Subtitles By "Vk4Real"
AARON BURR: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman
Dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean
By providence, impoverished, in squalor grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
JOHN LAURENS: The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a lot farther by workin' a lot harder
By bein' a lot smarter by bein' a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
THOMAS JEFFERSON: And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away
Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
JAMES MADISON: Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, drippin' down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain a testament to his pain
BURR: Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man!"
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came,
and the world's gonna know your name! What's your name, man?"
ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
ELIZA SCHUYLAR: When he was ten, his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed-ridden
Half-dead, sittin' in their own sick The scent thick
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
GEORGE WASHINGTON: Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, somethin' new inside
A voice saying "Alex you gotta fend for yourself"
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
BURR: There would've been nothin' left to do For someone less astute
He would've been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and other things he can't afford
(Scammin') for every book he can get his hands on
(Plannin') for the future, see him now as he stands on (oooh)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man
HAMILTON: Just you wait
In New York you can be a new man
In New York! New York!
HAMILTON: Just you wait!
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could never back down You never learned to take your time!
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh
BURR: The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him
Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON: We fought with him!
LAURENS: Me? I died for him!
WASHINGTON: Me? I trusted him!
SCHUYLAR SISTERS: Me? I loved him
BURR: And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him!
There's a million things I haven't done But just you wait
BURR: What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton!
65
New York City
HAMILTON: Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir?
BURR: That depends, who's asking?
HAMILTON: Oh well sure, sir
I'm Alexander Hamilton I'm at your service, sir
I have been looking for you
BURR: I'm getting nervous
HAMILTON: Sir, I heard your name at Princeton
I was seeking an accelerated course of study
When I got sort out of sorts with a buddy of yours
I may have punched him It's a blur, sir
He handles the financials--
BURR: You punched the bursar?
HAMILTON: Yes, I wanted to do what you did
Graduate in two, then join the revolution
He looked at me like I was stupid I'm not stupid
So how'd you do it? How'd you graduate so fast?
BURR: It was my parents' dying wish before they passed
HAMILTON: You're an orphan! Of course!
I'm an orphan God, I wish there was a war!
Then we could prove that we're worth more Than anyone bargained for
BURR: Can I buy you a drink?
HAMILTON: That would be nice
BURR: While we're talking, let me offer you some free advice
Talk less
HAMILTON: What?
BURR: Smile more
HAMILTON: Ha
BURR: Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for
HAMILTON: You can't be serious
BURR: You want to get ahead?
HAMILTON: Yes
BURR: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead
LAURENS: Yo yo yo yo yo! What time is it?
LAURENS, MULLIGAN: Showtime!
BURR: ...like I said...
LAURENS: Showtime! Showtime! Yo!
I'm John Laurens in the place to be!
Uh, two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm working on three, uh!
Those redcoats don't want it with me
Cause I will pop chick-a-pop these cops 'til I'm free!
LAFAYETTE: Ah oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette!
The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!
I came from afar just to say "Bonsoir!"
Tell the king, "Casse-toi!" Who's the best? C'est moi!
MULLIGAN: Brrrah, brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan
Up in it, lovin' it Yes I heard your mother say "come again?"
Lock up your daughters and horses
Of course it's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets
LAURENS: No more sex
Pour me another brew, son! Let's raise a couple more
LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN: To the revolution!
LAURENS: Well if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton College
MULLIGAN: Aaron Burr
LAURENS: Give us a verse, drop some knowledge
BURR: Good luck with that You're takin' a stand
You spit, I'mma sit We'll see where we land
LAURENS: Burr, the revolution's imminent What do you stall for?
HAMILTON: If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?
LAURENS, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE: Oooh
LAURENS: Who are you?
MULLIGAN: Who are you?
LAFAYETTE: Who are you?
Who, who is this kid? What's he gonna do?
HAMILTON: I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot!
I'mma get scholarship to King's College
I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard With every word I drop knowledge
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable
Only nineteen, but my mind is older
These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage I have learned to manage
I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the-- A-L, E-X, A-N, D
E-R--we are--meant to be
HAMILTON: A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't never gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter Me!
LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN: (He says in parentheses)
HAMILTON: Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
And I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
HAMILTON & LAURENS: And I'm not throwing away my shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE: I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot It's time to take a shot!
LAFAYETTE: I dream of life without the monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy"
"Onarchy?" How you say, how you s--Oh, anarchy!
When I fight I make the other side panicky
With my Shot!
MULLIGAN: Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants
I'm gonna take a Shot!
LAURENS: Eh, but we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion
With the first black battalion
Have another Shot!
