ニューヨークでoccupyを掲げた抵抗者が警官隊によって公園から追われているその時、オバマがホスト役を務めたAPECホノルル首脳会議の晩餐会が一人のミュージシャンによってoccupyされた。歌手の名前はMANAKA、ハワイでは有名な歌手だという。彼はステージに立つとやおらジャケットの前をはだけた。現れたのは「Occupy with Aloha」 (アロハで占拠）と> 書いたＴシャツ。各国首脳の前で、「Ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｍａｎｙ」という作ったばかりの> 曲を披露した。（日刊ベリタ編集部）
CNNが伝えるその模様と彼の歌。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VegV-8vu7go&feature=related
おれたちはストリートを、法廷を、お前らのオフィス
を占拠する。
おれたちが多いぞ
お前らはほんの少数だ
と歌っている。
ホノルルのあるAPEC批判の市民グループ「APEC SUCKS!」のウエブサイトでは以下のように報じている。
APEC WORLD LEADERS DINNER GETS OCCUPIED!
歌詞の全文を紹介する。
We Are The Many
Ye come here, gather 'round the stage
The time has come for us to voice our rage
Against the ones who've trapped us in a cage
To steal from us the value of our wage
From underneath the vestiture of law
The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw
At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw
And until they are purged, we won't withdraw
We'll occupy the streets
We'll occupy the courts
We'll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
Our nation was built upon the right
Of every person to improve their plight
But laws of this Republic they rewrite
And now a few own everything in sight
They own it free of liability
They own, but they are not like you and me
Their influence dictates legality
And until they are stopped we are not free
We'll occupy the streets
We'll occupy the courts
We'll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
You enforce your monopolies with guns
While sacrificing our daughters and sons
But certain things belong to everyone
Your thievery has left the people none
So take heed of our notice to redress
We have little to lose, we must confess
Your empty words do leave us unimpressed
A growing number join us in protest
We occupy the streets
We occupy the courts
We occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
You can't divide us into sides
And from our gaze, you cannot hide
Denial serves to amplify
And our allegiance you can't buy
Our government is not for sale
The banks do not deserve a bail
We will not reward those who fail
We will not move till we prevail
We'll occupy the streets
We'll occupy the courts
We'll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
We'll occupy the streets
We'll occupy the courts
We'll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
We are the many
You are the few
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