Billie Eilish - Mongol Empire Lyrics

[Intro]
But it’s paper!
Yeah it’s paper money
Paper money? Ha! And people accept these pieces of paper?
Yeah
As if they were…
Coins of pure gold?

[Verse 1]
Pay me, your Silk Road tolls
I own China, us nomads run the globe
Largest land empire, it’s prospering though you 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, lеtting arrows fly, soon your kingdom’s terrorized
You’ll submit to spare livеs
Now our lands tie to east and west

[Chorus]
We have a tight rein as trade expands, I love when merchants pass by
Cause it’s tax time

[Bridge]
Cause it’s tax time

[Verse 2]
Conquering like grandpa, we’ve made servants of the Koryo, Slavs and Persians
Crushed Baghdad, but Muslims convert us, we tolerate your faiths
Finally, I beat the Song Chinese, founded the Yuan Dynasty
Confusians serve in my regime, but we’re first, no tests to take
We’ll build up big time, the grand canal will link up to my Khanbaliq/Beijing site
Rule there till the Ming rise
[Chorus]
Because we have a tight rein as trade expands, I almost took Japan twice, typhoons made us capsize, Stick to land fights

[Bridge]
Stick to land fights
Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!
You’re never gonna rule Japan, yeah

[Verse 3]
You’re good at seagoing trade and cultural exchange
Go to Yangzhou
Need more Europeans like me to lead?
They’ll be desperately trying to get here once I’ve told tales when I get home
Just go fact find
Stick to land fights