Melveen Leed you are incredible! Your voice never stop to amazed me. I've listsen to you since I was 10yrs old and you are awesome!!!. We the people of Samoa love you so dearly...
She sang this exact song with Jerome Grey in Apia in October 1987 at the Tusitala Hotel for the first South Pacific Pageant......love love it...thanks for sharing!
Who are we to say that God doesn't work in mysterious ways? White man or not, In the Bible days, they believed Jesus as King of Kings n Lord of Lords. Now whether God wanted to send a white man over seas to preach the Gospels wouldn't make a difference if it were a black man. Gods word brings no hatred or evil but truth, love, humility that some just cant cope with. Trust me, it isn't easy to love but if Jesus can, we can too. Im still a POLYNESIAN that loves his culture N loves my Lord too!
She did a great job singn diz song, Ummm but ish she samoan or a hawaiian lady singn a samoan song? Sowwie dnt efen knw who she ish lolz, but i fink she did gud!....Malo lava le postn le video clip! Manuia lava fuafuaaga o le aso! Muah'z xx00xx
That is not evil or wrong at all. In a huge way, we still do give respects to the elements in our environment and we all know that our respect for our land is a very important part of our way of life. Your beliefs are yours and there is nothing wrong with it. I sometimes think that one god created everything we just gave him different names.....Maybe. Who knows? Maybe he had to come in different forms to teach different minds?
im sorry brother, but isnt that why palagis take over?...when we're humble and walk away? have some pride and feed the fire uso because when it goes out, all we have left is ashes! faamalie pe afai ua e ita...ua nao sina talatala atu ae le o se faafiapoto.
What fire?! That fire is hate. I have pride and my pride is in the teachings of my culture. Although we are known as fierce throughout the world, our culture tells us to be humble about it. We will lose our culture if we dont teach it correctly. If you want to win this (as do I) you will have to do it in a manner that will prove efficient and permanent. O le ita e vave. It can come and go quickly and leave us here with permanent results we dont want.
malo, great thoughts! my main focus is palagis and how they've used christianity to muscle out our own beliefs. we used to worship the elements and everything that provides us with means of living. why is that so evil and wrong? im just saying, where do we go to find out about these now? its like you said 99% gone. i know our culture is strong. we practice it everyday here in samoa. e le o se ita, o le lafolafo e fetufaai ai manatu.
the triangle is symbol that represents satanic culture that dates way back into the days egypt...the people of the sun is the worship of the sun and satan was the son of the morning star (the sun)...the symbol of the sun represents a false god in babylon.
the palagis were instruments of God to serve Him...the palangis spreaded the gospel is true, but, the devil was also on the ship controling certain false christian palangis...u see, u must have an open mind about how Satan works and how God works...ok, my lost fwen.
instruments of god? but whos god? their god. wow you've really opened your mind to palagis...these are the same god believing palagis that brought us the flu and other diseases, killed many of our ancestors...religion has also taken many of our traditions away if not have restrained them to their likings...i like this conversation...hit me back fwen
you mean for all our people that died from flu jesus, did nothing....wuts explanation "oh its gods plan"...that is always the christian excuse...wut has jesus done for our people?
Being humble is more of a state of mind than an emotion. This "humble" state of mind is not encouraged in all cultures as it is in ours and few others. It can be there for them but they do not embrace it as a way of life. Our Fa'asamoa is our way of life and being humble is a big part of it. Let people do what they do and say what they say. If Jesus offends you then just be humble and walk away. Dont continue to feed the fire. And when did the Samoan people die from the Flu?
sorry pele is from hawaii. tell me why you love jesus so much?
i worship t-shirts, my job, cars and nike....everyday i pray to these things for things that i want and they give me the same answer jesus does....NOTHING!
Pele IS a part of the Samoan culture. Why are you even arguing when you do not know what you are talking about? A matala lou utu, e valea uma lava tagata i lo oe luma. Aua e te fia Falealili fua. Tago e fa'avalea le Hawaii ae aua e te fia poto mai le itu lea o Samoa. Ua ou malie i au tala. Fa Soifua.....Did you understand that....tourist?
