thebfdifann

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Hi! My name is Sushi Soucy and I write musicals!! This is my official tumblr where I’m gonna beg you guys to check out my newest musical Rockabye on YouTube!! The cast album will be out within the next couple of months! Art by molemorgue on Instagram

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im pinning this so everyone can watch rockabye

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not so major change to my username

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words cannot describe how happy i am that its the weekend

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GO LISTEN RN

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i SWEAR TO GOD I get a heart attack while having mods in Grace

My most recent one:

Rue, fairly annoying but easy

Wall jumping explode, ehaooshrjrj

Litany, AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Ire, can't turn to get Rue so akfiifjwkdld

Not a mod but Dozer + Ire + Litany at the same time = death

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epik duck.

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hey yall

I dont know if this is anything of excitement but im planning to make a movie w all my ocs lore :3

this movie will also include all the redesigns of the ocs and their backstories!!!

I hope yall r excited :3

@v1n-ny youve been ignoring all my posts 😔

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today.

7:30 pm.

Wait your already in the server.

erm.

heh

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sry i havent been online for like 6 days school and homework have been getting in the way :/

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im @ school rn but none of my friends are here yet and im lonely

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who wants to see pictures of my kittyuhhhhs

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IM GOING TO PICK UP THE CATS RN IM SO EXCITED AHHHHHHHHH

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they're here but my brother started playing w them and my cousins came over to see them and he's acting like he knows everything ab cats 😐

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IM GOING TO PICK UP THE CATS RN IM SO EXCITED AHHHHHHHHH

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Thing I've done w/ my friends :)

Kat: @thebfdifann on Tumblr and Pinterest

Xeno: @/th1ng on YouTube and Pinterest

Lenzie: me on Tumblr and soon to be on Pinterest

so fun

so swagger

you should totally go support them

goooo

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as you can tell there is a reason I don't draw digitally..

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IM SO HAPPEH I DREW SMTH AND IT DIDNT FLOP :DDDDDDD

hehehehehehhe i <3 it sm

@misery-mayhem-motel you have permission to marry it 🙂‍↕️

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[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

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?

The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charterAnd 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

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw his future drip, dripping 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

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

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside

A voice sayin', "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"

He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute

He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution

Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord

Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the 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 (Ooh)

The bow of a ship headed for a new land

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York (New York)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

The ship is in the harbor now

See if you can spot him (Just you wait)

Another immigrant

Comin' up from the bottom (Just you wait)

His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him

We fought with him

Me? I died for him

Me? I trusted him

Me? I loved him

And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

There's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name, man?

Alexander Hamilton

[AARON BURR, SIR]

1776

New York City

Pardon me.

Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

That depends. Who's asking?

Oh, well, sure, sir

I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir

I have been looking for you

I'm getting nervous

Sir...

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?

You punched the bursar

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?

It was my parents' dying wish before they passed

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

Can I buy you a drink?

That would be nice

While we're talking

Let me offer you some free advice

Talk less

What?

Smile more

Ha

Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for

You can't be serious

You wanna get ahead?

Yes

Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

Ay, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!

What time is it?

Showtime!

Like I said...

Showtime! Showtime! Yo!

I'm John Laurens in the place to be!

Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three!

Those redcoats don't want it with me

'Cause I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I'm free!

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!

Brrrah, brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan

Up in it, lovin' it, yes I heard ya mother said "Come again?" (Ayy)

Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course

It's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets (Wow)

No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Let's raise a couple more...

To the revolution!

Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton college!

Aaron Burr!

Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

Good luck with that: you're takin' a stand

You spit. I'm 'a sit. We'll see where we land (Boooo)

Burr, the revolution's imminent.

What do you stall for?

If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?

Ooh

Who you? Who you? Who are you?

Ooh, who is this kid?

What's he gonna do?

[MY SHOT]

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 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

Tryna reach my goal, my power of speech, unimpeachable

Only 19, but my mind is older

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

Every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage

I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished (whoo)

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name

I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R

We are meant to be

A colony that runs independently

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

Then King George turns around, runs a spendin' spree

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

Enter me (he says in parentheses)

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 throwin' away my shot (my shot)

I am not throwin' away my shot (shot)

Ayo, 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

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

It's time to take a shot

I dream of life without a monarchy

The unrest in France will lead to on-archy

On-archy? How you say? How you - oh, anarchy!

When I fight, I make the other side panicky with my shot

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

I'm joining the rebellion, 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance

Instead of sewin' some pants (whoo)

I'm gonna take a shot

Eh, but we'll never be truly free

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me (that's right)

You and I, do or die (whoo!)

Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion

Have another shot

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

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 overexcited, shoot off at the mouth

I never had a group of friends before

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

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

Everybody sing! Whoa, whoa, whoa

Hey, whoa (whoo), whoa

Said let 'em hear ya! Let's go! (Yeah)

Whoa, whoa, whoa (I said shout it to the rooftops)

Whoa (said to the rooftops)

Whoa (oh, come on), yeah (come on, let's go)

Rise up, when you're living on your knees, you rise up

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Rise up

I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory

When's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?

If I see it comin', 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 20

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' and fightin'

I've been readin' and 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

Ayo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're 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, whoa (it's time to take a shot)

Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot (whoa)

Ayo, it's time to take a shot, time to take a shot (whoa, whoa)

And I am not throwin' away my, not throwin' away my shot

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT]

I may not live to see our glory (I may not live to see our glory)

But I will gladly join the fight (but I will gladly join the fight)

And when our children tell our story (and when our children tell our story)

They'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

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

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

No matter what they tell you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

[THE SCHUYLER SISTERS]

There's nothin' 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 '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

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Angelica

Peggy

Eliza

Work

Daddy said to be home by sundown

Daddy doesn't need to know

Daddy said not to go downtown

Like I said, you're free to go

But – look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

New York

Angelica

Work

It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war

People shouting in the square

It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore

New ideas in the air

Look around, look around

Angelica, remind me what we're looking for

She's lookin' for me

Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

Woah-woah

Woah-woah

Work

Woo

There's nothin' like summer in the city

Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' 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?

Burr, you disgust me

Ah, so you've discussed me

I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me

I've been readin' 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'ma compel him to include women in the sequel

Work

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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 readin' Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane

Hey, hey, hey, hey

You want a revolution? I want a revelation

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

In New York

The revolution's happening

Hey, hey, hey, hey

So listen to my declaration:

We hold these truths to be self evident

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

That all men are created equal

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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

Work, work

Angelica

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Work, work

We're lookin' for a mind at work

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

(Hey) Woah

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the world

In the greatest city in the world

[FARMER REFUTED]

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

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!

Yo! He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams (Heed not the rabble who scream)

But the revolution is comin' (Revolution!)

The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests at heart)

It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us (Chaos and Bloodshed are not a solution)

Honestly, you shouldn't even talk and what about Boston (Don't let them lead you astray)

Look at the cost of all that we've lost

And you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)

My dog speaks more eloquently than thee

(You're playing a dangerous game)

But strangely, your mange is the same!

(I pray the king shows you his mercy)

Is he in Jersey?

For the Revolution!

(For shame!) For the Revolution!

(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?

Alexander, please!

Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive

Drop the niceties

Silence! A message from the King!

A message from the King!

A message from the King!

[YOU'LL BE BACK]

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!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya

You say our love is draining, and you can't go on

You'll be the one complainin' 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 'til 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

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat- everybody!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat, da-ya-da-ah

[RIGHT-HAND MAN]

British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour (thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour)

When they surround our troops, they surround our troops

When they surround our troops (they surround our troops)

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

If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or rise up

I 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

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 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 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 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 (rah!)

We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages (rah!)

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, goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and

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 givin' 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

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 me?

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

Yes, sir, 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 I 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

Yeah, to be their Secretary? I don't think so

Now why are you upset? I'm not

It's alright, you wanna 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 me 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?

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Son, we are outgunned, outmanned!

You need all the help you can get

I 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

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

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!

[A WINTER'S BALL]

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!

There are so many to deflower!

Ladies!

Looks! Proximity to power

Ladies!

They delighted and distracted him

Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!

That's true!

1780

A winter's ball

And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all

Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son

Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?

Hey

Hey

Hey hey

[HELPLESS]

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey)

Hey (hey, hey)

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

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

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 a sister and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine" (ooh)

My sister made her way across the room to you (ooh)

And I got nervous, thinking, what's she gonna do? (Ooh)

She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)

Then you look back at me, and suddenly

I'm helpless

Oh, look at those eyes, oh (look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit)

I'm helpless, I know

Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

(Helpless) I am 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

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Elizabeth Schuyler, it's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler? (My sister)

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

One week later, I'm writin' a letter nightly

Now my life gets better every letter that you write me

Laughin' at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem

I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him (ha)

Two weeks later, in the living room stressin'

My father's stone-faced while you ask him 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 (ooh)

My father makes his way across the room to you (ooh)

I panic for a second, thinking we're through (ooh)

But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true" (ooh)

And you turn back to me smiling

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 (whoo!)

