[INTRO — female whispered, funeral-like] party hustle villain Squad- They didn't kill the queen...They tired to kill the kingdom.Thought that meant the story ended. Funny thing about ghosts—They don't need a throne to haunt a house. [VERSE , Male rap vocal] They stole the crown, called the robbery progress, Stole the land, called the theft an investment. Put a flag where a kingdom had a heartbeat, Then told the people, “Be grateful that we kept it.” Funny how the conqueror writes the history, Calls the victim “lucky” for surviving the misery. You can lock up a queen, but you can't imprison memory, You can occupy the land, never occupy the identity. Liliʻuokalani—say the name like a warning, They buried the kingdom, but the roots kept growing. Tried to turn a nation into somebody else's property, Now every stolen stone got a story underneath. She gave up the throne so her people wouldn't bleed, They mistook mercy for surrender—that's greed. She didn't bow because she believed they were right, She bowed because a queen knows when to sacrifice. So light the torches low, Let the old songs play. The crown may be gone— But the blood remembers the way. [female vocals, CHORUS] You took my crown— I kept my name. You took my throne— I kept my flame. You can bury a kingdom, You can't bury pride. You can silence the queen— But the queen don't die. Aloha ain't surrender, Aloha ain't defeat. You stole the ground beneath us— Still couldn't steal the beat. [VERSE 2, Male rap vocals] They wanted paradise, but paradise had a people, Wanted every piece except the pain beneath the evil. Postcard on the wall, blood underneath the picture, Tourist sees the sunset—history sees the fixture. Sugar made fortunes, the palace paid the price, They put a dollar sign on paradise. Funny how the ones who took it call themselves the owners, While the ones who built it get treated like trespassers. You can't trademark a mountain, Can't purchase an ocean, Can't legislate a culture out of generations. Every lei on the table got a history attached, Every song in the air is a message from the past. Every child saying her name is another resurrection, Every generation keeping culture is another rejection. You wanted her forgotten? Congratulations— You made her immortal. [CHORUS, female vocals] You took my crown— I kept my name. You took my throne— I kept my flame. You can bury a kingdom, You can't bury pride. You can silence the queen— But the queen don't die. Aloha ain't surrender, Aloha ain't defeat. You stole the ground beneath us— Still couldn't steal the beat. [female vocal BRIDGE — quiet, haunting] She wrote goodbye... But goodbye wasn't the ending. It was a promise. Aloha ʻOe. dont— “Forget me.” dont— “Forgive them.” It means— “Until we meet again.” [female vocals, BREAKDOWN] So here's the revenge: Remember. Here's the weapon: Culture. Here's the crown: Hera name. Here's the kingdom: Still breathing. You wanted history? WE REMEMBER. You wanted silence? WE SING.WE SCREAM! You wanted the queen forgotten? LILIʻUOKALANI. SAY HER NAME. LILIʻUOKALANI. LILIʻUOKALANI. LILIʻUOKALANI. [FINAL VERSE, Male rap vocal] I'm from the generation that inherited the scar, Learning how a paradise can hide what wounds are. They can build another hotel, another highway, another wall, But the oldest voices underneath it all still call. LILIʻUOKALANI. You can change the government, Change the currency, Change the flag above the building— LILIʻUOKALANI. Don't change what the blood sees. LILIʻUOKALANI. Because revenge ain't always bullets, Sometimes revenge is survival. Sometimes revenge is keeping every piece they tried to take from you. LILIʻUOKALANI. Sometimes the loudest middle finger is a song your children learn. LILIʻUOKALANI. Sometimes the grave becomes a pulpit and the dead become immortal. LILIʻUOKALANI. [FINAL CHORUS — HUGE] You took our crown— we kept our name. they took our throne— we kept our flame. You cant bury our kingdom, You can't bury our pride. tried to silence our queen— BUT THE QUEEN will never DIE. LILIʻUOKALANI. Aloha ain't surrender, Aloha ain't defeat. You stole the ground beneath us— LILIʻUOKALANI. STILL COULDN'T STEAL THE BEAT. [OUTRO] The throne is empty. The palace is quiet. But listen... The islands are singing. The islands are screaming And every time we sing— every time we scream— ("step back") shes come back for vengeance. LILIʻUOKALANI.
