Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda's intense freestyle rap about hating open-plan offices

Go away, Karen!
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Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda's intense freestyle rap about hating open-plan offices
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In possibly the most relatable verses since Lizzo asked why men great 'til they gotta be great, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to freestyle about hating open-plan offices and other everyday pet peeves.

"Still hungover from my day on Sunday / Karen comes over, 'Looks like a case of the Mondays!'" spits Miranda. "Go away, Karen!"

Miranda was joined by the rest of his hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme: Anthony Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aneesa Folds, Chris Sullivan, Arthur Lewis and Bill Sherman. Though love is literally in their name, the group stuck to rapping about topics the audience hated, including college debt and Tinder dates with nasty bunions — and was rewarded with a standing ovation.

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Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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