british admiral howe's got troops on the water
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
when they surround our troops
as kids in the timestate, we wished for an end
we knew that we were mortals
we knew it was the only way to (rise up)
if they tell our story
we are either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or (rise up)
we will fight for this land
but there's only one man
who can give us a command so we can (rise up)
understand? it's the only way to (rise up), (rise up)
here he comes
HERE COMES THE GENERAL (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)
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)
CHECK IT
CAN I BE REAL A SECOND?
FOR JUST A MILLISECOND?
LET DOWN MY GAURD
AND TELL THE PEOPLE HOW I FEEL A SECOND?
NOW I'M THE MODEL OF A MORDERN MAJOR GENERAL
THE VENERATED TIMESTATE 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 YA FACE
WHEN YOU HEAR THE BRITISH CANONS 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 (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.
they're battering down the battery, check the damages (hah)
we gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages (hah)
let's take a stand with the stamina god has granted us
hamilton won't abandon ship
yo, let's steal their cannons shoot (boom)
goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and (boom)
goes the cannon, we're abandoning 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 END THE TIMESTATE?
WE RIDE AT MIDNIGHT.
FREEDOM IN THE DISTANCE.
I CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE PEOPLE.
I'M IN DIRE NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
Your excellency, Sir.
WHO ARE YOU?
Aaron Burr, Sir?
Permission to state my case?
AS YOU WERE.
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.
HUH.
I have some questions,
A couple of suggestions
On how to fight instead of fleeing west
YES?
Well—
your excellency, you wanted to see us?
HAMILTON, COME IN, HAVE YOU MET BURR?
yes, sir
we keep meeting (We keep meeting.)
As I was saying, sir.
I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
BURR?
Sir?
CLOSE THE DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT.
have we done something wrong, sir?
ON THE CONTRARY.
I CALLED YOU HERE BECAUSE OUR ODDS ARE BEYOND SCARY.
YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU, BUT I HAVE TO LAUGH. (sir?)
HAMILTON. HOW COME NO ONE CAN GET YOU ON THEIR STAFF?
sir
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.
to be their secretary? we don't think so
NOW, WHY'RE YOU UPSET? (we're not)
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? (yes)
DYING IS EASY, YOUNG MAN, LIVING IS HARDER.
why are you telling us this?
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?
we are not throwing away our shot
we are not throwing away our shot
ayo, we are just like our country
we're young, scrappy and hungry
we am not throwing away our shot (SON)
(WE ARE OUTGUNNED, OUTMANNED)
you need all the help you can get
we have some friends
laurens, mulligan, marquis de lafayette, okay, what else?
(OUTNUMBERED, OUTPLANNED)
we'll need some spies on the inside
some king's men who might let some things slide
(boom)
we'll write to congress and tell 'em we need supplies
you rally the guys
master the element of surprise
(chicka-boom)
we'll rise above our station, organize your information
till we rise to the occasion of our new freedom
sir
HERE COMES THE GENERAL (rise up) (what?)
HERE COMES THE GENERAL (rise up) (what?)
HERE COMES THE GENERAL (rise up) (what?)
HERE COMES THE GENERAL
(what?) AND HIS RIGHT HAND MAN.
(boom)