KākAno, SEED
‘Kākano, Seed’ is a collaborative tune between Huia and Baitercell (Chris Chetland). Liquid DnB with manawa (spirit) with symphonic layers by Maestro Stewart Allen.
#4 the first week of release and the only te reo Māori Hiko track in the Hot NZ 10 charts.
With a global rise in conscious lyrical content for Electronic music, ‘Kākano’ is a tribute to the whakatauki (Māori proverb) ‘Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu’.
Sometimes the ‘seed’ is more important than the bloom…
Music Video by Launch Media x HūHā Music.
Music by Huia and Baitercell
Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu (hoki)
CH
He kākano, he kākano ahau (x2)
Mēnā ko au, whakatōkia au ki te nuku
Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu ( x 2)
V1
Whakatōkia au
Ki te raurākau o te nuku
Hei manawa tahi me te whenua
Ngā waiata
Ngā Taonga puoro o te nuku
E takoto nei
Kia puāwai tonu, kia puāwai (x 8)
CH
Whakatōkia au
Hei manawa tahi me te whenua
Kia puāwai
Although small, it is precious
CH
I am the seed, I am the seed
If it is me, plant me in the earth
Although small, it is precious
V1
Plant me
In the leaf layer of the earth
To beat with the land’s heart
Songs
Precious sounds of the earth
That lies here beneath
Bloom, bloom on, bloom on, bloom on!
CH
Bury me deep
To beat with the land’s heart
To bloom