I AM (From the Ava DuVernay feature film 'Origin')
🎵 1017 characters
⏱️ 4:30 duration
🆔 ID: 16513725
📜 Lyrics
We are the colour
Felt in the spring
You are the wind
Breathe into me
You inherit me
I inherit you
I am the language
You speak to me
As far as the eye can see
Everything has changed
Tell me how can we stand by
I don't wanna be the same
He toiora ahau nōu
Te toi nō Kurawaka
Taku rongomaiwhiti e
Tākiri ko te haeata
Anga atu ki te rā
Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
We are the waters
The rivers and streams
Flow through the armour
Of a dying breed
I am with you and you are with me
Baptised in fire
We're lions in the ring
As far as the eye could see (as far as the eye could see)
Everything has changed
Tell me how can we stand by
I don't wanna be the same
He toiora ahau nōu
Te toi nō Kurawaka
Taku rongomaiwhiti e
Tākiri ko te haeata
Anga atu ki te rā
Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Tūturu whakamaua kia tina
Tina
Haumi e
Hui e
Tāiki e
Felt in the spring
You are the wind
Breathe into me
You inherit me
I inherit you
I am the language
You speak to me
As far as the eye can see
Everything has changed
Tell me how can we stand by
I don't wanna be the same
He toiora ahau nōu
Te toi nō Kurawaka
Taku rongomaiwhiti e
Tākiri ko te haeata
Anga atu ki te rā
Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
We are the waters
The rivers and streams
Flow through the armour
Of a dying breed
I am with you and you are with me
Baptised in fire
We're lions in the ring
As far as the eye could see (as far as the eye could see)
Everything has changed
Tell me how can we stand by
I don't wanna be the same
He toiora ahau nōu
Te toi nō Kurawaka
Taku rongomaiwhiti e
Tākiri ko te haeata
Anga atu ki te rā
Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Hou mai rā
Tō rongo e
Hou mai rā
Tō karere
Mau tonu e
Tūturu whakamaua kia tina
Tina
Haumi e
Hui e
Tāiki e
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:15.82] We are the colour
[00:19.34] Felt in the spring
[00:22.80] You are the wind
[00:26.50] Breathe into me
[00:30.61] You inherit me
[00:34.62] I inherit you
[00:38.43] I am the language
[00:42.49] You speak to me
[00:47.48] As far as the eye can see
[00:50.57] Everything has changed
[00:54.85] Tell me how can we stand by
[00:59.70] I don't wanna be the same
[01:02.73] He toiora ahau nōu
[01:07.04] Te toi nō Kurawaka
[01:11.06] Taku rongomaiwhiti e
[01:17.89] Tākiri ko te haeata
[01:22.68] Anga atu ki te rā
[01:26.30] Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
[01:33.39] We are the waters
[01:36.66] The rivers and streams
[01:40.54] Flow through the armour
[01:44.29] Of a dying breed
[01:48.39] I am with you and you are with me
[01:55.73] Baptised in fire
[01:59.70] We're lions in the ring
[02:05.06] As far as the eye could see (as far as the eye could see)
[02:07.99] Everything has changed
[02:12.47] Tell me how can we stand by
[02:17.20] I don't wanna be the same
[02:20.04] He toiora ahau nōu
[02:24.50] Te toi nō Kurawaka
[02:28.41] Taku rongomaiwhiti e
[02:35.29] Tākiri ko te haeata
[02:40.11] Anga atu ki te rā
[02:43.82] Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
[02:51.20]
[02:59.50] Hou mai rā
[03:09.83] Tō rongo e
[03:11.75] Hou mai rā
[03:13.70] Tō karere
[03:17.62] Mau tonu e
[03:22.92] Hou mai rā
[03:25.25] Tō rongo e
[03:27.32] Hou mai rā
[03:29.16] Tō karere
[03:32.90] Mau tonu e
[03:38.59] Hou mai rā
[03:40.85] Tō rongo e
[03:42.88] Hou mai rā
[03:44.89] Tō karere
[03:48.45] Mau tonu e
[03:54.42]
[04:08.24] Tūturu whakamaua kia tina
[04:13.84] Tina
[04:15.74] Haumi e
[04:17.84] Hui e
[04:19.08] Tāiki e
[04:19.54]
[00:19.34] Felt in the spring
[00:22.80] You are the wind
[00:26.50] Breathe into me
[00:30.61] You inherit me
[00:34.62] I inherit you
[00:38.43] I am the language
[00:42.49] You speak to me
[00:47.48] As far as the eye can see
[00:50.57] Everything has changed
[00:54.85] Tell me how can we stand by
[00:59.70] I don't wanna be the same
[01:02.73] He toiora ahau nōu
[01:07.04] Te toi nō Kurawaka
[01:11.06] Taku rongomaiwhiti e
[01:17.89] Tākiri ko te haeata
[01:22.68] Anga atu ki te rā
[01:26.30] Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
[01:33.39] We are the waters
[01:36.66] The rivers and streams
[01:40.54] Flow through the armour
[01:44.29] Of a dying breed
[01:48.39] I am with you and you are with me
[01:55.73] Baptised in fire
[01:59.70] We're lions in the ring
[02:05.06] As far as the eye could see (as far as the eye could see)
[02:07.99] Everything has changed
[02:12.47] Tell me how can we stand by
[02:17.20] I don't wanna be the same
[02:20.04] He toiora ahau nōu
[02:24.50] Te toi nō Kurawaka
[02:28.41] Taku rongomaiwhiti e
[02:35.29] Tākiri ko te haeata
[02:40.11] Anga atu ki te rā
[02:43.82] Whiti, whiti ki te ora e
[02:51.20]
[02:59.50] Hou mai rā
[03:09.83] Tō rongo e
[03:11.75] Hou mai rā
[03:13.70] Tō karere
[03:17.62] Mau tonu e
[03:22.92] Hou mai rā
[03:25.25] Tō rongo e
[03:27.32] Hou mai rā
[03:29.16] Tō karere
[03:32.90] Mau tonu e
[03:38.59] Hou mai rā
[03:40.85] Tō rongo e
[03:42.88] Hou mai rā
[03:44.89] Tō karere
[03:48.45] Mau tonu e
[03:54.42]
[04:08.24] Tūturu whakamaua kia tina
[04:13.84] Tina
[04:15.74] Haumi e
[04:17.84] Hui e
[04:19.08] Tāiki e
[04:19.54]