"The Adams Administration" is the 11th song of Act Two of the musical Hamilton. It is the 34th song overall.
After Washington, who has been the support of Hamilton's power, steps down from office, Hamilton's political reputation starts to decline. He fights with John Adams, who is of his same political party, effectively destroying the Adams Administration and proving to further make worse his reputation.
Lyrics[]
[BURR]
How does Hamilton, the short-tempered
Protean creator of the Coast Guard
Founder of the New York Post
Ardently abuse his cabinet post
Destroy his reputation?
Welcome, folks, to
[BURR & COMPANY]
The Adams administration!
[BURR]
Jefferson's the runner-up
Which makes him the vice president
[JEFFERSON]
Washington can't help you now
No more mister nice president
[BURR]
Adams fires Hamilton
Privately calls him 'creole bastard' in his taunts
[JEFFERSON]
Say what?
[BURR]
Hamilton publishes his response
[HAMILTON]
Sit down, John, you fat mother–[BLEEP]!
[CROWD]
[reacts]
[BURR]
(spoken)
Hamilton is out of control.
[MADISON]
(spoken)
This is great! He's out of power, he holds no office, and he just destroyed president John Adams, the only other significant member of his party!
[JEFFERSON]
(spoken)
Hamilton is a host unto himself. As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat. Let's let him know what we know.
Trivia[]
- Although the bleeped line is ostensibly "You fat motherfucker!", Lin-Manuel Miranda revealed in a behind-the-scenes look at the recording that he actually said, "You fat mother fuckstick!"