John: TOMORROW MARKS THE
42ND ANNUAL NA HOKU HANOHANO
AWARDS.
WE'VE BEEN FEATURING NOMINEES
ALL MONTH DURING MELE MAY ON
"LIVING 808."
TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO WELCOME
BACK TO THE SHOW, KAMUELA
KAHOANO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AWESOME.
YOU GOT YOUR GUITAR.
I WANT TO KNOW, YOU'RE NOMINATED
FOR A FEW THINGS.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
INSTRUMENTAL COMPETITION,
SINGLE OF THE YEAR, EPA OF THE
YEAR.
John: THAT MUST FEEL PRETTY
GOOD.
KIND OF A REWARD FOR ALL THE
HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO IT.
YEAH.
THE BEST FOUR.
John: ALBUM OF THE YEAR.
MY HAWAI'I.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
FOR "MY HAWAI'I," I WAS
SITTING ONE DAY.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE -- STARTED WHEN
THE HOKUS ENDED.
I GOT A CALLER FROM A FRIEND
SAYING THEY'RE PUTTING OUT A
PROBLEM IN JAPAN.
BUT THEN "MY HAWAI'I" CAME TO
ME.
AND IT WAS A WEIRD THING.
I STARTINGED TO SEE LOCAL PEOPLE
SUFFERING.
IT WAS A WEIRD THING.
I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PRESENCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND KIND OF TURN IT INTO
SOMETHING POSITIVE.
John: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
YOU TO MAKE SOMETHING POSITIVE
OUT OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
THE SONG IS MORE OF, LIKE, A
PONO OUTREACH.
A CALL TO BECOME GOOD AGAIN.
NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS.
AND PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE
PROGRAM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN,
TALKS ABOUT THAT.
John: YOU'RE A SINGER, A
SONGWRITER, YOU'RE COMPOSE,
FOLKS BRING SOME OF THEIR DREAMS
TO FRUITION.
YEAH.
I'LL WRIGHT SONGS FOR ANYBODY.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS THE RIGHT
FIT.
John: HOW MUCH FUN IS IT
GOING TO BE TOMORROW?
GREAT.
I'M PERFORMING.
ONE SPECIAL GUEST.
THREE SPECIAL GUESTS PLAYING
WITH ME.
JOIN JOKING ME IS CARLY G.
John: WOW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE OUR
VIEWERS A QUICK PREVIEW OF
TOMORROW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AL
MELE MAY.com.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KAMUELA
♪
♪ SO MUCH HAPPENING, HAPPENING
TO THIS LAND ♪
♪ NATURAL DISASTER ♪
♪ SAD FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ♪
♪ SOME LOST EVERYTHING ♪
♪ TIME TO TURN DOWN OFTEN OF THE
NOISE ♪
♪ AND REMIND OURSELVES TO
BREATHE.
♪ THEN REMEMBER I AM A CHILD OF
THIS LAND ♪
♪ DESCENDENT, I WILL LEND A
HELPING HAND TO ALL ALL THOSE IN
NEED ♪
♪ BECAUSE I AM STRONGER ♪
♪ I AM COOL BUT I AM A WARRIOR ♪
♪ AND I WALK INTO THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WITH KNOW FEAR BECAUSE MY
HAWAI'I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE ♪
♪ OH, OH, YEAH ♪
♪ MY HAWAI'I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE
♪ EVERYTHING IS GO, GO, GO ♪
♪ NOBODY LISTENING ANYMORE ♪
♪ CUE PEW NAY KUPUNA CAST ASIDE ♪
♪ TOO MUCH HOMELESS IN THE
STREET ♪
♪
♪ NEVER GIVE UP BE RIGHTEOUS ♪
♪ I'LL CONTINUE THIS RISK ♪
♪ WHY BECOME JUST A MEMORY IN A
PHOTOGRAPH ♪
♪ WE ARE CHILDREN OF THIS LAND.
♪
♪ WE ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE
VOYAGERS SNOIT.
♪ WE WILL LEND A HELPING HAND TO