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Mvt. 6 - Stones Into Blossoms

from The Territory by Darrell Grant

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“Stones into Blossoms” In 1941, Japanese-Americans were forced to evacuate their homes, transported to camps comprised of plywood shacks surrounded by barbed wire. I wondered what kind of impression these events would have made on a young child? The phrase "Shikata ga nai" translates as "it cannot be helped,” and was an oft heard refrain in the face of this injustice.

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Mama where are my friends?
Will this nightmare end? When can we go home?
Patience daughter, gather up your tears
lest this dusty land turn our hearts to stone.

We are people without place.
Tossed like stones on a riverbed.
They ignore our deeds and condemn our race
for our heritage denied.
All our dreams stuffed in one suitcase
sink like stones to a riverbed.
“Shi kata ga nai” there are stones in our hearts.

We are people without place.
Tossed like stones on a riverbed.
In a promised land with a foreign face
for our heritage denied.
All our dreams stuffed in one suitcase
sink like stones to a river bed

Close your eyes turn stones into blossoms, stones into blossoms.

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from The Territory, released November 10, 2015

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