Song: Hawaiian Born ~~ 1998 ~~ 4:02
Artist: Norm
LP/CD: Just The Norm ~~ Neos ~~ 1998
Composer: Norm Thompson

I was raised on the eastside
By the Lua and the Thompson aiga and ohana
Now papa said that we didn’t need money to live
In a town called Laie

We used to laugh and play in Laie Bay
And surf at Goat Island
Now I see all my childhood friends and they say
That they’re proud to be Hawaiian

Hawaiian born
We’re proud to be Hawaiian
Hawaiian born
Proud to be Hawaiian

We used to go to my grandma’s house
Where she would bake banana bread that would melt in your mouth
And my papa would be outside
Thatching up his coconuts with the screenbox on the side

Grateful to play in the sun, grateful to play in the waves
In this place we call Hawaii
Now I see all my good time friends we all know
And we’re proud to call this island home

Hawaiian born
We’re proud to be Hawaiian
Hawaiian born
We’re born to be Hawaiian

Take me to the island of mi choice and watch mi run
If you will give mi a minute and I will tell you where I’m from
It’s a city down in the country that represents mi
This place that I am talkin’ ‘bout is L-A-I-E
I’m from Laie

Hawaiian born
Proud to be Hawaiian
Hawaiian born

My dad would teach me too cook in the imu
He would make sure I knew how to survive here without him
My mom would always teach me love and respect
When I was young, hey, hey

We used to go to Papa Muelu’s house
Where he would sit down in his fale and say, “Aua e te ulavale”
Laie Boys would teach him love and respect in the youth
‘Cause I was raised to be Samoan too

Samoan born
I’m proud to be Samoan
Samoan born
Born to be Samoan

Hawaiian born
I’m proud to be Hawaiian
Samoan born
I’m proud to be Samoan too

Polynesian born
I’m proud I’m Polynesian
Hawaiian born

Hawaiian born
Hawaiian born
Hawaiian born

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: November 20, 1998