Cabinet Battle #1 - Christopher Jackson/Daveed Diggs.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Clifton Nathaniel Chase/Edward G. Fletcher/Lin-Manuel Miranda/Melvin Glover/Sylvia Robinson
[00:00.00] 作曲 : Clifton Nathaniel Chase/Edward G. Fletcher/Lin-Manuel Miranda/Melvin Glover/Sylvia Robinson
[00:00.00]Ladies and gentlemen,
[00:01.87]you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you’re here with us in New York City.
[00:06.49]Are you ready for a cabinet meeting???
[00:10.44]The issue on the table:
[00:12.77]Secretary Hamilton’s plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank.
[00:17.67]Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir
[00:22.72]‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’
[00:25.27]We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t settle for less
[00:27.97]These are wise words, enterprising men quote ‘em
[00:30.77]Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em
[00:34.15]Oww
[00:34.90]But Hamilton forgets
[00:36.22]His plan would have the government assume state’s debts
[00:38.98]Now, place your bets as to who that benefits:
[00:41.64]The very seat of government where Hamilton sits
[00:44.24]Not true!
[00:45.06]Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it
[00:47.24]If New York’s in debt—
[00:48.36]Why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are paid, I’m afraid
[00:52.49]Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade
[00:55.70]In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground
[00:57.68]We create. You just wanna move our money around
[01:00.26]This financial plan is an outrageous demand
[01:03.12]And it’s too many damn pages for any man to understand
[01:06.62]Stand with me in the land of the free
[01:08.41]And pray to God we never see Hamilton’s candidacy
[01:11.16]Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky
[01:13.95]Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to tax our whisky
[01:18.41]Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary Hamilton, your response
[01:25.42]Thomas. That was a real nice declaration
[01:28.06]Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation
[01:30.75]Would you like to join us, or stay mellow
[01:33.19]Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
[01:36.59]If we assume the debts, the union gets
[01:38.73]A new line of credit, a financial diuretic
[01:41.44]How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and competitive
[01:44.11]The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it a sedative?
[01:47.31]A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor
[01:49.61]Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor
[01:52.50]“We plant seeds in the South. We create.”
[01:54.84]Yeah, keep ranting
[01:55.96]We know who’s really doing the planting
[01:58.80]And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment
[02:00.78]Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t fight in it
[02:03.95]You think I’m frightened of you, man?
[02:05.33]We almost died in a trench
[02:06.44]While you were off getting high with the French
[02:09.19]Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President
[02:11.69]Reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison
[02:14.38]Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine
[02:17.11]Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in
[02:19.86]Sittin’ there useless as two shits
[02:21.86]Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you
[02:24.11]Where my shoe fits
[02:25.84]Excuse me? Madison，Jefferson，take a walk! Hamilton, take a walk!
[02:31.50]We’ll reconvene after a brief recess. Hamilton!
[02:34.70]Sir!
[02:35.25]A word
[02:37.33]You don’t have the votes
[02:39.33]You don’t have the votes
[02:40.85]Aha-ha-ha ha!
[02:42.64]You’re gonna need congressional approval and you don’t have the votes
[02:48.14]Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder
[02:51.63]Why he even brings the thunder…
[02:57.03]You wanna pull yourself together?
[02:58.62]I’m sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather
[03:00.95]Young man, I’m from Virginia, so watch your mouth
[03:03.79]So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?
[03:06.59]You need the votes
[03:07.80]No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan
[03:10.03]No, you need to convince more folks
[03:11.88]James Madison won’t talk to me, that’s a nonstarter
[03:14.67]Winning was easy, young man. Governing’s harder
[03:17.26]They’re being intransigent
[03:18.38]You have to find a compromise
[03:20.07]But they don’t have a plan, they just hate mine!
[03:21.86]Convince them otherwise
[03:22.81]What happens if I don’t get congressional approval?
[03:25.67]I imagine they’ll call for your removal
[03:28.21]Sir—
[03:29.16]Figure it out, Alexander. That’s an order from your commander