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Album Lyrics - Hamilton Full Album - Lyrics On Demand 5/6/17, 3:10 PM

[JEFFERSON]
Hamilton Musical Album Lyrics And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Hamilton Musical Lyrics
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
Hamilton Album: Act 1
Play "Hamilton"
[MADISON]
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
on Amazon Music Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
(Lyrics to the Full Album on one page) Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
Alexander Hamilton
[BURR]
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
[BURR] "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a The world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence [HAMILTON]
Impoverished, in squalor Alexander Hamilton
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
[LAURENS] But just you wait, just you wait...
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder [ELIZA]
By being a lot smarter When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
By being a self-starter Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a Half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick
Trading charter
[COMPANY]

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And Alex got better but his mother went quick [COMPANY]
Scammin'
[WASHINGTON]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide Plannin'
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside Oooh...
A voice saying
[WASHINGTON] [HAMILTON]
"You gotta fend for yourself." [COMPANY] Just you wait!
"Alex, you gotta fend for yourself."
Just you wait!
[WASHINGTON]
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf [COMPANY]
[BURR] In New York you can be a new man-
There would have been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute [WOMEN]
He woulda been dead or destitute In New York-
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord [MEN]
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford New York-
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on [HAMILTON]
The bow of a ship headed for a new land Just you wait!
In New York you can be a new man [COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton
[COMPANY]
In New York you can We are waiting in the wings for you
Be a new man-
In New York you can You could never back down
Be a new man- You never learned to take your time!

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Oh, Alexander Hamilton [MEN]


Just you wait
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame? [COMPANY]
Will they know you rewrote the game? Just you wait
The world will never be the same, oh
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
[BURR] We fought with him
The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him [LAURENS]
Me? I died for him
Another immigrant
Comin' up from the bottom [WASHINGTON]
Me? I trusted him
His enemies destroyed his rep
America forgot him [ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA]
[COMPANY] Me? I loved him
Alexander Hamilton
[BURR]
Waiting in the wings for you And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

You never learned to take your time! [COMPANY]


There's a million things I haven't done
Oh, Alexander Hamilton But just you wait!
Alexander Hamilton...
America sings for you [BURR]
Will they know what you overcame? What's your name, man?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh [COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton!

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You punched the bursar

Aaron Burr, Sir [HAMILTON]


Yes!
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revolution. He
looked at me like I was stupid, I'm not stupid
[COMPANY]
1776. New York City So how'd you do it? How'd you graduate so fast?

[HAMILTON] [BURR]
Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir? It was my parents' dying wish before they passed

[BURR] [HAMILTON]
That depends. Who's asking? You're an orphan. Of course! I'm an orphan
God, I wish there was a war!
[HAMILTON] Then we could prove that we're worth more
Oh, well, sure, sir Than anyone bargained for...
I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir
I have been looking for you [BURR]
Can I buy you a drink?
[BURR]
I'm getting nervous [HAMILTON]
That would be nice
[HAMILTON]
Sir... [BURR]
I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study While we're talking, let me offer you some free advice
when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched Talk less
him. It's a blur, sir. He handles the financials?
[HAMILTON]
[BURR] What?

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...like I said...
[BURR]
Smile more [LAURENS]
Show time! Show time! Yo!
[HAMILTON] I'm John Laurens in the place to be!
Ha Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three, uh!
Those redcoats don't want it with me!
[BURR] Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I'm free!
Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for
[LAFAYETTE]
[HAMILTON] Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette!
You can't be serious The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!
I came from afar just to say "Bonsoir!"
[BURR] Tell the King "Casse toi!" Who's the best?
You wanna get ahead? C'est moi!

[HAMILTON] [MULLIGAN]
Yes Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan
Up in it, lovin' it, yes I heard ya mother said "Come again?"
[BURR] Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course
Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead It's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets...

[LAURENS] [LAURENS]
Yo yo yo yo yo! No more sex, pour me another brew, son!
What time is it? Let's raise a couple more...

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] [LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Show time! To the revolution!

[BURR] [LAURENS]

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Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton college! [MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]


Ooh, who is this kid? What's he gonna do?
[MULLIGAN]
Aaron Burr!

My Shot
[LAURENS]
Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)

[BURR]
[HAMILTON]
Good luck with that: you're takin' a stand
I am not throwing away my shot!
You spit. I'm ‘a sit. We'll see where we land
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
Boooo!
And I'm not throwing away my shot!
I'm ‘a get a scholarship to King's College
[LAURENS]
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
Burr, the revolution's imminent. What do you stall for?
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard
[HAMILTON]
With every word, I drop knowledge!
If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
[LAURENS]
Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable
Ooh
Only nineteen but my mind is older
Who are you? [MULLIGAN]
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
Ooh
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish
Who are you? [LAFAYETTE]
I walk these streets famished
Ooh
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name
Who are you?
I am the-

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[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
A-L-E-X-A-N-D My shot!
E-R-we are-meant to be...
And I'm not throwing away my shot.
[HAMILTON]
A colony that runs independently [HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly I am not throwing away my shot
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly I am not throwing away my shot
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree Hey yo, I'm just like my country
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free I'm young, scrappy and hungry
So there will be a revolution in this century And I'm not throwing away my shot
Enter me! It's time to take a shot!

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] [LAFAYETTE]
(He says in parentheses) I dream of life without a monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy?
[HAMILTON] ‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?'
Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me When I fight, I make the other side panicky
I will lay down my life if it sets us free With my-
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy
[HAMILTON] [HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
And I am not throwing away Shot!
My shot
I am not throwing away [MULLIGAN]
My shot Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
Hey yo, I'm just like my country And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm young, scrappy and hungry I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
And I'm not throwing away my shot To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!
[LAURENS] I'm gonna take a-
My shot!

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[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Shot! Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
[LAURENS] I never had a group of friends before
But we'll never be truly free I promise that I'll make y'all proud
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in [LAURENS]
On a stallion with the first black battalion Let's get this guy in front of a crowd
Have another-
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE]
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] I am not throwing away my shot
Shot! I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
[BURR] I'm young, scrappy and hungry
Geniuses, lower your voices And I'm not throwing away my shot
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught I am not throwing away my shot
You've got to be carefully taught: I am not throwing away my shot
If you talk, you're gonna get shot! Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
[HAMILTON] And I'm not throwing away my shot
Burr, check what we got [LAURENS]
Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot Ev'rybody sing:
I think your pants look hot Whoa, whoa, whoa
Laurens, I like you a lot Hey!
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot... Whoa!
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot Wooh!!
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not Whoa!
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Ay, let ‘em hear ya!
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

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Let's go! When are these colonies gonna rise up?


