* The verses after 5th are English versions or original language versions, collected from NEGAI Connection members and their students from the world. If it is a translation , sometimes it may not harmonize with the melody.

781. It was done in "revenge" for Pearl Harbor.
But, when does revenge ever end?
How is any type of revenge even slightly justified?
Why must our society always seek out revenge?
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

782. People claim to be pacifist, and yet the world is always at war.
Currently, we have troops in Iraq. Why are they there?
What purpose is there to having thousands of men dying each day?
Why does any war even begin?
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

783. Wars begin over land, money, people, religion, and, in the case of the
Trojan War, women. Isn't this a little ridiculous?
A lock of open mindedness to other cultures causes wars.
Because we don't like the way Hussein ran Iraq, we invaded.
It shouldn't have been up to us.
If the Iraqi government wanted our help, they would have asked.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

784. Now, I'd like to take a look at Hiroshima.
Hiroshima was atomic bombed in 1945. They had no warning.
Hundreds of people died, because we had the power to kill them, and we choseto use it.
Did anyone stop to think, "Hey, this might not be a good idea.
Innocent people could get hurt?"
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

785. My guess is, probably not. But, then we have to look at the other side.
What made the U.S. decide to attack?
As I mentioned earlier, revenge? For what? Pearl Harbor.
My grandfather was at Pearl Harbor the week after it was bombed.
He was a soldier, a pilot.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

786. To this day, he will not talk about the death and destruction he saw;
he will not even speak of what was done to Hiroshima.
Only once in my life have I heard in his voice the slightest amount of resentment towards the army.
He felt that what the Japanese did was in fact terrible, but he thought that what the U.S. did was worse.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

787. And I am completely with him.
I understand that it is possible for the U.S. to not have known
what the consequences were going to be,
but I still strongly dislike what has been done.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

788. I, personally, do not like war. I would have to say that I am a pacifist:
I don't like fights, I don't like war, I don't like that people are starving all over the world.
I am a person who would give their life if the rest of the world could be perfect.
I am empathetic, easily upset by other people’s situations, and largely concerned about our world.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

789. Just imagine a world where no one starve
Imagine a world where no one is at war, where everyone gets along.
Imagine a world where gas prices are low and the ozone isn't deteriorating.
Imagine a world where everyone laughs together, cries together, and just loves each other.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

790. I know my hopes are far out, and distant.
But, maybe one day we, the human race will accomplish some of these things.
I don't expect them in my lifetime, or my children’s or even their children's
But, eventually, I hope that the world will come to peace.
(Sara Jamison Illinois International School USA March 28 2007)

[ONE FAMILY by Phillip Palmer]

791. Violence breeds violence
This we know is true
When has it solved anything?
Nothing for me, nothing for you
However, we use it so readily
Like it is the ultimate answer
But in the end it proves
Only to be the ultimate cancer
(Phillip Palmer Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

792. It tears up lives
It destroys our homes
In the midst of its rage
Everyone feels alone
On the other had though
In the middle of the chaos
I see a glimmer of hope
That has come to save us
(Phillip Palmer Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

793. We must hold on tight
And never let go
To us this little treasure
Is worth more that gold
It keeps us moving
And carrying on it lifts us up when
Everything else is gone
(Phillip Palmer Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

794. So now its time to receive you mission
Share this spark of hope
And continue its blessing
Yes, keep it on moving
Because here on earth
We are just really sisters and brothers
(Phillip Palmer Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

[MACHINTO By Chelsy Cain]

795. The day of August 6th, 1945 was a day of tragedy, horror, and sadness.
Innocent people died tragic deaths that shouldn't.
The saddest part is that young people and babies that had done nothing
wrong had to go through it.
(Chelsy Cain Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

796. "Machinto" is an infant word for "give me some more" in Hiroshima dialect.
The baby eating the tomato didn't know what was going on
as she lay groaning in pain wanting more tomato.
(Chelsy Cain Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

797. Her mother knew though and even though she knew that her baby was going to die,
she went to look for her a tomato to give her before she died.
The mother did this because it was the only thing she could do for her
child now and if you look in the sky and see a bird listen closely,
it maybe crying, "machinto."
(Chelsy Cain Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

[ENDLESS TUNNEL By McKenzie Falker]

798. Life a dark, endless tunnel.
Living in constant fear and uncertainty,
-we cannot imagine.-
(McKenzie Falker Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

799. Senseless violence, starvation, always a companion.
People dying from curable diseases.
-we cannot imagine-
(McKenzie Falker Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)

800. A life without worry of death or starvation.
Happy, carefree children playing outside.
-you cannot imagine-
(McKenzie Falker Illinois International School USA March 29 2007)