NO WHEELS, NO PROBLEM

INTRO – SPOKEN

Welcome to the Andes,

Mountains everywhere, roads going nowhere...

Except they go everywhere.

No cars, no horses, no wheels?

No problem. We're the Incas!

VERSE 1 – THE EMPIRE

High in the Andes, got a kingdom on the rise,

Built an empire so big, you can't believe your eyes.

From Ecuador to Chile, we were running the land,

Four regions united, got the whole thing planned.

Cusco was the capital, the center of the show,

Got mountains all around us, but we still made it grow.

Emperor on the throne, everybody knows the name,

Sapa Inca running things, putting power in the game.

VERSE 2 – THE ROADS

No wheels, no problem, we don't need a ride,

Got roads through the mountains stretching far and wide.

Stone steps up the cliffs, bridges over the streams,

Built a road network bigger than your travel dreams.

Chasquis running messages, passing on the news,

Relay after relay, they were never gonna lose.

No phones, no emails, no internet connection,

Just runners moving fast with imperial direction!

HOOK

No Wheels, No Problem, we climb to the top,

Built roads through the mountains, and we never gonna stop!

Got llamas on the trail, got the empire on track,

Inca civilization, yeah, we're bringing it back!

No Wheels, No Problem, we don't need a car,

Built a whole empire among the stars!

VERSE 3 – THE ENGINEERING

Machu Picchu sitting high above the clouds,

Stone walls fitting tight, got the whole world wowed.

No cement in the cracks, but the stones still stay,

Earthquake-resistant building, that's the Inca way.

Terraces on the mountains, got the crops growing strong,

Turning steep hillsides into farmland all along.

Irrigation through the valleys, got the water flowing right,

Engineering so impressive, still amazing to sight!

VERSE 4 – THE CULTURE

Got llamas and alpacas, carrying all the goods,

Wool for all the clothing, living high in the woods.

Potatoes, corn, quinoa, that's a mountain-grown feast,

Got thousands of potato types, we're never gonna eat least!

No alphabet writing, but the quipu kept track,

Knotted cords and colors, numbers on the map.

Gold and silver shining, got the crafts looking clean,

The finest stonework that you've ever seen!

BRIDGE – SPOKEN

Hold on a second...

You're telling me they built roads through the Andes?

Carried messages by running?

Built cities out of perfectly fitted stones?

And they did all that without a single pickup truck?

That's what I call mountain transportation!

VERSE 5 – THE FALL

But trouble was coming from across the sea,

Spanish conquistadors arrived in the 1530s.

Francisco Pizarro came looking for gold,

And the empire faced a story that was brutal and cold.

Disease and civil war weakened the throne,

Then Spanish conquest changed the empire's home.

Cusco was captured, but the people survived,

And Andean traditions are still very much alive.

Quechua is spoken, their culture remains,

Their legacy still echoes through the mountains and plains.

OUTRO – SPOKEN

No cars. No trains. No highways with traffic.

Just mountains, llamas, roads, and incredible engineering.

They didn't need wheels to move an empire.