Rap has no equal in ‘Hamilton: The Sequel’

In honor of the smash play “Hamilton” being in town, today present “Hamilton: The Sequel.”

A time-traveling Alexander Hamilton arrives in 2019 Washington eager see how the American Revolution has fared.

He learns that the government is struck in chaos and conflict. A perplexed Hamilton stands in front of the Washington Monument and raps:

Hey, yo, what happened to my country?

It was like me, scrappy and hungry,

But now bloated, overfed, barely gets outta bed,

Fussin’ and Tweetin’ over nothin’ at all,

Something ‘bout a wall, what’s the story, y’all?

A disillusioned citizen sitting on a park bench explains to Hamilton that the nation is bitterly divided, mired in debt and heavily influenced by whoever funnels the most money to politicians. He raps the rest of the lesson:

Essentially, they cut taxes relentlessly,

But they flunked arithmetic and so the spending spree

goes on, and our kiddies will never be debt-free

The rich gettin’ paid off and I’m laid off, see?

Hamilton, who built the foundation of the American financial system while serving as secretary of the treasury under George Washington, says the