Mercantilism Rap

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