Civilization - HD VERSION ("Harajuku Girls" by Gwen Stefani)

Upscale of original video from 2007. What are some of the characteristics that make up a civilization? Covers some of the basics with clips from Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi.

LYRICS

Canaan and Sumeria

Ur and Babylonia

Have you seen the hanging gardens or the ziggurat?

Cuneiform on steles

The Code of Hammurabi

How did we get to this spot?

Super City

Tell me how you got to

Be so pretty

And so organized, too

Civilization, well, it makes us all one

We can share in the fun and sophisticated culture

Civilization, well, it makes us all one

There is work to be done and a complex social structure

Civilization, you got some wicked style

I like your architecture,

Your money and your art

Civilization, you got some wicked style

I like your architecture,

Your money and your art

Civilization, you got it goin’ on

Art and religion

And not to mention writing…

Civilization, you got it goin’ on

Art and religion

And not to mention writing…

They started in the Fertile Crescent

in between

The Tigris and Euphrates

You know what I mean

They rose up ‘round the world

At different times, you know

And started writing things,

The end of prehistory.

Civilization, you got some government

I like your coded laws

Your scribes are really smart

Civilization, you got some government

I like your coded laws

Your scribes are really smart

Working

And building

Living

And growing crops

Creating, designing, and don’t forget the worship

Repeat verses 2 and 3.

You bring style and culture all around the world…fade out.