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    1) The song "We Know The Way" features Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda singing in Polynesian and English respectively about Polynesian exploration and navigation. 2) They describe how Polynesians read the wind, sky, stars and ocean to sail the seas and find new islands, keeping their homeland in their minds. 3) The song expresses how Polynesians pass down the exploration traditions of their elders through stories in a never-ending chain so they will always know the way.

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    1) The song "We Know The Way" features Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda singing in Polynesian and English respectively about Polynesian exploration and navigation. 2) They describe how Polynesians read the wind, sky, stars and ocean to sail the seas and find new islands, keeping their homeland in their minds. 3) The song expresses how Polynesians pass down the exploration traditions of their elders through stories in a never-ending chain so they will always know the way.

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    (Opetaia Foa'i:) : "We Know The Way" (Performed by Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

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    Harold Romen Branzuela
    1) The song "We Know The Way" features Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda singing in Polynesian and English respectively about Polynesian exploration and navigation. 2) They describe how Polynesians read the wind, sky, stars and ocean to sail the seas and find new islands, keeping their homeland in their minds. 3) The song expresses how Polynesians pass down the exploration traditions of their elders through stories in a never-ending chain so they will always know the way.

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    "We Know The Way"

    (performed by Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

    [Opetaia Foa'i:]
    Tatou o tagata folau e laauina
    le tu o le sami tele e o mai
    whu avae le luitau e lei
    Tapenapena

    Aue, aue
    Nuku i mua
    Te manulele e tataki e
    Aue, aue
    Te fenu, te mlie
    Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e

    [Lin-Manuel Miranda:]
    We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
    We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
    At night, we name every star
    We know where we are
    We know who we are, who we are

    Aue, aue
    We set a course to find
    A brand new island everywhere we roam
    Aue, aue
    We keep our island in our mind
    And when it's time to find home
    We know the way

    Aue, aue
    We are explorers reading every sign
    We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain
    Aue, aue
    Te fenu, te mlie
    N heko hakilia
    We know the way

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