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"I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" is a song from the Disney animated feature film, Moana, sung by Gramma Tala and Moana.

Summary

After Maui abandons Moana and leaves her stranded, Moana is on the brink of losing hope. Then Gramma Tala's spirit appears and, seeing Moana's hesitation to return home, urges her granddaughter to listen to what her heart is saying. While seeing her wayfinding ancestors in spirit form, Moana realizes that her love of both is one and the same and is what brought herself and her people to where they are. She finally realizes that because of who she is, she is truly the one capable of restoring balance to the world. Empowered, she retrieves the Heart of Te Fiti from the ocean and sets sail once again for Te Fiti.

Lyrics

Gramma Tala:
I know a girl from an island
She stands apart from the crowd
She loves the sea and her people
She makes her whole family proud

Sometimes, the world seems against you
The journey may leave a scar
But scars can heal and reveal just
Where you are

The people you love will change you
The things you have learned will guide you
And nothing on Earth can silence
The quiet voice still inside you

And when that voice starts to whisper,
"Moana, you've come so far"
"Moana, listen"
"Do you know who you are?"

Moana:
Who am I?
I am a girl who loves my island
I'm the girl who loves the sea
It calls me

I am the daughter of the village chief
We are descended from voyagers
Who found their way across the world
They call me

I've delivered us to where we are
I have journeyed farther
I am everything I've learned and more
Still it calls me

And the call isn't out there at all
It's inside me
It's like the tide
Always falling and rising
I will carry you here in my heart
You remind me
That come what may
I know the way
I am Moana!

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Media
Moana (Soundtrack/Video) ‱ Gone Fishing ‱ TV series ‱ Chibi Tiny Tales

Video games: Moana: Island Life ‱ Moana: Rhythm Run ‱ Disney Emoji Blitz ‱ Disney Heroes: Battle Mode ‱ Disney Magic Kingdoms ‱ Disney Sorcerer's Arena
Books: The Art of Moana ‱ Disney Princess Beginnings

Disney Parks
Art of Disney Animation ‱ Castle of Magical Dreams ‱ It's a Small World ‱ Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana

Entertainment: "A Whole New World" A Magical Disney Songbook ‱ Fantasmic! ‱ Follow Your Dreams ‱ Mickey’s Storybook Adventure ‱ Moana: A Homecoming Celebration ‱ Rivers of Light: We Are One
Parade: Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade ‱ Magic Happens ‱ Main Street Electrical Parade
Firework: Disney Enchantment ‱ Happily Ever After ‱ HarmonioUS ‱ Momentous ‱ Wonderful World of Animation ‱ ILLUMINATE! A Nighttime Celebration
Spring: Disney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Summer: Summer Blast

Characters
Moana ‱ Maui ‱ Gramma Tala ‱ Chief Tui ‱ Sina ‱ Heihei ‱ Pua ‱ Mini Maui ‱ Tamatoa ‱ Kakamora ‱ Te Fiti/Te Kā ‱ Ocean ‱ Matai Vasa

Deleted characters: Moana's Brothers

Locations
Motunui ‱ Maui's Island ‱ Lalotai ‱ Tamatoa's Lair ‱ Te Fiti
Songs
Tulou Tagaloa ‱ An Innocent Warrior ‱ Where You Are ‱ How Far I'll Go ‱ We Know the Way ‱ You're Welcome ‱ Shiny ‱ Logo Te Pate ‱ I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) ‱ Know Who You Are ‱ Unstoppable (outtake) ‱ More (outtake) ‱ Warrior Face (outtake)
Objects
Maui's Fish Hook ‱ Heart of Te Fiti ‱ Moana's Necklace ‱ Moana's Boat
See Also
As Told by Emoji
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