Kawehi - Hawai'i '78

I'm coming to Hawai'i! Maui on 8/19, O'ahu on 8/20. Check out the link: bnds.us/i6b3ox
Though unheard by many, this song - made popular by Iz Kamakawiwo'ole - was an anthem in Hawai'i when I was growing up during the 80s-90s. If you are not familiar with Hawai'i's history (pre/post overthrow) - I suggest you educate yourself and look it up.
I was lucky to be sent to Kaiapuni (Hawaiian immersion school) when I was young - it was a new adventure in learning, an immersion into the Hawaiian language where all day and all classes were taught in Hawaiian. Not a drop of English was spoken. We would cut and paste Hawaiian translations into science, history and math study books on weekends. We were the third class that ever was - 16 Guinea Pigs in a time when the revival of the Hawaiian language was a mission for the people of Hawai'i. At 5 years old, it took me less than a school year to become fluent in a language that my grandparents couldn't speak. At night, I would dream in Hawaiian. For 8 years, I considered Hawaiian to be my first language.
I've gone through many changes since - I switched to an english school in 7th grade. Quit Hula at 18. Moved to Los Angeles at 19. Became a starving musician at 20. Moved farther away to Kansas. But throughout those changes - the language, the culture, the koko (blood) - that never goes away. I look at my roots as an immovable mountain - when all is gone, I'll be found in you - still standing.
If you would like to support a great cause for the keiki of Hawai'i - check out Nā Kama Kai (nakamakai.org/) - a great nonprofit that educates and connects the youth of Hawai'i to the sea and land.
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Hearts and Pizza!
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[@cynthiavance]

PLEASE make an album of all hawaiian songs!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I would purchase that album immediately

[@Drainoboy1974]

How do only 204k people know about this beautifully talented artist. Over the years you have given us soo much. The world needs to find you and spread the word.

[@ixnayOnTheOilerSpray]

Because most people only want to consume garbage on KZbin? They dont want quality, just quantity. They want nonsense-saying influencers, bad pranks or even watching someone else screaming and playing videogames. I am just happy I am not one of those people. I try to find quality content here.

[@reaping-equally]

She has been known for a long time.. you are a baby

[@reaping-equally]

Welcome to the world. I hope you do not suffer like r

[@reaping-equally]

I'll try to protect you. But imyalmost

[@reaping-equally]

Im almost dead. My best adf

[@nharwell]

While I'm not native to Hawaii, I was living on O‘ahu when Facing Future was released and had the privilege of seeing Israel Kamakawiwoʻole perform this. I think your cover does him honor.

[@Tommy_R]

Wow this gave me the chills

[@IAmKawehi]

[@MrElijah173]

Same

[@templarking2]

I am only an Haole but I have lived in Hawaii for 30 years. Please come back and live on Hawaii again. The land is calling you back! I am just a guest. It your land

[@Ellie46706]

My favorite song by the late Brahdah Iz. Hawaii ‘78 continues to speak volumes even after all this time! Ua Mau kea O ka Aina I Ka Pono Oh Hawaii! The life of The Land is Perpetuated In Righteousness! Cry for the Gods, Cry for the People Cry for the Land that was taken away, and then yet you’ll find Hawaii. Tears would come from each other’s eyes as they would stop to realize that our land is in great, great danger now! Ua Ike Ma Kou Uwe OuKou.

[@ronoc9]

That's such a beautiful language.

[@IAmKawehi]

it truly is!

[@Milocinia]

Too bad many of us don't speak it anymore. The language was banned for generations.

[@reviewswithdouglas]

@@Milocinia That's sad that the native language was banned for generations.

[@DarrianAshoka]

This was one of the most lovely songs I have ever heard, but brings tears to my eyes. Powerfully emotional. I played it for my son right after hearing it and he was very impressed as well. Then I listened to it a few more times through my headphones to hear each note. Thank you for sharing this special tribute with us in the way that you have. I loved the looping version as well, which compelled me to check it out here.

[@byggdaddyjayz]

IZ is smiling...👏👏👏👏👏🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@kristoffercrespo5172]

Your voice is so damn beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@IAmKawehi]

thank you for listening!

