Ben Franklin's Song

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Electricity
 Yeah, you can all thank me
 Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key
 And they're putting up streetlights in Gay Paris
 You're welcome from our young nation
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 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
 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 Fuckin' Franklin
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 I said, early to bed, bitches, early to rise
 They make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
 Soldiers are fighting for freedom, they have no supplies
 So diplomacy happens at night
 John Adams debates at the gates of Versailles
 He whines and parades and awaits a reply
 As I stay up late with a succulent breast or a thigh
 Alright, diplomacy happens at night
 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 76-and-I'll-Still-Kick-Your-Ass Fuckin' Franklin
 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
 Stands against our young nation
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 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
 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 Fuckin' Franklin
 (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?)
 I am Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writing
 Polymath, bifocal-wearing
 Hardened glass-harmonica-playing
 Benjamin Fuckin' Franklin
 

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Duration
03:43
Tempo
125 BPM

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