Warrior Rising was written by Hāwanes mom Pua Case in  2015. These are her words and reflections on how this song came to be - “Every night while we were stood on the frontlines to protect Mauna Kea, Iʻd leave my window open in Waimea and pray to the mountain and to the guardians of the mountain to keep our people safe, these warriors that were rising to stand for what was necessary in this time. Iʻd close my eyes thinking of both my daughters who spent nights up there in the cold along with many others. And throughout each night a line from the song would fly in through the window gliding in on the melody straight to my ear and my heart until the entire song was complete. Before Hāwane sang it for the public, we went up to the Northern Plateau, the site of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope and I sang it outloud to the grandmother of the mountain in gratitude and aloha. What started as a tribute to my daughters for the warriors they were becoming, became an anthem for all warriors rising to stand for Hawaiʻi.”

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