BURR: Geniuses, lower your voices
You keep out of trouble, and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
You've got to be carefully taught: If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
HAMILTON: Burr, check what we got
Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
I think your pants look hot Laurens, I like you a lot
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before I promise that I'll make y'all proud
LAURENS: Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
LAURENS and (HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN): Everybody sing
Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
Hey Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Wooh!! Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Sing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)
Let's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops (Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops (Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on (Yeah)
Now come on, let's go
Rise up
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
Tell your brother that he's got to rise up
Tell your sister that she's got to rise up
When are these colonies gonna rise up
Rise up!
HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
When's it's gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Where I come from some get half as many
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
Scratch that This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin'
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin' I've been readin' 'n writin'
We need to handle our financial situation
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
I'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation
Every action's an act of creation
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
And I am not throwin' away my shot I am not throwin' away my shot
Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
We gonna rise up time to take a shot (Not thrown' away my shot)
We gonna rise up; time to take a shot (Not throwin' away my shot)
We gonna (rise up, rise up) It's time to take a shot
(Rise up, rise up) It's time to take a shot
(Rise up, rise up) (Wo-oah) Time to take a shot (rise up)
Take a shot, a shot, a shot, (Oh-Oh, oh)
A-yo, it's time to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)
Time to take a shot (Woah-oh)
And I am (And I am) Not throwing away my
Not throwing away my shot!
One last round gentlemen
HAMILTON: I may not live to see our glory
LAURENS, MULLIGAN, & LAFAYETTE: I may not live to see our glory
HAMILTON: But I will gladly join the fight
LAURENS, MULLIGAN, & LAFAYETTE: But I will gladly join the fight
HAMILTON: And when our children tell our story
LAURENS, MULLIGAN, & LAFAYETTE: And when our children tell our story
HAMILTON: They'll tell the story of tonight
MULLIGAN: Let's have another round tonight
LAFAYETTE: Let's have another round tonight
HAMILTON: Let's have another round tonight
LAURENS: Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away No matter what they tell you
Raise a glass to the four of us
LAURENS and MULLIGAN: Tomorrow there'll be more of us
LAURENS, MULLIGAN, & LAFAYETTE: Telling the story of tonight
HAMILTON: They'll tell the story of tonight
MULLIGAN, LAURENS, & LAFAYETTE: Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away
HAMILTON: No matter what they tell you
MULLIGAN & LAFAYETTE: Let's have another round tonight
LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us
MULLIGAN, LAURENS, & LAFAYETTE: Tomorrow there'll be more of us
HAMILTON & LAURENS: Telling the story of tonight
MULLIGAN & LAFAYETTE: Let's have another round tonight
HAMILTON, LAURENS: They'll tell the story of tonight
LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN: Raise a glass to freedom
HAMILTON, LAURENS: They'll tell the story of tonight
LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN: Raise a glass to freedom
HAMILTON, LAURENS: They'll tell the story of tonight
LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN: They'll tell the story of
Tonight
BURR: There's nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slumming it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common Just to watch 'em talk
Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded Uh oh, but little does he know
That his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at
(Work, work) ANGELICA: Angelica!
(Work, work) ELIZA: Eliza!
PEGGY: And Peggy! (Work, work)
The Schuyler sisters!
ANGELICA: Angelica!
PEGGY: Peggy!
ELIZA: Eliza! (Work!)
PEGGY: Daddy said to be home by sundown
ANGELICA: Daddy doesn't need to know
PEGGY: Daddy said not to go downtown
ELIZA: Like I said, you're free to go
ANGELICA: But--look around, look around
The revolution's happening in New York
ELIZA & PEGGY: New York
Angelica Work!
PEGGY: It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war
ELIZA: People shouting in the square
PEGGY: It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore
ANGELICA: New ideas in the air
ANGELICA: Look around, look around--
ELIZA: Angelica, remind me what we're looking for
ALL MEN: She's looking for me!
ANGELICA: Eliza, I'm looking for a mind at work (work, work)
I'm looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Woa-oah, woa-oah Work!
BURR: Ooh, there's nothing like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone looking pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?
You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals?
ANGELICA: Burr, you disgust me
BURR: Ahh, so you've discussed me
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
ANGELICA: I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation!
So listen to my declaration:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal"
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson I'mma compel him to include women in the sequel
Work!
ELIZA: Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
ELIZA, PEGGY: Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
ANGELICA, ELIZA & PEGGY: History is happening in Manhattan and we
Just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
In the greatest city in the world!
Cause I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation!
So listen to my declaration
We hold these truths to be self evident That all men are created equal
Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan And we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world (in the greatest city)
In the greatest city in the world!
ANGELICA: (Work, work) Angelica!
ELIZA: (Work, work) Eliza!