When are these colonies gonna rise up?
I said shout it to the rooftops! When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Said, to the rooftops!
Come on! Rise up!
[COMPANY]
Come on, let's go! [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/ Whoa! Whoa!
MULLIGAN] Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Rise up!
Whoa!
[HAMILTON]
Yea! I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
When's it gonna get me?
[COMPANY] In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?
Whoa! Is it like a beat without a melody?
Whoa! See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Where I come from some get half as many
Yea! Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
[LAURENS]
Rise up! Scratch that
When you're living on your knees, you rise up This is not a moment, it's the movement
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up Where all the hungriest brothers with
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up Something to prove went?
[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE] Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
When are these colonies gonna rise up? We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land

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And? If we win our independence? [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/


‘Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? LAURENS/MULLIGAN]
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless Time to take a shot!
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin' Time to take a shot!
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' ‘n fightin'
I've been readin' ‘n writin' Take a shot!
We need to handle our financial situation Shot!
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation? Shot!
I'm past patiently waitin'. I'm passionately A-yo it's
Smashin' every expectation Time to take a shot!
Every action's an act of creation! Time to take a shot!
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow And I am-
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow [ENSEMBLE]
Not throwing away my shot
[HAMILTON AND COMPANY]
And I am not throwing away my shot Not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country We're gonna
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot Rise up!
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/ Rise up!
LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! Rise up!
We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! Rise up!
We're gonna
Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
Time to take a shot! Rise up!

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Ri- ri- ri- [HAMILTON]


And when our children tell our story...
Time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot! [LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
And I am- And when our children tell our story...

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] [HAMILTON]
Not throwin' away my- They'll tell the story of tonight

COMPANY [MULLIGAN]
Not throwin' away my shot! Let's have another round tonight

[LAFAYETTE]
Let's have another round tonight

Story Of Tonight
[HAMILTON]
Let's have another round tonight
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)

[LAURENS]
[HAMILTON]
Raise a glass to freedom
I may not live to see our glory!
Something they can never take away
No matter what they tell you
[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
Raise a glass to the four of us
I may not live to see our glory!

[LAURENS/MULLIGAN]
[HAMILTON]
Tomorrow there'll be more of us
But I will gladly join the fight!

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
Telling the story of tonight
But I will gladly join the fight!

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[HAMILTON] They'll tell the story of tonight


They'll tell the story of tonight [MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/
ENSEMBLE]
[LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE] Raise a glass to freedom
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away Raise a glass to freedom

[HAMILTON] They'll tell the story of-


No matter what they tell you
[FULL ENSEMBLE]
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE] Tonight
Let's have another round tonight

[LAURENS]
Schuyler Sisters
Raise a glass to the four of us

(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)


[HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
Tomorrow there'll be more of us
[BURR]
There's nothing rich folks love more
[HAMILTON/LAURENS]
Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor
Telling the story of tonight
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
Just to watch them talk
Let's have another round tonight
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
ENSEMBLE]
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
They'll tell the story of tonight
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at-

They'll tell the story of tonight


[COMPANY]
Work, work!

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Daddy said to be home by sundown


[ANGELICA]
Angelica! [ANGELICA]
Daddy doesn't need to know
[COMPANY]
Work, work! [PEGGY]
Daddy said not to go downtown
[ELIZA]
Eliza! [ELIZA]
Like I said, you're free to go
[PEGGY]
And Peggy! [ANGELICA]
But-look around, look around, the
[COMPANY] Revolution's happening in New York
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters! [ELIZA/PEGGY]
New York
[ANGELICA]
Angelica! [COMPANY]
Angelica
[PEGGY]
Peggy! [SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY]
Work!
[ELIZA]
Eliza! [PEGGY]
It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war
[COMPANY]
Work! [ELIZA]
People shouting in the square
[PEGGY]

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[PEGGY] [BURR]
It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore Wooh! There's nothin' like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty
[ANGELICA] Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
New ideas in the air But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels
[ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE] You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Look around, look around-
[ANGELICA]
[ELIZA] Burr, you disgust me
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for...
[BURR]
[ALL MEN] Ah, so you've discussed me
She's lookin' for me! I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
[ANGELICA]
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work [ANGELICA]
I'm lookin' for a mind at work! I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
I'm lookin' for a mind at work! So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
Whooaaaaa! You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:
[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY]
Whooaaaaa! [ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY]
Work! [COMPANY] "We hold these truths to be self-evident
Work, work! That all men are created equal"

Work, work! [ANGELICA]


Work, work! And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

Work! [COMPANY]
Unh!

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[ANGELICA] [ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY]
I'm ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel! We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal
Whoo! [ELIZA/PEGGY]
[WOMEN] Look around, look around
Work!
The revolution's happening in-
[ELIZA]
Look around, look around at how [ELIZA/PEGGY]
Lucky we are to be alive right now! New York!

[ELIZA/PEGGY] In New York!


Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now! [FEMALE ENSEMBLE]
Look around
[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY] Look around
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest
city in the world! At how lucky we are to be alive right now [MEN]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY]
In the greatest city in the world! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[ANGELICA]
Cuz I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine [WOMEN]
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane Look around, look around the revolution's happening

[ANGELICA] Hey! Hey!


You want a revolution?
I want a revelation Hey! Hey!

So listen to my declaration: Hey! Hey!

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Work, work!
Hey! Hey! Work, work!

[FULL COMPANY] Work, work!


Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! [ANGELICA]
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be Angelica!

[ALL WOMEN] [ELIZA]


In the greatest city in the world Eliza!

[ALL MEN] [PEGGY]


In the greatest city- And Peggy!

[COMPANY] [ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY]
In the greatest city in the world! The Schuyler sisters!
[COMPANY]
Work, work! We're looking for a mind at work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
[ANGELICA]
Work, work! Whoa!
Work, work!
In the greatest
Work, work! City in the world

Work, work! [ELIZA/PEGGY]


Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[COMPANY] In the greatest

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They're playing a dangerous game


City in the world I pray the king shows you his mercy
For shame, for shame...
[COMPANY] [HAMILTON]
In the greatest city in the world! Yo!
He'd have you all unravel at the
Sound of screams but the
Revolution is comin'
Farmer Refuted
The have-nots are gonna
Win this
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

[SEABURY]
Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us, honestly you shouldn't even talk. And
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
what about Boston? Look at the cost, n' all that we've lost n' you talk
And I present "Free Thoughts on the
About Congress?!
Proceedings of the Continental Congress!"
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution
My dog speaks more eloquently than thee!
They have not your interests at heart

But strangely, your mange is the same


[MULLIGAN]
Oh my God. Tear this dude apart
Is he in Jersey?

[SEABURY]
For the revolution!
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
[SEABURY]
Don't let them lead you astray
Heed not the rabble
This Congress does not speak for me
Who scream
Revolution, they
[BURR]
Have not your
Let him be
Interests
At heart
[SEABURY]

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Honestly, look at me, please don't read!


Chaos and bloodshed are
Not a [SEABURY]
Solution. Don't Not your interests-
Let them lead you
Astray [HAMILTON]
This Congress does not Don't modulate the key then not debate with me!
Speak for me Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?

