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Repeat Offender

from Maisey Rika by Maisey Rika

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Repeat repeat offender
Through the generations
Who the hell are we supposed to blame?
My people are the ones who suffer
Repeat repeat offender
Through the generations
Like zombies we conform to foreign laws
Society's the one to blame blame blame blame
blame

This is a song for my people
'Nga tangata whenua o Aotearoa' (the indigenous
people of New Zealand)
Kia tupato! Please kia tupato! (be careful)
They will never understand
The spiritual connections
We have with our land
Money talks, our land walks
It’s our children who miss out
Keep strong my people, keep strong, keep strong
He Maori, he Maori, he Maori ahau

Repeat repeat offender
Through the generations
Why dont you grow a brain
and then you'll come to see
This was not the path meant for me yeah,

Repeat repeat offender, through the generations
Like zombies we conform to foreign laws
Society's the one to blame blame blame blame
blame

Ka whawhai tonu matou, mo ake, ake, ake
(We will fight together forever)
Whatu ngarongaro he tangata toi tu te whenua
(Man come and go, but the land stands forever)
Ka whawhai tonu matou, mo ake, ake, ake, ake

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from Maisey Rika, released March 9, 2009

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Maisey Rika New Zealand

Maori singer/songwriter Maisey Rika, has one of Aotearoa's most impressive lead vocal style, fused with her honest and thought invoking messages.

Some have described her sound similar to Tracey Chapman or Sade, with a splash of India Arie. Her spine tingling vocals and fusion of English and Maori (Te Reo) lyrics is capturing the hearts of soul seekers both in New Zealand and abroad.
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