作词 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/2Pac/Tyrone Wrice/Joseph Paquette/Bruce Washington/Yafeu Fula/Katari Cox/Rufus Cooper III 作曲 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/2Pac/Tyrone Wrice/Joseph Paquette/Bruce Washington/Yafeu Fula/Katari Cox/Rufus Cooper III 制作人 : Lin-Manuel Miranda 混音 : Tim Latham 编程 : Lin-Manuel Miranda 母带工程师 : Chris Gehringer The issue on the table A petition from a Quaker delegation in Philadelphia calling on Congress To end the African slave trade and abolish slavery In all its forms This petition was written and signed by Benjamin Franklin
It cannot go ignored This comes to a vote in Congress What is the White House's position Secretary Jefferson you first Tread lightly Sir The constitution clearly states That the states have to wait Until eighteen oh eight to debate On whether to end the slave trade And whether or not you want it guys That is the final compromise we made Sir wait But for a second let us say that we can legislate Unanimous emancipation freedom reigns and yes it's great We cannot cure prejudice or righteous desperate hate So back to Africa or do they get a separate state
In 1784 I tried to float banning slavery in the West My notion didn't get a single vote Slavery's a sin it's growing like a cancer But we can't address the question if we do not have an answer
Is it my turn Good
Plantation states are packed with promise makers Do you realize the precious time these legislators wasted Institutionalizing slavery only multiplies our troubles Wait till the 1800's and their population doubles You all know This is the stain on our soul and democracy A land of the free No it's not it's hypocrisy To subjugate dehumanize a race call 'em property And say that we are powerless to stop it can you not foresee Sir even you you have hundreds of slaves Whose descendants will curse our names when we're safe in our graves How will the south find labor for its businesses How will Thomas Jefferson find his next mistresses
How dare you Yet still people follow like lemmings All your hemming and hawing while you're hee hawing with Sally Hemings That's enough Well you asked how I feel I don't pretend to know the answer but the question is real
If I may Mr President Madison Let's take this moment to establish a precedent First of all sir we won't involve you in this Imagine this debate with all of congress it's ruinous I'll reassure the South 1808 is still the year That was agreed upon That buys us time and assuages fear I'll tell the North that on January 1st Of that year we'll ban importation handling the worst Once I get all this agreed upon I'll pick up a pen And introduce a notion never to discuss this again Mr President Hamilton if we support emancipation Every single slave owner will demand compensation And as for slandering Jefferson with talk of mistresses Do you really wanna Do you really wanna have that conversation
No
Madison execute your plan to the letter Let's hope the next generation thinks of something better
[00:00.00] 作词 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/2Pac/Tyrone Wrice/Joseph Paquette/Bruce Washington/Yafeu Fula/Katari Cox/Rufus Cooper III [00:00.05] 作曲 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/2Pac/Tyrone Wrice/Joseph Paquette/Bruce Washington/Yafeu Fula/Katari Cox/Rufus Cooper III [00:00.10] 制作人 : Lin-Manuel Miranda [00:00.15] 混音 : Tim Latham [00:00.20] 编程 : Lin-Manuel Miranda [00:00.25] 母带工程师 : Chris Gehringer [00:00.30]The issue on the table [00:02.10]A petition from a Quaker delegation in Philadelphia calling on Congress [00:06.33]To end the African slave trade and abolish slavery [00:09.84]In all its forms [00:11.56]This petition was written and signed by Benjamin Franklin [00:14.55] [00:15.06]It cannot go ignored [00:16.59]This comes to a vote in Congress [00:18.52]What is the White House's position [00:20.62]Secretary Jefferson you first [00:23.04]Tread lightly [00:24.37]Sir [00:25.35]The constitution clearly states [00:26.98]That the states have to wait [00:28.48]Until eighteen oh eight to debate [00:30.65]On whether to end the slave trade [00:33.05]And whether or not you want it guys [00:34.87]That is the final compromise we made [00:36.71]Sir wait [00:37.42]But for a second let us say that we can legislate [00:39.84]Unanimous emancipation freedom reigns and yes it's great [00:43.38]We cannot cure prejudice or righteous desperate hate [00:46.28]So back to Africa or do they get a separate state [00:49.18] [00:49.81]In 1784 I tried to float banning slavery in the West [00:53.09]My notion didn't get a single vote [00:55.34]Slavery's a sin it's growing like a cancer [00:57.83]But we can't address the question if we do not have an answer [01:00.94] [01:01.47]Is it my turn [01:02.74]Good [01:03.29] [01:03.91]Plantation states are packed with promise makers [01:06.08]Do you realize the precious time these legislators wasted [01:09.07]Institutionalizing slavery only multiplies our troubles [01:11.97]Wait till the 1800's and their population doubles [01:15.09]You all know [01:15.98]This is the stain on our soul and democracy [01:18.84]A land of the free [01:20.30]No it's not it's hypocrisy [01:21.85]To subjugate dehumanize a race call 'em property [01:24.95]And say that we are powerless to stop it can you not foresee [01:28.11]Sir even you you have hundreds of slaves [01:30.57]Whose descendants will curse our names when we're safe in our graves [01:33.56]How will the south find labor for its businesses [01:36.34]How will Thomas Jefferson find his next mistresses [01:39.20] [01:39.85]How dare you [01:40.56]Yet still people follow like lemmings [01:42.76]All your hemming and hawing while you're hee hawing with Sally Hemings [01:45.78]That's enough [01:47.08]Well you asked how I feel [01:48.50]I don't pretend to know the answer but the question is real [01:51.51] [01:52.29]If I may Mr President [01:54.16]Madison [01:55.23]Let's take this moment to establish a precedent [01:58.06]First of all sir we won't involve you in this [02:00.98]Imagine this debate with all of congress it's ruinous [02:03.94]I'll reassure the South 1808 is still the year [02:06.75]That was agreed upon [02:07.67]That buys us time and assuages fear [02:10.25]I'll tell the North that on January 1st [02:12.63]Of that year we'll ban importation handling the worst [02:15.95]Once I get all this agreed upon I'll pick up a pen [02:18.52]And introduce a notion never to discuss this again [02:21.69]Mr President [02:22.42]Hamilton if we support emancipation [02:24.83]Every single slave owner will demand compensation [02:27.87]And as for slandering Jefferson with talk of mistresses [02:30.89]Do you really wanna [02:31.94]Do you really wanna have that conversation [02:33.93] [02:37.49]No [02:37.71] [02:40.34]Madison execute your plan to the letter [02:42.80]Let's hope the next generation thinks of something better