[@kathleenmcclure-wight6377]

You are a treasure to music always, but you are truly a gift to Hawaiian culture and history. When I hear you sing in your native language, your voice and dance are mesmerizing, so beautiful. I will listen to this over and over. We can't wait to see you in LA in October.

[@coreygin514]

Nailed it! So much Hawaiian pride and power wrapped into her unique style. I hear the ancestors call out with their approval. Thank you!

[@ogweez]

I love all your videos, but this is one of my favorites. You nailed this!

[@Olli_B.]

I come from Germany and for me the Hawaiian language sounds very inspiring and resting in itself. Thank you for sharing this moment with me 🙏 🤗

[@richardliberty8917]

I cry whenever I hear this song. Especially Izzy's version. I was just listening to it this morning.

[@mcbrogan1]

Your music and creativity is on par with how beautiful you are.

[@exturiel5343]

Mom was always doing hula when I grew up, didn't much like hawaiian music for it. Bruddah Iz transcended that. Him being gone is a loss for everyone here.

[@TheChillennial]

This is absolutely mesmerizing... superb... in an artistic journey like yours with so many masterworks youve made... this is breaking through me like a steamroller. And then I read the description, and Its even better. 🧡🧡🧡

[@Matthewjohnwilson]

Wow this was hypnotic. I realized I had stopped breathing, I was paying such close attention to it. Wonderful job on this. It was truly wonderful.

[@Wendygirljp]

Absolutely wonderful production, young lady! I am very impressed!

[@eddywauneka8915]

I remember finding you here on KZbin so long ago and I was totally mesmerized by your performances but now you took it to a new level with this song... always keep going forward with your talent.

[@reaping-equally]

I've been restless all night. You're beautiful and bring me peace. Thank you 😥

[@Marlie40]

Brought me to tears in Hamburg, what a beautiful performance. 🙂#

[@lonesheep8697]

I have always loved this song so much. Having grown up on a little island that was taken from native americans before my time, then watching life change in my days as well. Beautiful version. Chills. 🙏

[@CS1T]

I can't remember the last time a song moved me to tears as I have built quite a coat of armor around my heart. Made me homesick for the islands for sure.

[@michaelsebastiane4454]

Truly, in my opinion, some of your best work. The song seems to flow directly from your heart. Thank you for sharing. Now I'm going to start putting pineapple on my pizza.

[@silverdrumvideo]

Kawehi, Right now I’m in the hospital. I’ve been here since yesterday (ER, and then ICU overnight, and now a regular room), and I’m probably going to be here for the next couple of days. I want to tell you that the sound of both your voice and the language is definitely helping me heal. Thank you. 😌 Adam

[@DMWaldo]

Really beautiful. Haunting and moving. Thank you for sharing this.

[@jtwhatever]

Kawehi, I have loved all your content for a while now… especially the 🍕❤️‍🔥🍕 But THIS… it touched my SOUL………

[@porgie808]

goddammit! this song always makes me cry. thank you for the beautiful oli, performance, and arrangement.

[@valerielorant5775]

What a tragedie for your island Kawehi😭😭😭. I hope you're safe, from France🥰🥰🥰

[@ripseven]

You completely Rocked this song 🎵 🙏🏽🤙🏽

[@KidAloha87]

Brother Iz would be proud. 🤙🌺

[@stethesteguy2093]

I came to your channel for your cover of closer, then I stayed for the most beautiful and soulful artist on youtube. Breathtaking as usual😍🥰

[@MrElijah173]

Good to hear the language lives on. Thank you for sharing our language in your music. Hard not to be mad on a daily basis and especially right now in Maui and The Big Island but this helps. Thank you and much love.

[@MatthewFrederico]

Thank you for this song. I don't think a lot of people understand the (actual) history of Hawaii. My partner and I (both mainlanders) recently had the opportunity to meet the people on the island Molokai - our first visit to Hawaii. It was an amazing and extremely humbling experience. We told each other we would never visit there again - unless we were invited by an actual native person. Hawaiians are actually an endangered species ..

