[Verse 1: Hawaiian pidgin-accented male MC, hard and bouncing over stomping live drums and the slack-key guitar riff] Brah, the wind came Tuesday and it took the poles down flat Lines across the road, and every house went black like that No fan, no fridge, no TV, and no signal on the phone Whole street in the dark, and every family on its own Wednesday the freezers startin' sweatin' on the floor Ahi and the ribs and the poke behind the door Da kine, you gotta cook it or you gotta let it go So Mister Kalani drags his grill out to the road By sundown on Wednesday there's a fire on every curb And a street that never talked is passin' every plate and word [Hook: Pidgin MC, chanted hard, pounding toms and ipu on every line] Brah, no power on the street for six whole days Every freezer on the curb, and every grill ablaze Everybody out the door, and nobody in a rush We got no power, and we never had so much [Verse 2: Pidgin MC, faster, the slack-key riff tight under every bar] Thursday no TV, so the aunties tell the old stories Kid from number nine who never leaves his room, he's sittin' near me Uncle Moke is teachin' him to throw a net on the lawn Throws it like a frisbee, and he's throwin' it till dawn Friday no fan, so we sleepin' on the grass Countin' every satellite and every plane that pass Shoots, I met more neighbors in a week than in a year Lived here fourteen years, and I never knew who's near [Cypher: Pidgin MC trades bars with a bright island female MC, Leilani from three doors down, back and forth] Leilani, who been runnin' that grill since Wednesday noon I been runnin' it since Tuesday, brah, you came out too soon Who taught you how to cook like that, the fish is perfect, sis Six days of everybody's freezer, brah, you learn on this Who made the whole street sit down at the same long table Nobody made 'em, brah, they came 'cause they were able Shoots, so what you gonna do when the lights come on Same thing, Kekoa, cook till everybody's gone [Verse 3: Pidgin MC, power-back hum, one low bass tone under the bars, the street quiet, then the drums return louder] Day six at sundown, and I hear it in the wire Low hum comin' back, and it's runnin' through the fire Porch lights pop, and the fridges start to purr Every window lights up yellow, and nobody even stirs Whole street lookin' at their houses like a stranger at the door TV's on inside, and it don't sound like before Brah, nobody moved, nobody walked inside Kalani threw another fish on, and the kids began to ride So now the first Saturday of every single month We flip our own breakers off and do it all at once Da kine, the island calls us crazy, and we're crazy as a bunch We got no power, and we never had so much [Final Hook: Pidgin MC, everything, toms and ipu doubled] Brah, no power on the street for six whole days Every freezer on the curb, and every grill ablaze Everybody out the door, and nobody in a rush We got no power, and we never had so much [End]
