The sensational musical Hamilton is takin’ over my car with its trippin’ hip-hop beats and catchy lyrics. My kids sing/ rap along with the historical characters when it hits me... This shit is still relative today. Sure I got to spin some of it, but damn it’s so f*cking on point with modern day politics and life lessons in general.
1.      “The ten-dollar found father without father got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smart, by being a self-starter...”
 Regardless of background, greatness can come from any person in many forms. 2.      “... We’ll never be truly fee until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me...”
All persons are deserving of the same rights, period. 3.      “We have to make this moment last, that’s plenty” and “Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now.”
Live in the present, act in the present, be grateful for the present. That’s all the time that’s guaranteed. 4.      “... When I meet Thomas Jefferson... I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!”
Gender equality matters. 5.      “We gotta make an all out stand, ayo I’m gonna need a right-hand man.”
Oftentimes, takes the efforts of many to achieve a goal. 6.      “Love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep loving anyway. We laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes.” Other than the part about sinners, it’s true. Love doesn’t discriminate. Lin-Manual Miranda stated a similar sentiment another time: “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.” 7.      “Write day and night like you’re running out of time...”
To me, this doesn’t mean write every minute of every day, but rather to make sure I write every day. There is something powerful about putting my ideas and voice upon paper or a screen. 8.      “No one else was in the room where it happened.” I feel like a lot of Congressional laws get passed this way– with the American people uninformed of what trades are being made in order to get laws made. Even if the average citizen wanted to know, laws are in legalese which is veryhard to understand. Lobbyists and interest groups further burden the process of wheeling and dealing. 9.      “It must be nice to have Washington on your side.” Now, I realize that this song is about President Washington, but it could figurative now mean Washington, DC which is equated which politics. In order to be a politician, one must have connections... usually both monetary and power in nature. The average citizen barred from entering big stage politics. 10.   “What would you do if you had more time?” Take our days as we have them to make a difference in the world.
Overall, Hamilton is a powerful musical full of lessons for life, love, loss, and politics. So we'll keep rappin' in the car.