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HAMILTON
Thomas. That was a real nice declaration.
Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation.
Would you like to join us, or stay mellow,
Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
If we assume the debts, the union gets
A new line of credit, a financial diuretic.
How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and competitive
The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it a sedative?
A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor,
Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor.
“We plant seeds in the South. We create.”
Yeah, keep ranting,
we know who’s really doing the planting.
And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment,
Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t fight in it.
You think I’m frightened of you, man?
We almost died in a trench
while you were off getting high with the French.
Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President,
reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison.
Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine.
Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in,
sittin’ there useless as two shits.
Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you
where my shoe fits.
WASHINGTON
Excuse me? Jefferson, Madison, take a walk! Hamilton, take a walk! We’ll reconvene after a brief recess.
Hamilton!
HAMILTON
Sir!
WASHINGTON
A word.
MADISON
You don’t have the votes.
JEFFERSON/MADISON
You don’t have the votes.
JEFFERSON