I AM (From the Ava DuVernay feature film 'Origin')

We are the colour

Felt in the spring

You are the wind

Breathe into me

You inherit me

I inherit you

I am the language

You speak to me

As far as the eye can see

Everything has changed

Tell me how can we stand by

I don't wanna be the same

He toiora ahau nōu

Te toi nō Kurawaka

Taku rongomaiwhiti e

Tākiri ko te haeata

Anga atu ki te rā

Whiti, whiti ki te ora e

We are the waters

The rivers and streams

Flow through the armour

Of a dying breed

I am with you and you are with me

Baptised in fire

We're lions in the ring

As far as the eye could see (as far as the eye could see)

Everything has changed

Tell me how can we stand by

I don't wanna be the same

He toiora ahau nōu

Te toi nō Kurawaka

Taku rongomaiwhiti e

Tākiri ko te haeata

Anga atu ki te rā

Whiti, whiti ki te ora e

Hou mai rā

Tō rongo e

Hou mai rā

Tō karere

Mau tonu e

Hou mai rā

Tō rongo e

Hou mai rā

Tō karere

Mau tonu e

Hou mai rā

Tō rongo e

Hou mai rā

Tō karere

Mau tonu e

Tūturu whakamaua kia tina

Tina

Haumi e

Hui e

Tāiki e