backwards No!
Mohoao, makimaki, ao kōhatu, kōmuri Kao!
Who are we!
Kō wai mātou ē!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou e!
We are the people who wear moko
Ko te hunga Mau Moko
Written by: Henry de Jong, Lewis de Jong, Turanga Morgan-Edmonds
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