They're playing a dangerous game [BURR]


Alexander, please!
I pray the king shows you his mercy
[HAMILTON]
For shame Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive, drop the niceties

For shame, [ENSEMBLE]


Silence! A message from the King!
[COMPANY] A message from the King!
For the revolution!
[FULL COMPANY]
[SEABURY] A message from the King!
Heed-

[HAMILTON]
You'll Be Back
If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna-

(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)


[SEABURY/HAMILTON]
Scream-
[KING GEORGE]
You say
[HAMILTON]
The price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay

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You cry My loyal, royal subject


In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever...
Why so sad?
Remember we made an arrangement when you went away You'll be back
Now you're making me mad Like before
Remember, despite our estrangement, I'm your man I will fight the fight and win the war
You'll be back For your love
Soon you'll see For your praise
You'll remember you belong to me And I'll love you till my dying days
You'll be back When you're gone
Time will tell I'll go mad
You'll remember that I served you well So don't throw away this thing we had
Oceans rise
Empires fall Cuz when push comes to shove
We have seen each other through it all I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
And when push Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Comes to shove Da da dat dat da ya da!
I will send a fully armed battalion Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
To remind you of my love! Da da dat-
Everybody!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da! [ENSEMBLE]
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da... Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da
You say our love is draining and you can't go on Dat dat da ya da!
You'll be the one complaining when I am gone...
And no, don't change the subject
Cuz you're my favorite subject
Right Hand Man
My sweet, submissive subject

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(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) Rise up!

[COMPANY] [HAMILTON]
British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water We will fight for this land
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor But there's only one man
[ENSEMBLE 1] Who can give us a command so we can-
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
When they surround our troops! Rise up!
They surround our troops!
When they surround our troops! [HAMILTON]
[ENSEMBLE 2] Understand? It's the only way to-
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
They surround our troops! Rise up! Rise up!
They surround our troops!
[HAMILTON]
[HAMILTON] Here he comes!
As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
I knew that I was poor [ENSEMBLE]
I knew it was the only way to- Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] [BURR]
Rise up! Ladies and gentlemen!

[HAMILTON] [ENSEMBLE]
If they tell my story Here comes the General!
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or-
[BURR]
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] The moment you've been waiting for!

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[ENSEMBLE] [WASHINGTON]
Here comes the General! Check it-
Can I be real a second?
[BURR] For just a millisecond?
The pride of Mount Vernon! Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
[ENSEMBLE] The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Here comes the General! Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
Writin' letters to relatives
[BURR] Embellishin' my elegance and eloquence
George Washington! But the elephant is in the room
[WASHINGTON] The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go...
We are outgunned
[ENSEMBLE]
Outmanned Boom!

Outnumbered [WASHINGTON]
Outplanned Any hope of success is fleeting
How can I keep leading when the people I'm
We gotta make an all out stand Leading keep retreating?
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man. We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
ENSEMBLE Knight takes rook, but look
What? [WASHINGTON]
We are outgunned
What?
Outmanned
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!
Outnumbered
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! Outplanned

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[MULLIGAN]
We gotta make an all out stand Shh-boom! [COMPANY]
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man Boom!

Incoming! [WASHINGTON]
[ENSEMBLE] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and...
What?
[COMPANY]
What? Boom!

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! [WASHINGTON]


Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay and...
Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!
[COMPANY]
[HAMILTON] Boom!
They're battering down the Battery check the damages
[WASHINGTON]
[MULLIGAN] There's another ship and...
Rah!
[COMPANY]
[HAMILTON] Boom!
We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages
[WASHINGTON]
[MULLIGAN] We just lost the southern tip and...
Rah!
[COMPANY]
[HAMILTON] Boom!
Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Hamilton won't abandon ship [WASHINGTON]
Yo, let's steal their cannons- We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip

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Guns and horses giddyup From a distance


I decide to divvy up
My forces, they're skittish as the British cut the city up [WASHINGTON]
This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny Huh
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Are these the men with which I am to defend America? [BURR]
We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of
I cannot be everywhere at once, people fleeing west
I'm in dire need of assistance...
[WASHINGTON]
[BURR] Yes?
Your excellency, sir!
[BURR]
[WASHINGTON] Well-
Who are you?
[HAMILTON]
[BURR] Your excellency, you wanted to see me?
Aaron Burr, Sir?
Permission to state my case? [WASHINGTON]
Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
[WASHINGTON]
As you were [HAMILTON]
Yes, sir
[BURR]
Sir [HAMILTON AND BURR]
I was a captain under General Montgomery We keep meeting
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec
And well, in summary [BURR]
I think that I could be of some assistance As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
I admire how you keep firing on the British

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[WASHINGTON]
Burr? [HAMILTON]
To be their Secretary? I don't think so
[BURR]
Sir? [WASHINGTON]
Why're you upset?
[WASHINGTON]
Close the door on your way out [HAMILTON]
I'm not-
[HAMILTON]
Have I done something wrong, sir? [WASHINGTON]
It's alright, you want to fight, you've got a hunger
[WASHINGTON] I was just like you when I was younger
On the contrary Head full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr?
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh [HAMILTON]
Yes
[HAMILTON]
Sir? [WASHINGTON]
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder
[WASHINGTON]
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff? [HAMILTON]
Why are you telling me this?
[HAMILTON]
Sir! [WASHINGTON]
I'm being honest
[WASHINGTON] I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
Don't get me wrong, you're a young man, of great renown We are a powder keg about to explode
I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?
Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you...

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[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)] I'll rise above my station, organize your information, ‘til we rise to the
I am not throwin' away my shot! occasion of our new nation. Sir!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young [ENSEMBLE]
Scrappy and hungry! Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON] [HAMILTON]
I am not throwing away my shot! Rise up!

[WASHINGTON] [HAMILTON]
Son Rise up!

[WASHINGON AND COMPANY] [ENSEMBLE]


We are outgunned, outmanned! Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON] [HAMILTON]
You need all the help you can get Rise up! [COMPANY]
I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan Boom!
Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
Chicka-boom!
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Outnumbered, outplanned! [ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[HAMILTON]
We'll need some spies on the inside [SCHUYLER SISTERS]
Some King's men who might let some things slide Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
I'll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies, you rally the guys, master [SCHUYLER SISTERS AND WOMEN]
the element of surprise Rise up! [ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY]
Whoa, whoa, whoa...

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[FULL COMPANY]
Whoa, whoa, whoa... Boom!

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY AND WOMEN]


Whoa, whoa, whoa...
A Winter's Ball

[LAURENS/
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
LAFAYETTE/
MULLIGAN]
[BURR]
What?
How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore
Go on and on
[LAURENS/
Grow into more of a phenomenon?
LAFAYETTE/
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother
MULLIGAN]
Be seated at the right hand of the father
What?
Washington hires Hamilton right on sight
But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write
[LAURENS/
Now Hamilton's skill with a quill is undeniable
LAFAYETTE/
But what do we have in common? We're
MULLIGAN]
Reliable with the
What?

[ALL MEN]
[FULL COMPANY]
Ladies!
Here comes the General!

[BURR]
[HAMILTON]
There are so many to deflower!
What?

[ALL MEN]
[WASHINGTON]
Ladies!
And his right hand man!

[BURR]

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Looks! Proximity to power


(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
[ALL MEN]
Ladies! [HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)]
Hey hey hey hey
[BURR] [ELIZA]
They delighted and distracted him Ohh, I do I do I do I
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him! Dooo! Hey!
Ohh, I do I do I do I
[HAMILTON] Dooo! Boy you got me [ALL WOMEN]
That's true Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
[FULL COMPANY] Hey hey hey hey
1780 Hey hey hey

[BURR] [ELIZA AND WOMEN]


A winter's ball Helpless!
And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm helpless!
Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in ‘em

[HAMILTON] [ELIZA]
Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one? I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
[HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS] Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room
Hey Then you walked in and my heart went "Boom!"
Hey Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Hey hey Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume

[ELIZA AND WOMEN]


Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
Helpless

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[ELIZA] Oooh
Grab my sister, and
Whisper, "Yo, this Helpless!
One's mine."
Look into your eyes
My sister made her way across the room to you And the sky's the limit
And I got nervous, thinking "What's she gonna do?" I'm
She grabbed you by the arm, I'm thinkin' "I'm through" Helpless!
Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm Down for the count
Helpless! And I'm drownin' in ‘em

Oh, look at those eyes I'm helpless!

Oh! Look into your eyes


Yeah, I'm And the sky's the limit I'm helpless!
Helpless, I know
Down for the count
I'm so into you And I'm drownin' in ‘em.
I am so into you
[HAMILTON]
I know I'm down for the count Where are you taking me?
And I'm drownin' in ‘em.
[ANGELICA]
[ALL WOMEN] I'm about to change your life
Oooh
[HAMILTON]
Oooh Then by all means, lead the way

Oooh [ELIZA]
Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you

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My father's stone-faced
[HAMILTON] While you're asking for his blessin'
Schuyler? I'm dying inside, as
You wine
[ANGELICA] And dine
My sister And I'm tryin' not to cry
‘cause there's nothing that your mind can't do
[ELIZA] My father makes his way across the room
Thank you for all your service To you
I panic for a second, thinking
[HAMILTON] "we're through"
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it But then he shakes your hand and says
"Be true"
[ANGELICA] And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm
I'll leave you to it Helpless!

[ELIZA AND WOMEN] Helpless!


One week later Hoo!

[ELIZA] That boy is mine


I'm writin' a letter nightly That boy is mine!
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
Laughin' at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem Helpless! Helpless!
Down for the count
[ANGELICA] And I'm drownin' in em
I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him
[ELIZA] [ALL WOMEN]
Ha! Stressin'
Two weeks later
In the living room stressin' Blessin'

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A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain


Oooh Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
Oooh No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out
Oooh I've been livin' without a family since I was a child
My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
Oooh But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real
And long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to God
Helpless! You'll never feel so...
Look into your eyes
And the sky's the [HAMILTON]
Limit I'm Eliza...
Helpless!
Down for the count I've never felt so-
And I'm drownin' in
‘em I'm My life is gon' be fine cuz Eliza's in it.
Helpless! [ELIZA]
I do I do I do I do!
Look into your eyes
And the sky's the I do I do I do I do!
Limit I'm
Helpless! Hey, yeah, yeah!
Down for the count
And I'm drownin' in em I'm down for the count
I'm-
[HAMILTON]
Eliza, I don't have a dollar to my name I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame I'm
All I have's my honor, a tolerance for pain

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...drownin' in ‘em. [ALL WOMEN] Satisfied


Helpless!
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Helpless!
[LAURENS]
Helpless! Alright, alright. That's what I'm talkin' about!
Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor
Down for the count Angelica Schuyler!
And I'm drownin' in ‘em [ANGELICA]
A toast to the groom!
Helpless!
To the bride!
Helpless!
From your sister
Helpless!
Who is always by your side
Down for the count
And I'm drownin' in ‘em. To your union

Wedding march plays And the hope that you provide

[ALL WOMEN] May you always...


In New York, you can be a new man...
In New York, you can be a new man... Be satisfied.
In New York, you can be a new man...
[ALL MEN]
[ELIZA] To the groom!
Helpless To the groom!
To the groom!

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To the bride! By your side!


To the bride!
To the union!
Angelica! To the revolution!
Angelica!
Angelica! You provide!

By your side! Always-

To the union! Rewind-


To the revolution!
[ANGELICA]
You provide! I remember that night, I just might
You provide! Regret that night for the rest of my days

[HAMILTON AND MEN] I remember those soldier boys


Always- Tripping over themselves to win our praise

Rewind- I remember that dreamlike candlelight


Like a dream that you can't quite place
[ALL WOMEN]
To the groom! But Alexander, I'll never forget the first
Time I saw your face
To the bride!
I have never been the same
To the bride! Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame
And when you said "Hi," I forgot my dang name
[ELIZA AND WOMEN] Set my heart aflame, ev'ry part aflame
Angelica!
[FULL COMPANY]

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This is not a game... [ANGELICA]


So so so-
[HAMILTON] So this is what it feels like to match wits
You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied With someone at your level! What the hell is the catch? It's
The feeling of freedom, of seein' the light
[ANGELICA] It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right?
I'm sure I don't know what you mean. You forget yourself The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes
Ev'rything we said in total agreement, it's
[HAMILTON] A dream and it's a bit of a dance
You're like me. I'm never satisfied A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance. He's a
Bit of a flirt, but I'm ‘a give it a chance
[ANGELICA] I asked about his fam'ly, did you see his answer?
Is that right? His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?
He's penniless, he's flying by the seat of his pants
[HAMILTON]
I have never been satisfied Handsome, boy, does he know it!
Peach fuzz, and he can't even grow it!
[ANGELICA] I wanna take him far away from this place
My name is Angelica Schuyler Then I turn and see my sister's face and she is...

[HAMILTON] [ELIZA]
Alexander Hamilton Helpless...

[ANGELICA] [ANGELICA]
Where's your fam'ly from? And I know she is...

[HAMILTON] [ELIZA]
Unimportant. There's a million things I haven't done but Helpless...
Just you wait, just you wait...
[ANGELICA]

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And her eyes are just... Alexander is penniless


Ha! That doesn't mean I want him any less
[ELIZA]
Helpless... [ELIZA]
Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you
[ANGELICA]
And I realize [HAMILTON]
Schuyler?
[ANGELICA AND COMPANY]
Three fundamental truths at the exact same time... [ANGELICA]
My sister
[HAMILTON]
Where are you taking me? [COMPANY]
Number two!
[ANGELICA]
I'm about to change your life [ANGELICA]
He's after me cuz I'm a Schuyler sister
[HAMILTON] That elevates his status, I'd
Then by all means, lead the way Have to be naïve to set that aside
Maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza
[COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA)] Now that's his bride
Number one! Nice going, Angelica, he was right
You will never be satisfied
[ANGELICA]
I'm a girl in a world in which [ELIZA]
My only job is to marry rich Thank you for all your service
My father has no sons so I'm the one
Who has to social climb for one [HAMILTON]
So I'm the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it
New York City is insidious

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[ANGELICA]
I'll leave you to it Who is always by your side

[COMPANY] To your union


Number three!
And the hope that you provide
[ANGELICA]
I know my sister like I know my own mind May you always
You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind
If I tell her that I love him she'd be silently resigned Be satisfied
He'd be mine
She would say, "I'm fine" And I know

[ANGELICA AND COMPANY] She'll be happy as


She'd be lying
His bride
[ANGELICA] And I know [ALL MEN (EXCEPT HAMILTON)]
But when I fantasize at night To the groom!
It's Alexander's eyes To the groom!
As I romanticize what might To the groom!
Have been if I hadn't sized him
Up so quickly To the bride!
At least my dear Eliza's his wife; To the bride!
At least I keep his eyes in my life...
[ANGELICA] Angelica!
To the groom! Angelica!

