Friday, December 9, 2016

History has its eyes on you

          I thoroughly enjoyed this song. The tempo at which this song is slow but it really works for this song because what Washington is telling Hamilton that he needs to be careful in every decision he makes because not only will it affect him, it will also affect the rest of the world. Something else that is in the background of the song is the sound of drum being played, to me it gives more of a military feel because both Hamilton and Washington are in the military and Washington is promoting Hamilton to his command.
          A line that I really like in the song is "History has its eyes on you" because it's very true especially since Hamilton is a famous figure and Washington is a very famous and a well respected president and commander and that all of that pressure will be passed onto Hamilton and Washington is telling Hamilton to basically don't do anything stupid while he is in charge because it will come back and haunt him.
          When I think about this song, I kinda compare Washington to be the father and Hamilton to be the son and the son is ready to head off into the world and become his own person and the dad is telling his son to be careful and to be cautious and think twice about something before he ever acts on anything because Washington has been down this path before and he knows the do's and the don'ts of his position and he is just telling Hamilton the mistakes that he made in the past so as to prevent Hamilton from making the same mistakes in the future.  

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