Fassaleleaga....the people of Hawai'i was truly a paradise-they never got colds, flu, diseases-at the beginning just before the coming of Cook, it was estimated on all known Hawaiian islands the pop. was approx.300-500k-at the turn of century,it had diminished to about 100k....we are truly an endangered species.....took the land,overthrew its established govt,spread their diseases that killed off nearly 2/3 of the pop.- all in the name of God.....
a jewish god at that...were our polynesian gods really bad? to haoles/palagis, yes they were...but who are they to tell us what to worship and how...honestly. in samoa, god comes first, then family...well, i would rather give my life up for anybody in my family than god, i mean the guy is jewish he aint gonna understand me...lol
Cook didnt even get it, thought we were a bunch of undiscipline,thoughtless,savages-
all he had to do was LISTEN to our poly music, how the morning dew kissed the valley of Waimea, or how the sun greets the sweet land of Samoa-
this is whats its all about- how the worshipping of all things around us,showed us how precious the life of the land is-and how our "Gods" played a major role in keeping it a paradise-
I do not think that the main focus for you is so much religion as it is culture. And in most cases religion is the culture. However, although our old religions are 99% gone, our culture is, for the most part, still there. We need to protect what we have now. If we fight over what is lost, we will lose sight of what we have and lose that too. Believe in who you want, but also believe in your people, we are still here uso. And for those of us who practice the culture, we must teach what we know.
oi se uso..faamalie oe pe afai ua e totamai i lenei mataupu...o samoa e eseese lava ona tala..e ese tala o savaii, e ese foi tala o upolu ae e i ai mea e tutusa ai...ia e le o se fia falealili foi...a ua e iloa sina mea ia lufilufi mai ae le o le ita....sei faamatala po o fea e sau ai pele...ta fia iloa??
O lau tala ma le mo'i - Ua ou sese i au tala ia Pele. Ae ou te sa'a i a'u tala ia o le a lafo atu. O taua e uso. E iloa ia taua uma le uiga o le olaga a tatou mai Samoa (Upolu/Savaii/Tutuila/Manua). E tiga fo'i ia te au i lau va'ai le suiga o le tupulaga o Samoa i aso nei. Ua ou loa ua iai mea a le tatou olaga ua leiloa. Ae e lemafai na a'o le tatou olaga pe a ita. A'o ma le alofa. Afai e a'o fa'atasi ma le ita, na'o le ita le mea lae a'o. Oute le fa'apea o oe se fiapoto.
I remember this woman when I was stationed in Hawaii (U.S. Marine Corps, Kanehoe Bay) 1984-1987. Why isn't she on Letterman or The tonight show once in a while? She's an excellent talent.
Melveen Leed you are incredible! Your voice never stop to amazed me. I've listsen to you since I was 10yrs old and you are awesome!!!. We the people of Samoa love you so dearly...
islandstorm671 6 months ago
i love it, God bless you!!
PrincessMeree 7 months ago
She is samoan no matter what colour of her skin is, her family was brought up and bred in samoa.
lmailei 11 months ago 2
=,)
i L0VEd it
WE ARE SAM0A
TALiL0VE 1 year ago
She sang this exact song with Jerome Grey in Apia in October 1987 at the Tusitala Hotel for the first South Pacific Pageant......love love it...thanks for sharing!
TahaPoteki 1 year ago
love u Melveen. Beautifully done and awesome voice!
kirahna 1 year ago
Great Vid by the way!!!
JLeomiti 2 years ago
Who are we to say that God doesn't work in mysterious ways? White man or not, In the Bible days, they believed Jesus as King of Kings n Lord of Lords. Now whether God wanted to send a white man over seas to preach the Gospels wouldn't make a difference if it were a black man. Gods word brings no hatred or evil but truth, love, humility that some just cant cope with. Trust me, it isn't easy to love but if Jesus can, we can too. Im still a POLYNESIAN that loves his culture N loves my Lord too!
JLeomiti 2 years ago
AMEN!!! lolz
tienetaala96 2 years ago
LOL thanks tienetaala96!
