| He tata wareware te tuhi toi, I tata ngaro ō mātou ritenga |
| Koropehu ō mātou tōhunga, ka pēhia e te kuīnitanga |
| I parea mātou e te mana moko I āu mahi kino |
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| Ko te hunga mau moko mātou |
| E kore koe e mātau (e) |
| Te tikanga tāmoko |
| Kōrero tuku iho |
| Tāngata Mau Moko |
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| Kua horahia e koe te kiri Māori hei whakaaturanga |
| Hoki mai te mana, nā te ao taihara I whakaora (e) |
| Ka whiua mai rā ō kanohi whakawā kei patu mai |
| Otirā, ka whakamarua mātou e te moko I tō mauāhara |
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| Ko te hunga mau moko mātou |
| E kore koe e mātau (e) |
| Te tikanga tāmoko |
| Kōrero tuku iho |
| Tāngata Mau Moko |
| Mau Moko |
| Ko te hunga Mau Moko |
| Hoki mai te mana |
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| Kō wai mātou ē! |
| Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou |
| Kīhai koe e māmara |
| Ō mātou kōrero tuhi kiri |
| Ō mātou kōrero tuku iho! |
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| Ko te hunga mau moko mātou |
| E kore koe e mātau (e) |
| Te tikanga tāmoko |
| Kōrero tuku iho |
| Tāngata Mau Moko |
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| Mohoao, makimaki, ao kōhatu, kōmuri Kao! |
| Kō wai mātou ē! |
| Ko nga tangata mau moko mātou e! |
| Ko te hunga Mau Moko |
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| For 60 years we fought for our tradition |
| An art nearly forgotten, our practice almost lost |
| The suppression of our tōhunga, suppressed by the crown |
| Our moko protected us from your hate |
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| We are the people who wear moko |
| You don't understand |
| The story in our markings |
| The story of our ancestors |
| We are the people who wear moko |
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| You displayed our skin as spectacle |
| We have taken back our tradition, revived by a criminal world |
| Your judging eyes try to hurt us |
| But our moko protects us from your hate |
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| We are the people who wear moko |
| You don't understand |
| The story in our markings |
| The story of our ancestors |
| We are the people who wear moko |
| Wear moko |
| We are the people who wear moko |
| Restore our mana |
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| Who are we! |
| We are the people who wear moko |
| You don't understand |
| The story in our markings |
| The story of our ancestors! |
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| We are the people who wear moko |
| You don't understand |
| The story in our markings |
| The story of our ancestors |
| We are the people who wear moko |
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| Savage, monkey, stone age, backwards No! |
| Who are we! |
| We are the people who wear moko |
| We are the people who wear moko |
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