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Oh, Ohtoro

This got that bon dance feel to it

Don’t it

Now let them horns blow

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I came up on the shovel dance

My people digging roots while the band play

Bon dance, the only time I ever let my flags wave

I’ll admit I can’t spit a lick of Japanese

But still move my hips to rhythms that my people handed me

Wooden geta on my feet keep my cypher complete

Naw I’m rocking rubber slippers and I’m feeling the beat

I used to have a hopi coat, but outgrew it with age

So you can find me in a tee around the band on the stage

Now bring the strings in

That’s nice

Now let the horns blow

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You can skip this track if you ain’t from where I’m from

Where people dance in circles till the summer is done

I say you can skip this track if you ain’t from where I’m from

Where people dance in circles till the summer is done

I grew up between Soto Mission and Hongwanji in Nu’uanu

I remember the drums playing late into the night

Remember walking with my mama to the bon dance

Little ass kid with a bowl cut and a hopi coat

Trying to remember the moves and forgetting

Eating yakitori and saimin between songs

Dancing

Now let the horns blow

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I still go back

I forget my steps sometimes

But when the music plays

The drums play

I remember

You can skip this track if you ain’t from where I’m from

Where people dance in circles till the summer is done

I say you can skip this track if you ain’t from where I’m from

Where people dance in circles till the summer is done

Let the horns blow