Leslie Odom Jr - Washington On Your Side (Off-Broadway) lyrics

[BURR] It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [JEFFERSON] Ev'ry action has an equal, opposite reactions Thanks to Hamilton, our cab'net's fractured into factions Try not to crack under the stress, we're breaking down like fractions We smack each other in the press, and we don't print retractions I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of pa**ion The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration As Wall Street robs ‘em blind in search of chips to cash in This b**h is askin' for someone to bring him to task Somebody gimme some dirt on this a**hole so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and co*k it While no one watching, he got Washington in his pocket [JEFFERSON AND BURR] It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side Ever invisible Ya never deny It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [MADISON] I used to write with him, imbibe with him, and ride with him I find myself on this side of a sizable divide with him Now set your sights on a scenario where every Hamiltonian plan is implemented That's where we're headed He's doubled the size of the government Wasn't the trouble with much of our previous government size And taxes? Yet he acts as if he has exclusive access to the facts But the fact is we can't relax He likes taxes so much; can we enact an a**hole tax? [JEFFERSON AND BURR] It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side Look back at the Bill of Rights [MADISON] Which I wrote [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] The ink hasn't dried It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side [JEFFERSON] Let's follow the money and see where it goes [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON] Because every second the Treasury grows [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON] If we follow the money and see where it leads Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton's misdeeds [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON] This immigrant isn't somebody we chose [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON] This immigrant's keeping us all on our toes [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON] Let's lower his stock in the eyes of the nation With misinformation! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] First we diminish him Then we finish him [JEFFERSON] He wants to reinstall the king! [MADISON] He's secretly getting it done! [A WOMAN] I hear he's George Washington's [TWO WOMEN] Illegitimate son [A MAN] We don't know where he's really from [ANOTHER MAN] We have to stop him soon [HAMILTON] They're saying my mother's a negress [COMPANY] I hear he's an octoroon [ANOTHER WOMAN] He wants to confiscate your property [YET ANOTHER MAN] What will you do? [YET ANOTHER WOMAN] He wants to abolish slavery [MADISON] That one's actually true! [COMPANY] No! [MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON] They'll follow his money and follow it through [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON] Now follow his followers and see what they do [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON] Let's show these Federalists who they're up against! [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON] Southern motherf**in'— [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Democratic-Republicans! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] And if you begin to feel pity and shame [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Remember that Hamilton's doing the same [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] He's digging for dirt, he's looking for everytime we lie [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Everybody's got something to hide! It must be nice. It must be nice [MADISON] Follow the money and see where it goes [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] It must be nice. It must be nice [JEFFERSON] The emperor has no clothes [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Washington knocks us down, we take it in stride Still It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side