[@nafisbenhadzi1443]

This is beautiful...peace and love from ur Austronesian brother in Malaysia~

[@ben_ovah808]

Haven't been keeping up with your videos for a while, but I'm glad I've come across this a week after Lahaina

[@soundwordscentral]

Thanks again for being on our podcast, Kawehi! It was a lot of fun.

[@catcherad5444]

Hello! I live in Miami but since I stay connected to people who follow Tulsi Gabbard, I’ve been fortunate to learn about the Love and Kindness of the Spirit of Aloha 🌺 Thank You for this sad yet hopeful and Beautiful Song! Your song hit me in the Heart! We don’t have the same Love and Pride Hawai’ians have! As I have come to know more people from Hawai’i, I am amazed by the love and kindness and beauty of the people and not just the land! Thank you for the music and thank you for the love! You have a new fan here in Miami! Aloha my friend 🌺

[@wyldeslash2003]

I’m not crying, you’re crying!

[@davidonformosa]

Thank you for sharing your language and culture.

[@isabelleprehm6800]

j'adore cette chanson, j'ai toujours des frissons avec un début de larmes et ce que j'aime beaucoup ce sont vos passages en hawaïien

[@filmstudiojapan]

I lived on Maui long ago and attended the then MCC. I was fortunate through my poverty to fall in with locals, and a hula troop. I wrote a poem/monologue from the point of view of the island as the protector requesting a step back against "progress". I asked my friends from the troop to come in and dance to it.. Honestly it was all done with virtually no planning, and the drama class we performed it for was less than 20 people, but the timing of the song the dancers chose (sorry forgot which one) and the monologue combined with the teachers choice of darkness with a single red spotlight on the dancers left the class speechless and silent for nearly a full minute after it's completion. My friends from the troop were all very young at the time (late teens) and were shocked by the reaction, but also saw clearly and were amazed at how the timing of everything in the monologue and song coincided, and I was really happy when they repeated parts of the monologue back to me siting the meanings in Hawaiin culture. I wrote very quickly from the heart those days and wanted to make it simple but to the core without trying to make believe I knew the deep roots of the culture. I'm not Hawaiin, but I was born into deep nature (literally my playground as a child), so essentially I wrote from the view of Nature which felt natural to me and I suppose is why I was accepted by (most) Hawaiin natives. There's another story about one who didn't accept me so readily involving a goat, but I will save that story for another day.. simple version, the matriarch of the community put him in check, and he was nice to me from then on out =D Oh yes, and the point!? This song and video brings me back to that moment every time !!! Mahalo nui loa Kawehi.

[@allthecommonsense]

God almighty that was sublime. IZ is smiling down on you.

[@emessar]

Beautiful song. Thank you.

[@reviewswithdouglas]

such a beautiful song. I love it

[@willsmith7941]

Beautiful song! God bless your music career.

[@daxie2610]

I am speechless ... she got me.

[@Ninja-Dev]

All of your stuff is fantastic, but this one in particular .... wow ... mesmerizing.

[@afrmx]

This is amazing. On a channel with so many great covers, this just stands out far above everything else. This is clearly a personal song for you and it shows on the execution! 😍

[@stuartsponseller1129]

ALOHA! Just discovered you.......you are amazing! ....i look forward to discovering more of your videos amd songs......

[@monsutahantayui1987]

as someone who is half Native Hawaiian,,, I applaud you sis!

[@scottp3287]

Incredible version of Brudda IZ . Thank you for sharing. Sending ALOHA FROM THE BIG ISLAND. 🤙

[@danielcason2141]

I'm not crying your crying!

[@lilaznkami]

The tears.. I'm not sure if they're sad or happy. Doesn't matter, I guess. This song struck me in the feels, yo.

[@proffieosultra3048]

I sent this to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson a couple of times now. IT IS THE ULTIMATE Hawai'i sentiment.. I love her and this song so much!! Respect to Iz of course...

[@TommyDye]

This may be my favorite song now!

[@jayce8001]

OMG. Iz! I miss that man so very much. Absolutely beautiful sound in your version.

