25. Cabinet Battle #1

                                        

                                              
Cabinet Battle #1
                              
(By Lin-Manuel Miranda, more powerful than the president )
                              


                              
[McGONAGALL]
                              
Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you're here with us in London. Are you ready for a cabinet meeting??? The issue on the table: Mr. Malfoy's plan to reduce reparations on Death Eater families and allow them to have office. Mr. Weasley, you have the floor, sir!
                              


                              
[WEASLEY]
                              
'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité.'
                              
We fought for these ideals; we shouldn't settle for less
                              
These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em
                              
Don't act surprised, you guys, cuz I support 'em
                              
[WEASLEY/GRANGER]
                              
Oww
                              
[WEASLEY]
                              
But Malfoy forgets
                              
His plan would have us forget war crimes
                              
Now, place your bets as to who that benefits:
                              
The core of what Malfoy, a former Death Eater, represents
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Not true! I never was one!
                              
WEASLEY
                              
Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it
                              
If your family was for Death Eaters-
                              
They should bear the cost! 
                              
Yeah, until their debts are paid,
                              
I'm afraid, we should keeping taxing them
                              
To pay for our pain!
                              
In the war, we fought and died
                              
They wanted nothing but to kill muggleborns. 
                              
You just wanna forgive that!
                              
This financial plan is an outrageous insult
                              
It's too much forgiveness for any man to understand
                              
Stand with me in the land of the equality
                              
And pray we never see Malfoy's leniency
                              
Look, when Death Eaters stripped our rights, 
                              
we got frisky, imagine what gon' happen 
                              
when you let them get off scot-free?
                              
[McGONAGALL]
                              
Thank you, Head of International Relations Weasley. 
                              
Head Malfoy, your response?
                              
[MALFOY]
                              
Ronald. That was a real nice declaration
                              
Welcome to the present, 
                              
we're running a real nation
                              
Would you like to join us? or stay mellow
                              
Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in the Burrow?
                              
If we forgive the debts, the economy gets
                              
A new line of credit, a financial diuretic
                              
How do you not get it? 
                              
If we bring them back in, those who didn't fight, 
                              
The country gets an economic boost