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Reverse Resistance
King Kapisi , Music Video – 2000
This South Pacific focus shines through. In his lyrics, rapped over stripped-back guitars, drums, and even an orchestral string section, he speaks of combating colonialism. He focuses on the religion it brought into Samoa and the lives it “fucked up”. The song stands in resistance to colonial power calling for its reversal.
– The Coconet.TV website on 'Reverse Resistance'
My feelings about the whole missionary beliefs, colonialism and religion's introduction to the world and the Pacific. Fuck them all! Also the government's false promises while these fools have the term in power. Reverse karma and give it back to these bastards. Power to the people!
– King Kapisi (Bill Urale) on the inspiration behind 'Reverse Resistance', in NZ Musician, October/November 2000
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