Lyrics
[Intro] Yeah Uh-huh
Mesopotamia
Check it
[Chorus] Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
Anu in the sky where the whole thing begins
Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
I bow to the old ones and I never break the rhythm
[Verse 1] Tigris and Euphrates running through my veins
Clay tablets telling me the oldest of names
I study every symbol every wedge every line
Marduk slaying chaos in the deep of the night
Fifty gods assembled just to crown him the king
Anu handed over every powerful thing
So I stand with the ancients when I'm speaking my truth
Nanna lights the crescent and he's guiding the youth
[Chorus] Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
Anu in the sky where the whole thing begins
Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
I bow to the old ones and I never break the rhythm
[Verse 2] Inanna descends and she strips off her crown
Seven gates seven times and she won't turn around
Ereshkigal waiting at the bottom of the well
Sister against sister and the story they tell
Shamash rides the sunrise with a saw in his hand
Utu judging every single deed in the land
Dumuzi in the field and the seasons turn round
Half the year he's living half the year underground
[Bridge] They wrote it first they carved it first
Ziggurat climbing to the heavens above
They wrote it first they carved it first
Tiamat and Apsu and the waters of love
[Chorus] Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
Anu in the sky where the whole thing begins
Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
I bow to the old ones and I never break the rhythm
[Post-Chorus] Say Enki
Say Enlil
Say Inanna
Say Marduk
Say Enki
Say Enlil
Say Inanna
Say Marduk
[Outro] Mesopotamia
The cradle
The origin
Yeah
[Verse 3] Now flip the tablet over let me hit you with the sequel
The gods that ran the block before the block was ever legal
Ninhursag in the mountain she the mother of the clay
She molded every mortal then she sent us on our way
Ninurta with the mace and the arrow and the plow
He defend the border and he take the sacred vow
Nergal running Erra through the streets of the dead
He the plague he the war he the voice inside your head
[Verse 4] Enki in the Abzu where the freshwater flow
He the trickster he the craftsman he the one who let it go
He the god of the sweet water and the god of the plan
Wrote the me upon the tablet gave the arts to the man
Ishtar on the war path with the lion at her side
She the morning she the evening and she never gonna hide
Gugalanna in the reeds and the gate is made of stone
Every god in the pantheon is sitting on a throne
[Verse 5] Let me break it down further for the ones who never knew
Nabu holds the stylus and he writing what is true
Nanshe in the marshland she the one who weigh the heart
Ninlil in the temple she the one who play her part
Lugalbanda running with the eaglet in the sky
Gilgamesh the king who couldn't sit and wonder why
Humbaba in the cedar and the forest full of fear
Bull of heaven in the city and it standing right here
[Bridge 2] They built the first they wrote the first
City walls rising out of the earth
They built the first they wrote the first
Kingu and the blood and the making of the world
[Chorus] Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
Anu in the sky where the whole thing begins
Enki on the water Enlil on the wind
I bow to the old ones and I never break the rhythm