PEGGY: And Peggy! (Work, work)
ALL SISTERS: The Schuyler sisters! (Work, work)
We're looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Hey (work, work) Woah-ah! (work, work)
ELIZA & PEGGY (COMPANY): Hey (work, work)
In the greatest city
ALL SISTERS: In the greatest city in the world!
SEABURY: Hear ye, hear ye!
My name is Samuel Seabury, and I present
"Free thoughts on the proceedings of the Continental Congress!"
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution They have not your interest at heart
MULLIGAN: Oh my god. Tear this dude apart
SEABURY: Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
Don't let them lead you astray
This congress does not speak for me
BURR: Let him be
SEABURY: They're playing a dangerous game
I pray the king shows you his mercy For shame, for shame!
HAMILTON: Yo!
(Heed not the rabble who) He'd have you all unravel
(Scream--) At the sound of screams
(Revolution--) But the revolution is comin'
(They have not your interests) The have-nots are gonna win this
(At heart--) It's hard to listen to you
with a straight face
(Chaos and bloodshed--) Chaos and bloodshed
(Are not--) Already haunt us
(A solution--) Honestly, you shouldn't even talk--
(Don't let them lead you astray--) And what about Boston?
Look at the cost of all that we've lost And you talk about Congress?
SEABURY: This Congress does not speak for me
HAMILTON: My dog speaks more eloquently than thee
SEABURY: You're playing a dangerous game
HAMILTON: But strangely, your mange is the same!
SEABURY: I pray the king shows you his mercy
HAMILTON: Is he in Jersey?
SEABURY: For shame--
HAMILTON: For the Revolution!
SEABURY: For shame!
For the Revolution!
SEABURY: Heed--
If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna (Scream--)
Honestly, look at me, please don't read! (Not your interest--)
Don't modulate the key then not debate with me
Why should a tiny island across the sea Regulate the price of tea?
BURR: Alexander, please!
HAMILTON: Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive Drop the niceties
Silence! A message from the King! A message from the King!
You say the price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay
You cry in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by
Why so sad? Remember we made an arrangement when you went away
Now you're making me mad
Remember despite our estrangement, I'm your man
You'll be back Soon you'll see
You'll remember you belong to me
You'll be back Time will tell
You'll remember that I served you well
Oceans rise, empires fall We have seen each other through it all
And when push comes to shove,
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love
You say our love is draining and you can't go on
You'll be the one complaining when I am gone
And, no! don't change the subject 'Cause you're my favorite subject
My sweet, submissive subject My loyal, royal subject
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever
You'll be back Like before
I will fight the fight and win the war
For your love For your praise
And I'll love you till my dying days
When you're gone, I'll go mad So don't throw away this thing we had
'Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Everybody!
British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
When they surround our troops! 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--
Rise up!
HAMILTON: If they tell my story
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or--
Rise up!
HAMILTON: We will fight for this land
But there's only one man Who can give us a command so we can--
Rise up!
HAMILTON: Understand? It's the only way to--
Rise up! Rise up!
HAMILTON: Here he comes!
Here comes the General!
BURR: Ladies and gentlemen!
(Here comes the General!) The moment you've been waiting for!
(Here comes the General!) The pride of Mount Vernon!
(Here comes the General!) George Washington!
WASHINGTON: We are outgunned! (What?)
Outmanned! (What?)
Outnumbered, outplanned!
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man.
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--
Boom!
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 We are outgunned! (What?)
Outmanned! (What?)
Outnumbered, outplanned!
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man
Incoming!
HAMILTON: They're battering down the Battery check the damages
We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages
Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Hamilton won't abandon ship Yo, let's steal their cannons--
Shh-boom! (Boom!)
WASHINGTON: Goes the cannon
Watch the blood and the shit spray and-- (Boom!)
Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay and-- (Boom!)
There's another ship and-- (Boom!)
We just lost the southern tip and-- (Boom!)
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
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?
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, 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: Outnumbered, outplanned!
HAMILTON: We'll need some spies on the inside
Some King's men who might let some things slide
(Boom!) I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies
You rally the guys, master the element of surprise
(Chicka-boom!) I'll rise above my station, organize your information
'til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir!
Here comes the General!
HAMILTON: Rise up! (What?)
Here comes the General!
HAMILTON: Rise up! (What?)
Here comes the General!
HAMILTON: Rise up! (What?)
Here comes the General!
WASHINGTON: And his right hand man!
Boom!
BURR: How does the bastard, orphan,
Son of a whore go on and on Grow into more of a phenomenon?
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother
Be seated at the right hand of the father
Washington hires Hamilton right on sight But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write
Now Hamilton's skill with a quill is undeniable But what do we have in common?
We're reliable with the Ladies!
