[COMPANY]
British Admiral Howes got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
[ENSEMBLE 1 & ENSEMBLE 2]
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor
When they surround our troops!
They surround our troops!
They surround our troops!
They surround our troops!
When they surround our troops!
[HAMILTON]
As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
I knew that I was poor
I knew it was the only way to
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
If they tell my story
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
I will fight for this land
But theres only one man
Who can give us a command so we can
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
Understand? Its the only way to
[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Rise up! Rise up!
[HAMILTON]
Here he comes!
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[BURR]
Ladies and gentlemen!
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[BURR]
The moment youve been waiting for!
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[BURR]
The pride of Mount Vernon!
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[BURR]
George Washington!
[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]
We are outgunned (What?)
Outmanned (What?)
Outnumbered
Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, Im gonna need a right-hand man
(Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[WASHINGTON]
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 Im the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
Writin letters to relatives
Embellishin my elegance and eloquence
But the elephant is in the room
The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go
[ENSEMBLE]
Boom!
[WASHINGTON]
Any hope of success is fleeting
How can I keep leading when the people Im
Leading keep retreating?
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
Knight takes rook, but look
[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]
We are outgunned (What?)
Outmanned (What?)
Outnumbered
Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, Im gonna need a right-hand man
(Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
Incoming!
[HAMILTON]
Theyre battering down the Battery check the damages
[MULLIGAN]
Rah!
[HAMILTON]
We gotta stop em and rob em of their advantages
[MULLIGAN]
Rah!
[HAMILTON]
Lets take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Hamilton wont abandon ship
Yo, lets steal their cannons
[MULLIGAN & COMPANY]
Shh-boom! (Boom!)
[WASHINGTON]
Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and
[COMPANY]
Boom!
[WASHINGTON]
Goes the cannon, were abandonin Kips Bay and
[COMPANY]
Boom!
[WASHINGTON]
Theres another ship and
[COMPANY]
Boom!
[WASHINGTON]
We just lost the southern tip and
[COMPANY]
Boom!
[WASHINGTON]
We gotta run to Harlem quick, we cant afford another slip
Guns and horses giddyup
I decide to divvy up
My forces, theyre skittish as the British cut the city up
This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Are these the men with which I am to defend America?
We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
I cannot be everywhere at once, people
Im in dire need of assistance
[BURR]
Your excellency, sir!
[WASHINGTON]
Who are you?
[BURR]
Aaron Burr, Sir?
Permission to state my case?
[WASHINGTON]
As you were
[BURR]
Sir
I was a captain under General Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec
And well, in summary
I think that I could be of some assistance
I admire how you keep firing on the British
From a distance
[WASHINGTON]
Huh
[BURR]
I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west
[WASHINGTON]
Yes?
[BURR]
Well
[HAMILTON]
Your excellency, you wanted to see me?
[WASHINGTON]
Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
[HAMILTON]
Yes, sir
[HAMILTON & BURR]
We keep meeting
[BURR]
As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
[WASHINGTON]
Burr?
[BURR]
Sir?
[WASHINGTON]
Close the door on your way out
(Burr exits.)
[HAMILTON]
Have I done something wrong, sir?
[WASHINGTON]
On the contrary
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
[HAMILTON]
Sir?
[WASHINGTON]
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
[HAMILTON]
Sir!
[WASHINGTON]
Dont get me wrong, youre a young man of great renown
I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you
[HAMILTON]
To be their Secretary? I dont think so
[WASHINGTON]
Whyre you upset?
[HAMILTON]
Im not
[WASHINGTON]
Its alright, you want to fight, youve got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dyin like a martyr?
[HAMILTON]
Yes
[WASHINGTON]
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder
[HAMILTON]
Why are you telling me this?
[WASHINGTON]
Im being honest
Im 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?
[COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON]
I am not throwin away my shot!
I am not throwin away my shot!
Ayo, Im just like my country, Im young
Scrappy and hungry!
[HAMILTON]
I am not throwing away my shot!
[WASHINGTON]
Son
[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
We are outgunned, outmanned!
[HAMILTON]
You need all the help you can get
I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan
Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
Outnumbered, outplanned!
[HAMILTON]
Well need some spies on the inside
Some Kings men who might let some things slide
[HAMILTON, COMPANY & ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY/WOMEN]
Boom!
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Ill write to Congress and tell em we need supplies, you rally the guys,
Master the element of surprise
Chicka-boom!
Whoa, whoa, whoa…
I’ll rise above my station, organize your information
Whoa, whoa, whoa…
‘Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir!
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[HAMILTON]
Rise up!
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
What?
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[HAMILTON/SCHUYLER SISTERS/WOMEN]
Rise up!
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
What?
[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the General!
[HAMILTON/SCHUYLER SISTERS]
Rise up!
[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
What?
[COMPANY]
Here comes the General!
[HAMILTON]
What?
[WASHINGTON]
And his right hand man!
[COMPANY]
Boom!

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