(1109)▪︎[ Nothing Too … 9•1•2019 ]

[ People Who Have Things To Hide ]
[ Never Have Much To Say ]
[ They Should Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide ]

[ What Puts Them In The Bad Mood That They’re In? ]
[ Was It Because Of All Of The Sin? ]
[ When They Begin ]
[ Do They Think They’ll Ever Win? ]

[ Maybe That Is The Sin Right There ]
[ If They Ask (WHERE?) ]
[ You’d Say (CHECK THE SPARE) ]

[ (THE SPARE WHAT?) ]
[ You Might Ask ]
[ It’s The One That’s Been Cut ]
[ That Didn’t Last ]

[ & That’s All You Have To Say]
[ On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(536)▪︎[ It Is A Hard Place … 7•1•2021 ]

[ The World Outside Of Your Front Door Is A Hard Hard
Place ]
[ Everything Is Right There In Your Face ]

[ The Rain, The Sun, The Bogeyman ]
[ That Is When You Run ]
[ As Fast As You Can ]

[ You Seem To Want To Confide ]
[ That There Was No Where To Hide ]

[ That Is When Reality ]
[ Becomes Reality ]
[ For All To See ]
[ All Of A Sudden You Don’t Feel Free ]

[ How Can You Change These Circumstances? ]
[ How Can You Take So Many Chances ]

[ To Make Things Right? ]
[ Which Way Should I Turn To Flick The Switch That
Turns On The Light ]

[ Is It By The Light Of The Moon? ]
[ Or The Light When It’s The Afternoon? ]

[ Maybe That Light Could Be From The Oncoming
Train ]
[ Either Way It Will Cause Great Pain ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(002)▪︎[ Which Path … 1•1•2022 ]

[ There Are (2) Roads In Life To Choose From ]
[ (1) Could Make You Happy ]
[ While The Other Would Leave You Feeling Numb ]

[ Numb Because Your Life Would Be Filled With Bumps &
Bruises ]
[ Nobody Wants That Road ]
[ Because Everybody Loses ]

[ Nobody Wins ]
[ Everybody Committing Sins ]

[ Everything Spins Out Of Control ]
[ Because The Road Is Covered With Lost Souls ]

[ Is There A Way To Get To The Other Track? ]
[ There Must Be A Way To Come Back ]

[ To The Light Side ]
[ Where The Road Is Smooth & Wide ]

[ Where The Sun Would Shine ]
[ & You Have A Direct Route To Go Dakine ]

[ Where The Trees Are Plentiful With Fruit ]
[ Where The Babies Are Quiet & Cute ]

[ There Is No Contention Of Time ]
[ Where You Do Not Have To Choose Between A Ĺemon Or A Lime ]

[ Where You Do Not Choose Between The Two ]
[ & There Is No Such Thing As Wearing A Nike Shoe ]

[ A Nike Branded Shoe Turned Into Political Hype ]
[ That Is Why I Go With The (3) Stripes ]

[ All They Want Do Is Sell Shoes ]
[ Not Try To Get Society To Sing The Blues ]

[ They Did A Bad Political Move ]
[ That Put Them On A Different Groove ]

[ This Guy Does Not Kneel In Front Of The American Flag ]
[ That Is Not Your Bag ]
[ & That Swoosh Is Not Your Tag ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(545)▪︎[ So Confusing … 7•3•2021 ]

[ Life Can Be So Confusing ]
[ To You @ Times ]
[ But To Others, Watching You, Can Be So Amusing ]

[ When You Make A Mistake & You Get Frustrated Then Throw
Up Your Arms ]
[ Others Might Laugh ]
[ But They Mean You No Harm ]

[ A Mistake Is A Mistake In Your Mind ]
[ Laughter Is Good Medicine ]
[ You Will Find ]

[ Actually It Is The Best ]
[ It Passes Every Test ]

[ Should We All Look Up, To See ]
[ What Is Up Ahead & Free ]

[ Free From All Dyes, Smell & Taste ]
[ With Bullshit So Deep ]
[ It Is Up To Your Waist ]

[ It Is Not So Clear ]
[ Where You Would Go From Here ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(534)▪︎[ The Footprint … 6•30•2021 ]

[ Who Can Catch Lightning In A Bottle? ]
[ Is That The Daredevil Who Is Quick On The Throttle? ]

[ Driving Through Town As Fast As He Can ]
[ When You Think Of Him ]
[ You Could Say That He’s A (MAN’s MAN) ]

[ Is He The Only One That Can Leave A Footprint In The Dust? ]
[ Is Being A Daredevil A Must? ]