BURR: There are so many to deflower!
Ladies!
BURR: Looks! Proximity to power
Ladies!
BURR: They delighted and distracted him
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!
HAMILTON: That's true
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BURR: A winter's ball
And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son
HAMILTON: Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?
ELIZA: Ohh, I do I do I do I dooo
Hey! Ohh, I do I do I do I dooo!
Boy you got me helpless!
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm helpless!
Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em
ELIZA: I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room
Then you walked in and my heart went "Boom!"
Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
Grab my sister, and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine."
My sister made her way across the room to you
And I got nervous, thinking "What's she gonna do?"
She grabbed you by the arm, I'm thinkin' "I'm through"
Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm helpless!
Oh, look at those eyes (Look into your eyes)
(And the sky's the limit) I'm helpless
I know (Down for the count and I'm drownin in 'em)
(I'm helpless!) I'm so into you
(Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit) I am so into you
I'm helpless! I know I'm
Down for the count And I'm drownin' in 'em.
HAMILTON: Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA: I'm about to change your life
HAMILTON: Then by all means, lead the way
ELIZA: Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you
HAMILTON: Schuyler?
ANGELICA: My sister
ELIZA: Thank you for all your service
HAMILTON: If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it
ANGELICA: I'll leave you to it
ELIZA: One week later I'm writing a letter nightly
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
Laughin' at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem
ANGELICA: I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him
ELIZA: Ha!
Two weeks later In the living room stressin'
My father's stone-faced While you're asking for his blessin'
I'm dying inside, as you wine and dine
And I'm tryin' not to cry 'cause there's nothing that your mind can't do
My father makes his way across the room to you
I panic for a second, thinking "we're through"
But then he shakes your hand and says "be true"
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm (Helpless)
(Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm)
Helpless! (Helpless)
(Down for the count And I'm drownin' in 'em)
(Helpless) That boy
is mine (Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit)
(I'm helpless!) Helpless
Down for the count And I'm drownin' in 'em
HAMILTON: Eliza, I don't have a dollar to my name
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
All I have's my honor, a tolerance for pain
A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out
I've been livin' without a family since I was a child
My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real
And long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to God You'll never feel so--
(Helpless!) ELIZA: I do I do I do I do!
HAMILTON: Eliza... (Helpless!)
ELIZA: I do I do I do I do! HAMILTON: I've never felt so--
(Helpless) ELIZA: Hey, yeah, yeah!
(Down for the count)
I'm down for the count I'm-- (And I'm drownin' in 'em)
(Helpless) HAMILTON: My life is gon' be fine cuz Eliza's in it
I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm--
(Helpless! Down for the count and I'm)
drownin' in 'em
In New York, you can be a new man...
ELIZA: Helpless
LAURENS: Alright, alright. That's what I'm talkin' about!
Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, Angelica Schuyler!
ANGELICA: A toast to the groom! (To the groom!)
To the bride! (To the bride!)
From your sister, (Angelica)
Who is always by your side. (By your side!)
To your union, (To the union! To the revolution!)
and the hope that you provide. (You provide!)
May you always... (Always–)
be satisfied. (Rewind–)
I remember that night, I just might regret that night for the rest of my days.
I remember those soldier boys tripping over themselves to win our praise.
I remember that dreamlike candlelight like a dream that you can't quite place,
but Alexander, I'll never forget the first time I saw your face.
I have never been the same, Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame,
And when you said "Hi," I forgot my dang name, set my heart aflame, ev'ry part aflame,
This is not a game...
HAMILTON: You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied.
ANGELICA: I'm sure I don't know what you mean. You forget yourself.
HAMILTON: You're like me. I'm never satisfied.
ANGELICA: Is that right?
HAMILTON: I have never been satisfied.
ANGELICA: My name is Angelica Schuyler.
HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton.
ANGELICA: Where's your fam'ly from?
HAMILTON: Unimportant. There's a million things I haven't done but just you wait, just you wait...
ANGELICA: So so so--
So this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level!
What the hell is the catch? It's the feeling of freedom,
of seein' the light, it's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite!
You see it, right? The conversation lasted two minutes,
maybe three minutes, ev'rything we said in total agreement,
it's a dream and it's a bit of a dance, a bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance.
He's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give it a chance.
I asked about his fam'ly, did you see his answer?
His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?
He's penniless, he's flying by the seat of his pants.
Handsome, boy, does he know it! Peach fuzz, and he can't even grow it!
I wanna take him far away from this place, then I turn and see my sister's face and she is...
ELIZA: Helpless...
ANGELICA: And I know she is...
ELIZA: Helpless...
ANGELICA: And her eyes are just...
ELIZA: Helpless...