To the bride! By your side

From your sister To the union!

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To the revolution!
To the bride!
You provide!
You provide! [ELIZA AND WOMEN]
Angelica!
[HAMILTON AND MEN]
Always- By your side

Be satisfied To the union!


To the revolution!
Be satisfied
You provide!
[MEN]
Be satisfied Always-
Be satisfied
Be satisfied Be satisfied
Be satisfied
[WOMEN]
Be satisfied Be satisfied
Be satisfied
Be satisfied
Be satisfied
Be satisfied Be satisfied.
Be satisfied
Be satisfied. [ANGELICA]
He will never be satisfied
[ALL WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)] I will never be satisfied
To the groom!

To the bride!
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)

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(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) [MULLIGAN]


No matter what she tells you
[LAURENS]
I may not live to see our glory! [LAFAYETTE]
Let's have another round tonight!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
I may not live to see our glory! [LAURENS]
Raise a glass to the four of us!
[LAURENS]
But I've seen wonders great and small [LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON]
Ho!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
I've seen wonders great and small [MULLIGAN]
To the newly not poor of us!
[LAURENS]
‘Cause if the tomcat can get married [LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON]
Woo!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]
If Alexander can get married- [LAFAYETTE]
We'll tell the story of tonight
[LAURENS]
There's hope for our ass, after all! [LAURENS]
Let's have another round-
[LAFAYETTE]
Raise a glass to freedom [HAMILTON]
Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr
[LAURENS/MULLIGAN]
Hey! [BURR]
Something you will never see again! Sir!

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Yes, I do
[HAMILTON]
I didn't think that you would make it [BURR]
Now, be sensible
[BURR] From what I hear, you've made yourself indispensable
To be sure
[LAURENS]
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE] Well, well, I heard
Burr! You've got a special someone on the side, Burr

[BURR] [HAMILTON]
I came to say congratulations Is that so?

[MULLIGAN] [LAURENS]
Spit a verse, Burr! What are you tryin' to hide, Burr?

[BURR] [BURR]
I see the whole gang is here I should go

[LAFAYETTE] [HAMILTON]
You are the worst, Burr! No, these guys should go

[HAMILTON] [LAFAYETTE]
Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel What?
I wish I had your command instead of manning George's journal
[LAURENS]
[BURR] No!
No, you don't
[HAMILTON]
[HAMILTON] Leave us alone

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I will never understand you


[MULLIGAN] If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?
Man...
[BURR]
[HAMILTON] I'll see you on the other side of the war
It's alright, Burr. I wish you'd brought this girl with you tonight, Burr
[HAMILTON]
[BURR] I'll see you on the other side of the war
You're very kind, but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir

[HAMILTON]
Wait For It
What do you mean?

(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)


[BURR]
She's married
[BURR]
Theodosia writes me a letter everyday
[HAMILTON]
I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away
I see
He's on the British side in Georgia
He's trying to keep the colonies in line
[BURR]
But he can keep all of Georgia
She's married to a British officer
Theodosia, she's mine

[HAMILTON]
Love doesn't discriminate
Oh shit...
Between the sinners
And the saints
[BURR]
It takes and it takes and it takes
Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more
And we keep loving anyway
I'll see you on the other side of the war
We laugh and we cry
And we break
[HAMILTON]
And we make our mistakes

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And if there's a reason I'm by her side Between the sinners


When so many have tried And the saints
Then I'm willing to wait for it It takes and it takes and it takes
I'm willing to wait for it And we keep living anyway
[BURR] We rise and we fall
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher And we break
And we make our mistakes
But there are things that the And if there's a reason I'm still alive
Homilies and hymns won't teach ya When everyone who loves me has died
I'm willing to wait for it
My mother was a genius I'm willing to wait for it

My father commanded respect Wait for it

When they died they left no instructions [ENSEMBLE]


Just a legacy to protect Wait for it
Wait for it
[MEN] Wait for it
Preacher, preacher
Preacher [BURR]
I am the one thing in life I can control
Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya
[ENSEMBLE]
Respect, respect Wait for it
Wait for it
[WOMEN] Wait for it
Genius Wait for it

[BURR/ENSEMBLE] [BURR]
Death doesn't discriminate I am inimitable

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I am an original Climb
Climb
[ENSEMBLE] Climb
Wait for it
Wait for it [BURR]
Wait for it He has something to prove
Wait for it He has nothing to lose

[BURR] [ENSEMBLE]
I'm not falling behind or running late Lose
Lose
[ENSEMBLE] Lose
Wait for it Lose
Wait for it
Wait for it [BURR]
Wait for it Hamilton's pace is relentless
He wastes no time
[BURR]
I'm not standing still [ENSEMBLE]
I am lying in wait Time
Time
[ENSEMBLE] Time
Wait
Wait [BURR]
Wait What is it like in his shoes?

[BURR] Hamilton doesn't hesitate


Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb He exhibits no restraint
He takes and he takes and he takes
[ENSEMBLE] And he keeps winning anyway

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He changes the game And we make our mistakes


He plays and he raises the stakes And if there's a reason I'm still alive
And if there's a reason When so many have died
He seems to thrive when so few survive, then Goddamnit- Then I'm willin' to-
[BURR]
I'm willing to wait for it [BURR]
Wait for it...
I'm willing to wait for it...
Wait for it...
Life doesn't discriminate [WOMEN]
Between the sinners and the saints Wait for it...
It takes and it takes and it takes
Wait for it...
We rise
We fall Wait for it...

And if there's a reason I'm still alive Wait for it...


When so many have died
Then I'm willin' to- Wait for it...
[COMPANY]
I'm willing to wait for it [MEN]
Wait for it Wait for it...
Wait for...
I'm willing to- Wait for it...

Life doesn't discriminate Wait for it...


Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes Wait for it...
And we keep living anyway
We rise and we fall and we break Wait...

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[HAMILTON]
That's right
Stay Alive
[WASHINGTON]
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) Don't engage, strike by night
Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
[ELIZA]
Stay alive... [HAMILTON]
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
[ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN]
Stay alive... [WASHINGTON]
Outrun
[HAMILTON]
I have never seen the General so despondent [HAMILTON]
I have taken over writing all his correspondence Outrun
Congress writes, "George, attack the British forces."
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses [WASHINGTON]
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance Outlast
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
[HAMILTON]
[WASHINGTON] Outlast
The cavalry's not coming
[WASHINGTON]
[HAMILTON] Hit ‘em quick, get out fast
Sir!
[HAMILTON]
[WASHINGTON] Chick-a-plao!
Alex, listen. There's only one way for us to win this
Provoke outrage, outright [WASHINGTON]
Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past

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We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast Instead of me


He promotes
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] Charles Lee
Raise a glass! Makes him second-in-command:

[MULLIGAN] [LEE]
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship Charles Lee. [ELIZA/ANGELICA]
Stay alive...
[LAFAYETTE]
I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship [LEE]
I'm a General. Whee!!!!
[LAURENS]
I stay at work with Hamilton [HAMILTON]
We write essays against slavery Yeah. He's not the choice I would have gone with
And every day's a test of our camaraderie
And bravery [HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
[HAMILTON]
We cut supply lines, we steal contraband [WASHINGTON]
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand Ev'ryone attack!
And ev'ry day
"Sir, entrust me with a command," [LEE]
And ev'ry day Retreat!

[WASHINGTON] [WASHINGTON]
No Attack!

[HAMILTON] [LEE]
He dismisses me out of hand Retreat!
[HAMILTON]

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[WASHINGTON] [LEE]
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet! Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
[LEE] The best thing he can do for the revolution
But there's so many of them! Is turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon

[WASHINGTON] [COMPANY]
I'm sorry, is this not your speed?! Oo!!
Hamilton!
[WASHINGTON]
[HAMILTON] Don't do a thing. History will prove him wrong
Ready, sir!
[HAMILTON]
[WASHINGTON] But, sir!
Have Lafayette take the lead!
[WASHINGTON]
[HAMILTON] We have a war to fight, let's move along
Yes, sir!
[LAURENS]
[LAURENS] Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
[HAMILTON]
[LAFAYETTE] I can't disobey direct orders
As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
[LAURENS]
[HAMILTON] Then I'll do it
Charles Lee was left behind Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got
Without a pot to piss in
He started sayin' this to anybody who would listen: [HAMILTON]
Laurens, do not throw away your shot

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Your lieutenant when there's reckoning to be reckoned

Ten Duel Commandments [COMPANY]


Number three!
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
[LEE]
[MEN] Have your seconds meet face to face
One, two, three, four
[BURR]
[FULL COMPANY] Negotiate a peace...
Five, six, seven, eight, nine...
[HAMILTON]
[BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE] Or negotiate a time and place
It's the Ten Duel Commandments
[BURR]
[FULL COMPANY] This is commonplace, ‘specially ‘tween recruits
It's the Ten Duel Commandments
Number one! [COMPANY]
Most disputes die, and no one shoots
[LAURENS] Number four!
The challenge: demand satisfaction
If they apologize, no need for further action [LAURENS]
If they don't reach a peace, that's alright
[COMPANY] Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site
Number two!
[HAMILTON]
[LAURENS] You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility
If they don't, grab a friend, that's your second
[BURR]
[HAMILTON] You have him turn around so he can have deniability

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Alexander
[COMPANY]
Five! [HAMILTON]
Aaron Burr, sir
[LEE]
Duel before the sun is in the sky [BURR]
Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?
[COMPANY]
Pick a place to die where it's high and dry [HAMILTON]
Number six! Sure
But your man has to answer for his words, Burr
[HAMILTON]
Leave a note for your next of kin [BURR]
Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell or heaven lets you in With his life? We both know that's absurd, sir

[COMPANY] [HAMILTON]
Seven! Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous?

[LEE] [BURR]
Confess your sins. Ready for the moment of adrenaline when you finally face Okay, so we're doin' this
your opponent
[COMPANY]
[COMPANY] Number nine!
Number eight!
[HAMILTON]
[LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURR] Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher
Your last chance to negotiate Summon all the courage you require
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight... Then count

[BURR] [MEN]

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One two three four Yo, we gotta clear the field!

[FULL COMPANY] [HAMILTON]


Five six seven eight nine Go! We won

[HAMILTON/BURR] [COMPANY]
Number Here comes the General!

[COMPANY] [BURR]
Ten paces! This should be fun

[HAMILTON/BURR] [WASHINGTON]
Fire! What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General

[BURR]
Yes, sir
Meet Me Inside

[WASHINGTON]
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Lee, you will never agree with me
But believe me, these young men don't speak for me
[HAMILTON]
Thank you for your service
Lee, do you yield?

[BURR]
[BURR]
Let's ride!
You shot him in the side!
Yes, he yields!
[WASHINGTON]
Hamilton!
[LAURENS]
I'm satisfied
[HAMILTON]
Sir!
[BURR]

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[WASHINGTON] [HAMILTON]
Meet me inside I'm notcha son-

[COMPANY] [WASHINGTON]
Meet him inside! Meet him inside! Watch your tone
Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside! I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown

[WASHINGTON] [HAMILTON (OVERLAPPING)]


Son- Charles Lee, Thomas Conway
These men take your name and they rake it
[HAMILTON] Through the mud
Don't call me son
[WASHINGTON]
[WASHINGTON] My name's been through a lot, I can take it
This war is hard enough
Without infighting- [HAMILTON]
Well, I don't have your name. I don't have your titles
[HAMILTON] I don't have your land
Lee called you out. We called his bluff But, if you-

[WASHINGTON] [WASHINGTON]
You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south No-

[HAMILTON] [HAMILTON]
You're absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead, I could fly
That would've shut him up above my station after the war

[WASHINGTON] [WASHINGTON]
Son- Or you could die and we need you alive

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[HAMILTON]
[HAMILTON] How long have you known?
I'm more than willing to die-
[ELIZA]
[WASHINGTON] A month or so
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive-
[HAMILTON]
[HAMILTON] Eliza, you should have told me
Call me son one more time-
[ELIZA]
[WASHINGTON] I wrote to the General a month ago
Go home, Alexander
That's an order from your commander [HAMILTON]
No
[HAMILTON]
Sir- [ELIZA]
I begged him to send you home
[WASHINGTON]
Go home [HAMILTON]
You should have told me

[ELIZA]
That Would Be Enough
I'm not sorry
[ELIZA]
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
I knew you'd fight
Until the war was won
[ELIZA]
Look around, look around at how lucky we are
But you deserve a chance to meet your son
To be alive right now
Look around, look around at how lucky we are
Look around, look around...
To be alive right now.

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[HAMILTON]
The war's not We don't need a legacy
Done. We don't need money
If I could grant you peace of mind
[HAMILTON]
Will you relish being a poor man's wife If you could let me inside your heart...
Unable to provide for your life? Oh, let me be a part of the narrative
In the story they will write someday
[ELIZA] Let this moment be the first chapter:
I relish being your wife Where you decide to stay
Look around, look around... And I could be enough
And we could be enough
Look at where you are That would be enough
Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle
Just stay alive, that would be enough
Guns and Ships

And if this child


(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Shares a fraction of your smile
Or a fragment of your mind, look out world!
[BURR]
That would be enough
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
I don't pretend to know
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
The challenges you're facing
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross' flag higher?
The worlds you keep erasing and creating in your mind
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in!
But I'm not afraid
He's constantly confusin', confoundin' the British henchmen
I know who I married
Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!
So long as you come home at the end of the day
That would be enough
[COMPANY]

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Lafayette! I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE] [LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]


I'm takin this horse by the reins makin' Guns
Redcoats redder with bloodstains And ships
And so the balance shifts
[COMPANY]
Lafayette! [WASHINGTON]
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
[LAFAYETTE]
And I'm never gonna stop until I make ‘em [LAFAYETTE]
Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I'm We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there's someone else we need:
[COMPANY]
Lafayette! [WASHINGTON]
I know
[LAFAYETTE]
Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em! [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Enragin' em! I'm- Hamilton!

[COMPANY] [LAFAYETTE]
Lafayette! Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, ami-
[LAFAYETTE]
I go to France for more funds [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton!
[COMPANY]
Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE]
Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
[LAFAYETTE] What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean-

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[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Hamilton, Hamilton!


Hamilton! Ha- ha-!

[LAFAYETTE] [MEN]
No one has more resilience Get your right hand man back!
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance-
Your right hand man back!
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton! Hamilton!
[LAFAYETTE] Ha-
You wanna fight for your land back? Ha-

[WASHINGTON] Hamilton, Hamilton!


I need my right hand man back! Ha- ha-!

[LAFAYETTE] [WASHINGTON]
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Alexander Hamilton
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Troops are waiting in the field for you
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better Oh, Alexander Hamilton
To get your right hand man back! I have soldiers who will yield for you
If we manage to get this right
[COMPANY] They'll surrender by early light
Hamilton! The world will never be the same, Alexander...

[WOMEN]
Hamilton!
History Has Its Eyes On You

Hamilton!
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)

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[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]


[WASHINGTON] Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I was younger than you are now
When I was given my first command [WASHINGTON]
I led my men straight into a massacre I know that we can win
I witnessed their deaths firsthand I know that greatness lies in you
I made every mistake But remember from here on in
I felt the shame rise in me [WASHINGTON/HAMILTON AND MEN]
And even now I lie awake History has its
[WASHINGTON] Eyes on you.
Knowing history has its eyes on me
[ENSEMBLE]
[HAMILTON/WASHINGTON] Whoa...
History has its eyes on me. [LAURENS/MULLIGAN] Whoa...
Whoa... Whoa...
Whoa...
Whoa... [FULL COMPANY]
Yeah History has its eyes on you

[COMPANY]
Whoa...
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
Whoa...
Whoa...
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Yeah

[COMPANY]
[WASHINGTON]
The battle of Yorktown. 1781
Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
When I was young and dreamed of glory:
[LAFAYETTE]
You have no control:
Monsieur Hamilton

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[HAMILTON] See you on the other side


Monsieur Lafayette
[LAFAYETTE]
[LAFAYETTE] ‘Til we meet again, let's go!
In command where you belong
[ENSEMBLE]
[HAMILTON] I am not throwin' away my shot!
How you say, no sweat I am not throwin' away my shot!
We're finally on the field. We've had quite a run Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young
Scrappy and hungry
[LAFAYETTE] And I'm not throwin' away my shot!
Immigrants: I am not throwin' away my shot!

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE] [HAMILTON]
We get the job done ‘Til the world turns upside down...

[HAMILTON] [ENSEMBLE]
So what happens if we win? ‘Til the world turns upside down!

[LAFAYETTE] [HAMILTON]
I go back to France I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance This is where it gets me: on my feet
The enemy ahead of me
[HAMILTON] If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
We'll be with you when you do Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me...
[LAFAYETTE] Not only that, my Eliza's expecting
Go lead your men We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
[HAMILTON] Take the bullets out your gun!

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[HAMILTON]
[ENSEMBLE] When we finally drive the British away
What? Lafayette is there waiting-

[HAMILTON] [HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]
The bullets out your gun! In Chesapeake Bay!

[ENSEMBLE] [HAMILTON]
What? How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside. That's right
[HAMILTON]
We move under cover and we move as one [HAMILTON/COMPANY]
Through the night, we have one shot to live another day Hercules Mulligan!
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it [MULLIGAN]
It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet A tailor spyin' on the British government!
The code word is ‘Rochambeau,' dig me? I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it

[ENSEMBLE] [COMPANY]
Rochambeau! Up

[HAMILTON] [MULLIGAN]
You have your orders now, go, man, go! To my brother's revolutionary covenant
And so the American experiment begins I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it!
With my friends all scattered to the winds See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav'ry We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
[HAMILTON/LAURENS] When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
We'll never be free until we end slavery!
[COMPANY]

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Left! Right! Hold! The world turned upside down


Go!
What! What! What! [FULL COMPANY]
The world turned upside down
[HAMILTON] The world turned upside down
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet The world turned upside down
Down
[LAFAYETTE] Down, down, down
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
[LAFAYETTE]
[MULLIGAN] Freedom for America, freedom for France!
And just like that, it's over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead
[COMPANY]
[LAURENS] Down, down, down
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
[HAMILTON]
[WASHINGTON] Gotta start a new nation
Not. Yet Gotta meet my son

[HAMILTON] [COMPANY]
We negotiate the terms of surrender Down, down, down
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Yorktown [MULLIGAN]
They stagger home single file We won!
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing [LAFAYETTE]
And as our fallen foes retreat We won!
I hear the drinking song they're singing...
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
[ALL MEN] We won!

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Do you have a clue what happens now?


[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]
We won! Oceans rise
Empires fall
[COMPANY] It's much harder when it's all your call
The world turned upside down!
All alone, across the sea
When your people say they hate you, don't
Come crawling back to me
What Comes Next

Da da da dat da dat da da da
(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Da ya da
Da da dat
[KING GEORGE]
Da da ya da...
They say
The price of my war's not a price that they're willing to pay
You're on your own...
Insane
You cheat with the French, now I'm fighting with France and with Spain
I'm so blue
I thought that we'd made an arrangement Dear Theodosia
When you went away
You were mine to subdue (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)
Well, even despite our estrangement, I've got
A small query for you: [BURR]
Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?
What comes next? You have my eyes. You have your mother's name
You've been freed
Do you know how hard it is to lead? When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart

