Chris Columbus (Parody of Despacito by Luis Fonzi)
An overview on the history of Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Exchange that ensued following his "discoveries." Performed by Christina Alvarez and Jeremy Harley Written by Jeremy Harley Edited by Caleb Griffith Lyrics: Going in a, different direction In search of spices, riches, and Christians, yeah To the East Indies that is where I'm heading, yeah (Oh, I've been...) On the water for seventy days Using dead reckoning to find my way Well I guess we are going to get there slowly, slowly Finally, we see the land, let us climb ashore We've made it we shall call it San Salvador There's people with reddish-brown skin, I guess those must be Indians They said the world was flat, just proved them wrong Oh, you you brought diseases like smallpox and measles This caused Native population to decline New world foods like corn, berries, and sweet potatoes And, this led to greatest increase of people in history Main reason Europeans came was to eat World was homogenized biologically Chris Columbus He would set sail in fourteen ninety-two And he would sail across the ocean blue And now he just gets us a day off school Chris Columbus He would set up the Columbian Exchange Where we would trade food, diseases, and slaves It was also known as the triangular trade (What about, what about, what about the slaves) Ten Million Africans shipped on the Atlantic Most slaves would go and grow the sugar Many would perish on the way there (Malaria, Malaria, baby) Africans traded their own in exchange for European goods Slaves would help the economy As they mined for silver too
