NGĀTI WARRIORS

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[INTRO] Ngāti... Mmmmm... Jah... Ohhhh... Children of Jah's Garden... Guardians of what remains... Ngāti Warriors... Rise... ─── [VERSE 1] From sacred whenua... To inherited names... Till parchment and musket... Attempted to alter the ways... Boundaries redrawn... Without ancestral consent... Yet whakapapa endured... What conquest represented... Rivers witnessed... What documents denied... Generations kept the testimony... Where official words could lie... What occupation fractured... Was never fully erased... Ngāti survived... Because memory held its place... ─── [CHORUS] We are Ngāti... Born unconquered... Ngāti Warriors... Jah's guardians... Not for domination... Not for glory... But to shelter... What came before we... Bound together... By responsibility... We are... Ngāti Warriors... ─── [VERSE 2] Hikurāngi... Holds the resonance... Of generations... Across this land... Every stone... Every river bend... Knows what history... Cannot amend... Time may cover... Footprints with dust... But guardianship... Outlives conquest... When Jah calls... We understand... Ngāti Warriors... Protect these lands... ─── [BRIDGE] No document... Can manufacture belonging... No boundary... Can silence remembering... No conquest... Can command whakapapa... No generation... Stands alone... We inherited... More than territory... We inherited... The duty... To guard... What cannot guard itself... ─── [FINAL CHORUS] We are Ngāti... Born unconquered... Ngāti Warriors... Jah's guardians... Not for domination... Not for glory... But to shelter... What came before we... Bound together... By responsibility... We are... Ngāti Warriors... ─── [OUTRO] From Hikurāngi... To the eastern sea... From those before... To those yet to be... Guard the whenua... Guard the waters... Guard the names... Guard the stories... Ngāti Warriors... Not because we seek war... Because some things... Must be protected... Jah... Ngāti... Warriors... STATION 18- ROOTS OF JAH [INTRO] Oh... Jah... Rastafari... Hear I now... Not asking for riches... Not asking for dominion... Only the strength... To remain righteous... Jah... ─── [VERSE 1] In troubled times... Jah open our eyes... Grant discernment... Through deception and disguise... Clothe us in armour... No weapon ever made... Forged through sacred understanding... That corruption cannot penetrate... Gifted through Tā-ne Mahuta... From knowledge handed down... When confusion surrounds us... Keep our judgement sound... Too many wander... Without direction... Too many hearts... Lose connection... Jah... Restore the foundation... Beneath every generation... Rastafari... ─── [PRE-CHORUS] Give we courage... Give we conviction... In this sacred... Hour of decision... Build Jah's kingdom... Deed upon deed... Not through possession... But through what people need... Carry native wisdom... Across every water... As Māui's waka... Carries ancestor to daughter... Generation... Into generation... Under Jah Rastafari... ─── [CHORUS] Rastafari... Fortify we... When the world attempts... To divide we... Shelter the weary... Uphold those who grieve... Restore those abandoned... Give the hopeless reason to believe... Jah... Disperse deception... Undo every chain... Let justice walk beside compassion... Through the world again... ─── [VERSE 2] So many wandering... Through spiritual drought... Surrounded by voices... Yet hollowed by doubt... Mirrors reflecting... What Babylon sells... Till people forget... How to recognise themselves... Jah be discernment... When appearances deceive... Jah be the foundation... Beneath what we believe... Call every wanderer... Back toward remembrance... Not through fear... But through love... Truth... And repentance... ─── [BRIDGE] We lost direction... Now Jah we pray... Give us integrity... For what comes our way... Steady our judgement... When temptation appears... Give us compassion... Stronger than fear... Place no hatred... Inside our defence... Give we wisdom... Give we patience... Give we strength... Without vengeance... Oh Jah... Rastafari... ─── [FINAL CHORUS] Rastafari... Fortify we... When the world attempts... To divide we... Shelter the weary... Uphold those who grieve... Restore those abandoned... Give the hopeless reason to believe... Jah... Disperse deception... Undo every chain... Let justice walk beside compassion... Through the world again... ─── [OUTRO] Rastafari... Above I... Yet living... Within I... Jah... Let righteousness... Become our armour... Let compassion... Become our strength... Let wisdom... Become our inheritance... And let the Roots of Jah... Reach beyond... Our length of days... Jah... Rastafari... Still I hear... Your call...