Napoleon Bonaparte rose from humble beginnings in Corsica to become Emperor of France, conquering much of Europe through military genius and strategic brilliance, but his overambition and failure to account for harsh Russian winter conditions led to his defeat at Waterloo and exile to St. Helena, where he continued to influence global law and measurement systems despite his political defeat.
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Napoleon... WAS THE MAN!! (Rock Music)Added:
I came [music] out of Corsica with nothing.
Just a temper and a plan.
Military school [music] said, "Boy, you're too small." Man, I graduated top of every hall.
They laughed [music] at me from day one.
Lord, look at me now, son.
I [music] conquered Italy before breakfast.
Oh, Egypt by the afternoon.
Crossed the Alps on a white horse [music] tall.
Had the painter hanging in the hall.
He said, "Sir, that was actually a mule."
I said, [music] "Son, I make the rules.
Hey!
The horse Oh, [music] the little man with a big big WHY DID YOU WANT EVERYTHING?
WHY [music] DID YOU GET EVERYTHING?
EVERYTHING!
OH, NAPOLEON.
Short [music] fuse.
Long cannon.
Short fuse. It's like a battering ram.
Short fuse.
LONG [music] CANNON.
NAPOLEON WAS THE MAN.
WOAH!
>> [music] >> I crowned myself emperor and nobody else. Lord, I wasn't waiting around.
Had [music] turned sideways on my head.
Every other general wore it front instead. I said, "I do it SIDEWAYS SO THE CROWD [music] SPOTS me first. I like to be loud."
60 [music] uniforms pressed in a row.
A different one [music] for every show.
Josephine wrote letters every day. Oh, I replied in the most dramatic [music] way. She divorced me JUST LIKE THAT.
LORD, I TOOK IT BADLY.
IMAGINE THAT.
OH, [music] the little man with a big, BIG PLAN.
WHY DID YOU WANT IT? EVERYTHING. WHY DID YOU GET IT? EVERYTHING.
>> [music] >> WHY DID YOU LOSE EVERYTHING? OH, NAPOLEON. SHORT [music] FUSE.
Long cannon.
Short fuse.
Hits like a battering RAM. SHORT [music] FUSE.
LONG CANNON.
NAPOLEON WAS THE MAN.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> 1812, I MARCHED into the snow. 600,000 [music] men men nowhere to go.
Russia said, "Come in and CLOSE THE DOOR."
I had not [music] considered what a Russian winter [music] was for.
Lost the army. [music] Lost the horses. Lost the fight.
Lord, still the most dramatic exit of [music] all time.
They locked me up [music] on Elba. Big mistake. Oh, I came back in 100 days.
Wellington stood waiting in the field.
Waterloo, [music] the wound never healed.
They charged the cavalry, one [music] hour too soon. They lost the whole empire by afternoon.
>> [music] >> Oh, the little man with the [music] big, big plan.
WHAT DID YOU WANT? EVERYTHING. WHY DID YOU GET? EVERYTHING. [music] WHY DID YOU lose everything?
Did you come back everything?
Oh, >> [music] >> Napoleon. LORD HAVE MERCY. OH, NO.
WHAT? NO.
OH.
>> [music] >> OH, NAPOLEON.
Short fuse.
LONG [music] CANNON.
SHORT FUSE.
IT'S LIKE A BATTERING RAM. Short fuse.
LONG CANNON. NAPOLEON WAS the man the man they put me on an [music] island in the sea.
Tiny little rock, just me.
Lord, [music] the size is smaller than my hat.
Man, can you believe that?
BUT I REWROTE EVERY LAW OF EVERY LAND.
[music] I invented the kilo with my hand. I put my name [music] on every map in sight.
Most productive exile IN HISTORY'S LIFE.
>> [screaming] >> SHORT FUSE. [music] LONG CANNON.
SHORT FUSE. It's like [music] a battering ram. SHORT FUSE. LONG CANNON.
NAPOLEON WAS THE MAN.
>> [music] >> SHORT FUSE.
SHORT FUSE.
NAPOLEON.
>> [music] >> NAPOLEON.
NAPOLEON.
>> [music] >> What did you shot you >> [music] >> shot you Volcano shot you Napoleon [music] Napoleon >> [music] [music] >> Napoleon
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