Fort Minor - Kenji

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:06.81]My father came from japan [00:08.91]In 1905 [00:10.36]He was 15 [00:11.41]When he immigrated [00:13.17]From japan [00:14.02]He he he worked [00:15.32]Until he was able to buy [00:16.77]This patch [00:17.37]And build a store [00:18.23]Let me tell you the story [00:19.28]In the form of a dream [00:20.38]I don't know [00:20.88]Why I have to tell it [00:21.78]But I know what it means [00:22.83]Close your eyes [00:23.28]Just picture the scene [00:23.98]As I paint it for you [00:25.28]It was world war II [00:26.43]When this man named [00:27.53]Kenji woke up [00:28.03]Ken was not a soldier [00:29.73]He was just a man [00:31.03]With a family [00:31.83]Who owned a store in LA [00:33.38]That day [00:34.28]He crawled out of bed [00:35.53]Like he always did [00:36.63]Bacon and eggs with [00:37.43]Wife and kids [00:38.33]He lived on the second floor [00:39.63]Of a little store he ran [00:41.28]He moved to LA from japan [00:42.88]They called him 'immigrant ' [00:44.28]In japanese he'd say [00:45.59]He was called esay [00:46.44]That meant 'first generation [00:47.64]In the united states ' [00:49.89]When everyone was afraid of [00:51.39]The germans afraid of the japs [00:52.85]But most of all afraid of [00:54.25]A homeland attack [00:55.25]And that morning when ken [00:56.45]Went out on the doormat [00:57.55]His world went black 'cause [00:59.05]Right there front page news [01:00.75]Three weeks before 1942 [01:02.85]Pearl harbour's been bombed [01:04.45]And the japs are comin' [01:05.80]Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin' [01:07.70]Ken knew what it would lead to [01:09.55]Just like he guessed the president said [01:11.41]The evil japanese [01:12.46]In our home country [01:13.51]Will be locked away [01:15.06]They gave ken a couple of days [01:17.41]To get his whole life [01:18.52]Packed in two bags [01:19.66]Just two bags couldn't [01:20.76]Even pack his clothes [01:22.01]Some folks [01:22.41]Didn't even have a suitcase [01:24.21]To pack anything in [01:25.31]So two trash bags [01:26.36]Was all they gave them [01:27.71]When the kids asked mum [01:28.91]Where are we goin' [01:30.16]Nobody even knew [01:30.91]What to say to them [01:32.06]Ken didn't wanna lie [01:33.37]He said the US is [01:34.77]Lookin' for spies [01:35.47]So we have to [01:36.47]Live in a place [01:37.42]Called mandinar [01:37.77]Where a lot of japanese people are [01:39.77]Stop it don't look at the gunmen [01:41.97]You don't wanna [01:43.02]Get the soldiers wonderin' [01:43.87]If you gonna run or not [01:45.67]'cause if you run then [01:47.07]You might get shot [01:47.97]Other than that try not to [01:49.42]Think about it [01:50.17]Try not to worry 'bout it [01:51.63]Bein' so crowded [01:52.33]Someday we'll get out [01:54.23]Someday someday [01:56.02]As soon as war broke out [01:58.07]The G I came and they [02:00.02]Just come to the house and [02:01.83]You have to come [02:03.18]All the japanese have to go [02:04.88]They took mr lee [02:06.38]People didn't understand [02:07.28]Why did [02:09.03]They have to take him [02:10.18]Because he's [02:10.98]An innocent labourer [02:12.03]So now they're in a town [02:13.48]With soldiers surroundin' them [02:14.68]Every day every night [02:16.23]Look down at them [02:17.24]From watch towers up on the wall [02:19.24]Ken couldn't really hate them at all [02:21.09]They were [02:21.59]Just doin' their job and [02:23.14]He wasn't gonna make any problems [02:24.64]He had a little garden [02:26.79]With vegetables and fruits that [02:28.20]He gave to the troops [02:29.35]In a basket his wife made [02:30.50]But in the back of his mind [02:32.05]He wanted his families life saved [02:34.00]Prisoners of war [02:34.91]In their own damn country [02:36.16]What for [02:37.01]Time passed in the prison town [02:38.86]He wanted them to live it down [02:40.76]When they were free [02:41.61]The only way out [02:42.46]Was joinin' the army [02:43.61]And supposedly some men [02:44.76]Went out for the army signed on [02:47.17]And ended up flyin' to [02:48.47]Japan with a bomb [02:49.77]That 15 kilotonne blast [02:51.82]Put an end to [02:52.82]The war pretty fast [02:53.82]Two cities were blown to bits [02:55.38]The end of [02:56.13]The war came quick [02:57.33]Ken got out big hopes of [02:58.88]A normal life [02:59.48]With his kids and his wife [03:01.48]But when they [03:02.53]Got back to their home [03:03.58]What they saw [03:04.38]Made them feel so alone [03:05.78]These people [03:06.18]Had trashed every room [03:07.59]Smashed in the windows [03:08.69]And bashed in the doors [03:10.04]Written on the walls and the floor [03:11.89]Japs not welcome anymore [03:14.04]And kenji dropped both of his bags [03:15.79]At his sides [03:16.49]And just stood outside [03:17.35]He looked at his wife [03:18.90]Without words to say [03:19.95]She looked back at him [03:21.10]Wiped the tears away [03:22.49]And said someday [03:23.29]We'll be okay someday [03:25.21]Now the names have been changed [03:26.96]But the story's true [03:27.96]My family was [03:28.71]Locked up back in '42 [03:30.21]My family was [03:31.17]There it was dark and damp [03:32.77]And they called it [03:33.62]An internment camp [03:34.82]When we first [03:35.57]Got back from camp uhh [03:37.42]It was pretty pretty bad [03:39.28]I I remember my husband said [03:42.41]Are we gonna stay 'til last [03:44.51]Then my husband died [03:46.46]Before they close the