“ROMANIZED”
*To Thriller by Michael Jackson*
Written by Kit Chavers & Rachel Kay
Performed by Rachel Kay
(Verse 1)
It’s close to CE,
the last Etruscan city took a fall
Euphrates to Tigris, everyone is under common Rule.
Remus tries to scream,
but Romulus kills him before he makes it
Then Rome is found,
A new style of art begins to rise
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes.
(Verse 2)
70 to 80 CE
Flavian’s commission The Colosseum
a huge arena built so people could enjoy their games
land taken from Nero
Flavian son Titus leads the way
You take a seat
the poorer the people the higher their seats rise
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes.
(Bridge)
Monuments, Engineers, Realism, Interior, Temples
Columns like doric, ionic, Corinthian, and tuscan
are placed on the buildings to hold them up.
(Verse 3)
118 to 125 CE,
Hadrian commissions a new temple
called The Pantheon, it’s one of the greatest in the world
built of concrete the large dome in the center has an oculus.
As the people worship, the oculus lets light in from the skies,
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes
*To Thriller by Michael Jackson*
Written by Kit Chavers & Rachel Kay
Performed by Rachel Kay
(Verse 1)
It’s close to CE,
the last Etruscan city took a fall
Euphrates to Tigris, everyone is under common Rule.
Remus tries to scream,
but Romulus kills him before he makes it
Then Rome is found,
A new style of art begins to rise
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes.
(Verse 2)
70 to 80 CE
Flavian’s commission The Colosseum
a huge arena built so people could enjoy their games
land taken from Nero
Flavian son Titus leads the way
You take a seat
the poorer the people the higher their seats rise
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes.
(Bridge)
Monuments, Engineers, Realism, Interior, Temples
Columns like doric, ionic, Corinthian, and tuscan
are placed on the buildings to hold them up.
(Verse 3)
118 to 125 CE,
Hadrian commissions a new temple
called The Pantheon, it’s one of the greatest in the world
built of concrete the large dome in the center has an oculus.
As the people worship, the oculus lets light in from the skies,
We’re Romanized!
(Chorus)
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Copying the Greeks is our greatest claim to fame
‘Cus this is Roman, Roman Art
Concrete saved our lives when we built arches, columns, and domes