I love where I’m from

I love it so much

[Chorus]

My valley scenic

You ain’t seen it

Nu’uanu and Hialoa

Those be my streets, kid

[Verse 1: Sans]

23 years in Apartment 25

I stole the street signs after a tropical storm

They blew down and I wanted em encouraged by mom

She told me wait a day, grab em after sunset

So nobody would see, does that make her my accomplice?

Probably not, but I stole the signs and I’m proud of it

The eight one seven, Noa in the back of the valley

We’d write songs on his porch and post em

They missеd me at the Okazuya while I was at Harvard

Kalihi on port, Manoa on starboard

Sam’s Dеlicatessen fed me more than my moms did

I worked at Huckleberry Farms before it closed

And they rebuilt the shopping plaza with the Banyan tree that was in Hungry Lion

Still enclosed

Remember VHS copped from the video shop

Rent em for a weekend, two dollars a pop

Jurassic Park, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Pokemon Blue version, I chose Squirtle

Royal School fool, super super citizen

Kawananakoa Middle, the botball champion

Shoutout Mr. Hasuko, for telling me that I wouldn’t get my life together ’til I turn thirty

I’m not there yet, still a few years

But I’m back now with some new peers

Teaching downtown, back where I was grown

This is a love song to the valley I call home

[Chorus]

Nu’uanu, land of my birth

I will love you until I’m scattered in earth

Nu’uanu, land of my birth

I will love you until I’m scattered in earth

My valley scenic

You ain’t seen it

Nu’uanu and Hialoa

Those be my streets, kid

My valley scenic

You ain’t seen it

Nu’uanu / Hialoa

Those be my streets

[Outro]

I go by Sans on the microphone

But my name is Sterling Higa

I was born at Queens Medical Center

And I lived my first twenty-three years in Nu’uanu Valley

At the corner of Nu’uanu Avenue and Hialoa Street

I will forever claim Nu’uanu as my home

And I will always, always come back

Thanks to Ohtoro for making this music possible

Thanks to my mama for being my mama

And thank you, for listening

Sail boat