Checks and Balances (from the Netflix Series "We The People") - Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Daveed Diggs.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Robert Lopez
[00:00.345] 作曲 : Lin-Manuel Miranda/Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Robert Lopez
[00:00.690](Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check)
[00:05.697]Check one, check two, check two, check three
[00:08.704]Yeah, I'll check you if you check me
[00:11.453]Check one, check two, check two, check three
[00:14.939]Checks and balances
[00:17.444]Two houses
[00:18.695]The Senate
[00:19.691]And the House of Representatives
[00:20.704]100 of us
[00:21.448]435 of us
[00:22.941]Our incentive is Representing' you, you
[00:24.942]Every state elects two of us
[00:26.940]We're proportionally population-based, there's a slew of us
[00:29.439]Six-year terms
[00:30.191]Two-year terms
[00:31.191]And various committees
[00:32.445]Our concerns
[00:33.441]Are your concerns
[00:34.196]From all of your towns and cities
[00:35.441]We debate national matters from every state
[00:36.953]We bring the pen and the pad and we legislate
[00:38.443]We read your letters
[00:39.190]Let them affect us
[00:39.940]If we're not effective
[00:40.690]Don't reelect us
[00:41.691]We work for you, you, you
[00:42.701]We are the ones who make the laws
[00:44.190]We collect taxes
[00:45.190]Hold your applause
[00:46.190]These are the odds we reach across And all for you, you, you
[00:48.940]We can amend the Constitution
[00:50.194]We can repeal amendments, too
[00:51.705]American evolution truly depends on you
[00:53.941]True, true
[00:55.205]The president can't declare war without us
[00:56.198]Though their microphone's the loudest
[00:57.698]Separate power）
[00:58.691]The Congressional crowd is here for you (woo)
[01:00.694]We work for you (we work for you)
[01:01.690]Tell us what you wanna do (tell us what you wanna do)
[01:03.694]Bring the legislation through, yo, yo (bring that legislation through)
[01:05.449]Check one, check two, check two, check three
[01:08.444](I'll check you if you check me)
[01:10.941]Check one, check two, check two, check three
[01:14.190]Checks and balances
[01:17.440]I am the president which means I'm the elected resident of the White House
[01:24.570]I'm commander in chief and head of state
[01:29.569]I was elected as the executive,
[01:33.847]I'm expected to carry out the laws
[01:36.349]With my cabinet to cooperate
[01:39.858]I work for you And please take notice
[01:43.311]There's a power in your POTUS
[01:46.561]And a new law is created on Capitol Hill
[01:51.312]I work for you And if I veto That new bill will be finito
[01:58.084]Unless they override
[02:00.074]I decide How to do the people's will
[02:04.069](Check one, check two, check two, check three)
[02:07.320]Yo, I'll check you if you check me
[02:10.069](Check one, check two, check two, check three)
[02:13.330]Checks and balances
[02:16.819]Oh, we are the Supremes And we run this place
[02:21.830]We dedicate our lives to hear your landmark case
[02:28.072]We evaluate and interpret the laws of the land
[02:33.318]And if they violate the Constitution
[02:37.569]They do not stand (We work for you)
[02:40.822]Lower federal courts Act with firm resolution Ruling on cases involving tax Bankruptcy and the Constitution
[02:51.319](We work for you)
[02:54.504]We, the highest court Hear those cases on appeal And if five or more of us find against The law they doth repeal
[03:03.519]Check one I'm the one who can push for legislation
[03:06.518]But we can chickity-check that, we run appropriation
[03:09.755]The people look to me to provide a solution
[03:13.004]We check that your solution upholds the Constitution
[03:15.514]Check two
[03:16.264]We're the nine who establish legal precedent
[03:18.504]Check out who picks your next in line Yes, it's the president Chickity-check yourself, you need us to push 'em through
[03:24.514]Check three, then we turn around and check you
[03:27.517]Checks and balances (check, check, check, check)
[03:30.505]Checks and balances (check, check, check, check)
[03:33.262]Checks and balances (check, check, check, check)
[03:36.265]Checks and balances (check, check, check, check)
[03:40.762](Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check)