Kenji

作词 : Mike Shinoda
 作曲 : Mike Shinoda
 "My father, came from Japan, in 1905
 He was fifteen when he, immigrated from Japan
 He, he, he worked until he was able to buy
 To actually build a store"
 Let me tell you a story in the form of a dream
 I don't know why I have to tell it, but I know what it means
 Close your eyes, just picture the scene
 As I paint it for you
 It was World War II
 When this man named Kenji woke up
 Ken was not a soldier, he was just a man
 With a family who owned a store in L.A
 That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did
 Bacon and eggs with wife and kids
 He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran
 He moved to L.A. from Japan
 They called him immigrant, in Japanese
 He'd say he was called "issei"
 That meant first generation
 In the United States when
 Everybody was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs
 But most of all, afraid of a homeland attack
 And that morning, when Ken went out on the doormat
 His world went black, 'cause
 Right there, front page news
 Three weeks before 1942
 Pearl Harbor's been bombed and "The Japs are Coming"
 Pictures of soldiers dying and running
 Ken knew what it would lead to
 And just like he guessed, the president said
 "The evil Japanese in our home country
 Would be locked away"
 They gave Ken a couple of days
 To get his whole life packed in two bags
 Just two bags, he couldn't even pack his clothes
 And some folks didn't even have a suitcase
 To pack anything in
 So two trash bags, is all they gave them
 And when the kids asked mom, "Where are we going?"
 Nobody even knew what to say to them
 Ken didn't wanna lie
 He said, "The U.S. is looking for spies
 So, we have to live in a place called Manzanar
 Where a lot of Japanese people are"
 Stop it, don't look at the gunmen
 You don't wanna get the soldiers wondering
 If you're gonna run or not
 'Cause if you run, then you might get shot
 Other than that, try not to think about it
 Try not to worry 'bout it being so crowded
 'Cause someday, we'll get out
 Someday, someday
 "Yeah, soon as war broke out, the FBI came and
 They just come through the house and, you have to come
 All the Japanese have to go
 They took Mr. Ni, the people couldn't understand
 Why they had to take him because he's an innocent laborer."
 So now, they're in a town with soldiers surrounding them
 Every day, every night, looked down at them
 From watchtowers up on the wall
 Ken couldn't really hate them, at all
 They were just doing their job
 And he wasn't gonna make any problems
 He had a little garden
 Vegetables and fruits that he gave to the troops
 In a basket his wife made
 But in the back of his mind, he wanted his family's life saved
 Prisoners of war in their own damn country, what for?
 And time passed in the prison town
 He wondered if he'd live it down
 If and when they were free
 The only way out was joining the Army, and supposedly
 Some men went out for the army, signed on
 And ended up flying to Japan with a bomb
 That fifteen kiloton blast
 Put an end to the war pretty fast
 Two cities were blown to bits
 The end of the war came quick
 And Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life
 With his kids and his wife, but
 Then they got back to their home
 And what they saw made him feel so alone
 These people had trashed every room
 Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors
 Written on the walls and the floor
 "Japs not welcome, anymore!"
 And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides
 And just stood outside
 He looked at his wife without words to say
 She looked back at him, wiping tears away
 And said, "Someday, we'll be okay, someday"
 Now, the names have been changed, but the story is true
 My family was locked up, back in '42
 My family was there, where it was dark and damp
 And they called it an internment camp
 "When we first got back from camp, uh
 It was pretty, pretty bad."
 "I-I remember, my husband said
 "Oh we're gonna stay 'til last."
 Then my husband died, before they closed the camp."

