"Fukushima" Lyric Video [Magnetic North & Taiyo Na]

Dedicated to the victims and families of 9/11 and the Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis of 2011.

Dedicated to the victims of any tragedy compounded by not just natural forces but human error and deceit.

Dedicated to those who in the midst of this, find the love and courage necessary to get back up on their feet and rebuild.

Dedicated to love over evil.

=== CREDITS ===

Song: "Fukushima"
Artist: Magnetic North & Taiyo Na
Album: Home:Word [Deluxe], to be released in Japan & US November 2011
Director: Derek Lieu
Editor: Derek Lieu
Executive Producers: Derek Kan, Taiyo Na, Theresa Vu

[D. Kan, J. Lum, T. Na, T. Vu]
Composed and Arranged by Jaron Lum
Produced by Derek Kan, Jaron Lum & Taiyo Na
Derek Kan: rap vocal
Jaron Lum: keys
Jen Lum: chorus vocal
Taiyo Na: rap vocal, chorus vocal
Theresa Vu: rap vocal
Teng Yang: chorus vocal, additional vocal

© Home:Word Sound, 2011

Websites and so forth:
http://www.magnetichiphop.com
http://homewordsound.com/album/home-word-deluxe-edition
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/home-word-deluxe-edition/id482784161

Facebook and Twitter:
http://www.facebook.com/magneticnorth
http://twitter.com/magnorth

=== LYRICS ===

- TAIYO -
i remember 9-11 how my city cried for heaven
how people perished no matter what style of reverence
i remember tribeca buildings falling all day
missing people everywhere all the years of mourning
what made it worse was our leaders '05 you could see it
with katrina they didn't feel it they were just greedy greedy
just like fukushima good bad made clearer
it's salt to the wound when your leaders just leave ya
but that's when the lion's roar that's when you fight for more
that's when you figure out there're things worth dying for
it's only when the days dark you discover brave hearts
i know a girl from haiti motherless who has the same heart
my heart goes out to each and every one of you
children of the future will be greater because of you
i don't write songs for the fortune or a buzz or two
i write for my people hope you feel me love for you

- CHORUS -
i'll cross a stormy river
dig the deepest tunnel
build a bridge over
any length to love you
i'll bear any fate
carry it double
however much the stretch
i'll go any length to you

- THERESA -
i don't even know the half only seen the photographs
reporters telling stories from the view inside their cul de sacs
so i sat eyes glued thinking of your loneliness
choking back the tears and blinking back condolences
a lowly gift cuz your world is rearranging
on the train sat beside a girl with paper cranes and
she feels so ashamed cuz she'd rather send a benjamin
but maybe hope's the better currency for this millennium
life is but a dream but a dream is all we hope for
like the light you cannot stifle shining behind closed doors
like the song you shouldn't sing you sing until your throat's sore
like the love that never dies though life itself is so short
and your beauty is resilience
holding on to nothing but the fact you will rebuild again
and I know you will rebuild my friend
we'll go to any length no distance is too significant

[CHORUS]

- DEREK -
rebuilding is a struggle i feel it you feeling crumbled
your spirit's still recovering conflicted with god above us
have we been punished why what justifies suffering nothing
i see no reason for people to lose their homes from right under
maybe it's mother nature's way of saying we need a change
crusades of war and terrorism synonyms of the same
so filled with hate in our veins and racist youtube tirades
still makes me sick hot 97 played the tune on the waves
but i can't sit here in shame just hoping and praying
this ain't no dream within a dream there ain't no totem to save 'em
it's as real as it gets when you realize death
cuz when you lose someone you truly redefine strength
so i'll utilize this pen
my arms don't reach across the seas but songs move any length
any length to love you
rest and peace to all the fallen your strength is eternal

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[TheKyleLife]

Its been awhile Magnetic North. Welcome Back.

[glowingluna]

Even though I've never been directly effected by any of these, this is the only song that has ever made me cry. Thank you.

[TheKoreanNoodles]

@ki11erchron1c kill yourself for having no heart

[aurorianz]

I was 9 years old when Katrina Happened... My family lost everything on the coast of Mississippi. The verse that Taiyo makes describes how I feel.

[loveYTForever]

@vluu819 come on, that 1 disliker was crying so much that *he missed the "like" button ;)

[vluu819]

ok, ok look at the dislike bar compared to the like bar, like seriously?

451 likes to 1 dislike

we should kick that 1 disliker's ass!!!

like if u want to kick some ASS!!!

[kickintheheadcomic]

@gbcaptaincn Hey there, I'm the guy who made this video. I used After Effects for this. If you have a copy of it, there are a lot of tutorials if you just google "kinetic typography"

[starstreaked]

so incomprehensibly beautiful and touching and amazing beyond words. seriously all their songs are so heart-wrenchingly beautiful I will never not be touched and moved deeply by the underlying messages present. on repeat forever ;____;.<33

[theluckywilliam]

people this is a touching song. :'( .. Spread this song to everyone this is meaningful