Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies Rap

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• published: 06 Nov 2014
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This is a rap I created about the Thirteen Colonies to the tune of Macklemore's Thrift Shop. Enjoy! Lyrics: Hey, Mrs. Settanni! Can you teach us about the colonies? What, what, what, what... [many times] Bada, badada, badada, bada... [x9] Let’s talk about colonies Southern, New England and Middle Li-life wasn’t easy, but it created the foundation of the US [Verse 1:] Walk up to the King of England like “What up? I want some joint stock Invest in Jamestown and earn some big bucks Looking for gold, but ran out of food That people like, "Man, I wish I knew about farming!” But soon they learned how to grow, plantations of tobacco Headright system, if you paid your own way, you could go Indentured servants and slaves standin’ next to me Some colonists weren’t happy about the Indians, like (Bacon) No, not the food, but the man, Nathaniel Bacon rioted, wanted to fight the Indians But Virginia wasn’t the only place that they were livin’ in Maryland became the land freedom of religion took a stand Safe space for Catholics who had faced discrimination I'ma move to North Carolina, Virginia’s getting way too crowded But in Europe, there were grants, to move to South Carolina Pay your own way, and you got a batch of slaves And then Georgia became it’s own colony They didn’t have plantations, but then wanted plantations So finally all the rice was grown on the plantations. Hello, hello, look at all the food we grow But to profit, don’t forget about that tobacco And with all these slaves, we gonna need some slave codes And that’s all for the Southern colonies for now, yo! Let’s talk about colonies Southern, New England and Middle Li-life wasn’t easy, but it created the foundation of the US (Times 2) [Verse 2:] What you know about the New England colonies? What you know about the Pilgrims and Puritans? They were sailing, sailing, right across that ocean One man’s land is another one’s land as well? Thank Squanto for teaching the Pilgrims how to farm 'Cause right now we don’t have to starve I'm at the church, where I can now worship in peace And as John Winthrop said we’re the city on the hill The teachers, the merchants, the shipbuilders, and craftspeople I’ll take that diversity of economy we have living here And let’s not forget, all the Middle Colonies New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, The Dutch be like, "Oh, those English – they’re kinda mean" They took our New Amsterdam and renamed it NYC. And the Quakers moved in, all they wanted was peace And some representative self-government I call that responsible and fair I call that being tolerant of others Women played a big role and not just in the home They farmed staple crops though Which meant they had food for all so With New England and Middle Colonies that’s what you have to know! All the colonies all the colonies New world, let's go... Let’s talk about colonies Southern, New England and Middle Li-life wasn’t easy, but it created the foundation of the US [Bridge:] We settled the colonies population was growing in the land of opportunity Knowing one day we’d be free We settled the colonies population was growing in the land of opportunity Knowing one day we’d be free