[HAMILTON] Now I can write a revolutionary screed until my fingers bleed But action’s gonna bring us what we need
[LAURENS] Yes indeed
[HAMILTON] Tonight we plant a revolutionary seed And watch it twist and weave and grow Until we choke out every weed
[LAURENS & LAFAYETTE] Yes indeed
[HAMILTON] Let’s grab those cannons with our legendary speed Keep in step with me, the leader of this gang, are we agreed?
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Yes indeed
[HAMILTON] Stick with me
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Yes indeed
[HAMILTON] Til we’re free
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] Yes indeed
[HAMILTON] Say goodbye to the life you used to lead
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] Ladies and gentlemen!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] The moment you’ve been waiting for!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] Fighting for his life!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] George Washington!
[WASHINGTON] We are outgunned
[ENSEMBLE] What
[WASHINGTON] Outmanned
[ENSEMBLE] What
[WASHINGTON] Outnumbered, outplanned
[ENSEMBLE] Buck buck buck buck buck
[WASHINGTON] We gotta make an all out stand Hey yo, I’m gonna need a right hand man
[ENSEMBLE] Buck buck buck buck buck
[WASHINGTON] Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel second? Now I’m the model of the modern major general The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal Writin’ letters to relatives Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence But the elephant is in the room The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go…
[ENSEMBLE] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] Every hope of success is fleeting How can I keep leading when the people I’m leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn Knight takes rook, but look We are outgunned
[ENSEMBLE] What
[WASHINGTON] Outmanned
[ENSEMBLE] What
[WASHINGTON] Outnumbered, outplanned
[ENSEMBLE] Buck buck buck buck buck
[WASHINGTON] We gotta make an all out stand Hey yo, I’m gonna need a right hand man
[COMPANY] British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
[ENSEMBLE 1] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
When they surround our troops! They surround our troops! When they surround our troops!
[ENSEMBLE 2] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
They surround our troops! They surround our troops!
[HAMILTON] They gonna slaughter us? No We’ll be the regiment that gets it in and spreads them thin
[ENSEMBLE] What
[HAMILTON] The unpredictable rebels who gave their heads a spin
[ENSEMBLE] What
[HAMILTON] Who says I can’t lead?
[ENSEMBLE] What
[HAMILTON] Who says I can’t inspire?
[ENSEMBLE] What
[HAMILTON] Let’s bring our cannons back, we’re facing heavy cannon fire The British fleet advances, morale slips Taking chances, ma-a-a-n I ain’t scared of ships Spread the word, when the commander says retreat I’m the last man standing in the street Blast the heat
[ENSEMBLE] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray
[ENSEMBLE] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] Goes the cannon, we’re abandoning Kips Bay
[COMPANY] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] There’s another ship and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] We just lost the southern tip and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip Guns and horses giddyup I decide to divvy up My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Are these the men with which I am to defend America? We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance I cannot be everywhere at once, people I’m in dire need of assistance…
[BURR] Your excellency, sir!
[WASHINGTON] Who are you?
[BURR] Aaron Burr, Sir? Permission to state my case?
[WASHINGTON] As you were
[BURR] Sir I was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec And well, in summary I think that I could be of some assistance I admire how you keep firing on the British From a distance
[WASHINGTON] Huh
[BURR] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west
[WASHINGTON] Yes?
[BURR] Well—
[HAMILTON] Your excellency, you wanted to see me?
[WASHINGTON] Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
[HAMILTON] Yes, sir
[HAMILTON & BURR] We keep meeting
[BURR] Well, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
[WASHINGTON] Burr?
[BURR] Sir?
[WASHINGTON] Close the door on your way out
[HAMILTON] Have I done something wrong, sir?
[WASHINGTON] On the contrary I called you here because our odds are beyond scary Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
[HAMILTON] Sir?
[WASHINGTON] Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
[HAMILTON] Sir!
[WASHINGTON] Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of great renown
[HAMILTON] Yes, we fought together in Trenton, I helped you take the town
[WASHINGTON] Nathaniel Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you
[HAMILTON] I came to be a soldier, not a secretary
[WASHINGTON] Why’re you upset?
[HAMILTON] I’m not—
[WASHINGTON] It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger I was just like you when I was younger Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?
[HAMILTON] Yes
[WASHINGTON] Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder
[HAMILTON] Why are you telling me this?
[WASHINGTON] I’m being honest I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised We are a powder keg about to explode I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?
[COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)] I am not throwin’ away my shot! I am not throwin’ away my shot! Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young Scrappy and hungry!
[HAMILTON] I am not throwing away my shot!Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
