Peace For Okinawa

by Rob Kajiwara

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Akangwa: Okinawan word meaning 'baby' or 'babies'

Angwa: Okinawan word meaning 'sister' or 'sisters'

Takeshi Onaga: Former governor of Okinawa who tragically died of cancer in 2018 while giving his life to stop the illegal construction of the U.S. military base at Henoko, Okinawa that is destroying an ancient coral reef home to hundreds of rare and endangered species.

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We're here to build a new base for us to use
We're here to make a stand to remove you strangers from our land

We're here to keep you safe from China, North Korea too
We know that's just not true and who's going to protect us from you

Peace for Okinawa
Please protect the akangwa
Peace for you
And peace for all
Peace for Okinawa

We're here to help and we know what's best for you
This is genocide, two-hundred thousand people died

We hear you but we know much better than you
What are they dying for, a pointless hopeless foreign war

Peace for Okinawa
Please keep safe my angwa
Peace for you
And peace for all
Peace for Okinawa

We're here to help and we know what's best for you
This is genocide, one-third of our friends and family died

We hear you but we know much better than you
What are they dying for, just keep us out of your endless wars

Peace for Okinawa
Please keep safe my angwa
Peace for you
And peace for all
Peace for Okinawa

Peace for Okinawa
Remember Takeshi Onaga
Peace for you
And peace for all
Peace for Okinawa

Peace for you
And peace for all
Peace for Okinawa

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released June 22, 2022
Writer: Rob Kajiwara

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Rob Kajiwara Okinawa, Japan

Rob Kajiwara is an Indigenous Okinawan pop and rock artist based in Okinawa City. His style is inspired by the Beatles, Elton John, and Motown. Often blending American, British, and world sounds, he is influenced by traditional Okinawan folk and Hawaiian country styles. ... more

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