Mercantilism Rap

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• published: 01 Oct 2013
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A song about Mercantilism. For AP US History. Enjoy! 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 Alot of dough, G for that gold Red rover, red rover, we said send ya money over Banks keep growing, chests over flowing, 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 oversea 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 Alot of dough, G for that gold