[PHILIP] Meet the latest graduate of King´s College! I prob´ly shouldn´t brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish! The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops!
The ladies say my brain´s not where the resemblance stops! I´m only nineteen but my mind is older Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder I shoulder his legacy with pride I used to hear him say That someday I would
[ENSEMBLE] Blow us all away
[PHILIP] Ladies, I´m lookin for a Mr. George Eacker Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker He disparaged my father´s legacy in front of a crowd
I can´t have that, I´m making my father proud
[MARTHA] I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks He was goin´ to see a play
[PHILIP] Well, I´ll go visit his box
[DOLLY] God, you´re a fox
[PHILIP] And y´all look pretty good in ya´ frocks How ‘bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?
[Ensemble]
Ok!
[COMPANY] Blow us all away!
[PHILIP] George!
[GEORGE] Shh
[PHILIP] George!
[GEORGE] Shh! I´m tryin´ to watch the show!
[PHILIP]
Ya´ shoulda watched your mouth before you Talked about my father though!
[GEORGE] I didn´t say anything that wasn´t true Your father´s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you
[ENSEMBLE] Ooooooooooh!
[PHILIP] It´s like that?
[GEORGE] Yeah, I don´t fool around I´m not your little schoolboy friends
[PHILIP] See you on the dueling ground That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now
[GEORGE] I know where to find you, piss off I´m watchin´ this show now
Shh
[PHILIP] Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said about you I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to
[HAMILTON] Slow down
[PHILIP] I came to ask you for advice. This is my very first duel They don´t exactly cover this subject in boarding school
[HAMILTON] Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?
[PHILIP] He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease
[HAMILTON] Where is this happening?
[PHILIP]
Across the river, in Jersey
[HAMILTONPHILIP] Everything is legal in New Jersey…
[HAMILTON] Alright. So this is what you´re gonna do: Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air This will put an end to the whole affair
[PHILIP] But what if he decides to shoot? Then I´m a goner
[HAMILTON] No. He´ll follow suit if he´s truly a man of honor
To take someone´s life, that is something you can´t shake Philip, your mother can´t take another heartbreak
[PHILIP] Father
[HAMILTON] Promise me. You don´t want this Young man´s blood on your conscience
[PHILIP] Okay, I promise
[HAMILTON] Come back home when you´re done Take my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son
[PHILIP] My name is Philip I am a poet I´m a little nervous, but I can´t show it I´m sorry, I´m a Hamilton with pride You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide Mister Eacker! How was the rest of your show?
[GEORGE] I´d rather skip the pleasantries Let´s go Grab your pistol
[PHILIP] Confer with your men The duel will commence after we count to ten
[ENSEMBLE] Count to ten!
[PHILIP] Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher Summon all the courage you require Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky