Checks and Balances (from the Netflix Series "We The People")

(Check, check, check, check, check, check, check) Check one, check two, check two, check three Yeah, I'll check 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 100 of us 435 of us Our incentive is Representin' you, you Every state elects two of us We're 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 We bring the pen and the pad and we legislate We read your letters Let 'em 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 odds we reach across And 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 Separate powers The Congressional crowd is here for you (woo) 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, yo (bring that 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 in 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 in your 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 balances Oh, we are the Supremes And we run this place We dedicate our lives to hear your landmark case We evaluate and interpret the laws of the land And if they violate the Constitution They do not stand (We work for you) Lower federal courts Act with firm resolution Ruling on cases 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 push for legislation But we can chickity-check that, we run appropriation The people look to me to provide a solution We check that your solution upholds the Constitution Check two We're the nine who establish legal precedent Check out who picks your next in line Yes, it's the president Chickity-check yourself, you need us to push 'em through Check three, then we turn around and check you Checks and balances (check, check, check, check) Checks and balances (check, check, check, check) Checks and balances (check, check, check, check) Checks and balances (check, check, check, check) (Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check)