We Stole Hawai'i

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We stole Hawai’i
Overthrew the Queen
The missionaries went there “to do good”
And they did quite well

We stole Hawai’i
Took a sovereign nation
Bent it to our will
And made it dependent

We stole Hawai’i
Tossed their culture and gods
For pineapples and sugar
For business and profit

WE STOLE IT
BECAUSE WE COULD
WE STOLE IT
BECAUSE WE COULD

Liliu’okulani,
Hawai’i’s last queen
Captive in her palace
The world kept away

A sovereign nation
Who knows what might have been
but we stole it because we could

Pineapples and sugar
led to the death of an
indigenous culture
Everything has a price

Corporate takeover,
brought the government along
Converted the people
Overthrew the Queen

Our gain – their lives

History’s big,
and history’s small
Repeats when forgotten
Remember: We stole it
cos we could

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from Connect the Dots...Complete the Puzzle, released August 3, 2012

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