Hamilton

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.

[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 wanna get ahead?

[Hamilton] Yes

[Burr] Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

[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 dying like a martyr.

[Hamilton]
Yes.

[Washington]
Dying is easy, young man; living is harder.

[Hamilton] I may not live to see our glory!

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] I may not live to see our glory!

[Hamilton] But I will gladly join the fight!

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] But I will gladly join the fight!

[Hamilton] And when our children tell our story…

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] And when our children tell our story…

[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 interests 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]
I heard your name at Princeton.
I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of 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!

[Hamilton]
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…

[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.

[Burr, Mulligan, Laurens, Lafayette] Rise up!

[Hamilton] If they tell my story
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or

[Burr, Mulligan, Laurens, Lafayette] Rise up!

[Hamilton] I will fight for this land but there’s only one man
Who can give us a command, so we can.

[Burr, Mulligan, Laurens, Lafayette] Rise up!

[Hamilton] Understand, it’s the only way to.

[Burr, Mulligan, Laurens, Lafayette] Rise up, rise up!

[Hamilton]
Here he comes!

[Company]
Here comes the general!

[Burr]
Ladies and gentlemen!
The moment you’ve been waiting for!
The Pride of Mount Vernon!
George Washington!

[Washington]
We are out-gunned!
Out-manned!
Out-numbered,
Out-planned!
We gotta make an all-out stand
Hey yo 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
Writing letters to relatives
Embellishing my elegance and eloquence
But the elephant is in the room,
The truth is in your face
When you 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 out-gunned!
Out-manned!
Out-numbered,
Out-planned!
We gotta make an all-out stand
Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man

Incoming!

[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, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
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!

[Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
(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
And I'm not throwing away my 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

[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
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

[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
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

[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Shot!