Helpless (that boy is mine, that boy is mine, ooh)

Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit

I'm helpless (helpless) (whoo)

Down for the count (yeah), and I'm drownin' in 'em

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 is 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 was 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 buck wild

But, I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real

As long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to god you'll never feel so

I do, I do, I do

Eliza (helpless) (I do, I do, I do)

I never felt so (helpless)

Yeah, yeah

Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em (down for a count, and I'm-)

Helpless (yo, my life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it)

Helpless (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

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (helpless)

[SATISFIED]

Alright, alright, that's what I'm talkin' about

Now, everyone give it up for the maid of honor:

Angelica Schuyler

A toast to the groom

(To the groom, to the groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(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, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Rewind)

Rewind, rewind

Helpless, sky's, sky's, helpless

Drownin', drownin'

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I remember that—

I remember that night, I just might

Regret that night for the rest of my days

I remember those soldier boys

Trippin' 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, every part aflameThis is not a game

You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied

I'm sure I don't know what you mean, you forget yourself

You're like me, I'm never satisfied

Is that right?

I have never been satisfied

My name is Angelica Schuyler

Alexander Hamilton

Where's your family from?

Unimportant, there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Everything 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'ma 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 flyin' 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

Helpless

And I know she is

Helpless

And her eyes are just

Helpless

And I realize

Three fundamental truths at the exact same time

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Number one

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

Elizabeth Schuyler

It's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler?

My sister

Number two

He's after me 'cause I'm a Schuyler sister

That elevates his status, I'd

Have to be naive 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

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

Number three

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 groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(To the bride,to the bride, to the bride)

From your sister

(Angelica, Angelica, Angelica)

Who is always by your side

(By your side, by your side)

To your union

(To the union!)

(To the revolution!)

And the hope that you provide

(You provide, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

And I know

She'll be happy as his bride

And I know

He will never be satisfied

I will never be satisfied

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT - REPRISE]

I may not live to see our glory

I may not live to see our glory

But I've seen wonders great and small

I've seen wonders great and small

'Cause if the tomcat can get married

If Alexander can get married

There's hope for our ass after all

Raise a glass to freedom (hey!)

Something you will never see again

No matter what she tells you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us, oh (hey!)

To the newly not poor of us (whoo-ooh)

We'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round

Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr

Sir!

I didn't think that you would make it

To be sure

Burr

I came to say congratulations

Spit a verse, Burr

I see the whole gang is here

You are the worst, Burr

Ignore them, congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel

I wish I had your command instead of manning George's journal

No, you don't

Yes, I do

Now, be sensible

From what I heard, you've made yourself indispensable

Well, well, I heard you got a special someone on the side, Burr

Is that so?

What are you trying to hide, Burr?

I should go

No, these guys should go

What?

No!

Leave us alone

Man

It's alright, Burr

I wish you brought this girl with you tonight, Burr

You're very kind, but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir

What do you mean?

She's married

I see

She's married to a British officer

Oh shit

Congrats again, Alexander

Smile more

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I will never understand you

If you love this woman, go get her

What are you waiting for?

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I'll see you on the other side of the war

[thebfdifann]

[SAY NO TO THIS]

There's nothing like summer in the city

Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty

There's trouble in the air, you can smell it

And Alexander's by himself

I'll let him tell it

I hadn't slept in a week

I was weak, I was awake

You've never seen a bastard orphan

More in need of a break

Longing for Angelica

Missing my wife

That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life

She said

I know you are a man of honor

I'm so sorry to bother you at home

But I don't know where to go

And I came here all alone

She said

My husband's doin' me wrong

Beatin' me, cheatin' me, mistreatin' me

Suddenly he's up and gone

I don't have the means to go on

So I offered her a loan

I offered to walk her home, she said

(You're too kind, sir)

I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away

She lived a block away, she said

(This one's mine, sir)

Then I said, "Well, I should head back home"

She turned red, she led me to her bed

Let her legs spread and said

(Stay?)

Hey

(Hey)

That's when I began to pray

Lord, show me how to say no to this

I don't know how to say no to this

But my God, she looks so helpless

And her body's saying, "hell, yes"

No, show me how to say no to this (Whoa)

I don't know how to say no to this

In my mind, I'm trynna go (Go, go, go!)

Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say (No! No!)

Say no to this!

No! No!

Say no to this!

No! No!

Say no to this!

No! No!

Say no to this!

I wish I could say that was the last time

I said that last time, it became a pastime

A month into this endeavor

I received a letter from a Mr. James Reynolds

Even better, it said

Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth

In the pockets of people like me

Down on their luck

You see, that was my wife who you decided to

Fu—

Uh-oh!

You made the wrong sucker a cuckold

So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled

And hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife

If the price is right

If not, I'm telling your wife

I hid the letter and I raced to her place

Screamed "How could you?" in her face

She said

(No, sir!)

Half dressed, apologetic

A mess, she looked pathetic

She cried

(Please don't go, sir!)

So was your whole story a setup?

(I don't know about any letter!)

Stop crying goddamnit, get up!

(I didn't know any better!)

I am ruined

(Please don't leave me with him)

I am helpless (I am helpless)

How could I do this?

Just give him what he wants and you can have me (I don't want you)

Whatever you want (I don't want you)

If you pay you can stay (I don't-)

Lord, show me how to say no to this (Tonight)

I don't know how to say no to this

But the situation's helpless (Helpless)

And her body's screaming "hell, yes"

No, show me how to say no to this! (Whoa!)

How can I say no to this?

There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go!)

When her body's on mine I do not say

(No!)

Yes!

Yes... (Say no to this)

(No!) Yes!

Yes... (Say no to this)

(No!) Yes!

Yes... (Say no to this)

(No!) Yes!

Yes! (Say no to this!)

Say no to this, I don't say no to this

There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)

So?

Nobody needs to know

[THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS]

Ah, Mr. Secretary!

Mr. Burr, sir

Did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?

No

You know Claremont street?

Yeah

They renamed it after him

The Mercer legacy is secure

Sure

And all he had to do is die

And that's a lot less work!

We ought to give it a try

Heh

And how you gonna get your debt plan through?

I guess I'm gonna have to finally listen to you.

Really?

Talk less, smile more

Haha!

Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the congress floor

Now Madison and Jefferson are merciless

Well, hate the sin love the sinner

Hamilton!

I'm sorry Burr I gotta go

But decisions are happening over dinner

Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room

Diametrically opposed

Foes

They emerge with a compromise

Having open doors that were previously closed

Bros

The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power

A system he can shape however he wants

The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital

And here's the pièce de résistance

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

No one really knows how the game is played

The art of the trade

How the sausage gets made

We just assume that it happens

But no one else is in the room where it happens

Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day in distress and disarray

Alexander said, "I've nowhere else to turn"

And basically begged me to join the fray

I approached Madison and said

"I know you hate him but let's hear what he has to say"

Well, I arranged the meeting

I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating

But

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

No one really knows how the parties get to "Yes"

The pieces that are sacrificed in every game of chess

We just assume that it happens

But no else is in the room where it happens

Madison is grappling with the fact

That not every issue can be settled by committee

Congress is fighting over where to put the capital

It isn't pretty

Jefferson approaches with the dinner invite

Madison responds with Virginian insight

Maybe we could solve one problem with another

And win a victory for the Southerners

In other words

Ho ho

A quid pro quo

I suppose

Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?

Actually, I would

Well, I propose the Potomac

And you'll provide him his votes?

Well, we'll see how it goes

Let's go

No!

...one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

My God, In God We Trust

But we never really know what got discussed

Click boom! Then it happened

But no one else was in the room where it happened

What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river

Did Washington know about the dinner

Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?

Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. capital?

Cause we'll have the banks, we're in the same spot

You got more than you gave

And I wanted what I got

When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game

But you don't get a win unless you play in the game

Oh, you get love for it

You get hate for it

But you get nothing if you

God help and forgive me

I wanna build something that's gonna outlive me

What do you want Burr? (What do you want Burr?)

What do you want Burr? (What do you want Burr?)

If you stand for nothing then what'll you fall for? (What do you want Burr?)

I, I wanna be in the room where it happens

The room where it happens

I wanna be in the room where it happens

The room where it happens

I (I wanna be in the room where it happens)

I wanna be in (the room where it happens)

The room where it happens

I (I wanna be in the room where it happens)

I wanna be in (the room where it happens)

The room where it happens

I wanna be in the room where it happens (Oh)

The room where it happens

The room where it happens (I wanna be in the room)

I wanna be in the room where it happens (I've got to be, I've got to be)

The room where it happens (Oh)

The room where it happens (That big old room, oh)

The art of the compromise

Hold your nose and close your eyes

We want our leaders to save the day

But we don't get a say in what they trade away

We dream of a brand new start

But we dream in the dark for the most part

Dark as a tomb where it happens

I've got to be in the room (room where it happens)

I gotta be (the room where it happens)

I gotta be (the room where it happens)

I've got to be in the room (the room where it happens)

I gotta be, I gotta be, gotta be (the room where it happens)

In the room (I wanna be in the room where it happens)

Click, boom

[SCHUYLER DEFEATED]

Look, grandpa's in the paper

War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr

Grandpa just lost his seat in the Senate

Sometimes, that's how it goes

Daddy's gonna find out any minute

I'm sure he already knows

Further down

Further down

"Let's meet the newest Senator from New York..."

New York

Our Senator

Burr?

Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?

Since being one put me on the up and up again

No one knows who you are or what you do

They don't need to know me, they don't like you

Excuse me?

Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great

You'll always be adored by the things you create

But upstate

Wait

People think you're crooked!

And Schuyler's seat was up for grabs, so I took it

I've always considered you a friend

I don't see why that has to end

You changed parties to run against my father-in-law

I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw

I swear, your pride will be the death of us all!

