Kenji

[ti:Kenji] [ar:Fort Minor] [al:The Rising Tied] [by:van] [offset:500] [0:0]欢迎访问 我爱音乐 [00:00.00]Fort Minor - Kenji [00:04.79] [00:06.79]My father came from Japan in 1905 [00:10.32]He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan [00:13.91]He, he... he worked until he was able to buy this patch [00:17.19]And build a store [00:18.03]Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream, [00:20.19]I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means, [00:22.66]Close your eyes, just picture the scene, [00:24.48]As I paint it for you, it was World War II, [00:26.72]When this man named Kenji woke up, [00:28.62]Ken was not a soldier, [00:29.88]He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA, [00:33.78]That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did, [00:36.67]Bacon and eggs with wife and kids, [00:38.57]He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran, [00:41.35]He moved to LA from Japan, [00:42.86]They called him 'Immigrant,' [00:44.14]In Japanese, he'd say he was called Esay, [00:46.94]That meant 'First Generation In The United States,' [00:49.73]When everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs, [00:52.90]But most of all afraid of a homeland attack, [00:55.20]And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat, [00:57.69]His world went black 'cause, [00:59.20]Right there; front page news, [01:01.16]Three weeks before 1942, [01:03.36]Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin', [01:05.73]Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin', [01:07.63]Ken knew what it would lead to, [01:09.46]Just like he guessed, the President said, [01:11.65]The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away, [01:15.48]They gave Ken, a couple of days, [01:17.33]To get his whole life packed in two bags, [01:19.39]Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes, [01:22.08]Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in, [01:25.45]So two trash bags was all they gave them, [01:27.74]When the kids asked mum Where are we goin'? [01:30.24]Nobody even knew what to say to them, [01:32.43]Ken didn't wanna lie, he said The US is lookin' for spies, [01:35.74]So we have to live in a place called Mandinar, [01:38.33]Where a lot of Japanese people are, [01:40.24]Stop it don't look at the gunmen, [01:42.24]You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin', [01:44.33]If you gonna run or not, [01:45.86]'Cause if you run then you might get shot, [01:47.87]Other than that try not to think about it, [01:50.37]Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded, [01:53.03]Someday we'll get out, someday, someday. [01:55.73] [01:56.49]As soon as war broke out [01:57.91]The G.I came and they just come to the house and [02:01.99]You have to come [02:03.04]All the Japanese have to go [02:04.81]They took Mr. Lee [02:06.59]People didn't understand [02:08.24]Why did they have to take him? [02:09.93]Because he's an innocent labourer [02:12.13]So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them, [02:15.06]Every day, every night look down at them, [02:17.56]From watch towers up on the wall, [02:19.12]Ken couldn't really hate them at all; [02:21.25]They were just doin' their job and, [02:23.00]He wasn't gonna make any problems, [02:25.73]He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that, [02:28.25]He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made, [02:30.73]But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families life saved, [02:33.91]Prisoners of war in their own damn country, [02:36.06]What for? [02:37.25]Time passed in the prison town, [02:38.88]He wanted them to live it down when they were free, [02:41.44]The only way out was joinin' the army, [02:43.66]And supposedly, some men went out for the army, signed on, [02:47.25]And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb, [02:49.94]That 15 kilotonne blast, put an end to the war pretty fast, [02:53.88]Two cities were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick, [02:57.24]Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his kids and his wife, [03:01.10]But, when they got back to their home, [03:04.04]What they saw made them feel so alone, [03:05.82]These people had trashed every room, [03:07.69]Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors, [03:10.07]Written on the walls and the floor, [03:11.79]Japs not welcome anymore. [03:14.01]And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside, [03:17.49]He, looked at his wife without words to say, [03:19.94]She looked back at him wiped the tears away, [03:22.07]And, said Someday we'll be okay, someday, [03:25.57]Now the names have been changed, but the story's true, [03:27.83]My family was locked up back in '42, [03:30.39]My family was there it was dark and damp, [03:32.67]And they called it an internment camp [03:34.27] [03:34.75]When we first got back from camp... uhh [03:37.04]It was... pretty... pretty bad [03:39.02] [03:39.47]I, I remember my husband said [03:42.32]Are we gonna stay 'til last? [03:44.83]Then my husband died before they close the camp. [03:47.67] [03:48.49] [03:49.89] [03:50.55]END