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Next of Skin

from Silver by Nicola Lindsay

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Winner of Pacific Songwriting Competition - World Music Category, 2009

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Our skins are different colours but we stand on the same ground
Our forefathers named our land in different languages
Some of us live in two worlds some of us are naive exiles
But when it comes down to it
A smile is smile

No te rourou
Naku te rourou
Ka ora
Te manuhiri

My lineage on these islands is short and ill defined
But with every generation we discover more of our new kind
Passing down our treasure to our children and theirs too
Everything you've gained from me
Everything I've gained from you

No te rourou......

Different grains of sand from the same beach
Different flowers from the same tree

(english translation)
With your little bit
And my little bit
Together, we can feed the guest

I'm not looking for my culture I have around me everyday
I'm not beating my breast in colonial guilt
Respect the past - change today
We'll bring on our food baskets we will cook up a new taste
We've seen fear, ignorance and bloodshed
We won't let it go to waste

No te rourou.............

English Translation of Te Reo: (proverb from Ngai Tuhoe)
"with your little bit, and my little bit, together, we can feed the guest"

credits

from Silver, released January 3, 1998
Nicola - Guitar and Vocal
Ted Clarke - Harmonica
Ned Webster, John Banks, Jessie Coutts, Mark O'Brien - Backing vocals
Stevie Gilcrest - Bagpipes
Mathurin Molgat - 2nd Guitar

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