[COMPANY] British Admiral Howe´s got troops on the water Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
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Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor When they surround our troops! They surround our troops! They surround our troops! They surround our troops! When they surround our troops!
[HAMILTON] As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war I knew that I was poor I knew it was the only way to
[HAMILTONBURRMULLIGANLAURENSLAFAYETTE] Rise up!
[HAMILTON] If they tell my story
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
[HAMILTONBURRMULLIGANLAURENSLAFAYETTE] Rise up!
[HAMILTON] I will fight for this land But there´s only one man Who can give us a command so we can
[HAMILTONBURRMULLIGANLAURENSLAFAYETTE] Rise up!
[HAMILTON] Understand? It´s the only way to
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Rise up! Rise up!
[HAMILTON] Here he comes!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] Ladies and gentlemen!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] The moment you´ve been waiting for!
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Here comes the General!
[BURR] The pride of Mount Vernon!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[BURR] George Washington!
[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE] We are outgunned (What?) Outmanned (What?) Outnumbered Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!) We gotta make an all out stand Ayo, I´m gonna need a right-hand man
(Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[WASHINGTON] Check it Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I´m the model of a 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…
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Boom!
[WASHINGTON] Any 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
[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE] We are outgunned (What?) Outmanned (What?) Outnumbered Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!) We gotta make an all out stand Ayo, I´m gonna need a right-hand man (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
Incoming!
[HAMILTON] They´re battering down the Battery check the damages
[MULLIGAN] Rah!
[HAMILTON] We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages
[MULLIGAN] Rah!
[HAMILTON] Let´s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Hamilton won´t abandon ship Yo, let´s steal their cannons
[MULLIGAN & COMPANY] Shh-boom! (Boom!)
[WASHINGTON] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[WASHINGTON] Goes the cannon, we´re abandonin´ Kips Bay and…
[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] As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
[WASHINGTON] Burr?
[BURR] Sir?
[WASHINGTON] Close the door on your way out
(Burr exits.)
[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 I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you…
[HAMILTON] To be their Secretary? I don´t think so
[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!
[WASHINGTON] Son
[WASHINGTON & COMPANY] We are outgunned, outmanned!
[HAMILTON] You need all the help you can get I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
[WASHINGTON & COMPANY] Outnumbered, outplanned!
[HAMILTON] We´ll need some spies on the inside Some King´s men who might let some things slide
[HAMILTON, COMPANY & ELIZAANGELICAPEGGYWOMEN] Boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa I´ll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies, you rally the guys, Master the element of surprise Chicka-boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa... I´ll rise above my station, organize your information Whoa, whoa, whoa... ´Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir!