The Feeling Inside "Slap That Bass in the Island Sun"
The rhythm explodes in a high-energy backyard session where bass thumps like a heartbeat and the whole island community dances in the sun.
Within Kai Mana, this song is one facet of love for Maui: gratitude, memory, longing, sensuality, reverence, playfulness, or release shaped for listeners who arrive with different moods and needs.
AlbumIsland Breeze
Track5
Moodenergetic, percussive
Emotional Temperatureintense
Narrative Rolecommunal celebration
Images the Song Carries
- backyard groove
- heavy bass thump
- sunny loud
- coconuts
- kanikapila
Lyrics and Hawaiian Gloss
Verse 1
Slap that bass, hear it boom on the sand,
Feel the thump go rolling through the island band.
Palm trees sway, everybody sing along,
Island rhythm pumping through a backyard song.
Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
Clap your hands, stomp your feet in time,
Hawaiian sunshine makes the groove feel fine.
Verse 2
Uke strings chop, and the conch shell blows,
Drummers hit the ipu, let the rhythm grow.
Hula hips shaking, laughter in the breeze,
The bassline's popping like coconuts in the trees!
Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
Clap your hands, stomp your feet in time,
Hawaiian sunshine makes the groove feel fine.
Call & Response
Slap—thump, slap—thump,
Feel that heartbeat jump!
Voices rising, laughter loud,
Island music moving the crowd.
Final Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
One ohana, voices in the night,
Hawaiian rhythm makes the world feel right.
Outro
Slap that bass, let it roll, let it play,
We're dancing island-style till the break of day.
Slap that bass, hear it boom on the sand,
Feel the thump go rolling through the island band.
Palm trees sway, everybody sing along,
Island rhythm pumping through a backyard song.
Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
Clap your hands, stomp your feet in time,
Hawaiian sunshine makes the groove feel fine.
Verse 2
Uke strings chop, and the conch shell blows,
Drummers hit the ipu, let the rhythm grow.
Hula hips shaking, laughter in the breeze,
The bassline's popping like coconuts in the trees!
Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
Clap your hands, stomp your feet in time,
Hawaiian sunshine makes the groove feel fine.
Call & Response
Slap—thump, slap—thump,
Feel that heartbeat jump!
Voices rising, laughter loud,
Island music moving the crowd.
Final Chorus
Hey! Kanikapila under the sky,
Slap bass thumping, make the coconuts fly!
One ohana, voices in the night,
Hawaiian rhythm makes the world feel right.
Outro
Slap that bass, let it roll, let it play,
We're dancing island-style till the break of day.