🎵 The ʻohana Songbook · Prelude 1 · the bard's own song

Butterflies and Love

(Aya's Song) · the Infinite Garden anthem

"Hey Solana / Hey Bitcoin / Hey Ethereum / Hey Aya" — we should only wage war with butterflies and love.

🎼 Key: G🎸 Chords: G – Em – C – D, the whole song🤙 the bard's own song

Hey Solana We can be your (blockchain) (soy boy) big brother We don't need to fight a war for users and developers We build apps that bridge us all together Competition can be over Because Ethereum Is a positive Sum Built by and for everyone

Hey Bitcoin Lucky you were never called a shitcoin (altcoin) you were the first to inspire Our Ethereum co-creator His magazine wasn't just an ordinary page turner Even though we don't Know your founder Vitalik found inspiration From your magical ledger

We should only wage war with butterflies and love The infinite garden isn't just a place for fun Decentralized Permission-less and open-sourced Even with the layer one as our shield, and the layer two as our sword All we need to wage in a war Is butterflies and love Because Ethereum is a positive sum Built by and for everyone

Hey Ethereum I still love you most of all You are the world computer Built by all my brothers and sisters Together we don't have to fight a war All we need is butterflies and love To pollinate the infinite-garden Which grows strong and tall And make us all look small In the infinite garden

Hey Aya 🌸 Don't let the arrows pointed at ya Ever pierce your lovely heart From the start you were the heart beat Of the ethereum foundation You taught us the power of subtraction and your very first reaction Was that you didn't want a title That's why we have such fertile soil For us all to grow equal In the infinite garden

🌱 The story

The Ethereum Singapore team recorded Shaka in Singapore — with Aya present in the studio. When he first played "Butterflies and Love" for her at the ArtScience Museum, it brought her to tears. He didn't know she was in the hardest year of her leadership when he wrote it — the universe gave him the song so he could sing it in defense of her leadership and wisdom: that Ethereum maintains its values and doubles down on what is true, in the garden from which C.R.O.P.S. grew. 🌱

🤙 words & music by Shaka Lei Kaumaka🦋 for Aya Miyaguchi & the Ethereum family🎙️ demo recorded with Ethereum Singapore