Lin-Manuel Miranda and Common blessed the Obama Summit with a freestyle

Of course there were "Hamilton" references.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Common blessed the Obama Summit with a freestyle
Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer;Charley Gallay/getty images

The Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago was a gathering of brilliant minds, but that doesn't mean there wasn't fun had, too.

The inaugural event went off without a hitch, and during a joint appearance at the Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture on Tuesday, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Common both took the time to drop a little rhyme on the audience.

The two take turns with few lines each, and of course there were a few Hamilton references thrown in for good measure.

"I told you all before I was inspired by Hamilton. He said Common sense keep coming on, he said I was the new form of the George Washington. And that's how it is, we got biz, you know what time it is....Manuel, check it out, we jam well...." rapped Common.

"I don't know how he do it. He really keep it fluid. I'm trying to learn from it here at this Obama Summit," Miranda rapped.

Common later tweeted a hilarious GIF of Michelle Obama, joking that it was her actual reaction during their freestyle.

Give Miranda and Common an Oscar and a Tony for this mini-performance please, because these future EGOTs have me on my knees (see what I did there).

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