Im emcee Hero-D in short the modern Herodotus
its time to put the past on blast and all
of you to notice.
We spit these bars and flow just so that all of you can know this
that history's for you and me not just teachers and the Potus.
So kick back chill and let it flow and on
this journey we will go
and by tomorrow you will know a new act of this Hero's show.
Wassup wassup, this is your boy mc hero D
in short the modern Hero Do tus.
Today we gonna put the past on blast and talk
about the civil war 1861-1865.  We gonna get
a little help from our boy USHER.
As we get into the time when our nation was
tearin itself apart so strap in here we go…Yo
We the People of these states United
Have chosen a future that remains divided
When Founding fathers set up a superior sequel
Did they truly think “All men were created
equal”?
Compromising our future with Missouri and
Maine
Peace for now but just wait might all be in
vain
Cause another deal made, California a free
state
But the fugitive slave law was stirring up
much hate
Seemed the future held many more questions
than answers
Will slavery continue to spread- like a cancer?
North and South different from the very start
But Now they appeared to be tearing apart
Economies, social life, climate, conditions, the South cried hypocrisy to abolition
& The Dred Scott decision added fuel to the
flame
The Supreme Court chimed in and might be to
blame
For this growing movement of anger and violence
Abolitionist leaders could not hold their
silence
Fredrick Douglass gave speeches attracting
hoards
And Lloyd Garrison’s words cut deeper than
swords
While Uncle’s Tom Cabin brought ire to the
nation
The South dug its heels in claimed ex-agg-er-ation
John Brown’s extreme plans and his speeches
of fire
A hero to one side to the other a liar
Now Kansas was bleeding
Blood staining the land
The sins of our nation
Had got of hand
And what of this new guy, this Abraham Lincoln
Says slavery is wrong and got the South thinking
For sure his election will threaten our section
And we’ve got no stake in this future direction
So peace out, Boy Scout, we good, have a nice
day
We gonna create a better state- for our own
way
The “Confederate States of America’ sounds
right
So come on Southern brothers join us in the
good fight
Whoa take it slow, you can’t up and leave
A Nation in whose laws you’ve sworn to believe
We’re a Union of States bound by definition
And besides you have forts that hold
Our ammunition
So were sending our men to Fort Sumter to
get it
Still time, change your mind, come back now-
forget it
What were you thinking, Union troops were
attacked!
War is on!
Call to Arms!
– Now there’s no turning back!
Union got money and industrial might,
And plenty of souls to throw in the fight
Railroads, and weapons and ships to blockade
Machine now in motion battle plans made
And the South though much poorer
And lacking resources
Had Generals more suited for leading their
forces
And Forces of men better fit for the war
Cause they lived off the land, knew the great
outdoors
To the Rebels their cause was so “Just and
Ho-ly”
For their future they battled, States Rights
to be free
And the war though not Civil was fought long
and hard
A major advantage in their own back yards
So these pluses equated to early success
As the rebels hit quick, causing Northern
unrest
The first years of the war gave Confederates
pause
To believe indeed GOD had supported their
cause
But as the Battles wore on death tolls kept
increasing
Body counts by the thousands, no sign of it
ceasing
And North reinforcements came wave after wave
Lee’s troops wearing down, less men left
to save
And a big win was needed to announce to the
nation
Lincoln’s reveal of his Proclamation
To make this war about more- with a purpose
of freedom
Emancipating the slaves right after Antietam
And Gettysburg and Vicksburg within a week
came
Turning point battles that changed the game
A desperate attack by Lee- a hail mary
3 bloodiest days and the most bodies buried
& Grant lost more men but found a-way to win
Splitting the south with a blow to the chin
As Sherman marched on- ATL to the Ocean
With orders to burn and destroy set in motion
Total war was the course now set in effect
To make the South weak, and make them regret
Ever leaving, Lee now fast on the run
Clear to both sides that the Union had won
Finally treaties were signed, bro-hugs made,
handshakes given
Four years of war done, half a million less
livin’
The Union had won but at such a high cost
Freedom came at the price of too many lives
lost.
There it is folks…civil war 1861 to 1865
peace and truth Hero D…Out.
