[Intro – whispered, sinister] Koko kāhea koko. Hanohano kāhea makeh. Step wrong — you get crushed, brah. [Verse 1] Slice open my own kin, let da ʻoiaʻiʻo bleed, Son’s guts all ova da lepo — still like test me? Lonopele stay weep, but Kū ka ʻakaʻaka, Took his boy too — koko every mile, braddah. Stack bodies like pohaku, gift 'em to na akua, Ke kai kuʻu hoa, ke ʻino kuʻu koa, I built Kanaloa-a-Muia, forty po‘o high, Each paddle stroke — one more wailua fly. Manu nui? ʻIno? Hūʻeu! I grind 'em up for lunch! Prayers to Lono? I twist 'em in one makani makeh. [Hook – chanted rough] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni! [Hook – chanted rough] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni! [Verse 2] Land at Puna, set da hills on fire, Wahaʻula rise up wit’ koko, no retire, Heiau full wit’ iwi from da palau, Pray big, or no pray at all. Moʻokini heiau up Kohala bleedin’ from da stone, Drop yo’ best men — let da mana grind da bone, Hoʻokupu iā Kū, pahu kani ʻiʻo i ka lewa, Kulou koke — or I cut down your ʻāʻī. Tighten da kapu, you no can move, Lay flat or feel da ihe slice you through, Pūloʻuloʻu stand watch every path, Step wrong, braddah — you burn in my wrath. [Hook – harsher] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni! [Hook – harsher] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni! [Verse 3] No weak koko — hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka moʻokūʻauhau, Half-breed chiefs? Nah, I straighten da spine now. Voyaged back, wen’ snatch Pili mai nā hōkū, Dropped him here, now aliʻi line brand new. Crown come wit’ blade, throne sit on makaʻu, Break da kapu — nalowale ʻoe i loko o ka makahiki. Mana thick like ʻawa, rivers run red, No bow? You better off dead. Carve my inoa into pōhaku an koko, Flood all da ʻāina wit’ sacred rain, Mai ka nahele a i ke kahakai — paʻa koʻu hanu, Paʻao’s world — he waʻa i ka makeh. [Outro – deep, fading] ʻAʻole au he kahuna — he ino au. ʻAʻole au he aliʻi — he kiʻi makeh au. Cross me once — you feed da ʻuhane swarm. Koko...-koko... -koko i ka ʻino... [Hook – harsher] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni! [Hook – harsher] Koko kapu, kānāwai aliʻi, ʻAi lepo, ʻapo na niho, Koko kapu, kāhea mōhai, Cross Paʻao — pau ʻoe, hāʻule kāu aupuni!
