Artist: DYP tha Goldynchild Song: 35 Yearz Beat: Original Beat Typed By: DYP tha Goldynchild Verse One: Sometimes at night/ I stay up and think about My history, my heratige/ so much to figure out So many questions/ left unanswered My homeland/ still being affected by cancers - A century old/ a story rarely told Goldynchild break tha mold/ as the saga unfolds For 35 years/ we were victims of oppression Stripped of our rights, of our lives and our possessions It's fucked up/ no one even really talks about it Kids claim Korean pride/ but I'm cynical/ I doubt it What about our grandparents?/ they lived through it How soon we all forget/ my generation ignorant That includes me/ so I quest for wisdom Share it with my peers as I bless the rhythm Christians, Buddhists, Confucianists, whatever This affects all of us/ yo, we're in this together Now let's take this back/ to 1905 To the day the Japanese Protection Treaty was signed This gave Japan/ control of our nation By 1910/ official annexation Marking the start/ of our darkest hour The Resident-Governor had absolute power The first was a wicked man, named Masatake Who dreamed of Koreans being carbon-copies - Of the Japanese/ he seized our land Koreans with no deeds/ couldn't feed their fam Bleeding hands/ man, woman/ all ages Raped of their wealth/ forced to work for slave wages Schools fell victim to this cruel assimilation In our own nation/ yet we faced discrimination Kids were made to learn the Japanese language Korean was forbidden/ All our leaders disbanded Newspapers shut down/ freedom of speech gone Raped all our women/ passed the Japanese seed on "Comfort Woman"/ that's what they would call her These were our beloved mothers, sisters, and daughters It makes me crazy to think about what they did, yo Denounced every faith/ and converted it to Shinto That's the native Japanese religion They took away our God/ and our power of decision Filled up the prisons/ with our best politicians And after all this, they expected us to listen?? Verse Two: 9 years pass/ now it's 1919 Underground movements springin' up on the scene Through a decade of struggle/ with great determination Koreans came together for a peaceful demonstration To voice their concerns/ to have their say It would turn out to be one of our bloodiest days The Japanese responded with naked violence Beating us down/ we refused to stay silent Fighting back attacks/ even though it was useless This became known as The March 1st Movement 15,000 injured/ over 7,000 deaths Countless lives affected/ 50,000 arrests Even though we lost the battle/ it galvanized the people The next 15 years/ we would fight to be equal Oppression continued/ socio-economically Pillaging our culture/ no thank-yous or apologies Sacrificed our people/ for Japanese greed Humans used as ammunition/ for a cause they never believed Pearl Harbor and World War II Through it all please believe our countrymen were used Years go by/ as the war rages on August 6th of '45/ Hiroshima is bombed Japan is defeated/ resources depleted Korea once united/ is suddenly divided at the 38th parallel/ a nation is torn Out of trauma and death/ our country was born (talking) Land of the morning calm... Named for that day after the bomb... that freed us...and continues to imprison us to this day... Forcing us to war with our brothers to the North... It's all political... This is dedicated to the people that died on March 1st, 1919 (7500 deaths) To the people that suffered through 4 decades of oppression (4 decades of oppression) To the families ripped apart by the 38th parallel (To all the families) To the mothers and fathers that never saw their children again Brothers and sisters who became strangers (Tragic) And to my grandfather...who helped lead the revolution...the original DYP I'mma make sure my generation never forgets...what you went through (The legacy lives on) What they survived...what they fought for...what they represented The name Korea was given by Japan was Chosen... Thus, I am the chosen one...the goldynchild...so I'll never forget Know your history