ANGELICA: And I realize
Three fundamental truths at the exact same time...
HAMILTON Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA I'm about to change your life.
HAMILTON Then by all means, lead the way.
(Number one!) ANGELICA: I'm a girl in a world in which my only job is to marry rich.
My father has no sons so I'm the one who has to social climb for one,
so I'm the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in New York City is insidious,
And Alexander is penniless, Ha! That doesn't mean I want him any less.
ELIZA: Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you.
HAMILTON: Schuyler? ANGELICA: My sister!
(Number two!) ANGELICA: He's after me cuz I'm a Schuyler sister.
That elevates his status, I'd have to be naïve to set that aside,
maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza, now that's his bride.
Nice going, Angelica, he was right, You will never be satisfied.
ELIZA: Thank you for all your service.
HAMILTON: If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.
ANGELICA I'll leave you to it.
(Number three!) ANGELICA: I know my sister like I know my own mind
you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.
If I tell her that I love him she'd be silently resigned, he'd be mine.
She would say, "I'm fine" She'd be lying.
But when I fantasize at night it's Alexander's eyes,
as I romanticize what might have been if I hadn't sized him up so quickly.
At least my dear Eliza's his wife; at least I keep his eyes in my life...
To the groom! (To the groom!)
To the bride! (To the bride!)
From your sister, (Angelica)
Who is always by your side. (By your side)
To your union, (To the union! To the revolution!)
and the hope that you provide. (You provide!)
May you always (Always–)
be satisfied. (be satisfied)
And I know (be satisfied)
She'll be happy as his bride
And I know
He will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied
LAURENS: I may not live to see our glory!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE: I may not live to see our glory!
LAURENS But I've seen wonders great and small.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE: I've seen wonders great and small.
LAURENS: Cuz if the tomcat can get married,
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE: If Alexander can get married-
LAURENS: There's hope for our ass, after all!
LAFAYETTE: Raise a glass to freedom.
LAURENS/MULLIGAN: Hey! Something you will never see again!
MULLIGAN: No matter what she tells you.
LAFAYETTE: Let's have another round tonight!
LAURENS Raise a glass to the four of us!
LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON: Ho!
MULLIGAN: To the newly not poor of us!
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON: Woo!
LAFAYETTE: We'll tell the story of tonight.
LAURENS: Let's have another round-
HAMILTON: Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr.
BURR: Sir!
HAMILTON: I didn't think that you would make it.
BURR: To be sure.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE: Burr!
BURR: I came to say congratulations.
MULLIGAN: Spit a verse, Burr!
BURR: I see the whole gang is here.
LAFAYETTE: You are the worst, Burr!
HAMILTON: Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel.
I wish I had your command instead of manning George's journal.
BURR: No, you don't.
HAMILTON: Yes, I do.
BURR: Now, be sensible.
From what I hear, you've made yourself indispensable.
LAURENS: Well, well, I heard
You've got a special someone on the side, Burr.
HAMILTON: Is that so?
LAURENS: What are you tryin' to hide, Burr?
BURR: I should go.
HAMILTON: No, these guys should go.
LAFAYETTE: What? LAURENS: No!
HAMILTON: Leave us alone.
MULLIGAN: Man...
HAMILTON: It's alright, Burr.
I wish you'd brought this girl with you tonight, Burr.
BURR: You're very kind, but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir.
HAMILTON: What do you mean?
BURR: She's married.
HAMILTON: I see.
BURR: She's married to a British officer.
HAMILTON: Oh shit...
BURR: Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more.
I'll see you on the other side of the war.
HAMILTON: I will never understand you.
If you love this woman, go get here! What are you waiting for?
BURR: I'll see you on the other side of the war.
HAMILTON: I'll see you on the other side of the war.
BURR Theodosia writes me a letter ev'ry day.
I'm keeping her bed warm while her husband is away.
He's on the British side of Georgia. He's tryin' to keep the colonies in line.
Well he can keep all of Georgia. Theodosia, she's mine.
Love doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints,
it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep loving anyway.
We laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes.
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so many have tried
then I'm willing to wait for it. I'm willing to wait for it.
My grandfather was a fire of brimstone preacher,
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya.
My mother was a genius
My father commanded respect.
When they died they left no instructions. Just a legacy to protect.
Death doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints,
it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep living anyway.
We rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes.
And if there's a reason I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died
I'm willing to wait for it. I'm willing to wait for it.
Wait for it! (Wait for it)
I am the one thing in life I can control (Wait for it!)
I am inimitable, I am an original (Wait for it)
I'm not falling behind or running late (Wait for it)
I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait (Wait)
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb (Climb)
He has something to prove He has nothing to lose (Lose)
Hamilton's pace is relentless he wastes no time (Time)
What's it like in his shoes? Hamilton doesn't hesitate.