JLeomiti 2 years ago
She did a great job singn diz song, Ummm but ish she samoan or a hawaiian lady singn a samoan song? Sowwie dnt efen knw who she ish lolz, but i fink she did gud!....Malo lava le postn le video clip! Manuia lava fuafuaaga o le aso! Muah'z xx00xx
samoansweetsensation 2 years ago
@samoansweetsensation : Melveen is afakasi hawaii/chinese and palagi.
kirahna 1 year ago
i meet her before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
808puili 2 years ago
gawd! i think you meant to say that you "met" her before...
uckfeouye 2 years ago
I saw this lady at this salon a couple days ago
ShaddupTashy 2 years ago
That is not evil or wrong at all. In a huge way, we still do give respects to the elements in our environment and we all know that our respect for our land is a very important part of our way of life. Your beliefs are yours and there is nothing wrong with it. I sometimes think that one god created everything we just gave him different names.....Maybe. Who knows? Maybe he had to come in different forms to teach different minds?
sekefs684 2 years ago
Malo lava! I miss my home and my people.
sekefs684 2 years ago
im sorry brother, but isnt that why palagis take over?...when we're humble and walk away? have some pride and feed the fire uso because when it goes out, all we have left is ashes! faamalie pe afai ua e ita...ua nao sina talatala atu ae le o se faafiapoto.
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
What fire?! That fire is hate. I have pride and my pride is in the teachings of my culture. Although we are known as fierce throughout the world, our culture tells us to be humble about it. We will lose our culture if we dont teach it correctly. If you want to win this (as do I) you will have to do it in a manner that will prove efficient and permanent. O le ita e vave. It can come and go quickly and leave us here with permanent results we dont want.
sekefs684 2 years ago
malo, great thoughts! my main focus is palagis and how they've used christianity to muscle out our own beliefs. we used to worship the elements and everything that provides us with means of living. why is that so evil and wrong? im just saying, where do we go to find out about these now? its like you said 99% gone. i know our culture is strong. we practice it everyday here in samoa. e le o se ita, o le lafolafo e fetufaai ai manatu.
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
im with you on that one brother, haoles dont get it.....
hulaqte 2 years ago
love Melveen. Such a beautiful soul. Thanks Robyn!
nekobasu01 3 years ago 2
the triangle is symbol that represents satanic culture that dates way back into the days egypt...the people of the sun is the worship of the sun and satan was the son of the morning star (the sun)...the symbol of the sun represents a false god in babylon.
FOBmuzungu 3 years ago 2
good thing those gods and beliefs were brought to our islands by palagis...i still worship tagaloa...and guess what? hes not jewish
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
the palagis were instruments of God to serve Him...the palangis spreaded the gospel is true, but, the devil was also on the ship controling certain false christian palangis...u see, u must have an open mind about how Satan works and how God works...ok, my lost fwen.
FOBmuzungu 2 years ago
instruments of god? but whos god? their god. wow you've really opened your mind to palagis...these are the same god believing palagis that brought us the flu and other diseases, killed many of our ancestors...religion has also taken many of our traditions away if not have restrained them to their likings...i like this conversation...hit me back fwen
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
u gotta stoopid crying...Jesus is the focus here, NOT DA FLU, U FOOL!
FOBmuzungu 2 years ago
you mean for all our people that died from flu jesus, did nothing....wuts explanation "oh its gods plan"...that is always the christian excuse...wut has jesus done for our people?
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
I somewhat agree with you on this though. But we have to be humble. That is a very strong part of our culture-our loto maualalo.
sekefs684 2 years ago
humble about what my friend? our culture was working and still is. humility is a human emotion and is part of all cultures.
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
Being humble is more of a state of mind than an emotion. This "humble" state of mind is not encouraged in all cultures as it is in ours and few others. It can be there for them but they do not embrace it as a way of life. Our Fa'asamoa is our way of life and being humble is a big part of it. Let people do what they do and say what they say. If Jesus offends you then just be humble and walk away. Dont continue to feed the fire. And when did the Samoan people die from the Flu?
sekefs684 2 years ago
And which god of Samoa do you serve? Tagaloa? Pele? Which one?
sekefs684 2 years ago
sorry pele is from hawaii. tell me why you love jesus so much?
i worship t-shirts, my job, cars and nike....everyday i pray to these things for things that i want and they give me the same answer jesus does....NOTHING!
