[HAMILTON] A-After the war I went back to New York
[BURR] I finished up my studies and I practiced law
[HAMILTON] I practiced law, Burr worked next door
[BURR] Even though we started at the very same time Alexander Hamilton began to climb How to account for his rise to the top? Maaaaan, the man is
[BURR & ENSEMBLE] Non-stop!
[HAMILTON] Gentlemen of the jury, I´m curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we´re making hist´ry? This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation The liberty behind Deliberation
[ENSEMBLE] Non-stop!
[HAMILTON] I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt With my assistant counsel
[BURR] Co-counsel Hamilton, sit down Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness
That´s all you had to say!
[HAMILTON] Okay! One more thing
[BURR] Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? Soon that attitude may be your doom!
[ENSEMBLE] Awwww!
[BURR with ENSEMBLE] Why do you write like you´re running out of time? Write day and night like you´re running out of time? Ev´ry day you fight, like you´re running out of time Keep on fighting. In the meantime
[ENSEMBLE] Non-stop!
[HAMILTON] Corruption´s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany This colony´s economy´s increasingly stalling and
[HAMILTON & BURR & ENSEMBLE]
Honestly, that´s why public service Seems to be calling me He´s just non-stop!
[HAMILTON] I practiced the law, I practic´ly perfected it I´ve seen injustice in the world and I´ve corrected it Now for a strong central democracy If not, then I´ll be Socrates Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities
[ENSEMBLE] Awww!
[BURR] Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:
[HAMILTON] I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!
[BURR] There as a New York junior delegate:
[HAMILTON & COMPANY] Now what I´m going to say may sound indelicate… (Awwww)
[BURR & COMPANY] Goes and proposes his own form of government! (What?) His own plan for a new form of government! (What?)
[BURR] Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
[ENSEMBLE MAN] Bright young man…
[ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN] Yo, who the f is this?
[BURR with COMPANY] Why do you always say what you believe? Why do you always say what you believe? Ev´ry proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies!
[COMPANY] Awww!
[BURR & MEN with ALL WOMEN] Why do you write like it´s
Going out of style? Write day and night like it´s Going out of style?
[BURR & COMPANY] Ev´ry day you fight like it´s Going out of style Do what you do
[BURR] Alexander?
[HAMILTON] Aaron Burr, sir
[BURR] It´s the middle of the night
[HAMILTON] Can we confer, sir?
[BURR] Is this a legal matter?
[HAMILTON] Yes, and it´s important to me
[BURR] What do you need?
[HAMILTON] Burr, you´re a better lawyer than me
[BURR] Okay
[HAMILTON] I know I talk too much, I´m abrasive You´re incredible in court. You´re succinct, persuasive My client needs a strong defense. You´re the solution
[BURR] Who´s your client?
[HAMILTON] The new U.S. Constitution?
[BURR] No
[HAMILTON] Hear me out
[BURR] No way!
[HAMILTON] A series of essays, anonymously published Defending the document to the public
[BURR] No one will read it
[HAMILTON] I disagree
[BURR] And if it fails?
[HAMILTON] Burr, that´s why we need it
[BURR] The constitution´s a mess
[HAMILTON] So it needs amendments
[BURR] It´s full of contradictions
[HAMILTON] So is independence We have to start somewhere
[BURR] No. No way
[HAMILTON] You´re making a mistake
[BURR] Good night
[HAMILTON] Hey What are you waiting for? What do you stall for?
[BURR] What?
[HAMILTON] We won the war What was it all for? Do you support this constitution?
[BURR] Of course
[HAMILTON] Then defend it
[BURR] And what if you´re backing the wrong horse?
[HAMILTON] Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed For the notion of a nation we now get to build For once in your life, take a stand with pride I don´t understand how you stand to the side
[BURR with ENSEMBLE, ENSEMBLE] I´ll keep all my plans close to my chest Wait for it, wait for it, wait... I´ll wait here and see which way the wind will blow I´m taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation Watching the tension grow
[ANGELICA] I am sailing off to London I´m accompanied by someone who always pays I have found a wealthy husband Who will keep me in comfort for all my days He is not a lot of fun, but there´s no one Who can match you for turn of phrase My Alexander
[HAMILTON] Angelica
[ANGELICA] Don´t forget to write
[ELIZA] Look at where you are Look at where you started The fact that you´re alive is a miracle Just stay alive, that would be enough And if your wife could share a fraction of your time If I could grant you peace of mind Would that be enough?
[BURR] Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers. The plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays, the work divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, in the span of six months. John Jay got sick after writing five. James Madison wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one!
[BURR with ALL WOMEN] How do you write like you´re running out of time? Write day and night like you´re running out of time?
[BURR AND MEN with ALL WOMEN, ALL WOMEN] Ev´ry day you fight like you´re running out of time Like you´re running out of time Are you running out of time? Awwww!
[FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)] How do you write like tomorrow won´t arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive? How do you write ev´ry second you´re alive? Ev´ry second you´re alive? Ev´ry second you´re alive?
[WASHINGTON] They are asking me to lead I am doing the best I can To get the people that I need I´m asking you to be my right hand man
[HAMILTON] Treasury or State?
[WASHINGTON] I know it´s a lot to ask
[HAMILTON] Treasury or State?
[WASHINGTON] To leave behind the world you know…
[HAMILTON] Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?
[WASHINGTON] Treasury
[HAMILTON] Let´s go
[ELIZA] Alexander…
[HAMILTON] I have to leave
[ELIZA] Alexander
[HAMILTON] Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
[ELIZA] Helpless…
[HAMILTON] They are asking me to lead
[ELIZA] Look around, isn´t this enough?
[ANGELICA & ELIZA] He will never be satisfied What would be enough? He will never be satisfied (to be satisfied) Satisfied, satisfied
[BURR, WASHINGTON, ENSEMBLE, ELIZA] History has its eyes Look around, look around! Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? On you Isn´t this enough? Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? (Non-stop) What would be enough?
[BURR, ANGELICA, ENSEMBLE] He will never be satisfied Why do you assume you´re the smartest in the room? (Non-stop) Satisfied, satisfied
[BURR, WASHINGTON, MULLIGAN, LAUREL & LAFAYETTE, ENSEMBLE] History has its eyes Soon that attitude´s gonna be your doom! (Non-stop) On you Why do you fight like you´re running out of time? (Non-stop)
[ANGELICA, ELIZA & BURR] Why do you fight like
[COMPANY] History has its eyes on you
[HAMILTON & MEN] I am not throwin´ away my shot! (Just you wait!)
[HAMILTON & FULL COMPANY] I am not throwin´ away my shot! (Just you wait!)
[HAMILTON with FULL COMPANY] I am Alexander Hamilton!