Beware: it goeth before the fall

[CABINET BATTLE #2]

The issue on the table:

France is on the verge of war with England.

Now do provide aid and troops to our French allies?

Or do we stay out of it?

Remember, my decision on this matter

is not subject to congressional approval.

The only person you have to convince is me.

Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor sir.

When we were on death's door when we were needy

We made a promise, we signed a treaty.

We needed money and guns and half a chance,

Uhh who provided those funds? (France)

In return they didn't ask for land,

Only the promise that we'd lend a hand

And stand with them if they fought against oppressors

and revolution is messy but now is the time to stand.

Stand with our brothers as they fight against tyranny.

I know that Alexander Hamilton is here

And he would rather not have this debate.

I remind you that he is not Secretary of State!

He knows nothing of loyalty. (nothing)

Smells like new money

Dresses like fake royalty.

Desperate to rise above his station.

Everything he does betrays the ideals our nation.

Hey, and if you don't know now you know Mr. President.

Thank you Secretary Jefferson

Secretary Hamilton your response.

You must be out of your GODDAMNED mind

if you think

the president is gonna bring the nation to the brink

Of meddling in the middle of a military mess

A game of chess

Where France is queen and king-less

We've signed a treaty with a king

Who's head is now in a basket

Would you like to take it out and ask it?

"Oh should we honor our treaty King Louis head?"

Uh do whatever you want, I'm super dead!

Enough! Enough!

Hamilton is right (Mr. President)

We're too fragile to start another fight

(But sir do we not fight for freedom)

Sure, when the French figure out who's gonna lead 'em.

(The people are leading!)

The people are rioting, there's a difference

Frankly it's a little disquieting

You would let your ideals blind you to reality

Hamilton? (Sir) Draft the statement of neutrality.

Did you forget Lafayette? (What?)

Have you an ounce of regret?

You accumulate debt, you accumulate power

Yet in their hour of need you forget.

Lafayette's a smart man he'll be fine,

And before he was your friend he was mine.

If we try to fight in every revolution in the world

We never stop, where do we draw the line?

So quick witted

Alas, I admit it

I bet you were quite a lawyer

My defendants got aquitted

Yeah, well someone oughtta remind you (What?)

You're nothing without Washington behind you.

(Hamilton) Daddy's calling

[WASHINGTON ON YOUR SIDE]

It must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

It must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

Every action has an equal, opposite reaction

Thanks to Hamilton, our cabinet's fractured into factions

Try not to crack under the stress, we're breakin' down like fractions

We smack each other in the press, and we don't print retractions

I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion

The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion

Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration

As Wall Street robs 'em blind in search of chips to cash in

This prick is askin' for someone to bring him to task

Somebody give me some dirt on his vacuous mask, so we can at last unmask him

I'll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it

While we were all watchin', he got Washington in his pocket

It must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

It must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

Look back at the Bill of Rights (which I wrote!)

The ink hasn't dried

It must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

So he's doubled the size of the government

Wasn't the trouble with much of our previous government size

Look in his eyes (see how he lies)

Follow the scent of his enterprise

Centralizing national credit and making American credit competitive

If we don't stop it, we aid and abet it! (I have to resign!)

Somebody has to stand up for the South!

Well, somebody has to stand up to his mouth!

If there's a fire you're trying to douse

You can't put it out from inside the house!

I'm in the cabinet

I am complicit in watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it

If Washington isn't gon' listen to disciplined dissidents

This is the difference, this kid is out!

Oh, this immigrant isn't somebody we chose!

Oh, this immigrant's keepin' us all on our toes!

Oh, let's show these Federalists who they're up against!

Oh, southern motherfuckin' Democratic-Republicans!

Oh, now follow the money and see where it goes!

Oh, because every second, the treasury grows!

Oh, if we follow the money and see where it leads

Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton's misdeeds

It must be nice, it must be nice

Follow the money and see where it goes

It must be nice, it must be nice

The emperor has no clothes

We won't be invisible

We won't be denied

Still, it must be nice, it must be nice

To have Washington on your side

[ONE LAST TIME]

Mr. President, you asked to see me?

I know you’re busy

What do you need, sir? 

Sir?

I wanna give you a word of warning

Sir, I don’t know what you heard

But whatever it is, Jefferson started it

Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning

You’re kidding

I need a favor

Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior

Shh

Talk less

I’ll use the press

I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him—

I need you to draft an address

Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind—

No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President

Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir

I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President

I’m sorry, what?

One last time

Relax, have a drink with me

One last time

Let’s take a break tonight

And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye

To say goodbye

You and I

No, sir, why?

I wanna talk about neutrality

Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time—

I want to warn against partisan fighting

But—

Pick up a pen, start writing

I wanna talk about what I have learned

The hard-won wisdom I have earned

As far as the people are concerned

You have to serve, you could continue to serve—

No! One last time

The people will hear from me

One last time

And if we get this right

We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say

Goodbye

You and I—

Mr. President, they will say you’re weak

No, they will see we’re strong

Your position is so unique

So I’ll use it to move them along

Why do you have to say goodbye?

If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on

It outlives me when I’m gone

Like the scripture says:

“Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree

And no one shall make them afraid.”

They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made

I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree

A moment alone in the shade

At home in this nation we’ve made

One last time

One last time

Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. I shall also carry with me

The hope (The hope)

That my country will

View them with indulgence; (View them with indulgence)

And that

After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal (After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal)

The faults of incompetent abilities will be

Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest (Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest)

I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I (I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I)

Promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking (Promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking)

In the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws (In the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws)

Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust (Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust)

Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers (Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers)

One last time

George Washington’s going home!

Teach ‘em how to say goodbye

George Washington’s going home

You and I

George Washington’s going home

Going home

George Washington’s going home

History has its eyes on you

George Washington’s going home

We’re gonna teach ‘em how to

Say goodbye! (Teach ‘em how to say goodbye!)

Teach ‘em how to (Teach ‘em how!)

Say goodbye! (Say goodbye!)

To say goodbye! (Say goodbye!)

Say goodbye!

One last time! (One last time!)

[I KNOW HIM]

They say George Washington's yielding his power and stepping away

Is that true?

I wasn't aware that was something a person could do

I'm perplexed

Are they going to keep on replacing whoever's in charge?

If so, who's next?

There's nobody else in their country who looms quite as large

John Adams?

I know him, that can't be

That's that little guy who spoke to me

All those years ago, what was it, '85?

That poor man, they're going to eat him alive

Oceans rise, empires fall

Next to Washington, they all look small

All alone, watch them run

They will tear each other into pieces

Jesus Christ, this will be fun

Da da da da da da da da da ya da

Da da da da da da ya da

"President" John Adams

Good luck!

[THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION]

How does Hamilton the short-tempered Protean

Creator of the Coast Guard

Founder of the New York Post

Ardently abuse his cab'net post

Destroy his reputation?

Welcome folks, to the Adams Administration

Jefferson's the runner-up

Which makes him the Vice President

Washington can't help you now

No more mister nice President

Adams fires Hamilton

Privately calls him "Creole bastard"

In his taunts (say what?)

Hamilton publishes his response

Sit down, John, you fat motherfu-

Hamilton's out of control

This is great!

He's out of power, he holds no office

And he just destroyed President John Adams

The only other significant member of his party

Hamilton is a host unto himself

As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat

Let's let him know what we know

[WE KNOW]

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Madison, Senator Burr

What is this?

We have the check stubs from separate accounts

Almost a thousand dollars paid in different amounts

To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in 1791

Is that what you have, are you done?

You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position

Though virtue is not a word I'd apply to this situation

To seek financial gain astray from your sacred nation

And the evidence suggests you engaged in speculation

An immigrant embezzling our government funds

I can almost see the headline, your career is done

I hope you saved some money for your daughter and son

Ya best go on, run back where ya come from!

Ha! You don't even know what you're asking me to confess (confess)

You have nothing

I don't have to tell you anything at all

Unless (unless)

If I can prove that I never broke the law

Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?

No one else was in the room where it happened

Is that a yes?

Um, yes

"Dear sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth

In the pockets of people like me down on their luck

You see, that was my wife who you decided to—"

Whaaaat?

She courted me

Escorted me to bed

And when she had me in the corner

That's when Reynolds extorted me

For a sordid fee

I paid him quarterly

I may have mortally wounded my prospects

But my papers are orderly

As you can see, I kept a record of every check in my checking history

Check it again against your list and see consistency

I never spent a cent that wasn't mine

You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine

Yes, I have reason for shame

But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name

As you can see, I have done nothing to provoke legal action

Are my answers to your satisfaction?

My god

Gentlemen, let's go

So?

The people won't know what we know

Burr, how do I know you won't use this against me

The next time we go toe to toe?

Alexander, rumors only grow

And we both know what we know

[HURRICANE]

In the eye of a hurricane there is quiet

For just a moment

A yellow sky

When I was seventeen, a hurricane destroyed my town

I didn't drown, I couldn't seem to die

I wrote my way out

Wrote everything down far as I could see

I wrote my way out

I looked up and the town had its eyes on me

They passed a plate around

And total strangers

Moved to kindness by my story

Raised enough for me to book passage on a ship

That was New York bound

I wrote my way out of hell

I wrote my way to revolution

I was louder than the crack in the bell

I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell

I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well

And in the face of ignorance and resistance

I wrote financial systems into existence

And when my prayers to God were met with indifference

I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance

In the eye of a hurricane there is quiet

For just a moment

A yellow sky

I was twelve when my mother died

She was holding me

We were sick, and she was holding me

I couldn't seem to die

Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it

I'll write my way out (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)

Write ev'rything down, far as I can see (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)

(History has its eyes on you)

I'll write my way out

Overwhelm them with honesty

This is the eye of the hurricane

This is the only way I can protect my legacy

Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait

The Reynolds Pamphlet

[THE REYNOLDS PAMPHLET]

The Reynolds Pamphlet

Have you read this?

Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair

And he wrote it down right there

Highlights!

The charge against me is in connection with one James Reynolds

For purposes of improper speculation

My real crime is an amorous connection with his wife

For a considerable time with his knowing consent

Damn!

I had frequent meetings with her

Most of them at my own house

At his own house?

At his own house

Damn!

Mrs. Hamilton, with our children

Being absent on a visit to her father

No! (Boo)

Have you read this?

Well, he's never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president, now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

That's one less thing to worry about

That's one less thing to worry about

I came as soon as I heard (what?)

Angelica, all the way from London? Damn!

Angelica, thank God

Someone who understands what I'm struggling here to do

I'm not here for you (ooh!)

I know my sister like I know my own mind

You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind

I love my sister more than anything in this life

I will choose her happiness over mine every time

Put what we had aside, I'm standing at her side

You could never be satisfied, God, I hope you're satisfied

Well, he's never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

Never gon' be president now

That's one less thing to worry about

That's one less thing to worry about

Hey (he's never gon' be president, now)

At least he was honest with our money (he's never gon' be president, now)

Never gon' be president now

Hey (he's never gon' be president now)

At least he was honest with our money (that's one less thing to worry about)

That's one less thing to worry about

The Reynolds Pamphlet

Have you read this?

You ever see somebody ruin their own life? (Own life)

His poor wife

[BURN]

I saved every letter you wrote me

From the moment I read them, I knew you were mine

You said you were mine

I thought you were mine

Do you know what Angelica said

When we saw your first letter arrive?

She said, "Be careful with that one, love

He will do what it takes to survive"

You and your words flooded my senses

Your sentences left me defenseless

You built me palaces out of paragraphs

You built cathedrals

I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me

I'm searching and scanning for answers in every line

For some kind of sign

And when you were mine

The world seemed to burn

Burn

You published the letters she wrote you

You told the whole world how you brought this girl into our bed

In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives

Do you know what Angelica said

When she read what you'd done?

She said, "You've married an Icarus

He has flown too close to the sun"

You and your words obsessed with your legacy

Your sentences border on senseless

And you are paranoid in every paragraph

How they perceive you

You, you, you

I'm erasing myself from the narrative

Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted

When you broke her heart

You have torn it all apart

I'm watching it burn

Watching it burn

The world has no right to my heart

The world has no place in our bed

They don't get to know what I said

I'm burning the memories

Burning the letters that might have redeemed you

You forfeit all rights to my heart

You forfeit the place in our bed

You'll sleep in your office instead

With only the memories of when you were mine

I hope that you burn

[BLOW US ALL AWAY]

Meet the latest graduate of King's College

I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish

The scholars say I got that same virtuosity and brains as my Pop's

The ladies say my brain's not where the resemblance stops

I'm only nineteen, but my mind is older

Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder

I shoulder his legacy with pride

I used to hear him say that someday I would

Blow us all away!

Ladies, I'm looking for a Mr. George Eacker

Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker

He disparaged my father's legacy in front of a crowd

I can't have that, I'm making my father proud

I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks

He was going to see a play

Well, I'll go visit his box

God, you're a fox!

Hey, y'all look pretty good in your frocks

How 'bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?

Okay!

Yeah!

Blow, blow, blow us all away!

George! George!

Shh, I'm tryna watch a show!

You should've watched your mouth

Before you talked about my father though!

I didn't say anything that wasn't true

Your father's a scoundrel and so it seems are you

It's like that?

Yeah, I don't fool around

I'm not your little schoolboy friends

I'll see you on the dueling ground!

That is unless you want to step outside and go now

I know where to find you

Piss off, I'm watching the show now

Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said about you

I doubt you woulda let it slide and I was not about to

Slow down

I came to ask you for advice, this is my very first duel

They don't exactly cover this subject in boarding school

Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?

He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talk cease

Where is this happening?

Across the river in Jersey

Everything is legal in New Jersey

All right

So this is what you're gonna do

Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you

When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air

This will put an end to the whole affair

But what if he decides to shoot, then I'm a goner

No, he'll follow suit if he's truly a man of honor

To take someone's life, that is something you can't shake

Phillip, your mother can't take another heartbreak

Father—

Promise me

You don't want this young man's blood on your conscience

Okay, I promise

Come back home when you're done

Take my guns, be smart

Make me proud, son

My name is Phillip

I am a poet

And I'm a little nervous, but I can't show it

I'm sorry, I'm a Hamilton with pride

You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide!

Mr. Eacker! How was the rest of your show?

I'd rather skip the pleasantries, let's go

Grab your pistol

Confer with your men

The duel will commence after we count to ten

Look him in the eye, aim no higher

Summon all the courage you require

Then slowly and clearly, aim your gun towards the sky!

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven-

[STAY ALIVE - REPRISE]

Stay alive

Stay alive

Where is my son?!

Mr. Hamilton, come in

They brought him in half an hour ago

He lost a lot of blood on the way over- (Is he alive?)

Yes, but you have to understand

The bullet entered just above his hip

And lodged in his right arm (Can I see him, please?)

I'm doing everything I can

But the wound was already infected when he arrived

Phillip!

Pa!

I did exactly as you said, Pop

I held my head up high

I know, I know

Shh—

I—

I know, I know, shh, I know

You did everything just right

Even before we got to ten—

Shh

I was aiming for the sky

I know, I know. Shh—

I was aiming for the sky (I know, I know, shh, I know)

Save your strength and stay alive (Oh!)

Eliza—

Is he breathing?! Is he going to survive this?! (Stay alive)

Who did this? Alexander, did you know?!

Mom, I'm so sorry for forgetting what you taught me

My son

We played piano

I taught you piano

You would put your hands on mine

You changed the melody every time

I would always change the line

Shh, I know, I know

I would always change the line

I know, I know, I know

Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf (Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf)

Good. Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf (Un, deux, trois...)

Sept, huit, neuf...

Sept, huit...

[ITS QUIET UPTOWN]

There are moments that the words don't reach

There is suffering too terrible to name

You hold your child as tight as you can

And push away the unimaginable

The moments when you're in so deep

It feels easier to just swim down

The Hamiltons move uptown

And learn to live with the unimaginable

I spend hours in the garden

I walk alone to the store

And it's quiet uptown

I never liked the quiet before

I take the children to church on Sunday

A sign of the cross at the door

And I pray

That never used to happen before

If you see him in the street

Walking by himself talkin' to himself, have pity

Phillip, you would like it uptown, it's quiet uptown

He is working through the unimaginable

His hair has gone gray, he passes every day

They say he walks the length of the city

You knock me out, I fall apart

Can you imagine?

Look at where we are

Look at where we started

I know I don't deserve you, Eliza

But hear me out, that would be enough

If I could spare his life

If I could trade his life for mine

He'd be standing here right now

And you would smile

And that would be enough

I don't pretend to know the challenges we're facing

I know there's no replacing what we've lost

And you need time

But I'm not afraid

I know who I married

Just let me stay here by your side

That would be enough

If you see him in the street

Walking by her side talking by her side have pity

Eliza, do you like it uptown?

It's quiet uptown

He is trying to do the unimaginable

See them walking in the park, long after dark

Taking in the sights of the city

Look around, look around, Eliza

They are trying to do the unimaginable

There are moments that the words don't reach

There is a grace too powerful to name

We push away what we can never understand

We push away the unimaginable

They are standing in the garden

Alexander by Eliza's side

She takes his hand, it's quiet uptown

Forgiveness, can you imagine?

Forgiveness, can you imagine?

If you see him in the street

Walking by her side talking by her side have pity

They are going through the unimaginable

[thebfdifann]

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

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?

The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charterAnd 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

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw his future drip, dripping 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

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

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside

A voice sayin', "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"

He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute

He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution

Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord

Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the 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 (Ooh)

The bow of a ship headed for a new land

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York (New York)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

The ship is in the harbor now

See if you can spot him (Just you wait)

Another immigrant

Comin' up from the bottom (Just you wait)

His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him

We fought with him

Me? I died for him

Me? I trusted him

Me? I loved him

And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

There's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name, man?

Alexander Hamilton

[AARON BURR, SIR]

1776

New York City

Pardon me.

Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

That depends. Who's asking?

Oh, well, sure, sir

I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir

I have been looking for you

I'm getting nervous

Sir...

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?

You punched the bursar

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?

It was my parents' dying wish before they passed

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

Can I buy you a drink?

That would be nice

While we're talking

Let me offer you some free advice

Talk less

What?

Smile more

Ha

Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for

You can't be serious

You wanna get ahead?

Yes

Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

Ay, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!

What time is it?

Showtime!

Like I said...

Showtime! Showtime! Yo!

I'm John Laurens in the place to be!

Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three!

Those redcoats don't want it with me

'Cause I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I'm free!

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!

Brrrah, brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan

Up in it, lovin' it, yes I heard ya mother said "Come again?" (Ayy)

Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course

It's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets (Wow)

No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Let's raise a couple more...

To the revolution!

Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton college!

Aaron Burr!

Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

Good luck with that: you're takin' a stand

You spit. I'm 'a sit. We'll see where we land (Boooo)

Burr, the revolution's imminent.

What do you stall for?

If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?

Ooh

Who you? Who you? Who are you?

Ooh, who is this kid?

What's he gonna do?

[MY SHOT]

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 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

Tryna reach my goal, my power of speech, unimpeachable

Only 19, but my mind is older

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

Every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage

I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished (whoo)

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name

I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R

We are meant to be

A colony that runs independently

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

Then King George turns around, runs a spendin' spree

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

Enter me (he says in parentheses)

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 throwin' away my shot (my shot)

I am not throwin' away my shot (shot)

Ayo, 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

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

It's time to take a shot

I dream of life without a monarchy

The unrest in France will lead to on-archy

On-archy? How you say? How you - oh, anarchy!

When I fight, I make the other side panicky with my shot

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

I'm joining the rebellion, 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance

Instead of sewin' some pants (whoo)

I'm gonna take a shot

Eh, but we'll never be truly free

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me (that's right)

You and I, do or die (whoo!)

Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion

Have another shot

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

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 overexcited, shoot off at the mouth

I never had a group of friends before

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

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

Everybody sing! Whoa, whoa, whoa

Hey, whoa (whoo), whoa

Said let 'em hear ya! Let's go! (Yeah)

Whoa, whoa, whoa (I said shout it to the rooftops)

Whoa (said to the rooftops)

Whoa (oh, come on), yeah (come on, let's go)

Rise up, when you're living on your knees, you rise up

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Rise up

I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory

When's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?

If I see it comin', 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 20

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' and fightin'

I've been readin' and 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

Ayo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're 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, whoa (it's time to take a shot)

Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot (whoa)

Ayo, it's time to take a shot, time to take a shot (whoa, whoa)

And I am not throwin' away my, not throwin' away my shot

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT]

I may not live to see our glory (I may not live to see our glory)

But I will gladly join the fight (but I will gladly join the fight)

And when our children tell our story (and when our children tell our story)

They'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

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

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

No matter what they tell you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

[THE SCHUYLER SISTERS]

There's nothin' 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 '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

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Angelica

Peggy

Eliza

Work

Daddy said to be home by sundown

Daddy doesn't need to know

Daddy said not to go downtown

Like I said, you're free to go

But – look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

New York

Angelica

Work

It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war

People shouting in the square

It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore

New ideas in the air

Look around, look around

Angelica, remind me what we're looking for

She's lookin' for me

Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

Woah-woah

Woah-woah

Work

Woo

There's nothin' like summer in the city

Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' 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?

Burr, you disgust me

Ah, so you've discussed me

I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me

I've been readin' 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'ma compel him to include women in the sequel

Work

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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 readin' Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane

Hey, hey, hey, hey

You want a revolution? I want a revelation

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

In New York

The revolution's happening

Hey, hey, hey, hey

So listen to my declaration:

We hold these truths to be self evident

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

That all men are created equal

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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

Work, work

Angelica

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Work, work

We're lookin' for a mind at work

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

(Hey) Woah

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the world

In the greatest city in the world

[FARMER REFUTED]

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

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!

Yo! He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams (Heed not the rabble who scream)

But the revolution is comin' (Revolution!)

The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests at heart)

It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us (Chaos and Bloodshed are not a solution)

Honestly, you shouldn't even talk and what about Boston (Don't let them lead you astray)

Look at the cost of all that we've lost

And you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)

My dog speaks more eloquently than thee

(You're playing a dangerous game)

But strangely, your mange is the same!

(I pray the king shows you his mercy)

Is he in Jersey?

For the Revolution!

(For shame!) For the Revolution!

(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?

Alexander, please!

Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive

Drop the niceties

Silence! A message from the King!

A message from the King!

A message from the King!

[YOU'LL BE BACK]

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!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya

You say our love is draining, and you can't go on

You'll be the one complainin' 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 'til 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

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat- everybody!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat, da-ya-da-ah

[RIGHT-HAND MAN]

British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour (thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour)

When they surround our troops, they surround our troops

When they surround our troops (they surround our troops)

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

If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or rise up

I 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

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 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 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 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 (rah!)

We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages (rah!)

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, goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and

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 givin' 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

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 me?

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

Yes, sir, 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 I 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

Yeah, to be their Secretary? I don't think so

Now why are you upset? I'm not

It's alright, you wanna 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 me 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?

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Son, we are outgunned, outmanned!

You need all the help you can get

I 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

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

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!

[A WINTER'S BALL]

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!

There are so many to deflower!

Ladies!

Looks! Proximity to power

Ladies!

They delighted and distracted him

Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!

That's true!

1780

A winter's ball

And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all

Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son

Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?

Hey

Hey

Hey hey

[HELPLESS]

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey)

Hey (hey, hey)

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

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

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 a sister and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine" (ooh)

My sister made her way across the room to you (ooh)

And I got nervous, thinking, what's she gonna do? (Ooh)

She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)

Then you look back at me, and suddenly

I'm helpless

Oh, look at those eyes, oh (look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit)

I'm helpless, I know

Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

(Helpless) I am 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

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Elizabeth Schuyler, it's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler? (My sister)

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

One week later, I'm writin' a letter nightly

Now my life gets better every letter that you write me

Laughin' at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem

I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him (ha)

Two weeks later, in the living room stressin'

My father's stone-faced while you ask him 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 (ooh)

My father makes his way across the room to you (ooh)

I panic for a second, thinking we're through (ooh)

But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true" (ooh)

And you turn back to me smiling

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 (whoo!)

Helpless (that boy is mine, that boy is mine, ooh)

Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit

I'm helpless (helpless) (whoo)

Down for the count (yeah), and I'm drownin' in 'em

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 is 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 was 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 buck wild

But, I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real

As long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to god you'll never feel so

I do, I do, I do

Eliza (helpless) (I do, I do, I do)

I never felt so (helpless)

Yeah, yeah

Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em (down for a count, and I'm-)

Helpless (yo, my life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it)

Helpless (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

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (helpless)

[SATISFIED]

Alright, alright, that's what I'm talkin' about

Now, everyone give it up for the maid of honor:

Angelica Schuyler

A toast to the groom

(To the groom, to the groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(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, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Rewind)

Rewind, rewind

Helpless, sky's, sky's, helpless

Drownin', drownin'

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I remember that—

I remember that night, I just might

Regret that night for the rest of my days

I remember those soldier boys

Trippin' 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, every part aflameThis is not a game

You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied

I'm sure I don't know what you mean, you forget yourself

You're like me, I'm never satisfied

Is that right?

I have never been satisfied

My name is Angelica Schuyler

Alexander Hamilton

Where's your family from?

Unimportant, there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Everything 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'ma 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 flyin' 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

Helpless

And I know she is

Helpless

And her eyes are just

Helpless

And I realize

Three fundamental truths at the exact same time

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Number one

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

Elizabeth Schuyler

It's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler?

My sister

Number two

He's after me 'cause I'm a Schuyler sister

That elevates his status, I'd

Have to be naive 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

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

Number three

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 groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(To the bride,to the bride, to the bride)

From your sister

(Angelica, Angelica, Angelica)

Who is always by your side

(By your side, by your side)

To your union

(To the union!)

(To the revolution!)

And the hope that you provide

(You provide, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

And I know

She'll be happy as his bride

And I know

He will never be satisfied

I will never be satisfied

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT - REPRISE]

I may not live to see our glory

I may not live to see our glory

But I've seen wonders great and small

I've seen wonders great and small

'Cause if the tomcat can get married

If Alexander can get married

There's hope for our ass after all

Raise a glass to freedom (hey!)

Something you will never see again

No matter what she tells you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us, oh (hey!)

To the newly not poor of us (whoo-ooh)

We'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round

Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr

Sir!

I didn't think that you would make it

To be sure

Burr

I came to say congratulations

Spit a verse, Burr

I see the whole gang is here

You are the worst, Burr

Ignore them, congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel

I wish I had your command instead of manning George's journal

No, you don't

Yes, I do

Now, be sensible

From what I heard, you've made yourself indispensable

Well, well, I heard you got a special someone on the side, Burr

Is that so?

What are you trying to hide, Burr?

I should go

No, these guys should go

What?

No!

Leave us alone

Man

It's alright, Burr

I wish you brought this girl with you tonight, Burr

You're very kind, but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir

What do you mean?

She's married

I see

She's married to a British officer

Oh shit

Congrats again, Alexander

Smile more

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I will never understand you

If you love this woman, go get her

What are you waiting for?

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I'll see you on the other side of the war

[thebfdifann]

[WAIT FOR IT]

Theodosia writes me a letter every day

I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away

He's on the British side in Georgia

He's trying to keep the colonies inline

But 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 and brimstone preacher

(Preacher, preacher, preacher)

But there are things that the

Homilies and hymns won't teach ya

(Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya)

My mother was a genius (genius)

My father commanded respect (respect, 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 (wait for it)

I'm willing to wait for it

I am the one thing in life I can control

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)

I am inimitable

I am an original

I'm not falling behind or running late

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)

I'm not standing still

I am lying in wait (wait, wait, wait)

Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb

(Climb, climb, climb)

He has something to prove

He has nothing to lose

(Lose, lose, lose, lose)

Hamilton's pace is relentless

He wastes no time (time, time, time)

What is 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

(And we keep living anyway)

We rise and we fall (we rise)

(And we fall) and we break and we make our mistakes

And if there's a reason I'm still alive

When so many have died

Then I'm willin' to-

Wait for it (wait for it, wait for it)

Wait for it (wait for it, wait for it)

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)

(Wait)

[STAY ALIVE]

Stay alive

Stay alive

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

The cavalry's not coming

But, sir

Alex, listen, there's only one way for us to win this

Provoke outrage

Outright

That's right

Don't engage, strike by night

Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight

Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight (uh-huh)

Outrun

Outrun

Outlast

Outlast

Hit 'em quick, get out fast

Chick-a-plao!

Stay alive 'til this horror show is past

We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast

(Raise a glass)

I go back to New York and my apprenticeship

I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship

I stay at work with Hamilton, we write essays against slavery

And every day's a test of our camaraderie and bravery

We cut supply lines, we steal contraband

We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand

And every day, sir, entrust me with a command

And every day-

No

He dismisses me out of hand

instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee

Makes him second-in-command

(I'm a general, whee!)

Yeah, he's not the choice I woulda gone with

He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth

Everyone, attack!

Retreat!

Attack!

Retreat!

What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!

But there's so many of them

I'm sorry, is this not your speed?

Hamilton

Ready, sir

Have Lafayette take the lead

Yes, sir

A thousand soldiers die in a hundred-degree heat

As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat

Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in

He started saying this to anybody who would listen

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

Don't do a thing, history will prove him wrong

But, sir

We have a war to fight, let's move along

Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it

I can't disobey direct orders

Then I'll do it

Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got

Laurens, do not throw away your shot

[TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS]

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine

It's the ten duel commandments

It's the ten duel commandments

Number one!

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

Your Lieutenant, when there's reckoning to be reckoned

Number three!

Have your seconds meet face to face

Negotiate a peace

Or negotiate a time and place

This is commonplace, specially 'tween recruits

Most disputes die and no one shoots

Number four!

If they don't reach a peace, that's alright

Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site

You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility

You have him turn around, so he can have deniability

Five!

Duel before the sun is in the sky

Pick a place to die where it's high and dry

Number six!

Leave a note for your next of kin

Tell 'em where you been

Pray that Hell or Heaven lets you in

Seven!

Confess your sins

Ready for the moment of adrenaline

When you finally face your opponent

Number eight!

Your last chance to negotiate

Send in your seconds

See if they can set the record straight

Alexander

Aaron Burr, sir

Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

Sure

But your man has to answer for his words, Burr

With his life?

We both know that's absurd, sir

Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous?

Okay, so we're doing this

Number nine!

Look him 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!) Fire!

[MEET ME INSIDE]

Lee, do you yield?

You shot him in the side, yes, he yields

I'm satisfied

Yo, we gotta clear the field

Go, we won

Here comes the general

This should be fun

What is the meaning of this?

Mr. Burr, get a medic for the general (yes, sir)

Lee, you will never agree with me

But believe me, these young men don't speak for me

Thank you for your service

Let's ride

Hamilton? (Sir) meet me inside

Meet him inside

Meet him inside

Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside

Son (don't call me son)

This war is hard enough without infighting

Lee called you out, we called his bluff

You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south

You're absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth

That would've shut him up

Son (I'm not ya son), watch your tone

I am not a maiden in need of defending (Charles Lee), I am grown

Thomas Conway, these men take your name, and they rake it through the mud

My name's been through a lot, I can take it

Well, I don't have your name, I don't have your titles

I don't have your land, but, if you - (no)

If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead

I could fly above my station after the war

Or you could die and we need you alive

I'm more than willing to die

Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive

Call me son one more time!

Go home, Alexander

That's an order from your commander

(Sir!) Go home!

[THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH]

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Look around, look around

How long have you known?

A month or so

Eliza, you should have told me

I wrote to the General a month ago (no)

I begged him to send you home

You should have told me

I'm not sorry

I knew you'd fight until the war was won (the war's not done)

But you deserve a chance to meet your son

Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

Will you relish being a poor man's wife

Unable to provide for your life?

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

[GUNS AND SHIPS]

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!

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

We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

For this to succeed, there is someone else we need

I know

Hamilton!

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, ami?

Hamilton!

No one has more resilience

Or matches my practical tactical brilliance

Hamilton

You wanna fight for your land back?

Hamilton!

I need my right-hand man back!

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

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

[HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU]

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

And felt the shame rise in me

And even now I lie awake

Knowing history has its eyes on me

Woah, woah, woah

Woah, woah, yeah

History has its eyes on me

Woah, woah, woah

Woah, woah, yeah

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

Woah, woah, woah

Woah, woah

History has its eyes on you

[YORKTOWN (THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN)]

The battle of Yorktown, 1781

Monsieur Hamilton

Monsieur Lafayette

In command where you belong

How you say, no sweat

Finally on the field, we've had quite a run

Immigrants, we get the job done

So what happens if we win?

I go back to France

I bring freedom to my people

If I'm given the chance

We'll be with you when you do

Go lead your men

I see you on the other side

'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!

'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 undercover 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 bravery

We'll never be free until we end slavery!

When we finally drive the British away

Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!

How did we know that this plan would work?

We had a spy on the inside, that's right

Hercules 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!

Left! Right! Hold!

Go!

What? What? What?

After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet

We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief

And just like that, it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead

Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom

Not yet

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

The world turned upside down

The world turned upside down

The world turned upside down

Down, down, down, down

Freedom for America, freedom for France!

Down, down, down

Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son

Down, down, down

We won! (We won!)

We won! (We won!)

The world turned upside down!

[WHAT COMES NEXT?]

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'm fighting with France and with Spain

I'm so blue

I thought that we made an arrangement when you went away

You were mine to subdue

Well, even despite our estrangement, I've 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

Da-da-da-da-da

Da, da-da-da-ya-da

Da-da-da-da-da-ya-da

You're on your own

[DEAR THEODOSIA]

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 every day to you

Domestic life was never quite my style

When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart

And to 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

Oh, Philip, 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, Philip, 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 (my father wasn't around)

I swear that I'll be around for you

I'll do whatever it takes (I'll make a million mistakes)

I'll make the world safe and sound for 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

[NON-STOP]

After the war, I went back to New York

A-after the war, I went back to New York

I finished up my studies, and I practiced law

I practiced law, Burr worked next door

Even though we started at the very same time

Alexander Hamilton began to climb

How to account for his rise to the top?

Man, the man is non-stop

Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me

Are you aware that we're making history?

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

Co-counsel Hamilton, sit down

Our client, Levi Weeks, is innocent

Call your first witness, that's all you had to say

Okay

One more thing

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)

Soon that attitude may be your doom (aww!)

Why do you write like you're running out of time? (Hey)

Write day and night like you're running out of time? (Hey)

Every day you fight, like you're running out of time (hey)

Keep on fighting in the meantime (non-stop)

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 seems to be calling me (he's just non-stop)

I practiced the law, I practically 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

Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention

There as a New York junior delegate

Now, what I'm going to say may sound indelicate (aww!)

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?

Every proclamation guarantees

Free ammunition for your enemies (aw!)

Why do you write like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Write day and night like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Every day, you fight like it's going out of style

Do what you do

Alexander?

Aaron Burr, sir

Well, it's the middle of the night

Can we confer, sir?

Is this a legal matter?

Yes, and it's important to me

What do you need?

Burr, you're a better lawyer than me

Okay

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

Who's your client?

The new U.S. Constitution?

No

Hear me out

No way!

A series of essays, anonymously published

Defending the document to the public

No one will read it

I disagree

And if it fails?

Burr, that's why we need it

The constitution's a mess

So, it needs amendments

It's full of contradictions

So is independence

We have to start somewhere

No, no way

You're making a mistake

Good night

Hey!

What are you waiting for?

What do you stall for? (What?)

We won the war, what was it all for?

Do you support this constitution?

Of course

Then defend it

And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

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

I'll keep all my plans close to my chest (wait for it, wait for it, wait)

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

I am sailing off to London

I am 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

Angelica

Don't forget to write

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?

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 25 essays

The work divided evenly among the three men

In the end, they wrote 85 essays in the span of six months

John Jay got sick after writing five

James Madison wrote 29

Hamilton wrote the other 51

How do you write like you're running out of time?

Write day and night, like you're running out of time?

Every day you fight, like you're running out of time

Like you're running out of time

Are you running out of time? (Aww!)

How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?

How do you write like you need it to survive?

How do you write every second you're alive?

Every second you're alive? Every second you're alive?

They're asking me to lead

I'm doing the best I can

To get the people that I need

I'm asking you to be my right-hand man (Treasury or State?)

I know it's a lot to ask (Treasury or State?)

To leave behind the world you know

Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

Treasury

Let's go

Alexander

I have to leave

Alexander

Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

Helpless

They are asking me to lead

Look around, isn't this enough?

He will never be satisfied (what would be enough)

He will never be satisfied (to be satisfied?)

