Hamilton

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[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
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

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[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!

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[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!

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[King George]
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
Cuz 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
Cuz when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family
To remind you of my love.

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[Hamilton]
Yo!
He’d have you all unravel at the
Sound of screams but the
Revolution is comin’
The have-nots are gonna win this
It’s hard to listen to you with a straight face

Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us,
Honestly you shouldn’t even talk.
And what about Boston?
Look at the cost,
N’ all that we’ve lost
N’ you talk about Congress?!
My dog speaks more eloquently than thee!
But strangely, your mange is the same
Is he in Jersey?
For the revolution!

[Seabury]
Heed not the rabble
Who scream revolution,
They have not your interests at heart
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
Don’t let them lead you astray
This Congress does not speak for me
They’re playing a dangerous game
I pray the king shows you his mercy
For shame for shame

[Company] For the revolution!

[Seabury] Heed —

[Hamilton] If you repeat yourself again I’m gonna —

[Seabury] Scream —

[Hamilton] Honestly, look at me, please don’t read!

[Seabury] Not your interests —

[Hamilton] 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

[Company] Silence! A message from the King!
A message from the King!

[All] A message from the King!

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[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…

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[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!

[Eliza/Angelica/Peggy] History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world!

[Schuyler sisters & Company] In the greatest city in the world!

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[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

[Company] Angelica

[Schuyler sisters & Company] 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 & Male ensemble] Look around, look around —

[Eliza] Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…

[All men] She’s lookin’ for me!

[Angelica] Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!

[Eliza/Angelica/Peggy] Work!

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[Burr]
There’s nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin’ it
With the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
Just to watch them 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 —

[Company] Work, work!

[Angelica] Angelica!

[Company] Work, work!

[Eliza] Eliza!

[Peggy] And Peggy!

[Company] Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!

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[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/Mulligan]
Tomorrow there’ll be more of us.

[Mulligan/Lafayette/Laurens]
Telling the story of tonight.

[Hamilton]
They’ll tell the story of tonight.

[Laurens/Mulligan/Lafayette]
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away.

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[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…

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[Hamilton]
It’s time to take a shot

[Hamilton, Mulligan, Laurens]
Rise up, rise up
It’s time to take a shot
Rise up, rise up
Time to take a shot
Rise up
Take a shot, a shot, a shot,
A-yo, it's time to take a shot
Time to take a shot
And I am
Not throwing away my

[Company]
Not throwing away my shot!

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[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?
'Zat 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

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[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
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
never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud

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[Lafayette]
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!

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