Better Off
Was Samoa better off without
The missionaries coming to save us
Oh enslave us to leave our roots
To submit to their god
Because we were savages
That ate humans
But didn't Europeans eat humans too
Yet we have mixed their infected bloodline with our customs and
Still call it Fa'a Samoa
Or the Samoan Way
I didn't know that Samoans came from the Caucus Mountains or the caves
But when we ask questions
We are told to shut up
Left confused
Telling us we are fiapoko
Or smart alecks thinking we know it all
Yet they wonder why people have left the church
Because they no longer follow the source
But their own self interests
Like draining the energy and pockets of the congregation
But when we question it they say
We are looking at it through our own eyes
Not through the Holy Spirit
I believe in God but not of the oppressor
Looking to seek the truth
The truth of what God wanted from us
Not of religion and titles
But how my ancestors lived
The true Fa'a Samoa
The Samoan Way without the clorox
Purified brown soulful essence
Were we better off
Better off
Not having those invaders and impostors on our island
Damn
Copyright © Molimau Fatu | Year Posted 2020
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