The Backyard Boys - Phoenician Phlow lyrics

Yo', man (Yo') (Open up, man) What do you want, man? (I met this girl) For real? Where she from? (She's from the land of Phoenicia) Phoenicia who? (The place across the Mediterranean) Man (And she's really cool) Well, tell me a thing or two (Alright) The city of Tyre was founded in 2750 You know they traded across the Mediterranean Sea How could you forget that they had Crafted the alphabet Probably because the Greeks and Romans viewed them as a threat At first they had city-states ruled by kings Then separate republics decided everything Many deities represent phenomena 3 main gods: Baal, Astarte, and Melquart First to navigate using the Pole Star They circumnavigated all of Africa They used metal, gla**, and mastered purple dye A simple art style, you would think they didn't try Kingship, then Republic (Phoenicians) Polytheistic (Phoenicians) Created bireme warships (Phoenicians) Limestone was abundant (Phoenicians) Murexes made purple dye (Phoenicians) Shipping based economy (Phoenicians) Carthage, Tyre, Sidon (Phoenicians) And they made the alphabet The city of Tyre was founded in 2750 You know they traded across the Mediterranean Sea How could you forget that they had Utica, Rhodes, and Spain Probably because the Greeks and Romans Viewed them as a pain Traded ivory, cedar, gla**, and textiles Embroidered cloth from Asia, you know they rolled in style Money minted by individual city-states Traded all the way to the Gibraltar Straits They used to sail by rafts and canoes But then they got biremes for them to use Yeah, they were the first to use the alphabetic script But they didn't write history like Herodotus Kingship, then Republic (Phoenicians) Polytheistic (Phoenicians) Created bireme warships (Phoenicians) Limestone was abundant (Phoenicians) Murexes made purple dye (Phoenicians) Shipping based economy (Phoenicians) Carthage, Tire, Sidon (Phoenicians) And they made the alphabet The city of Tyre was founded in 2750 You know they traded across the Mediterranean Sea How could you forget that they Created our alphabet Even the Greeks and Romans Later went and adopted that One day the Romans will be sorry For the pain that they caused Because in the third Punic War They saw Carthage dissolved You know it's true that most of Their history is really lost Because the Greeks and Romans Went and destroyed it all That's why I sing The city of Tyre was founded in 2750 You know they traded across the Mediterranean Sea How could you forget about This place of prosperity Probably because the Greeks and Romans Painted it poorly