THE MONGOL EMPIRE song by Mr. Nicky 

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The Mongol Empire Song by Mr. Nicky
To the tune of “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish
Backing track property of Karaoke Version / Tency Music.
Kublai Khan:
Pay me your Silk Road tolls
I own China, us nomads run the globe’s
largest land empire, it's prospering though
you’d dread the “steppes” we took
Grandpa Genghis Khan unified
our clans, got our laws organized
Chose men by skill not family ties
Trained us in battle groups
With war declared,
riding horses, letting arrows fly
We have kingdoms terrorized
They submit to spare lives
Now our lands tie East to West
We have a tight rein as trade expands
I love when merchants pass by
‘cause it's tax time, duh!
‘cause it's tax time
Conquering like Grandpa
We’ve made servants
of the Koryo, Slavs and Persians
Crushed Baghdad but Muslims convert us
and we tolerate your faiths
Finally I beat the Song Chinese
Founded my Yuan Dynasty
Confucians serve in my regime
But we’re first, no tests to take
We’ll build up big time
The Grand Canal will link to my
New Dadu/Beijing site
Rule there till the Ming rise
Because we have tight reign
as trade expands
I almost took Japan twice
Typhoons made us capsize
Marco Polo:
Stick to land fights, duh (x2) hahahahaha
You’re never going to rule Japan, yeah
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You’re good at seagoing trade
and cultural exchange
Kublai Khan:
Go to Yangzhou!
Marco Polo:
Need more Europeans like me to lead?
They’ll be desperately trying to get here once I’ve told tales when I get home
Kublai Khan:
Just go fact find! Ha!
Marco Polo:
Stick to land fights! Ha!