He exhibits no restraint. He takes and he takes and he takes
And he keeps winning anyway. He changes the game.
He plays and he raises the stakes.
And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive,
then Goddamnit I'm willing to wait for it. (Wait for it)
I'm willing to wait for it...
Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints
it takes and it takes and it takes
We rise. We fall.
And if there's a reason I'm still alive When so many others have died,
then I'm willin' to-
Wait for it (Wait for it)
ELIZA: Stay alive...
ELIZA/ANGELICA: Stay alive...
HAMILTON: I have never seen the General so despondent
I have taken over writing all his correspondence
Congress writes, "George, attack the British forces."
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
WASHINGTON: The cavalry's not coming
HAMILTON: But, sir!
WASHINGTON: Alex, listen. There's only one way for us to win this
Provoke outrage, outright
HAMILTON: That's right
WASHINGTON: Don't engage, strike by night
Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight
HAMILTON: Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
WASHINGTON: Outrun HAMILTON: Outrun
WASHINGTON: Outlast HAMILTON: Outlast
WASHINGTON: Hit 'em quick, get out fast
HAMILTON: Chick-a-plao!
WASHINGTON: Stay alive 'til this horror show is past
We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE: Raise a glass!
MULLIGAN: I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
LAFAYETTE: I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
LAURENS: I stay at work with Hamilton We write essays against slavery
And every day's a test of our camaraderie and bravery
HAMILTON: We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
And ev'ry day "Sir, entrust me with a command,"
And ev'ry day WASHINGTON: No
HAMILTON: He dismisses me out of hand
HAMILTON: Instead of me he promotes Charles Lee
Makes him second-in-command. LEE: I'm a General. Whee!!!!
HAMILTON: Yeah. He's not the choice I would have gone with
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE: He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
WASHINGTON: Ev'ryone attack! LEE: Retreat!
WASHINGTON: Attack! LEE: Retreat!
WASHINGTON: What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
LEE: But there's so many of them!
WASHINGTON: I'm sorry, is this not your speed?!
Hamilton! HAMILTON: Ready, sir!
WASHINGTON: Have Lafayette take the lead!
HAMILTON: Yes, sir!
LAURENS: A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
LAFAYETTE: As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
HAMILTON: Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in
He started sayin' this to anybody who would listen:
LEE: Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
The best thing he can do for the revolution
Is turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON: Don't do a thing. History will prove him wrong
HAMILTON: But, sir!
WASHINGTON: We have a war to fight, let's move along
LAURENS: Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
HAMILTON: I can't disobey direct orders
LAURENS: Then I'll do it
Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got
HAMILTON: Laurens, do not throw away your shot
One, two, three, four Five, six, seven, eight, nine...
BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE: It's the Ten Duel Commandments
(Number one!) LAURENS: The challenge: demand satisfaction
If they apologize, no need for further action
(Number two!) If they don't, grab a friend, that's your second
HAMILTON: Your lieutenant when there's reckoning to be reckoned
(Number three!) LEE: Have your seconds meet face to face
BURR: Negotiate a peace...
HAMILTON: Or negotiate a time and place
BURR: This is commonplace, 'specially 'tween recruits
Most disputes die, and no one shoots Number four!
LAURENS: If they don't reach a peace, that's alright
Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site.
HAMILTON: You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility
BURR: You have him turn around so he can have deniability
(Five!) LEE: Duel before the sun is in the sky
Pick a place to die where it's high and dry Number six!
HAMILTON: Leave a note for your next of kin
Tell 'em where you been. Pray that hell or heaven lets you in.
(Seven!) LEE: Confess your sins.
Ready for the moment of adrenaline when you finally face your opponent
(Number eight!) LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURR: Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight.
BURR: Alexander HAMILTON: Aaron Burr, sir
BURR: Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?
HAMILTON: Sure, but your man has to answer for his words, Burr
BURR: With his life? We both know that's absurd, sir
HAMILTON: Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous?
BURR: Okay, so we're doin' this
(Number nine!) HAMILTON: Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require Then count
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
Number ten paces!
HAMILTON/BURR: Fire!
HAMILTON: Lee, do you yield?
BURR: You shot him in the side! Yes, he yields!
LAURENS: I'm satisfied
BURR: Yo, we gotta clear the field!
HAMILTON: Go! We won.
Here comes the General!
BURR: This should be fun
WASHINGTON: What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General
BURR: Yes, sir
WASHINGTON: Lee, you will never agree with me
But believe me, these young men don't speak for me
Thank you for your service
BURR: Let's ride!
