Meiji Restoration (Outkast's "Hey Ya" Parody)

Mr. Beat does a parody of Outkast's "Hey Ya" about the Meiji Restoration, an important series of events in Japanese history.

Instrumental by Edwin Johns

Words by Matt Beat. Produced by Matt Beat. Matt Beat has no life.

Lyrics:

1,2,3, uh!

Commodore Matthew Perry

Arrived things are changing

Japan opens its doors

Uh, Japan can’t cut itself off

From the entire world

Meiji will restore

Don’t try to fight foreigners

We must work with them to later defeat them

Uh, Through all of this a

Young visionary calls for

An enlightenment

UH!

Meiji

Meiji

Oh, Tokugawa

Shogunate going down

The Daimyo and Samurai

Kicked you right of town

And in their place now

Mutsohito now rules

Wants a modern country and a strong military

He kept on saying “Let’s industrialize”

Let’s get rid, let’s get rid, let’s get rid

Let’s get rid, let’s get rid of the feudal system

Let’s look at the West

Let’s follow their ways so

we can stand up for ourselves

We can have an empire too

Meiji in charge, so y’all just wanna dance

Meiji (The Meiji Restoration)

Meiji Restoration

Alright now fellas. Yeah?

What brought a constitutional monarchy?

The Charter Oath

I can’t hear ya’

I say What brought a constitutional monarchy to Japan?

The Charter Oath (woo)

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright,

OK now ladies Yeah?

All citizens are equal before the law now right?

Do not be afraid of Western technology

Look at what they have to offer to make us stronger

Lend me some weapons, I am your warrior

Uh! Here we go…

Bring it bring it bring bring it

Bring the Western world to our doorsteps

Bring the Western world to our doorsteps

Let’s build some railroads and factories

Some telegraphs, let’s modernize

You know what to do

You know what to do

You know what to do

Meiji