[@christianwittke3592]

I don't know what to say at the moment. It's my birthday today and I'm home alone and watch KZbin videos. I just came across your channel and wow wow wow. Your music is beautiful and oh thank you, you have my birthday very much embellished, thank you thank you thank you, I wish you and your family a long and prosperous life, thank you for this beautiful day

[@Foilmagnet]

You are a great artist. Been following you for a few years now. There is no doubt in my mind big things are waiting ahead for you.

[@fernsehdesign]

just gorgeous.

[@flickerman68]

Thank you for this stunning rendition.

[@Smartbad]

That took me right back to that time and place. Thank you.

[@jsbphoto]

Yes, I admit it...I tear up everytime I watch and listen to this video! I could listen to this everyday! Thank you for this.

[@mattkay2497]

That was an amazing performance. One of the best - if not the best - video I have seen of your music.

[@flashrobbie]

Kia ora, whanaunga. Ka nui te aroha o to waiata. Off the top of my head I think (but am not completely sure) it was Professor Albert Wendt who said somethig along the lines of post--colonialism means not only after colonialism but over it, around it and in spite of it. Your song is beautiful. Big love from Aotearoa/New Zealand to our Polynesian family.

[@marcod4572]

WoW Kawehi.. I’ve been following you for a while now but with this you brought it to another level! Just beautiful..

[@pink81445]

Beautiful powerful vocals! I love the language and song. Mahalo for sharing this and your amazing story. ❤❤❤🙏🙏

[@stevef8081]

That is deeply touching and moving.

[@deijiko]

What a beautiful arrangement of this song ❤️ really needed this this afternoon, thank you!

[@ThumpR808]

Much respect! Love this rendition!

[@rodneybyassee1928]

I was born in 1978 and I fell in love at first sound, see what I did there hehe. Your artistry and sense of humor are so much appreciated and treasured by not just me but you obviously have to know that. Let's plan a pizza party, rain or shine!!❤🥰❤

[@fredericdesousa2908]

C'est juste magnifique ! Merci

[@patrickalmazar5562]

At once both beautiful and sad.

[@jabbadac]

This song made me cry for real

[@CreditScorePro]

❤ Much Aloha ❤ RIP IZ, HAWAII 78, LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII 78 ALL OVER AGAIN. PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE OF MAUI 🙏🏻

[@kittydupree2]

Awww man. I keep missing your show when you come to Maui. Will have to keep track so we can see you live!

[@seanmccreesh7349]

this is one of my fave songs in the world and you nailed it beautifully :)

[@PLively]

Beautiful.

[@underthebluetakemein.]

Don't know how I missed this masterpiece.....just awesome gf 💯⛰🏝🌊🧜‍♀️🌈♾

[@Infrared73]

Amazing... simply amazing.

[@AndrewJackson-rr9jk]

yes

[@ruscular]

This is the best work you have ever done that I have heard! I'm sure there is more to come. But this is shattering so stunning! This song made me sweat and skip heart beats. I don't think I can remember feeling this way about a song before. You have a winner, definitely a one hit wonder!

[@catcherad5444]

I wish you came to Florida on tour. Hopefully someday you will. Mahalo 🤙🏽

[@graht1]

I love this so much. I tear up every time I listen to it.

[@sinaiharel148]

you broke and mend my heart. this is the most powerfull version i have ever heard

[@SouthAussiemait]

Shivers up and down, not just my spine, but from head to toes!

[@MrDarren347]

Beautiful

[@ivorynebula]

Wow, mesmerizing

[@ReneeCarignan]

Damn, this gave me chills. Thank you for sharing, not just your music, but also your story.

[@kreativolker]

WOW so beautiful

[@maxifab4]

Magical.

[@davedee2224]

Awesome arrangement and mesmerizing vocals. Excellent work!

[@infinitevelocity2.0]

wow - your look so amazing in this video. Luv your work.

[@Black-Sue]

Beautifull ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@teri9636]

ALOHA!!! This is so magically transforming me back to my days living in Hawaii- Oahu in the mid 70's. Your roots are showing so beautifully here! I can feel the Spirit of Magical Hawaii! Mahalo♥ Blessings on your tour! Come to Costa Rica ;)

[@danielmathivathan7391]

Magic!

[@Nick-ju7ld]

You continue to amaze time after time after time. So incredible 🙏

[@tanyatucker51]

So beautiful!