WASHINGTON: Hamilton! HAMILTON: Sir!
WASHINGTON: Meet me inside
Meet him inside! Meet him inside! Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside!
WASHINGTON: Son-- HAMILTON: Don't call me son
WASHINGTON: This war is hard enough without infighting
HAMILTON: Lee called you out. We called his bluff.
WASHINGTON: You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south
HAMILTON: You're absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth
That would've shut him up
WASHINGTON: Son HAMILTON: I'm notcha son
WASHINGTON: Watch your tone
I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown HAMILTON: Charles Lee, Thomas Conway
These men take your name and they rake it through the mud
WASHINGTON: My name's been through a lot, I can take it
HAMILTON: Well, I don't have your name.
I don't have your titles I don't have your land
But, if you WASHINGTON: No.
HAMILTON: If you gave me command of a battalion,
a group of men to lead, I could fly above my station after the war
WASHINGTON: Or you could die and we need you alive
HAMILTON: I'm more than willing to die
WASHINGTON: Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive
HAMILTON: Call me son one more time!
WASHINGTON: Go home, Alexander
That's an order from your commander
HAMILTON: Sir WASHINGTON: Go home!
ELIZA: Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
Look around, look around...
HAMILTON: How long have you known?
ELIZA: A month or so
HAMILTON: Eliza, you should have told me
ELIZA: I wrote to the General a month ago HAMILTON: No
ELIZA: I begged him to send you home
HAMILTON: You should have told me
ELIZA: I'm not sorry
I knew you'd fight until the war was won HAMILTON: The war's not Done.
ELIZA: But you deserve a chance to meet your son
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now.
HAMILTON: Will you relish being a poor man's wife
Unable to provide for your life?
ELIZA: I relish being your wife
Look around, look around...
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 this child Shares a fraction of your smile
Or a fragment of your mind, look out world! That would be enough
I don't pretend to know The challenges you're facing
The worlds you keep erasing and creating in your mind
But I'm not afraid I know who I married
So long as you come home at the end of the day
That would be enough
We don't need a legacy We don't need money
If I could grant you peace of mind If you could let me inside your heart...
Oh, let me be a part of the narrative In the story they will write someday
Let this moment be the first chapter: Where you decide to stay
And I could be enough And we could be enough
That would be enough
BURR: How does a ragtag volunteer army
In need of a shower somehow defeat a global superpower?
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross' flag higher?
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in!
He's constantly confusin', confoundin' the British henchmen
Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE: I'm takin this horse by the reins makin' Redcoats redder with bloodstains
(Lafayette!) And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm
(Lafayette!) Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em! Enragin' em! I'm--
(Lafayette!) I go to France for more funds
(Lafayette!) I come back with more guns
And ships And so the balance shifts
WASHINGTON: We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
LAFAYETTE: We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need WASHINGOTN: I know
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE: Sir, he knows what to do in a trench Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean--
(Hamilton!) Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean--
(Hamilton!) No one has more resilience Or matches my practical tactical brilliance--
(Hamilton!) You wanna fight for your land back?
(Hamilton!) WASHINGTON: I need my right hand man back!
LAFAYETTE: Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better to get your right hand man back!
WASHINGTON: Alexander Hamilton
Troops are waiting in the field for you
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
Oh, Alexander Hamilton I have soldiers that will yield for you
If we manage to get this right They'll surrender by early light
The world will never be the same, Alexander...
I was younger than you are now When I was given my first command
I led my men straight into a massacre I witnessed their deaths firsthand
I made every mistake I felt the shame rise in me
And even now I lie awake Knowing history has its eyes on me
History has its eyes on me.
Let me tell you what I wish I'd known When I was young and dreamed of glory:
You have no control Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I know that we can win I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in History has its eyes on you.
History has its eyes on you
The battle of Yorktown
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LAFAYETTE: Monsieur Hamilton HAMILTON: Monsieur Lafayette
LAFAYETTE: In command where you belong HAMILTON: How you say, no sweat
We're finally on the field, We've had quite a run.
LAFAYETTE: Immigrants HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE: We get the job done
HAMILTON: So what happens if we win? LAFAYETTE: I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance
HAMILTON: We'll be with you when you do
LAFAYETTE: Go lead your men
HAMILTON: See you on the other side
LAFAYETTE: 'Til we meet again, let's go!
I am not throwin' away my shot! I am not throwin' away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shot! I am not throwin' away my shot!
HAMILTON: 'Til the world turns upside down...
'Til the world turns upside down!
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me... Not only that, my Eliza's expecting
We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun! (What?)
The bullets out your gun! (What?)
We move under cover and we move as one
Through the night, we have one shot to live another day
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it
It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
The code word is 'Rochambeau,' dig me? (Rochambeau!)
