From the recording Amataga
AMATAGA (The beginning)Lyrics & Music - Opetaia Foa'i
Amataga
verse1
fai te mea e tataumo te lalolagike amanakia neikave fakatatau
verse 2
tuku lahiga kavefoki lumanakifakahoa lelei ahofakamoemoega mo a taeao
prech
mafaufauga lumanakihologa o te olagafelau na mea a tatoui te alofake agai ki koga fou
chorus
ke toe foki manako au ki eitoe kamata te alohama fealofanitalitonu ietahi lotoamataga vena
The beginning
verse1
play our part in this worldto care for ittake what you need
verse 2
put back more than you takeit’s to our future that we givehow it used to bein the beginning
prech
with the future in mindwith our lives we go onsharing what we havewith love and hoperise to a new horizon
chorus
i want to returnto the beginningto love and respectbelieving in each otherlike it wasin the beginning
Music and Lyrics Opetaia Foa'i
© Spirit of Play Productions/Opetaia Foa'i