[ No, It’s Not, Is What You Say ]
[ You Try To Leave Your Foot Print Every Day ]

[ In The Sand, Clay, Mud Or Dirt ]
[ You Would Even Give A Man In Need, Your Own Shirt ]

[ Off Of Your Back ]
[ If You Really Think About It ]
[ That Was Just One Shirt Out Of A Big Stack ]

[ One Way That You Could Leave Your Footprint Is By What
You Can Give ]
[ You Also Can Leave An Impression By How You Live ]

[ Do You Walk, Take A Bus Or Ride The Train? ]
[ Or Do You Stay In The House & Refrain ]

[ & Play Games? ]
[ With People With Various Last Names? ]

[ If You Had One Wish, What Would It Be? ]
[ Would You Wish That One Wish ]
[ Would Turn Into Three? ]

[ & So On & So On Until Everybody Will Have One ]
[ Letting Everyone Have Some Fun ]

[ One Of Their Own ]
[ Maybe Some Would Wish For A Million Dollars ]
[ While Some Would Just Want An Ice Cream Cone ]

[ Leaving Your Handprint On This Earth ]
[ Does Not Prove Your Worth ]

[ Now Leaving Memories In Lots Of Different People’s
Mind ]
[ Is The Best Kind ]

[ Of Footprint ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(716)▪︎[ What Is Your Point? … 8•21•2020 ]

[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Matter Where You Come From ]
[ It Matters What You Are Made Of ]
[ & The Only Thing In Life That Does Not Make You
Feel Numb ]
[ Is When Someone Special Shows You Lots Of Love ]
[ Sometimes It Doesn’t Matter What Is In Your Past ]
[ But It Does Matter How Fast ]
[ You Are Creating Good Memories That Will Last ]

[ Your Past Experiences Has Molded You Into Who &
What You Are Today ]
[ It Doesn’t Always Matter What You Say ]
[ But It Does Matter How You Show Things In Your Own
Special Way ]
[ Shock People When They Think That When You Should Turn
Left You Turn Right ]
[ You May Not Have Got Your Point Across With What Said ]
[ It Is What You Write ]
[ That Gets Your Point Stuck Into Their Head ]
~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1149)▪︎[ A Deep Sleep … 9•11•2019 ]

[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days Where You Just
Want To Go Back To Sleep? ]
[ Not A Nap ]
[ But One Where You’re Under Really Deep ]
[ It Is Like You’re On The Sleep Elevator Where The
Level Of Deep Goes Up As The Elevator Goes
Down ]
[ You Go To The Level Where There’s No Sound ]
[ You Pass The Level Where You Dream ]
[ Go Past The Nightmares That Make You Scream ]

[ Head Towards The Darkness Where There’s No Light ]
[ Your Hearing Is Amazing ]
[ Compensating, Because You Have No More Sight ]

[ It’s Not Like You’re Totally Blind ]
[ It’s So Dark ]
[ You See With Your Mind ]
[ You Thought You Heard A Bark ]
[ So You Check Your Behind ]

[ There’s Nothing There ]
[ Except Cold Air ]

[ Don’t Be Scared Of The Dark Because There Is
Nothing To Be Afraid Of ]
[ The Last Light You Had Was From Way Up Above ]
[ You Shiver & The Cold Goes Down To The Bone ]
[ Do You Try To Anticipate The Not Yet Known? ]

[ Where You Can’t Anticipate What Goes On Here ]
[ Because What Goes On Is Never Clear ]

[ You Come To A Room & You Find A Corner Where You
Can Sit ]
[ When You Lose Your Sight Do You Just Want To
Quit? ]
[ You Have To Be Confident That You’ll Get Your Sight
Back ]
[ So Don’t Worry, If All You Can See Is Black ]
~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(720)▪︎[ What Storm? … 8•23•2020 ]

[ Inside Every One Of Us Is A Storm Waiting To Rage ]
[ Are You The Rain, The Thunder, The Lightning ]
[ Or The Next Ice Age? ]

[ When There Are Storms @ The Beach ]
[ The Waves Crash So Hard & So Loud ]
[ You Cannot Hear Yourself Speak ]

[ Some People Have A Fascination With Storms ]
[ That Is Just Slightly Out Of Other Peoples Norms ]

[ Is It The Driving, Blinding Rain ]
[ That Floods The Outside Drains ]
[ That Drive Those People Insane? ]

[ Is The Flash Of The Lightning Or The Thunderous Boom ]
[ That Makes People Hide ]
[ Or Run Into The Inside Rooms? ]

