Checks and Balances

(Check, check) (Check, check) (Check, check) (Check) Check one, check two Check two, check three Yeah, I'm checking you if you check me Check one, check two Check two, check three Checks and balances Two houses The senate and the house of representatives A hundred of us, four hundred thirty five of us Our incentive is representing you, you Every statе elects two of us We'rе proportionally population based There's a slew of us Six-year terms, two-year terms And various committees Our concerns are your concerns From all of your towns and cities We debate national matters from every state Bring the pen and pad and legislate We read your letters Let them affect us If we're not effective Don't reelect us We work for you, you, you We are the ones who make the laws We collect taxes Hold your applause These are the aisles we reach across All for you, you, you We can amend the constitution We can repeal amendments too American evolution truly depends on you True, true The president can't declare war without us Though their microphone's the loudest Seperate powers The congressional crowd is here for you We work for you (We work for you) Tell us what you wanna do (Tell us what you wanna do) Bring the legislation through, yo (Bring the legislation through) Check one, check two Check two, check three I'll check you if you check me Check one, check two Check two, check three Checks and balances I am the president Which means I'm the elected resident of the White House I'm commander of chief and head of state I was elected as the executive I'm expected to carry out the laws With my cabinet to cooperate I work for you, and please take notice There's a power when you're POTUS And a new law is created on Capitol Hill I work for you and if I veto That new bill will be finito Unless they override, I decide How to do the people's will Check one, check two Check two, check three Yo, I'll check you if you check me Check one, check two Check two, check three Checks and balthree Oh, we are the Supremes And we run this place We dedicate out lives To hear your landmark case We evaluate and interpret The laws of the land And if they violate the Constitution They will not stand (We work for you) Lower federal courts Act with firm resolution Ruling on cased involving tax Bankruptcy and the Constitution (We work for you) We, the highest court Hear those cases on appeal And if five or more of us find against The law they doth repeal Check one I'm the one who can work for legislation But we can checkity-check that we run appropriation The people look to me to provide a solution We check if your solution upholds the Constitution Check two We're the nine who establish legal president Check out who picks your next in line Yes, it's the president Checkity-check yourself You need us to push them through Check three, then we turn around and check you Checks and balances Checks and balances Checks and balances Checks and balances