How does a Broadway creation, birthed in a nation
By a rapper-slash-writer, prove to be tighter and
brighter than anything that preceded it?
Our country, man, we needed it; in these desperate
times we found a message in rhymes
From a show-stopping
Son of an immigrant who was imminently
Positioned to go farther by working harder and being
a lot smarter
By being a self-starter, at 35 he avoided becoming
just a martyr
Thanks to his rampant creativity, he knew that
someday
Across the Great White Way he could make something
better
Something more colors of people could bring to
life together
He was making cultural history as a trend-setter
The box office got to popping and all the jaws they
dropped
Our man saw his future rise, rising high non-stop
Audiences responded, even better yet, they bonded
The message corresponded with what they didn’t
know they wanted
Well the word got around, they said
“This show is insane, man!”
Saved money for tickets knowing it was off the
chain, man
Won all the awards, critical and popular acclaim
And the world now knows his name. What’s his name,
man?
