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The Decemberists - Ben Franklin's Song (from Hamildrops) [Official Audio]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Decemberists
The Decemberists
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy
Songwriter
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Electricity, yeah, you can all thank me
Took some lighting, a kite, and a fat brass key
And they're putting up streetlights in gay Paris
You're welcome from our young nation
[Verse 2]
I'm the only American the French wanna see
They call me a genius, I can't disagree
They have guns, they have funds
They can set us free, invest in my reputation
[Verse 3]
And do you know who the fuck I am?
Yeah, do you know who the fuck I am?
Do you know who the fuck I am?
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin
[Verse 4]
I said, "Early to bed, bitches, early to rise
May make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"
But soldiers are fighting for freedom, and they have no supplies
So diplomacy happens at night
[Verse 5]
John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
How he whines and parades and awaits a reply
As I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh
All right, diplomacy happens at night
[Verse 6]
And do you know who the fuck I am? (Who the fuck I am?)
Yeah, do you know who the fuck I am?
Do you know who the fuck I am? (Who the fuck I am?)
I am seventy-six-and-I'll-still-kick-your-ass fucking Franklin
[Verse 7]
The one pain that lingers, the hitch in my stride
Is my son back at home who I could not guide
Who sits all alone in a prison cell on the wrong side
Who stands against our young nation
[Verse 8]
So I play my ambassador part with pride
I am known in the world, and the world is wide
To my children, my sins may be magnified
But I'd do it all again, no hesitation
[Verse 9]
And do you know who the fuck I am? (Who the fuck I am?)
Yeah, do you know who the fuck I am?
Do you know who the fuck I am? (Who the fuck I am?)
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing Benjamin fucking Franklin
[Verse 10]
(Do you know who the fuck I am?)
Who the fuck I am?
(Do you know who the fuck I am?)
Who the fuck I am?
(Do you know who the fuck I am?)
[Verse 11]
I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing
Polymath, bifocal-wearing
Harp and glass-harmonica-playing
Benjamin fucking Franklin
Written by: Colin Meloy, Lin-Manuel Miranda

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