HAHAHAHAHAHAHA idk how to start this. It feels much later than it is right now. So i'm kinda tired, but ima write & publish this for ya. Ok, I don't own anything. This would be My Shot, so here we go! (btw, it takes like an hour to write each chapter bc i have to type out the song and conversations in between, ima fall asleep during this,)
Chapter four: My Shot
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo i'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I am not throwing away my shot!
"Young? I'm not sure about that anymore!" John said jokingly, giving Alex's hand a little squeeze.
"Ha!" Alex laughed at the joke squeezing his hand back.
I'ma get a scholarship to King's college,
I probably shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish,
The problem is I have a lot of brains but no polish,
I gotta holler just to be heard with every word, I drop knowledge, ima diamond in the rough,
"But you're my diamond," Eliza whispers in her husband's ear,"
"Yes I am," he kissed her cheek.
A shiny piece of coal, tryin' to reach my goal,
My power of speech, unimpeachable,
I'm only 19 but my mind is older,
These New York city streets get colder,
I shoulder every burden, every disadvantage,
I've learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish,
I walk these streets famished,
(Whoop!)
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame,
But damn it's getting dark so let me spell out my name,
I am the
A L
E X
A N
D
E R
We are meant to be a colony that runs independently,
George and all of his soldiers let out cheers and old battle cries.
Meanwhile Britain keeps shittin' on us
endlessly ,
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,
Then King George turns around and runs a spending spree,
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free, so there will be a revolution in this century!
"Good job boys," George Washington told his officers.
"Thank you Your Excellency Sir," Alex told his commander.
"Alex, no need for that anymore, we're dead, you might as well call me George." George told his old Lt. Col., Alex nodded.
Enter me,
He says in parentheses,
Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me,
I will lay down my life if it sets us free,
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy,
Eliza took her free hand and motioned to all their children. "I think you did a mighty fine job if I do say so myself."
"Yes we did" Alex said and kissed her cheek once more. Eliza rested her head on her husband's shoulder. John looked over and let go of Alex's hand. Looking over at John quizzically, he then took his right hand and rubbed Eliza's back.
And I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
Hey yo I'm just like my country,
I'm young scrappy and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
Hey yo i'm just like my country i'm
Young scrappy and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot,
It's time to take a shot!
I dream of life without the monarchy,
Unrest in France will lead to onarchy?
Onarchy? How you say? How you say oh Anarchy,
The audience laughs at Lafayette's lack of English. (is that even what im trying to say? Idk, it's been 30 minutes since I began, this is my fifth time listening to my playlist in the past six hours… help)
When I fight, I make the other side panicky,
With my SHOT!
Yo, ima tailor's apprentice,
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis,
I'm joining the rebellion, cuz' i know it's
My chance to socially advance, instead of sewin'
Some pants.
I'm gonna take a SHOT!
But we'll never be truly free, until those in bondage
Have the same rights as you and me,
You and I, do or die, wait til' i sally in
On a stallion, with the first black battalion,
Have another SHOT!
Alex and John burst out laughing while Hercules and Lafayette have started flying around, as if they were rolling on the floor laughing.
Geniuses lower your voices,
You keep out of trouble and you double your
Choices,
I'm with you,
"I thought Burr was just telling us that he's not telling us what he's against of what he's for." Eliza whispered to Alex, who merely shrugged.
But the situation is fraught,
You've got to be carefully taught,
If you talk, your gonna get SHOT!
Burr, check what we got,
Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,
I think your pants look hot,
Laurens I like you a lot,
The dead laughed, John leaned over to Alex, "Aww! I do too!" John kissed Alex's cheek. Alex blushed and looked at him.
Alex whispered, "You missed," And quickly pecked his lips. John gasped, but Alex ignored him.
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
What are the odds that the gods put us all in one spot?
Poppin' a squat on conventional
Wisdom like it or not,
A bunch of revolutionary manumission, abolitionists,
Get me a position, show me where the ammunition is!
Oh, am I talking to loud?
Sometimes I get overexcited, shot off at the mouth,
"We know," Thomas piped up again.
"Thomas!" George spoke to him this time, "We are trying to watch a show!"
"Watch your mouth," Thomas said, although the General said nothing of offence.
Philip jumped up and flew to his parents, tears in his eyes, due to the conversation.
"Philip, what's wrong?" Eliza asked letting go of Alex's hand.
"Their conversation, it's uncomfortably close to the one I had with George Eacker, before, before…" Philip choked out. (re-reading this it makes him sound weak, so pretend he's like 7,)
Eliza gasped, pulling her eldest child closer to her.
I've never had a group of friends before, I promise that
I'll make y'all proud,
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
Hey yo I am just like my country,
I'm young scrappy and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
Hey yo I am just like my country,
I'm young scrappy and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot,
Everybody sing!
Woah woah woah,
Hey woah woah woah
Ay let 'em hear ya!
Let's go!
Woah woah woah I said shout it to the rooftops!
Woah woah, said, to the rooftops!
Woah woah c'mon!
Come on! Let's go!
Rise up
When your living on your knees you rise up!
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up!
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Rise up!
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,
When's it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If i see it comin' do I run or let it be?
Is it like a beat with no melody?
See I never thought i'd live past 20,
Where I come from some get half as many,
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask,
We have to make this moment last that's plenty
Scratch that, this is not a moment, it's the movement,
Where are all of the hungriest brothers with something to prove went?
We roll like Moses clamin' our promised land,
And? If we win our independence, 'zat a guarantee a freedom
For our descendants? Or will the blood be shed
Begin an endless cycle of death with no defendance?
I know the action on the street is exciting
But Jesus between the bleedin' and fightn',
I've been readin' and writin',
We need to handle our financial situation,
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
I'm past patiently waiting,
I'm passionatelymashing' every expectation,
Every action's an act of creation,
I'm laughing in the face of casualties and sorrow,
For the first time I'm thinking past tomorrow!
And I am not throwing away my shot,
I am not throwing away my shot,
Hey yo i'm just like my country,
I'm young scrappy and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot,
We're gonna rise up! (time to take a shot)
We're gonna rise up! (time to take a shot)
We're gonna rise up! Rise up!
It's time to take a shot!
Alex and John began to get a hang of seeing where the song was going and started to sing along. Laughing when they got a line wrong, as if they were 13 year old girls.
Rise up, rise up! It's time to take a shot!
Rise up! It's time to take a shot!
Rise up! take a shot! Shot shot!
And I am not throwing away my shot
Not throwing away my shot!
Instantly, all the dead men stood up and began clapping like crazy. Well, except for Thomas.
