[JAMES LAFAYETTE]
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’m not throwing away my shot!
Using espionage to escape bondage
I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, Lafayette’s calling
The problem is I got a lot of brains but I’m a novice
I gotta follow every word that can be heard
With every transfer, I drop knowledge!
They will never call my bluff, double agent is the role
Tryin’ to reach my goal
My power of breach: inconcievable
Only twenty but I’ll sub as soldier
These Virginia gov’ners gettin’ bolder, I shoulder
Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish
I farmed those fields famished
The plan is to beat Cornwallis at his own game
But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name
He is a—
[JAMES LAFAYETTE/ENSEMBLE]
G-E-N-E-R-A-L—L-Y, that’s why, I can tell I’m generally
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’m not throwing away my shot!
Using espionage to escape bondage
I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, Lafayette’s calling
The problem is I got a lot of brains but I’m a novice
I gotta follow every word that can be heard
With every transfer, I drop knowledge!
They will never call my bluff, double agent is the role
Tryin’ to reach my goal
My power of breach: inconcievable
Only twenty but I’ll sub as soldier
These Virginia gov’ners gettin’ bolder, I shoulder
Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish
I farmed those fields famished
The plan is to beat Cornwallis at his own game
But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name
He is a—
[JAMES LAFAYETTE/ENSEMBLE]
G-E-N-E-R-A-L—L-Y, that’s why, I can tell I’m generally
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