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago 2
Pele IS a part of the Samoan culture. Why are you even arguing when you do not know what you are talking about? A matala lou utu, e valea uma lava tagata i lo oe luma. Aua e te fia Falealili fua. Tago e fa'avalea le Hawaii ae aua e te fia poto mai le itu lea o Samoa. Ua ou malie i au tala. Fa Soifua.....Did you understand that....tourist?
sekefs684 2 years ago
Fassaleleaga....the people of Hawai'i was truly a paradise-they never got colds, flu, diseases-at the beginning just before the coming of Cook, it was estimated on all known Hawaiian islands the pop. was approx.300-500k-at the turn of century,it had diminished to about 100k....we are truly an endangered species.....took the land,overthrew its established govt,spread their diseases that killed off nearly 2/3 of the pop.- all in the name of God.....
hulaqte 2 years ago
a jewish god at that...were our polynesian gods really bad? to haoles/palagis, yes they were...but who are they to tell us what to worship and how...honestly. in samoa, god comes first, then family...well, i would rather give my life up for anybody in my family than god, i mean the guy is jewish he aint gonna understand me...lol
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
they just dont get it Faasa-
Cook didnt even get it, thought we were a bunch of undiscipline,thoughtless,savages-
all he had to do was LISTEN to our poly music, how the morning dew kissed the valley of Waimea, or how the sun greets the sweet land of Samoa-
this is whats its all about- how the worshipping of all things around us,showed us how precious the life of the land is-and how our "Gods" played a major role in keeping it a paradise-
....until they sent their"God"....
hulaqte 2 years ago
I do not think that the main focus for you is so much religion as it is culture. And in most cases religion is the culture. However, although our old religions are 99% gone, our culture is, for the most part, still there. We need to protect what we have now. If we fight over what is lost, we will lose sight of what we have and lose that too. Believe in who you want, but also believe in your people, we are still here uso. And for those of us who practice the culture, we must teach what we know.
sekefs684 2 years ago
I am going to practice what I preach and leave you to your own. Whoever you worship does not matter to me. Tu'u ia!
sekefs684 2 years ago
oi se uso..faamalie oe pe afai ua e totamai i lenei mataupu...o samoa e eseese lava ona tala..e ese tala o savaii, e ese foi tala o upolu ae e i ai mea e tutusa ai...ia e le o se fia falealili foi...a ua e iloa sina mea ia lufilufi mai ae le o le ita....sei faamatala po o fea e sau ai pele...ta fia iloa??
Faasaleleaga 2 years ago
O lau tala ma le mo'i - Ua ou sese i au tala ia Pele. Ae ou te sa'a i a'u tala ia o le a lafo atu. O taua e uso. E iloa ia taua uma le uiga o le olaga a tatou mai Samoa (Upolu/Savaii/Tutuila/Manua). E tiga fo'i ia te au i lau va'ai le suiga o le tupulaga o Samoa i aso nei. Ua ou loa ua iai mea a le tatou olaga ua leiloa. Ae e lemafai na a'o le tatou olaga pe a ita. A'o ma le alofa. Afai e a'o fa'atasi ma le ita, na'o le ita le mea lae a'o. Oute le fa'apea o oe se fiapoto.
sekefs684 2 years ago
Luv her voice...luv the song, luv my country the most....
Ekulasi 3 years ago 2
voice of an angel!!got goosebums watching this awesome!!
wannagotosamoa 3 years ago 2
I remember this woman when I was stationed in Hawaii (U.S. Marine Corps, Kanehoe Bay) 1984-1987. Why isn't she on Letterman or The tonight show once in a while? She's an excellent talent.
NkrumahTure 3 years ago 2
She is Melveen Leed of Hawaii and has many cd's out.
hinatsu1 4 years ago 2
does this lady have a cd or something. her voice is so powerful. i just cant help to listen and smile. malo lava melveen.
tamaoletumua 4 years ago 2
es, she has many cd's
hinatsu1 4 years ago
she has many cd's, mostly country.
hinatsu1 4 years ago
Check out GEMM . Com. Lots of her vinyl records there. No CDs.
rafterripper 1 year ago
beautiful angel..lol..malo lava...
Siufofogaosamoa 4 years ago