[00:00.000] 作词 : Mike Shinoda
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Mike Shinoda
[00:06.308] "My father, came from Japan, in 1905
[00:10.170] He was fifteen when he, immigrated from Japan
[00:13.779] He, he, he worked until he was able to buy
[00:16.448] To actually build a store"
[00:18.020] Let me tell you a story in the form of a dream
[00:19.991] I don't know why I have to tell it, but I know what it means
[00:22.378] Close your eyes, just picture the scene
[00:24.306] As I paint it for you
[00:25.437] It was World War II
[00:26.703] When this man named Kenji woke up
[00:28.354] Ken was not a soldier, he was just a man
[00:31.240] With a family who owned a store in L.A
[00:33.457] That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did
[00:36.437] Bacon and eggs with wife and kids
[00:38.096] He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran
[00:41.156] He moved to L.A. from Japan
[00:42.826] They called him immigrant, in Japanese
[00:44.888] He'd say he was called "issei"
[00:47.097] That meant first generation
[00:48.257] In the United States when
[00:50.009] Everybody was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs
[00:52.666] But most of all, afraid of a homeland attack
[00:55.035] And that morning, when Ken went out on the doormat
[00:57.363] His world went black, 'cause
[00:59.144] Right there, front page news
[01:01.032] Three weeks before 1942
[01:03.220] Pearl Harbor's been bombed and "The Japs are Coming"
[01:05.624] Pictures of soldiers dying and running
[01:07.782] Ken knew what it would lead to
[01:09.483] And just like he guessed, the president said
[01:11.384] "The evil Japanese in our home country
[01:13.723] Would be locked away"
[01:14.936] They gave Ken a couple of days
[01:17.120] To get his whole life packed in two bags
[01:19.353] Just two bags, he couldn't even pack his clothes
[01:21.908] And some folks didn't even have a suitcase
[01:24.124] To pack anything in
[01:25.256] So two trash bags, is all they gave them
[01:27.691] And when the kids asked mom, "Where are we going?"
[01:30.093] Nobody even knew what to say to them
[01:32.297] Ken didn't wanna lie
[01:33.412] He said, "The U.S. is looking for spies
[01:35.268] So, we have to live in a place called Manzanar
[01:38.113] Where a lot of Japanese people are"
[01:40.380] Stop it, don't look at the gunmen
[01:41.942] You don't wanna get the soldiers wondering
[01:44.317] If you're gonna run or not
[01:45.872] 'Cause if you run, then you might get shot
[01:47.653] Other than that, try not to think about it
[01:49.966] Try not to worry 'bout it being so crowded
[01:52.518] 'Cause someday, we'll get out
[01:54.268] Someday, someday
[01:55.886] "Yeah, soon as war broke out, the FBI came and
[01:59.720] They just come through the house and, you have to come
[02:02.838] All the Japanese have to go
[02:04.850] They took Mr. Ni, the people couldn't understand
[02:08.173] Why they had to take him because he's an innocent laborer."
[02:12.040] So now, they're in a town with soldiers surrounding them
[02:14.752] Every day, every night, looked down at them
[02:17.094] From watchtowers up on the wall
[02:19.119] Ken couldn't really hate them, at all
[02:21.048] They were just doing their job
[02:22.569] And he wasn't gonna make any problems
[02:25.265] He had a little garden
[02:26.927] Vegetables and fruits that he gave to the troops
[02:29.064] In a basket his wife made
[02:30.517] But in the back of his mind, he wanted his family's life saved
[02:33.683] Prisoners of war in their own damn country, what for?
[02:36.535] And time passed in the prison town
[02:38.688] He wondered if he'd live it down
[02:40.182] If and when they were free
[02:41.400] The only way out was joining the Army, and supposedly
[02:44.636] Some men went out for the army, signed on
[02:47.121] And ended up flying to Japan with a bomb
[02:49.274] That fifteen kiloton blast
[02:51.545] Put an end to the war pretty fast
[02:53.813] Two cities were blown to bits
[02:55.296] The end of the war came quick
[02:57.043] And Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life
[02:59.605] With his kids and his wife, but
[03:01.516] Then they got back to their home
[03:03.287] And what they saw made him feel so alone
[03:05.547] These people had trashed every room
[03:07.749] Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors
[03:10.000] Written on the walls and the floor
[03:11.570] "Japs not welcome, anymore!"
[03:13.586] And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides
[03:15.937] And just stood outside
[03:17.310] He looked at his wife without words to say
[03:19.672] She looked back at him, wiping tears away
[03:22.008] And said, "Someday, we'll be okay, someday"
[03:25.195] Now, the names have been changed, but the story is true
[03:27.739] My family was locked up, back in '42
[03:29.998] My family was there, where it was dark and damp
[03:32.328] And they called it an internment camp
[03:34.566] "When we first got back from camp, uh
[03:37.064] It was pretty, pretty bad."
[03:39.227] "I-I remember, my husband said
[03:42.184] "Oh we're gonna stay 'til last."
[03:44.431] Then my husband died, before they closed the camp."