Questlove - The Election of 1800 lyrics

[FULL COMPANY] The election of 1800 [JEFFERSON] Can we get back to politics? [MADISON] Please? [JEFFERSON] Yo. Ev'ry action has an equal, opposite reaction John Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but he's in traction Poor Alexander Hamilton? He is missing in action So now I'm facing— [JEFFERSON AND MADISON] Aaron Burr! [JEFFERSON] With his own faction [MADISON] He's very attractive in the North. New Yorkers like his chances [JEFFERSON] He's not very forthcoming on any particular stances [MADISON] Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances [JEFFERSON] And they say I'm a Francophile: at least they know I know where France is! [MADISON] Thomas that's the problem, see, they see Burr as a less extreme you [JEFFERSON] Ha! [MADISON] You need to change course, a key endorsement might redeem you [JEFFERSON] Who did you have in mind? [MADISON] Don't laugh [JEFFERSON] Who is it? [MADISON] You used to work on the same staff [JEFFERSON] Whaaaat [MADISON] It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side [JEFFERSON AND MADISON] It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side [BURR] Talk less! Smile more! Don't let ‘em know what you're against or what you're for! Shake hands with him! Charm her! It's eighteen hundred, ladies, tell your husbands: vote for Burr! [ENSEMBLE] Burr! Burr! Burr! Burr! Burr! Burr! [MALE VOTER] I don't like Adams [FEMALE VOTER] Well, he's gonna lose, that's just defeatist [ANOTHER MALE VOTER] And Jefferson— [TWO MEN] In love with France! [ANOTHER FEMALE VOTER] Yeah, he's so elitist! [TWO WOMEN] I like that Aaron Burr! [A WOMAN] I can't believe we're here with him! [A MAN] He seems approachable…? [ANOTHER MALE VOTER] Like you could grab a beer with him! [ENSEMBLE] Dear Mr. Hamilton: your fellow Fed'ralists would like to know how you'll be voting [HAMILTON] It's quiet uptown [ENSEMBLE] Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn't stand a chance, so who are you promoting? [HAMILTON] It's quiet uptown [MEN] Jefferson or Burr? We know it's lose-lose Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose [WOMEN] Jefferson or Burr? We know it's lose-lose Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose [EVEN MORE VOTERS] Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn't stand a chance so who are you promoting? But if you had to choose [MEN] Jefferson or Burr? We know it's lose-lose Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose [WOMEN] Jefferson or Burr? We know it's lose-lose Jefferson or Burr? But if you had to choose [HAMILTON] Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr. Sir! [BURR] Alexander! [HAMILTON] You've created quite a stir, sir! [BURR] I'm going door to door! [HAMILTON] You're openly campaigning? [BURR] Sure! [HAMILTON] That's new [BURR] Honestly, it's kind of draining [HAMILTON] Burr— [BURR] Sir! [HAMILTON] Is there anything you wouldn't do? [BURR] No. I'm chasing what I want And you know what? [HAMILTON] What? [BURR] I learned that from you [ENSEMBLE] If you had to choose If you had to choose [MADISON] It's a tie! [ENSEMBLE] If you had to choose If you had to choose [JEFFERSON] It's up to the delegates! [ENSEMBLE] If you had to choose If you had to choose [JEFFERSON/MADISON] It's up to Hamilton! [VOTERS] If you had to choose If you had to choose If you had to Choose Choose Choose! [MADISON/ ENSEMBLE] Jefferson or Burr? Choose Choose Choose! [ENSEMBLE] Jefferson or Burr? Choose Choose Choose! [HAMILTON] Yo [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] The people are asking to hear my voice [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] For the country is facing a difficult choice [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] And if you were to ask me who I'd promote— [ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] —Jefferson has my vote [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] I have never agreed with Jefferson once [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] We have fought on like seventy-five diff'rent fronts [JEFFERSON/MADISON/ENSEMBLE] Oh! [HAMILTON] But when all is said and all is done Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none [ENSEMBLE] Oooooooooooooh [MADISON AND JEFFERSON] Well, I'll be damned Well, I'll be damned [MADISON] Hamilton's on your side [ENSEMBLE] Well, I'll be damned Well, I'll be damned [JEFFERSON] And? [MADISON] You won in a landslide [BURR] Congrats on a race well-run I did give you a fight [JEFFERSON] Uh-huh [BURR] I look forward to our partnership [JEFFERSON] Our partnership? [BURR] As your vice-President [JEFFERSON] Ha. Yeah, right You hear this guy? Man openly campaigns against me, talkin' bout, “I look forward to our partnership.” [MADISON] It's crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be Vice President [JEFFERSON] Yeah, you know what? We can change that. You know why? [MADISON] Why? [JEFFERSON] ‘cuz I'm the President. Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement