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[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
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[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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[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?
...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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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-
[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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[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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[LAURENS]
Schuyler Sisters
Raise a glass to the four of us
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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! [COMPANY]
Unh!
[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!
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Work, work!
Hey! Hey! Work, work!
[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
[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
[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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[HAMILTON]
You'll Be Back
If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna-
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[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!
[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!
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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...
[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!
[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!
[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]
[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
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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
Oooh [ELIZA]
Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you
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!
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[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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[ANGELICA]
I'll leave you to it Who is always by your side
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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
To the bride!
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
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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
[HAMILTON]
Wait For It
What do you mean?
[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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[BURR/ENSEMBLE] [BURR]
Death doesn't discriminate I am inimitable
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?
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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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[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]
[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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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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[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]
[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] [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.
[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
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[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-
[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-
[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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[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
[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]
[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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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
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
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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
[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!
[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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[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
[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] 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...
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[WASHINGTON] Satisfied
Treasury Satisfied...
[ELIZA] [HAMILTON]
Alexander- I am not throwin' away my shot!
[ELIZA]
Look around, isn't this enough?
[ANGELICA]
He will never be satisfied
He will never be satisfied