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Ride! The ground rumbles

Towards the plains of Cajamarca

Francisco Pizarro on the conquest to capture Atahuallpa

The absolute monarch of the New World

Could not fathom what would come

A ragtag group of soldiers found themselves on unfamiliar soil

Far beyond the reach of reinforcement

80 000 warriors

At the empire’s core

An inevitable collision of societies

A crucial day in the history of war

Stunned were the army

Since they never before had seen

Soldiers on horses with armor and

Weaponry of steel

How could they know

How could they ever have known

No-one could have known

No, they could never have known

Let’s take him

Santiago, they cried! Bullets they fly and panic arise

He was carried on a litter by eighty lords

In a very short time, the defenders were put to the sword

He was captured just after the leaders first caught sight of each other

Which caused the transformation of the Inca Empire

The emperor was trapped and enslaved

The population was kept at bay

Atahuallpa Sent orders in the captivity

Since the monarch had the absolute authority

Obeying word by word

They had to gather all of their gold

The request was finally fulfilled

But the promise was broken and he was killed

Orders of his Majesty

Rumours of a discovery

They travelled overseas

With Guns, Germs and Steel

Lack of technology

No armour or weaponry

The advantage was unreal

With Guns, Germs and Steel

A hall filled with gold

The largest ransom in our history

The circumstances were ideal

Guns, Germs and Steel

Infectious disease

Spreading rapidly overland

The tribes could not heal

From the Guns, Germs and Steel

Even today there is nothing compared

Marking the greatest collision of man

Never before have so few fought

Against so many

Crops, tools and cattle

Developed unequally was a key determinant

The mystery has been revealed

They conquered the world with

Guns, Germs and Steel