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A stupid rap about American Foreign Policy from 1900 to 1945 for AP United States History.

July Update:
Yes, we both received a 5 on the AP US Exam. :D

Geeksta - Blue (Andrew)
Crosshair - Green (Irwin)

Filmed by Adam and Takuma
Produced by Irwin and Finesse (Alberto)
Featuring Andre and Kamilah

Lyrics
Yo check it,
we're coming straight 'outta the hood,
Geeksta and Crosshair coming out like they should,
we rappin on the mic, no better place to be,
we'll tell you a story of American foreign policy!
We'll start at 1900, McKinley upfront,
Presidency brought new land upon us,
And we're happy, finished, nearly done with expansion,
Imperialism, isolation, neutrality stands still!
Now one year later, McKinley is gone,
Shot by an anarchist with a small hand gun.
TR up with us, preaching policies,
Upholding police power in the western hemisphere
With a mandate, a corollary to reduce the fear,
Induce American ideals, and have Europe steer clear
From moving across the Atlantic over here.

Now Taft is around with his big fat ass,
Improve upon the policies of TR real fast,
Still maintaining the progressive image of us,
Acceptable yeah, but truly a bust.
Creates something called the dollar diplomacy,
Promote commercial interests, hmm good policy
Still, his ideals were just not enough,
Teddy comes back, ready and rough
Removes him from office by running against him,
But rather than elected, we get Wilson!

"Dude that guy is awesome!"
"Yeah I know"

So Wilson's Democrat, promotes TR's corollary,
We get Hispaniola, but on the contrary,
Europe comes down in a war that's hairy and scary,
Constant u-boat sinkings and pleas of "spare me!"
After submarine warfare, we've just had ENOUGH,
Congress declares a war in EUROPE,
World War I, a truly long fight
The war to end all wars; yeah, right!
Revenge remains in the mind of Britain and France,
Treaty of Versailles is rough like denim pants,
Germany is forced to make reparations,
Then Wilson thus proposes the League of Nations,
A committee of the countries of the world,
To uphold the ideals of Wilson's 14 Points,
But it's countered by reservationists,
Ironically, isolationist America doesn't join it!

Conservationists are coming up now,
Laissez-faire up, progressivism down,
We maintain world peace by creating a bunch of pacts,
Like the Kellogg-Briand pact, in fact!
New policies inhibited by foreign affairs,
Events like revolution and the big red scare,
And in 1924, we become more hectic,
Limit the eclectic immigration;
As we stabilized European ethnic proportions!

So our economy crashes in 1929,
Hoover screws the pooch and should of just died,
For when Franklin Delano Roosevelt came,
Things just never became the same.
Isolation is dumb as Germany grows up,
The Third Reich's fighting and remains stuck up,
But FDR works around American ideals,
Lend Lease Act and embargo on oil and STEEL,
Indirectly brought the United States to WAR
By having Japan bomb Pearl Harbor's CORE!
Damn, I didn't know that there was more?!

So we fight in Europe, some old regions,
But also in the Pacific, with a good apparent reason,
And disclose the idea of "unconditional surrender,"
Fight till the bitter end send them to the blender
Of hell; talk in numerous conferences:
Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam,
No doubt 'bout winning the war now, damn
So we finally drop the bomb on Japan,
Hiroshima and Nagasaki incinerated fast,
Millions die seconds right after the blast,
And VJ day comes, the war is over.
We stop intense European conflicts moreover,
Imperialism, isolation, neutrality is gone.
The United States has changed, as the Cold War dawns.

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Uploader Comments (teamlk)

  • thanks to you guys i got a 5. best ap rap on youtube.

  • Congratulations on the 5!

  • ur welcomeee dumassesssss never thanked me for help hahahaaha!! man those were 2 funny dayss buahahaha

  • DUDE! Yeah we did! We even put you in the credits of the actual video and the rap LOL

  • Irwin looks so small compared to andrew, haha. Kamilah is so random

  • Lol becuase andrew didn't freaking crouch like me for half the video.

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  • dude this is a sick ass rap man. Good stuff! and APUSH sucks ass!

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  • @rokouttilur80 course it did; It extended the depression. The US was already comming out of the Depression when he came up with if lame idea of the New Deal (ND). But it actually only made it worse Why? Because Money has to change hands 7 times for a healthy economy. the ND raised taxes. when you pay taxes money is only changing hands 3 times at best. This is also why taxes don't work.

  • @TheHTAA it didnt...

  • so good! i needed to study and this helped, you guys should go pro

  • That was,nicer

  • Not bad. could've mentioned how FDR's New Deal screwed the USA though.*^^*

  • this sucked

  • we have to do a rap on foreign policy for bonus in government right now.

    (not taking yours)

  • dang, this is good stuff. thanks guys, this is really helpful!!! haha wAAAY better than my stupid apush textbook!!

  • HELL TO THE YEAH, BOYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

    I thing you guys are on point. I'm from this country and i'm for it, but I also know what U.S.A. is all about, Foreign and Domestic, and we're no angels. I like people who speak what's in your face that others refuse to see.

    KEEP ON KEEP'N ON! :-)

  • This is Great, Super funny and it helped me with my homework, I'm in Gov't now but I was in AP US History last year, I got a 4 :D

    Hope you did well, too

    Thanks for the video

    you guys are totally cool

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