Aia kekahi mele nani na Cali Rose i kapa ʻia ʻo "It Is What It Is and It Ain't What Is Ain't ." Hiki ke maʻalahi kēia i "ʻO ia ka mea a ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea ʻaʻole." Me nā huaʻōlelo liʻiliʻi, hiki ke ʻimi ʻia nā honua holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ma ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻelua, puka mai kahi pā pāʻani liʻiliʻi no ka loiloi. I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia ʻōlelo a ʻimi i nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi ʻē aʻe.
Mahele 1 Mahele 2 Manaʻo ʻO ia ka mea ʻO ia ka mea. 🟢 Hoʻonaʻauao ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea ʻO ia ka mea. 🔴 Kūʻē ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻO ia ka mea. 🔴 Kūʻē ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻO ia ka mea. 🟢 Kūlike ʻO ia ka mea ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea 🔴 Kūʻē ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea 🟢 Kūlike ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea 🟢 Kūlike ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea 🔴 Kūʻē ʻO ia ka mea ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole. 🔴 Kūʻē ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole. 🟢 Kūlike ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole. 🟢 Kūlike ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole. 🔴 Kūʻē ʻO ia ka mea ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole 🟢 Hoʻonaʻauao ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole 🔴 Kūʻē ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole 🔴 Kūʻē ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole ʻAʻole ia ka mea ʻaʻole 🟢 Hoʻonaʻauao
Hoʻopili ʻia ka ʻōlelo a me ka noʻonoʻo: ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ma ka nānā mua ʻana e hōʻike ʻia, ma ka nānā pono ʻana, nā ʻike i ke ʻano o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. I ka hopena, hoʻi mau mākou i ka mea maʻamau: "ʻO ia ka mea." ʻO ia paha ke ʻano hohonu loa o ia mau mea a pau: He pupule paha ka honua, huikau paha ka noʻonoʻo—akā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻolalelale iā mākou e hoʻopakele mau iā mākou. No laila, e pane i luna: ʻO ia ka mea.