Satisfied, satisfied

History has its eyes on you (look around)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)

(He will never be satisfied, satisfied)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (History has its eyes)

Why do you write like you're running out of time? (Non-stop)

Why do you fight like

History has its eyes on you

I am not throwin' away my shot (just you wait)

I am not throwin' away my shot (just you wait)

I am Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton, just you wait

I am not throwin' away my shot

[WHAT'D I MISS]

Seventeen, Se- se- seventeen

Se- se- seventeen

1789

How does the bastard orphan

Immigrant decorated war vet

Unite the colonies through more debt?

Fight the other founding fathers 'til he has to forfeit?

Have it all, lose it all

You ready for more yet?

Treasury Secretary, Washington's the President

Ev'ry American experiment sets a precedent

Not so fast, someone came along to resist him

Pissed him off until we had a two-party system

You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance

'Cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France

But someone's gotta keep the American promise

You simply must meet Thomas, Thomas!

Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

Thomas Jefferson's coming home

Lord, he's been off in Paris for so long!

Aaa-ooo!

Aaa-ooo!

France is following us to revolution

There is no more status quo

But the sun comes up and the world still spins

I helped Lafayette draft a declaration

Then I said, 'I gotta go

I gotta be in Monticello

Now the work at home begins

So what'd I miss?

What'd I miss?

Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss

I've been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies

I guess I basic'lly missed the late '80s

I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this

There's a letter on my desk from the President

Haven't even put my bags down yet

Sally be a lamb, darlin', won't cha open it?

It says the President's assembling a cabinet

And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!

And that I'm already Senate-approved

I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York

Lookin' at the rolling fields

I can't believe that we are free

Ready to face whatever's awaiting

Me in NYC

But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?

My friend James Madison, red in the face

He grabs my arm and I respond

"What's goin' on?" (Aaa-ooo!)

Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation's very soul

Can you get us out of the mess we're in?

Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less than government control

I've been fighting for the South alone

Where have you been?

Uh... France

(Aaa-ooo!)

We have to win

What'd I miss? (What, what, what'd I miss?)

What'd I miss? (I've come home to this)

Headfirst into a political abyss!

(Headfirst into the abyss)

I have my first cabinet meeting today (chicka-pow!)

I guess I better think of something to say

I'm already on my way

Let's get to the bottom of this

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Sir, you've been off in Paris for so long!

So what did I miss?

[CABINET BATTLE #1]

Ladies and gentlemen

You could've been anywhere in the world tonight

But you're here with us in New York City

Are you ready for a cabinet meeting, huh?

The issue on the table

Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume

State debt and establish a national bank

Secretary Jefferson you have the floor sir

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

We fought for these ideals we shouldn't settle for less

These are wise words enterprising men quote 'em

Don't act surprised you guys 'cause I wrote 'em

Ow, but Hamilton forgets

His plan would have the government assume state's debts

Now place your bets as to who that benefits

The very seat of government where Hamilton sits

Not true

Ooh, if the shoe fits wear it

If New York's in debt why should Virginia bear it

Uh, our debts are paid I'm afraid

Don't tax the south 'cause we got it made in the shade

In Virginia we plant seeds in the ground we create

You just wanna move our money around

This financial plan is an outrageous demand

And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand

Stand with me in the land of the free

And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy

Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky

Imagine what gon happen when you try to tax our whiskey

Thank you secretary Jefferson

Secretary Hamilton, your response

Thomas, that was a real nice declaration

Welcome to the present we're running a real nation

Would you like to join us or stay mellow

Doing whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello

If we assume the debts the Union gets a new line of credit

A financial diuretic how do you not get it

If we're aggressive and competitive the Union gets a boost

You'd rather give it a sedative

A civics lesson from a slaver

Hey neighbor

Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labour

We plants seeds in the south we create

Yeah keep ranting, we know who's really doing the planting

And another thing, Mr Age of Enlightenment

Don't lecture me about the war you didn't fight in it

You think I'm frightened of you man we almost died in a trench

While you were off getting high with the french

Thomas Jefferson always hesitant with the president

Reticent there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison

Madison you're mad as a hatter so take your medicine

Damn you're in worse shape than the national debt is in

Sitting there useless as two

Hey turn round bend over I'll show you where my shoe fits

Excuse me

Madison, Jefferson take a walk

Hamilton take a walk

We're going to reconvene after a brief recess

Hamilton

Sir

A word

You don't have the votes

You don't have the votes

Ah ha ha ha

You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes

Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder

Why I even bring the thunder

Why he even brings the thunder

You wanna pull yourself together

I'm sorry these Virginians are birds of a feather

Young man I'm from Virginia so watch your mouth

So we let Congress get held hostage by the south

You need the votes

No we need bold strokes

We need this plan

No you need to convince more folks

Well James Madison won't talk to me

That's a non-starter

Ah winning was easy young man

Governing's harder

They're being intransigent

You have to find a compromise

But they don't have plan they just hate mine

Convince them otherwise

And what happens if I don't get congressional approval

I imagine they'll call for your removal

Sir

Figure it out Alexander

That's an order from your commander

[TAKE A BREAK]

Un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf (un deux trois quatre)

(Cinq six sept huit neuf)

Good, un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf (un deux trois quatre)

(Cinq six sept huit neuf)

Sept huit neuf

(Sept huit neuf)

Sept huit neuf (sept huit neuf)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

My dearest, Angelica

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

I trust you'll understand the reference to

Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play

They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly

I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain

Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff

And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane

And there you are, an ocean away

Do you have to live an ocean away

Thoughts of you subside

Then I get another letter

I cannot put the notion away

Take a break

I am on my way

There's a little surprise before supper

And it cannot wait

I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate

Alexander

Okay, okay

Your son is nine years old today

He has something he'd like to say

He's been practicing all day

Phillip, take it away

Daddy, daddy, look

My name is Phillip

I am a poet

I wrote this poem just to show it

And I just turned nine

You can write rhymes

But you can't write mine (what!)

I practice French

And play piano with my mother (uh-huh)

I have a sister, but I want a little brother (okay)

My daddy's trying to start America's bank

Un deux trois quatre cinq (bravo)

Take a break

Hey, our kid is pretty great

Run away with us for the summer

Let's go upstate

Eliza, I've got so much on my plate

We can all go stay with my father

There's a lake I know (I know)

In a nearby park (I'd love to go)

You and I can go when the night gets dark

I will try to get away

My dearest Alexander

You must get through to Jefferson

Sit down with him and compromise

Don't stop 'til you agree

Your fav'rite older sister

Angelica, reminds you

There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea

In a letter I received from you two weeks ago

I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase

It changed the meaning, did you intend this

One stroke and you've consumed my waking days

It says

My dearest Angelica

With a comma after dearest, you've written

My dearest, Angelica

Anyway, all this to say

I'm coming home this summer

At my sister's invitation

I'll be there with your fam'ly

If you make your way upstate

I know you're very busy

I know your work's important

But I'm crossing the ocean, and I just can't wait

You won't be an ocean away

You will only be a moment away

Alexander, come downstairs, Angelica's arriving today

Angelica

Eliza

The Schuyler sisters

Alexander

Hi

It's good to see your face

Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family

Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway

You're not joining us, wait

I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate

Alexander, I came all this way

She came all this way

All this way

Take a break

You know I have to get my plan through Congress

Run away with us for the summer

Let's go upstate

I lose my job if I don't get my plan through Congress

We can all go stay with our father

There's a lake I know (I know I'll miss your face)

In a nearby park (screw your courage to the sticking place)

You and I can go (Eliza's right)

Take a break and get away (run away with us for the summer)

Let's go upstate

Where we can stay (we can all go stay with our father)

Look around, look around (if you take your time)

At how lucky we are to be alive right now (you will make your mark)

We can go (Close your eyes and dream)

When the night gets dark

Take a break

I have to get my plan through Congress

I can't stop 'til I get this plan through Congress

[thebfdifann]

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

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?

The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charterAnd 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

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw his future drip, dripping 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

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

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside

A voice sayin', "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"

He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute

He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution

Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord

Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the 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 (Ooh)

The bow of a ship headed for a new land

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York (New York)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

The ship is in the harbor now

See if you can spot him (Just you wait)

Another immigrant

Comin' up from the bottom (Just you wait)

His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him

We fought with him

Me? I died for him

Me? I trusted him

Me? I loved him

And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

There's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name, man?

Alexander Hamilton

[AARON BURR, SIR]

1776

New York City

Pardon me.

Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

That depends. Who's asking?

Oh, well, sure, sir

I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir

I have been looking for you

I'm getting nervous

Sir...

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?

You punched the bursar

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?

It was my parents' dying wish before they passed

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

Can I buy you a drink?

That would be nice

While we're talking

Let me offer you some free advice

Talk less

What?

Smile more

Ha

Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for

You can't be serious

You wanna get ahead?

Yes

Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

Ay, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!

What time is it?

Showtime!

Like I said...

Showtime! Showtime! Yo!

I'm John Laurens in the place to be!

Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three!

Those redcoats don't want it with me

'Cause I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I'm free!

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!

Brrrah, brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan

Up in it, lovin' it, yes I heard ya mother said "Come again?" (Ayy)

Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course

It's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets (Wow)

No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Let's raise a couple more...

To the revolution!

Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton college!

Aaron Burr!

Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

Good luck with that: you're takin' a stand

You spit. I'm 'a sit. We'll see where we land (Boooo)

Burr, the revolution's imminent.

What do you stall for?

If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?

Ooh

Who you? Who you? Who are you?

Ooh, who is this kid?

What's he gonna do?

