Mercantilism Rap

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The original Mercantilism Rap. Created for our AP US History class. Enjoy!

Song Lyrics:
We're exporting goods, controlling the money, and ya better not trade, with any other countries
Got stacks on stacks, and you know we gonna tax, so chill colonies, you better relax

Yo colonies, you got what we need, so feed us ya materials, we eat em up like cereals
We're hungry, for all the gold and silver, building up our wealth like Bob the Builder
Gold and silver, we gonna take it all, so all you little countries can bow down and fall

We believe that the power rests in our hands
Don't you know that Europe is taking a stand
We believe that we control the trade
And you better believe that money is our game

We talking about mercantilism, an economic system
Mercantilism, yeah yeah yeah yeah swag
S is for silver, W for wealth, A for A lot of dough, G for that gold

Red rover, red rover, we said send ya money over
Banks keep growing, chests overflowing,
Got so much gold, we just stopped counting it
Hold your breath, before we drown in it
We send more than we take, a profit is what we make
Mercantilism is where it's at, you need to know, that that's a fact

Speaking of facts, here's a no-brainer
Mercantilism is a gold obtainer
Exporting subsidies, building up a network of overseas colonies
Forbidding their trade with any other country at all
It's as simple as using the Navigation Laws

Because. . .

We believe that the power rests in our hands
Don't you know that Europe is taking its stand
We believe that we control the trade
And you better believe that money is our game

We talking about mercantilism, an economic system
Mercantilism, yeah yeah yeah yeah swag
S is for silver, W for wealth, A for A lot of dough, G for that gold

[bomes]

I listened to this in my 8th grade U.S. history class. 2 years later I remembered the song and got a question right on my ap human geography test.

[gingerlivesmatter]

"I only listen to real music."

[atomicgreensauce]

I got chills from the blue shirt guy singing

[lasagnaballad]

This spoke to me on a spiritual level. I am reborn.

[emmaleeabbey]

I can't tell if he's singing like that as a joke or not

[zachdaly]

Economic system

Yeah yeah yeah yeah swag

[tanaejohnson]

My teacher showed me this and the whole class was bussin out laughin

[emmy]

I will never be able to create something as incredible as this

[bolenco]

WE GETTIN OUT OF FEUDALISM WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

[parisstevens]

I don't know why, but we sing this in my Social-Studies class ....
(Like everyday)

[izzymelonlord]

see, my teacher made us watch this to study for a test one year, and everyone still loves this shit

[tom_here]

Ill never forget the day my teacher showed my class this. Absolute perfection.

[brandainian]

you can't top this level of perfection

[melodysackett]

My teacher showed this to my class today...we couldn't stop laughing

[selenareynolds]

I have been showing this video in my APUSH class for the last four years. Every year the students ask me to play it again. Once is never enough. Thank you for sharing!

[Quantemic_o]

Got me on tears, the choreography it’s stunning and the lyrics are amazing, I’ve never seen this type of quality since 1500 this is the best video ever created

[periwomack]

Dam this is beautiful. I've never had more of a musical idol. Plz teach me your ways

[Zachary_Forskin]

WE MAKING IT OUTTA THE MIDDLE PASSAGE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

[jammersdescotch]

This geniunely made me cry. So beautiful. Every aspect of life wrapped into a single rap. Heavenly singing. This has given my life meaning. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. During the song I cried, was happy, was excited, was angry at England, and my US History teacher curled up into a ball in the corner out of pure joy. Thank you, Jacob Holbert. Thank you.

[prankjuice]

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