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Kenji - Uncle Bear
这首rap的内容是
二战时期的美国日本移民
所受到的非人待遇
战争是残酷的
而和平却往往需要战争才能换取

Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream,
让我以一个梦的形式来向你讲述这个故事吧
I don't know why I have to...

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Kenji - Uncle Bear
这首rap的内容是
二战时期的美国日本移民
所受到的非人待遇
战争是残酷的
而和平却往往需要战争才能换取

Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream,
让我以一个梦的形式来向你讲述这个故事吧
I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means,
我不知道我为什么一定要讲，但我知道这意味着什么
Close your eyes, just picture the scene,
闭上眼，描绘一下画面
As I paint it for you, it was World War II,
像我为你描绘的一样，那是第二次世界大战
When this man named Kenji woke up,
这个叫Kenji的人醒来了
Ken was not a soldier,
Ken不是军人
He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA,
他只是一个在洛杉矶有家人并开着商店的人
That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did,
那一天，他像往常一样从床上爬起来
Bacon and eggs with wife and kids,
和妻子与孩子一起吃了培根和鸡蛋
He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran,
他住在他经营的小商店的二楼
He moved to LA from Japan,
他从日本搬到了洛杉矶
They called him 'Immigrant,'
他们叫他“移民”
In Japanese, he'd say he was called "Esay,"
他说他在日本叫“Esay"
That meant 'First Generation In The United States,'
意思是“第一批到美国的移民”
When everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs,
当每个人都害怕德国人和日本人时
But most of all afraid of a homeland attack,
但是大多数人都害怕祖国被攻击
And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat,
那个早上Ken走出门
His world went black 'cause,
他的世界变得黯淡了，那是因为
Right there; front page news,
就在那儿，头条新闻
Three weeks before 1942,
在1942年到来的三周前
"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin',"
“珍珠港遭到轰炸，日本人要来了”
Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin',
士兵们死亡、奔跑的图片
Ken knew what it would lead to,
Ken知道这会导致什么
Just like he guessed, the President said,
他猜中了，总统说
"The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away,"
“我们祖国里的罪恶日本人将被囚禁”
They gave Ken, a couple of days,
他们给了Ken几天时间
To get his whole life packed in two bags,
来把他的生活所需放进两个袋子里
Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes,
只有两个袋子，连他的衣服都装不下
Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in,
有些人甚至连装东西的箱子都没有
So two trash bags was all they gave them,
所以两个垃圾袋就是他们所给的全部
When the kids asked mum "Where are we goin'?"
当孩子们问妈妈“我们去哪儿”时
Nobody even knew what to say to them,
甚至没人知道该说什么
Ken didn't wanna lie, he said "The US is lookin' for spies,
Ken不想说谎，他说“美国在搜查间谍，
So we have to live in a place called Mandinar,
所以我们只能生活在一个叫Mandinar的地方，
Where a lot of Japanese people are,"
许多日本人都在那里。”
Stop it don't look at the gunmen,
停下吧，不要看枪手了
You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin',
你不想引起枪手注意吧
If you gonna run or not,
你要逃跑吗
'Cause if you run then you might get shot,
因为如果你逃跑那你可能中枪
Other than that try not to think about it,
所以别想了
Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded,
不要担心这里如此拥挤
Someday we'll get out, someday, someday.
我们总有一天会出去的，会有一天，会有一天

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