You're on your own I'm dedicating every day to you


Awesome. Wow Domestic life was never quite my style

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When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart I'll be around for you.
And I thought I was so smart
[HAMILTON]
You will come of age with our young nation I'll do whatever it takes
We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you
If we lay a strong enough foundation [BURR]
We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you I'll make a million mistakes
And you'll blow us all away...
Someday, someday [BURR/HAMILTON]
Yeah, you'll blow us all away I'll make the world safe and sound for you...
Someday, someday ...will come of age with our young nation
We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you
[HAMILTON]
Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone If we lay a strong enough foundation
My son We'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you
Look at my son. Pride is not the word I'm looking for And you'll blow us all away...
Someday, someday
There is so much more inside me now Yeah, you'll blow us all away
Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun Someday, someday
My son
When you smile, I fall apart
And I thought I was so smart
Non-Stop
My father wasn't around

(Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)


[BURR]
My father wasn't around
[BURR]
[HAMILTON]
After the war I went back to New York
I swear that
I'll be around for you.
[HAMILTON]
[BURR]
A-After the war I went back to New York

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[BURR] [BURR]
I finished up my studies and I practiced law Co-counsel
Hamilton, sit down
[HAMILTON] Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness
I practiced law, Burr worked next door That's all you had to say!
[BURR]
Even though we started at the very same time [HAMILTON]
Alexander Hamilton began to climb Okay!
How to account for his rise to the top? One more thing-
Maaaaan, the man is
Non-stop! [BURR]
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
[ENSEMBLE] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
Non-stop! Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
Soon that attitude may be your doom!
[HAMILTON]
Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me [ENSEMBLE]
Are you aware that we're making hist'ry? Awwww!
This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation [BURR]
[HAMILTON] Why do you write like you're running out of time?
The liberty behind Write day and night like you're running out of time?
Deliberation- Ev'ry day you fight, like you're running out of time

[ENSEMBLE] Keep on fighting. In the meantime- [ENSEMBLE]


Non-stop! Why do you write like you're running out of time?

[HAMILTON] Ev'ry day you fight, like you're running out of time
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
With my assistant counsel- Non-stop!

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[HAMILTON] [BURR]
Corruption's such an old song that we can sing along in harmony There as a New York junior delegate:
And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany [HAMILTON]
This colony's economy's increasingly stalling and Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate...
[HAMILTON]
Honestly, that's why public service [BURR]
Seems to be calling me. Goes and proposes his own form of government!

[BURR AND ENSEMBLE] His own plan for a new form of government!
He's just
Non-stop! [COMPANY]
Awwww!
[HAMILTON]
I practiced the law, I practic'ly perfected it What?
I've seen injustice in the world and I've corrected it
Now for a strong central democracy What?
If not, then I'll be Socrates
[HAMILTON] [BURR]
Throwing verbal rocks Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
At these mediocrities.
[ENSEMBLE MAN]
[ENSEMBLE] Bright young man...
Awww!
[ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN]
[BURR] Yo, who the f is this?
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention: [BURR]
Why do you always say what you believe?
[HAMILTON] Why do you always say what you believe?
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention Ev'ry proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies!

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[BURR AND MEN] [HAMILTON]


Why do you write like it's Can we confer, sir?
Going out of style?
Write day and night like it's [BURR]
Going out of style? Is this a legal matter?

[COMPANY] HAMILTON
Why do you always say what you believe? Yes, and it's important to me

Awww! [BURR]
What do you need?
[ALL WOMEN]
Going out of style, hey! [HAMILTON]
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me
Going out of style, hey!
[BURR]
[BURR AND COMPANY] Okay
Ev'ry day you fight like it's
Going out of style [HAMILTON]
Do what you do I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive
You're incredible in court. You're succinct, persuasive
[BURR] My client needs a strong defense. You're the solution
Alexander?
[BURR]
[HAMILTON] Who's your client?
Aaron Burr, sir
[HAMILTON]
[BURR] The new U.S. Constitution?
It's the middle of the night

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[BURR]
No [BURR]
It's full of contradictions
[HAMILTON]
Hear me out [HAMILTON]
So is independence
[BURR] We have to start somewhere
No way!
[BURR]
[HAMILTON] No. No way
A series of essays, anonymously published
Defending the document to the public [HAMILTON]
You're making a mistake
[BURR]
No one will read it [BURR]
Good night
[HAMILTON]
I disagree [HAMILTON]
Hey
[BURR] What are you waiting for?
And if it fails? What do you stall for?

[HAMILTON] [BURR]
Burr, that's why we need it What?

[BURR] [HAMILTON]
The constitution's a mess We won the war
What was it all for?
[HAMILTON] Do you support this constitution?
So it needs amendments

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[BURR] Which way the wind


Of course Will blow
I'm taking my time
[HAMILTON] Watching the
Then defend it Afterbirth of a nation
Watching the tension grow.
[BURR]
And what if you're backing the wrong horse? [ANGELICA]
I am sailing off to London. I'm accompanied by someone
[HAMILTON] Who always pays
Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed I have found a wealthy husband who will keep
For the notion of a nation we now get to build Me in comfort for all my days
For once in your life, take a stand with pride He is not a lot of fun, but there's no one who
I don't understand how you stand to the side Can match you for turn of phrase
[BURR] My Alexander
I'll keep all my plans
Close to my chest [HAMILTON]
Angelica
I'll wait here and see
Which way the wind [ANGELICA]
Will blow Don't forget to write
I'm taking my time
Watching the [ELIZA]
Afterbirth of a nation Look at where you are
Watching the tension grow. Look at where you started
The fact that you're alive is a miracle
[ENSEMBLE] Just stay alive, that would be enough
Wait for it, wait for And if your wife could share a fraction of your time
It, wait... If I could grant you peace of mind
Would that be enough?

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[BURR] Awwww!
Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of
essays defending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist [FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)]
Papers. The plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays, the work divided How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?
evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, in the How do you write like you need it to survive?
span of six months. John Jay got sick after writing five. James Madison wrote How do you write ev'ry second you're alive?
twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one! Ev'ry second you're alive? Ev'ry second you're alive?
[BURR]
How do you write like you're [WASHINGTON]
Running out of time? They are asking me to lead
Write day and night like you're I am doing the best I can
Running out of time? To get the people that I need
I'm asking you to be my right hand man
[BURR AND MEN]
Ev'ry day you fight [HAMILTON]
Like you're Treasury or State?
Running out of time
Like you're [WASHINGTON]
Running out of time I know it's a lot to ask
Are you
Running out of time? [HAMILTON]
[ALL WOMEN] Treasury or State?
Running out of time?
[WASHINGTON]
Running out of time? To leave behind the world you know...

Running out of time [HAMILTON]


Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?
Running out of time

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[WASHINGTON] Satisfied
Treasury Satisfied...

[HAMILTON] He will never be satisfied


Let's go
Satisfied
[ELIZA]
Alexander... Satisfied...

[HAMILTON] Why do you fight like


I have to leave History has its eyes on you...

[ELIZA] [HAMILTON]
Alexander- I am not throwin' away my shot!

[HAMILTON] I am not throwin' away my shot!


Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now I am
Alexander Hamilton!
[ELIZA]
Helpless... I am not throwin' away my shot!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
[HAMILTON]
They are asking me to lead

[ELIZA]
Look around, isn't this enough?
[ANGELICA]
He will never be satisfied
He will never be satisfied

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