(Guitar instrumental) Shawn Kekoa Pimental: Moʻolelo is our history is not just our stories.

It is to mark what events occurred so that we will never forget.

Ē Liliʻu Ē was written back in 2018.

It was actually when there was a hurricane coming, and we're all locked down and didn't have anything to do.

Woke up the next morning and had a thought, a dream about, for some reason it was about the Queen.

And we always talk about how we feel, you know, going through the overthrow, and what our people still struggle with today and the generational trauma that many of us suffer from.

But to think about what she must have been feeling at that time, you know, when she was imprisoned in the palace and the visualization of that.

So I thought, if I could write a letter to her to tell her that we still love her and support her.

And so started writing a letter to her and just visualizing what we would say to her through this letter.

Performance: Ē Lili‘u Ē (Guitar instrumental) Majesty the Queen, I humbly sing to thee In honor of your sacrifice no nā ‘ōiwi o Hawai‘i The sake of our nation bound in your last days We sing you praise, ē Lili‘u ē Uwē, e ola no Hawai‘i Uwē, hō‘ola ka lāhui Uwē, uwē, no nā pua ‘āina ē Ke aloha nui, ē Lili‘u ē If Her Majesty could kindly hear the voice I lift to thee Her people stand hand in hand no ka wahine he pōlani We offer you this song of love to guide you through your days We sing you praise, ē Lili‘u ē Uwē, e ola no Hawai‘i Uwē, hō‘ola ka lāhui Uwē, uwē, no nā pua ‘āina ē Ke aloha nui, ē Lili‘u ē For Her Majesty our Queen, e kū‘ē mau ē The pillar of our nation we still stand with you today Kū‘auhau we hear you cry as strong as yesterday We sing you praise, ē Lili‘u ē Uwē, e ola no Hawai‘i Uwē, hō‘ola ka lāhui Uwē, uwē, no nā pua ‘āina ē Ke aloha nui, ē Lili‘u ē Ke aloha nui, ē Lili‘u ē Ke aloha nui, ē Lili‘u ē Ooh ooh ooh ooh