A Music Video/ Rap about the Russian Revolution
Lyrics:
So I have to do this project, it involves a little rapping,
Pretty much about all the knowledge that I'm lacking,
Writing with only a pen, paper and some study guides,
Let me recite my knowledge for you Mr Hymes,
What I'm about to tell you is very very important,
Regreting all the times in class when I was snoring,
nawh, it wasn't boring, I don't mean to offend,
But allow me to tell you about the Russian Revolution
Nicholas the second was a shy and quiet person
What he did upsetted all the people who were working
Refusing to surrender and grow to be a democracy
This homie really wanted nothing but autocracy
The Russo-Japanese defeat in 1905
Can't really blame them because they really did try
and there was Bloody Sunday, where many workers marched
But guards were shot, and hundreds and hundreds of people died
a part of the Revolution of 1905,
then one day in October there were many many strikes
this soon became the October Manifesto
what soon gave the peasants their individual rights
Being in World War 1 Nick 2 went to war,
And while in his absence the czarina took over,
But along came a guy who went by Rasputin
And anything he asked, czarina would do it
It was apparently because he healed their son
Hemophelia was gone but the dynasty was done,
Gone, untrusted and left out in the dust,
Mr. Rasputin caused the dynasty to be unjust,
And the treaty of BL took Russia from the war,
not necessary fighting the east front anymore,
But then Kerensky tried to keep them in war,
He was the leader of the government, but then he lost support,
Vladimir Lenin took the Government away,
He changed it up proclaimed it as a communist state,
He started a group that called themselves the Bolsheviks,
A party that soon changed things up in politics,
But there were the people who stayed royal to the czar,
They were against Lenin and caused a civil war,
The Russian civil war ended in 1921,
Lasted 4 years and Bolsheviks had won
There was the secret police, also referred to as the Cheka
If you didn't like lenin, these homies would come by and check ya
By check ya, I mean shoot you or send you to a camp prison
They would do this even if no evidence was given,
Then soon what came to be was the NEP,
This happened after what had failed was everything
Under this policy, farmers could keep some crops,
Economy improved but all capitalism stopped,
Then there was J Stalin, born In 1879,
He was a propagandist, and exiled 7 times,
Vladimir Lenin made him general secretary
He soon gained control, but then he died naturally,
He ruled from 1929 -- 1953,
It was easy for you to die if you didn't¬¬ believe.
It didn't even really matter if you were right or wrong,
If you didn't believe, then homie 'you gone'
Song Played at end: Boston - Augustana
I will never understand why this video got so many views.
Mikeyischeeil 9 months ago 2