For a project in history, my friend Angelina and I parodied four songs so that they explained the three branches of government. Enjoy!
Judicial Branch: Parody of “Stay” by Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
You just want your own kind of living
But the constitution’s not forgiving
If you invade someone’s God-given rights, they’ll fight
The judicial system will listen in court to for slight
CHORUS:
We all have rights here in the USA
Here in the USA
Though you may think it’s dumb, which you’re free to say
The constitution is here to stay
When a law
Goes against our forefathers
It becomes
Nothing but a bother
A law’s such a big thing to swallow
It always must follow
The sacred constitution
The document that sprouted from the sacred American Revolution
CHORUS
Legislative Branch: Parody of “Royals” by Lorde
The legislative branch decides
What a law should be about
For our country
They send it to the judicial branch
To see if it fits
With the constitution
Then everybody’s like,
“OMG, this totally rocks
Lets make this into a law
Or they say
“This one’s not constitutional.”
Then legislative
Branch is like, “What’s going on?
We need to rewrite this law
To please the judicial branch of the USA.”
And we’ll never be royals
(Royals)
We’re a democracy
We all have to agree
On what the laws should be
And we’ll never be rulers
(Rulers)
That’s why there are three
Branches of the government
We all have to agree
On the laws
of the USA
Oh the laws
And we all have a say
Executive Branch: Parody of “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift
I’m on the phone with the judicial branch now
They want me to pass this law, but I don’t know how
There are pros and cons to this law
I have the power to VETO their plan
Or to pass it and enforce it in this land
I’m conflicted and my resolve is wavering
‘Cause I know what’s right
And I know what’s wrong
It’s hard being in charge of our nation
Feels like I’m trapped
And there’s no escape in sight
But I decided to run
And try to help this great nation of the USA
I wanted to have a say
And now I do.
Overall: Parody of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” from the Disney musical “Frozen”
There are three branches of Government
Together they help us out
They are trying to
Make the U.S. better
For me and you
They work with each other
The three in one
It’s just those three
There are three branches of government
Plus they’re a democracy
“I’m a communist.”
Okay, bye…
Still three branches of government
I wish you’d keep an open mind
Democracy could help you, too
Me and you
Two of a kind
Free and liberated
Life as it should be
It’s the life of the free
Do you wanna build a government
And make it a democracy
Communist, I know you’re in there
I know exactly where you’ve been
Soviets can’t help you now, my dear
It’s becoming clear
Your reign is done
Democracy’s in power
This is the hour
Of truth, and we wanna be free
This is our government