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But he told me he said,
“You remind me of me when I was young man.”

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So all the things he told me,
he told me when you go out there

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and play my music,
play it simple and nice.

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He said, he said,
that's the only way our music is,

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you know.

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So he said,
“When you go out there and play,

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play it with your heart,
play it simple, and play it nice.”

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All I can say is that, I wanted that,
I’d be able to get out there in the world

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and tell the people about this beautiful,
kind, and gentle man.

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Who writes beautiful music
and who shares his heart,

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and his feelings
for the people of Hawaiʻi.

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Aloha, mahalo nui.

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(male speaker)
Does he come from another world

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with people far different from here?

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Well, I think Sam Liʻa comes
from another world

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because he's the kind of special man
that only shares aloha.

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Everything I hear about this man,
every story,

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every fond memory people share,
it’s always with aloha.

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He writes a song for a person,
whether it’s a birthday

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or a christmas gift, always with aloha.

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He shares things, his stories with me,
it’s with aloha.

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With people, it’s aloha.

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A man builds a tea house down there,
he writes a song for him,

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with aloha, you know.

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He shares things with me, with aloha.

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All I know is this the only man I’ve met,
the kindest man I’ve ever met,

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with much aloha.

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(male speaker) Does he come
from a Hawaiʻi of long ago?