[MY SHOT]

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 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

Tryna reach my goal, my power of speech, unimpeachable

Only 19, but my mind is older

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

Every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage

I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished (whoo)

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name

I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R

We are meant to be

A colony that runs independently

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

Then King George turns around, runs a spendin' spree

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

Enter me (he says in parentheses)

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 throwin' away my shot (my shot)

I am not throwin' away my shot (shot)

Ayo, 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

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

It's time to take a shot

I dream of life without a monarchy

The unrest in France will lead to on-archy

On-archy? How you say? How you - oh, anarchy!

When I fight, I make the other side panicky with my shot

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

I'm joining the rebellion, 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance

Instead of sewin' some pants (whoo)

I'm gonna take a shot

Eh, but we'll never be truly free

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me (that's right)

You and I, do or die (whoo!)

Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion

Have another shot

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

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 overexcited, shoot off at the mouth

I never had a group of friends before

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

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

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

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

Everybody sing! Whoa, whoa, whoa

Hey, whoa (whoo), whoa

Said let 'em hear ya! Let's go! (Yeah)

Whoa, whoa, whoa (I said shout it to the rooftops)

Whoa (said to the rooftops)

Whoa (oh, come on), yeah (come on, let's go)

Rise up, when you're living on your knees, you rise up

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Rise up

I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory

When's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?

If I see it comin', 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 20

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' and fightin'

I've been readin' and 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

Ayo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're gonna rise up, time to take a shot (I am not throwin' away my shot)

We're 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, whoa (it's time to take a shot)

Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot (whoa)

Ayo, it's time to take a shot, time to take a shot (whoa, whoa)

And I am not throwin' away my, not throwin' away my shot

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT]

I may not live to see our glory (I may not live to see our glory)

But I will gladly join the fight (but I will gladly join the fight)

And when our children tell our story (and when our children tell our story)

They'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

Let's have another round tonight

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

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

No matter what they tell you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us

Tomorrow, there'll be more of us

Telling the story of tonight

Let's have another round tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They'll tell the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of tonight

[THE SCHUYLER SISTERS]

There's nothin' 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 '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

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Angelica

Peggy

Eliza

Work

Daddy said to be home by sundown

Daddy doesn't need to know

Daddy said not to go downtown

Like I said, you're free to go

But – look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

New York

Angelica

Work

It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war

People shouting in the square

It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore

New ideas in the air

Look around, look around

Angelica, remind me what we're looking for

She's lookin' for me

Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

I'm lookin' for a mind at work (Work, work)

Woah-woah

Woah-woah

Work

Woo

There's nothin' like summer in the city

Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' 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?

Burr, you disgust me

Ah, so you've discussed me

I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me

I've been readin' 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'ma compel him to include women in the sequel

Work

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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 readin' Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

The revolution's happening in New York

So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane

Hey, hey, hey, hey

You want a revolution? I want a revelation

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

In New York

The revolution's happening

Hey, hey, hey, hey

So listen to my declaration:

We hold these truths to be self evident

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

That all men are created equal

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

History is happenin' 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

Work, work

Angelica

Work, work

Eliza

And Peggy

Work, work

The Schuyler sisters

Work, work

We're lookin' for a mind at work

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

(Hey) Woah

Work, work (Hey)

Work, work

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the greatest city (Work, work)

In the world

In the greatest city in the world

[FARMER REFUTED]

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

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!

Yo! He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams (Heed not the rabble who scream)

But the revolution is comin' (Revolution!)

The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests at heart)

It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us (Chaos and Bloodshed are not a solution)

Honestly, you shouldn't even talk and what about Boston (Don't let them lead you astray)

Look at the cost of all that we've lost

And you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)

My dog speaks more eloquently than thee

(You're playing a dangerous game)

But strangely, your mange is the same!

(I pray the king shows you his mercy)

Is he in Jersey?

For the Revolution!

(For shame!) For the Revolution!

(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?

Alexander, please!

Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive

Drop the niceties

Silence! A message from the King!

A message from the King!

A message from the King!

[YOU'LL BE BACK]

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!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya

You say our love is draining, and you can't go on

You'll be the one complainin' 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 'til 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

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat- everybody!

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da

Da-da-da, dat, da-ya-da-ah

[RIGHT-HAND MAN]

British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour (thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour)

When they surround our troops, they surround our troops

When they surround our troops (they surround our troops)

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

If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or rise up

I 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

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 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 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 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 (rah!)

We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages (rah!)

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, goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and

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 givin' 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

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 me?

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

Yes, sir, 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 I 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

Yeah, to be their Secretary? I don't think so

Now why are you upset? I'm not

It's alright, you wanna 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 me 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?

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Son, we are outgunned, outmanned!

You need all the help you can get

I 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

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

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!

[A WINTER'S BALL]

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!

There are so many to deflower!

Ladies!

Looks! Proximity to power

Ladies!

They delighted and distracted him

Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!

That's true!

1780

A winter's ball

And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all

Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son

Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?

Hey

Hey

Hey hey

[HELPLESS]

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey)

Hey (hey, hey)

Ooh (hey, hey)

I do, I do, I do, I do (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

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

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 a sister and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine" (ooh)

My sister made her way across the room to you (ooh)

And I got nervous, thinking, what's she gonna do? (Ooh)

She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)

Then you look back at me, and suddenly

I'm helpless

Oh, look at those eyes, oh (look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit)

I'm helpless, I know

Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em

(Helpless) I am 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

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Elizabeth Schuyler, it's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler? (My sister)

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

One week later, I'm writin' a letter nightly

Now my life gets better every letter that you write me

Laughin' at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem

I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him (ha)

Two weeks later, in the living room stressin'

My father's stone-faced while you ask him 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 (ooh)

My father makes his way across the room to you (ooh)

I panic for a second, thinking we're through (ooh)

But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true" (ooh)

And you turn back to me smiling

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 (whoo!)

Helpless (that boy is mine, that boy is mine, ooh)

Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit

I'm helpless (helpless) (whoo)

Down for the count (yeah), and I'm drownin' in 'em

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 is 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 was 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 buck wild

But, I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real

As long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to god you'll never feel so

I do, I do, I do

Eliza (helpless) (I do, I do, I do)

I never felt so (helpless)

Yeah, yeah

Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em (down for a count, and I'm-)

Helpless (yo, my life is gon' be fine 'cause Eliza's in it)

Helpless (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

In New York, you can be a new man

In New York, you can be a new man (helpless)

[SATISFIED]

Alright, alright, that's what I'm talkin' about

Now, everyone give it up for the maid of honor:

Angelica Schuyler

A toast to the groom

(To the groom, to the groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(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, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Rewind)

Rewind, rewind

Helpless, sky's, sky's, helpless

Drownin', drownin'

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I just might

Rewind

I remember that night, I remember that—

I remember that night, I just might

Regret that night for the rest of my days

I remember those soldier boys

Trippin' 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, every part aflameThis is not a game

You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied

I'm sure I don't know what you mean, you forget yourself

You're like me, I'm never satisfied

Is that right?

I have never been satisfied

My name is Angelica Schuyler

Alexander Hamilton

Where's your family from?

Unimportant, there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

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

Everything 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'ma 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 flyin' 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

Helpless

And I know she is

Helpless

And her eyes are just

Helpless

And I realize

Three fundamental truths at the exact same time

Where are you taking me?

I'm about to change your life

Then by all means, lead the way

Number one

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

Elizabeth Schuyler

It's a pleasure to meet you

Schuyler?

My sister

Number two

He's after me 'cause I'm a Schuyler sister

That elevates his status, I'd

Have to be naive 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

Thank you for all your service

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

I'll leave you to it

Number three

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 groom, to the groom)

To the bride

(To the bride,to the bride, to the bride)

From your sister

(Angelica, Angelica, Angelica)

Who is always by your side

(By your side, by your side)

To your union

(To the union!)

(To the revolution!)

And the hope that you provide

(You provide, you provide)

May you always

(Always)

Be satisfied

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

(Be satisfied)

And I know

She'll be happy as his bride

And I know

He will never be satisfied

I will never be satisfied

[THE STORY OF TONIGHT - REPRISE]

I may not live to see our glory

I may not live to see our glory

But I've seen wonders great and small

I've seen wonders great and small

'Cause if the tomcat can get married

If Alexander can get married

There's hope for our ass after all

Raise a glass to freedom (hey!)

Something you will never see again

No matter what she tells you

Let's have another round tonight

Raise a glass to the four of us, oh (hey!)

To the newly not poor of us (whoo-ooh)

We'll tell the story of tonight

Let's have another round

Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr

Sir!

I didn't think that you would make it

To be sure

Burr

I came to say congratulations

Spit a verse, Burr

I see the whole gang is here

You are the worst, Burr

Ignore them, congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel

I wish I had your command instead of manning George's journal

No, you don't

Yes, I do

Now, be sensible

From what I heard, you've made yourself indispensable

Well, well, I heard you got a special someone on the side, Burr

Is that so?

What are you trying to hide, Burr?

I should go

No, these guys should go

What?

No!

Leave us alone

Man

It's alright, Burr

I wish you brought this girl with you tonight, Burr

You're very kind, but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir

What do you mean?

She's married

I see

She's married to a British officer

Oh shit

Congrats again, Alexander

Smile more

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I will never understand you

If you love this woman, go get her

What are you waiting for?

I'll see you on the other side of the war

I'll see you on the other side of the war