[ The Weather Guy ]
[ Tells No Lies ]
[ When He Predicts That The Lightning @ Night ]
[ Will Light Up The Sky’s ]

[ Others Like The Calm & The Warmth That The Sun Brings ]
[ That Seems To Be When All Of The Birds Sing ]
[ It Also Has You Wonder ]
[ What Opportunities A New Day Will Bring ]

[ The Opportunities Would Be Endless ]
[ & If You Tried ]
[ It Would Knock You Senseless ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(722)▪︎[ Stopping Life … 8•24•2020 ]

[ How Do You Stop Life From Getting The Best Of You? ]
[ Do You Just Lie Down ]
[ & Let Life Do What It Has Got To Do? ]

[ It Would Be Easier Than Putting Up A Fight ]
[ With Something That Is Not In Your Sight ]

[ Every Single Time That You Got Knocked Down ]
[ You Have To Rise ]
[ & Stand Up High On The Ground ]

[ Because Life Throws You So

Many Punches ]
[ A Queasy Feeling ]
[ Has Ruined Many Lunches ]

[ Through The Days, Weeks & Years ]
[ Life Causes The Shedding Of Many Tears ]
[ During Your Life, You Constantly Try To Face Your Worst Fears ]

[ The Best Part Is That Your Eyes Are Now Open Wide ]
[ You Can Hold Your Head High ]
[ Knowing That You Never Did Run & Hide ]

[ So How Do You Survive? ]
[ How Do You Grow & Thrive? ]
[ How Do You Show Your Friends & Loved Ones That
You Are Very Much Alive ]
[ Fight The Good Fight Is What You Need To Do Now ] [ But Don’t Be Impatient ] [ To Try To Figure Out How ]
[ It Might Be Some Time Before The Answers Come By ] [ Beware Of People That Always Lie ]
[ Don’t Be Too Quick To Demand For The Answer To (WHY?) ]
[ Search The World Over & Find The Ones That Really Care ]
[ Find The Ones That Has Always Been There ]
[ Then You Realize That Those Are The Ones With Which You Share ]
[ Your New Life With The Ones That You Love ]
[ Show Everyone How You Have Risen Above ]
[ The Turmoil ]
[ & Reward Those Who Have Remained Loyal ]
[ There May Be Only A Few ]
[ Maybe More Than Two ]

[ The Number Does Not What Matters ]
[ You Want To Line Up The Doubts ]
[ & Watch Them Shatter ]

[ Keep Moving Along ]
[ Show Those Who Thought That You Were Never Strong ]
[ The Best Part Of This Part ]
[ Is That You Prove Them All Wrong ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(984)▪︎[ It’s Hard … 7•24•2019 ]

[ Some Things In Life Can Be Extremely Hard ]
[ It All Depends On Who’s Carrying That Specific Card ]

[ On That Particular Day ]
[ Then You Have To Find That One Way ]

[ To Survive ]
[ & Take That Dive ]
[ To Stay Alive ]

[ What If You Had To Go Throughout Life With Diminishing
Sight? ]
[ Would You Lay Down & Wait For Death? ]
[ Or Stand Up, Face The Wind & Fight? ]
[ No One Wants To Take Death Head On ]
[ No One Wants To Be Here Today & Tomorrow Be Gone ]

[ As They Say (LIVE TODAY AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE
GONE TOMORROW) ]
[ No One Ever Said That Time Is Something You Can Borrow ]
[ When You Borrow Something, The Rule Is You Have To Give
It Back ]
[ How Does One Do That ]
[ When It’s Time That You Originally Lacked ]
[ So How Can You Pay Back Something That You Don’t Have
Extra Of? ]
[ Unless You Are Talking About Affection & Love ]
[ Love Can Grow & Grow & Grow Some More ]
[ If You Play Your Cards Right ]
[ Love Can Fill The Room, From The Ceiling To The Floor ]
[ But When Day Turns Into Night ]
[ Some Negative People Keep Score ]
[ When They Want To Fight ]
[ While Standing On The Other Side Of The Door ]

[ That Is A Good Place ]
[ For Them To Stand ]
[ So You Won’t To See The Face ]
[ Of The One Making Demands ]

[ You May Ask ( KEEP SCORE OF WHAT? ) ]
[ They Keep Score Of How Your Hair May Look ]
[ Or How Those Jeans Fit On Your Butt ]

[ Those Are The One’s That Always Cause The Strife ]
[ You Never Need Those Kinds Of People In Your Life ]

[ A Good Use Of A Verb ]
[ Is When You Tell Them That They Have Kicked To The Curb ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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