Luyện nghe bài hát Kenji

My father came Japan in 1905
He was, 15 when he immigrated from
He, he, he until he was able to buy this patch
And build a

Let me, tell you the in the form of a dream
I don't know why I have to tell it, but I what it means
Close your eyes, picture the scene
As I it for you, it was World War II
When this man named Kenji up
Ken was not a
He was just a man, a family, who owned a store in L.A.

That day, he crawled out of bed he always did
Bacon and eggs wife and kids
He on the second floor of a little store, he ran
He moved to L.A. from
called him 'Immigrant'
In Japanese, say, he was called, Esay
That meant 'First in the United States'

everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs
But most of all afraid of a attack
And that when Ken went out on the doormat
His world went black
Right there, front news, three weeks before 1942
"Pearl been bombed and the Japs are comin'"

of soldiers dyin' and runnin'
Ken knew it would lead to
Just like he guessed, the said
"The evil Japanese in our country will be locked away"
They gave Ken, a of days
To get his whole life in two bags
Just two bags, couldn't even his clothes

folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in
So two trash bags, was all they them
When the kids mum, "Where are we goin'?"
Nobody even knew, to say to them
Ken didn't lie, he said, "The US is lookin' for spies
So we have to live in a place Mandinar
a lot of Japanese people are"

Stop it, don't look at the
You wanna get the soldiers wonderin'
If you run or not,
'Cause if you run you might get shot
Other that, try not to think about it
Try not to worry 'bout it bein' so
Someday, we'll get out, someday,

As soon as war out
The G.I. came and they just come to the
And you to come all the Japanese have to go
They took Mr.Lee, people understand
Why did have to take him?
Because he's an labor

So now, they're in a town with soldiers them
Every day, every night, look down at
From watch towers up on the
Ken couldn't really hate at all
They were just doin' job and
He wasn't gonna any problems

He had a garden, with vegetables and fruits that
He gave to the troops in a basket his made
But in the back of his mind, he his families life saved
Prisoners of war in their own country, what for?
Time passed in the prison

He wanted them to live it down when they free
The way out was, joinin' the army
And supposedly, men went out for the army, signed on
And ended up flyin' to with a bomb
That 15 kilotonne blast, put an end to the war pretty
Two cities blown to bits, the end of the war came quick

Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his and his wife
But, when got back to their home
What saw made them feel so alone
people had trashed every room
Smashed in the windows and in the doors
Written on the and the floor 'Japs not welcome anymore'

And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his and just stood outside
He, looked at his wife words to say
She looked back at him, the tears away
And, said, "Someday, be okay, someday"
Now, the have been changed, but the story's true
My family was locked up in '42
My family was there it was and damp
And they called it, an internment

we first got back from camp, uhh
It was pretty, pretty bad, I, I remember my husband
"Are we gonna stay last?"
Then my husband died before they the camp