You have your orders now, go, man, go!
And so the American experiment begins With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav'ry
HAMILTON/LAURENS: We'll never be free until we end slavery!
HAMILTON: When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting--
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE: In Chesapeake Bay!
HAMILTON: How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside. That's right, Hercules Mulligan!
MULLIGAN: A tailor spyin' on the British government!
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it (Up!)
To my brother's revolutionary covenant I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it!
See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
HAMILTON: After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet.
LAFAYETTE: We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief.
MULLIGAN: And just like that, it's over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead.
LAURENS: Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
WASHINGTON: Not. Yet.
HAMILTON: We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Yorktown They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing...
The world turned upside down
Down down, down, down
LAFAYETTE: Freedom for America, freedom for France!
Down, down, down
HAMILTON: Gotta start a new nation! Gotta meet my son!
Down, down, down
MULLIGAN: We won! LAFAYETTE: We won!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS: We won!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON: We won!
The world turned upside down!
KING GEORGE: They say,
The price of my war is not a price that they are willing to pay
Insane You cheat with the French
Now I am fighting with France and with Spain
I am so blue
I thought that we'd made an arrangement when you went away
You were mine to subdue Well even despite our estrangement
I got a small query for you
What comes next? You've been freed
Do you know how hard it is to lead?
You're on your own Awesome. Wow.
Do you have a clue what happens now?
Oceans rise, empires fall It's much harder when it's all your call
All alone, across the sea
When your people say they hate you, don't come crawling back to me.
You're on your own...
BURR: Dear Theodosia what to say to you
You have my eyes You have your mother's name
When you came into the world you cried and it broke my heart
I'm dedicating everyday to you Domestic life was never quite my style
When you smile, you knock me out I fall apart and I thought I was so smart
You will come of age with our young nation
We'll bleed and fight for you We'll make it right for you
If we lay a strong enough foundation
We'll pass it on to you We'll give the world to you
And you'll blow us all away Someday, someday
Yeah you'll blow us all away Someday, someday
HAMILTON: Oh, Phillip when you smile I am undone, my son
Look at my son Pride is not the word I'm looking for
There is so much more inside me now
Oh, Phillip you outshine the morning sun, my son
When you smile, I fall apart and I thought I was so smart
My father wasn't around
BURR: My father wasn't around
HAMILTON: I swear that
HAMILTON/BURR: I'll be around for you
HAMILTON: I'll do whatever it takes
BURR: I'll make a million mistakes
HAMILTON/BURR: I'll make the world safe and sound for you
You'll come of age with our young nation
We'll bleed and fight for you We'll make it right for you
If we lay a strong enough foundation
We'll pass it on to you We'll give the world to you
And you'll blow us all away Someday, someday
Yeah, you'll blow us all away Someday, someday
LAURENS: I may not live to see our glory.
ELIZA: Alexander? There's a letter for you.
HAMILTON: It's from John Laurens. I'll read it later.
LAURENS: But I will gladly join the fight.
ELIZA: No. It's from his father.
HAMILTON: His father?
LAURENS: And when our children tell our story.
HAMILTON: Will you read it for me?
LAURENS: They'll tell the story of tonight.
ELIZA: "On Tuesday the 27th,
"my son was killed in a gunfight against British troops retreating from South Carolina.
"The war was already over. As you know, John dreamed of emancipating and recruiting
"3000 men for the first all-black military regiment. His dream of freedom for these men dies with him."
LAURENS: Tomorrow there'll be more of us...
ELIZA: Alexander. Are you alright?
HAMILTON: I have so much work to do.
BURR: After the war I went back to New York
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 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-- (Non-stop!)
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?
Soon that attitude may be your doom!
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-- (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 honestly, that's why public service (He's just) Seems to be calling me. (Non-stop!)
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.
BURR: Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:
HAMILTON: I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention
BURR: There as a New York junior delegate:
HAMILTON: Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate...
BURR: Goes and proposes his own form of government!
(What?) His own plan for a new form of government!
(What?) Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
Bright young man... Yo, who the f is this?
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!
Why do you write like it's going out of style?
Write day and night like it's going out of style?
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: I'll keep all my plans close to my chest
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it) 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!
How 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
Like you're running out of time Are you running out of time?
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: He will never be satisfied ELIZA: What would be enough
ANGELICA: He will never be satisfied
Satisfied, satisfied WASHINGTON: History has its eyes on you!
BURR: Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
History has its eyes on you!
HAMILTON: I am not throwin' away my shot! (Just you wait!)
I am Alexander Hamilton! (Alexander Hamilton! Hamilton!)
(Just you wait!) I am not throwin' away my shot!