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[COMPANY] British Admiral Howe’s 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!
[ Alexander 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—
[ Alexander Hamilton / Aaron Burr / Hercules Mulligan / John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette ] Rise up!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] If they tell my story I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or—
[ Alexander Hamilton / Aaron Burr / Hercules Mulligan / John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette ] Rise up!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] I will fight for this land But there’s only one man Who can give us a command so we can—
[ Alexander Hamilton / Aaron Burr / Hercules Mulligan / John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette ] Rise up!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Understand? It’s the only way to—
[ Alexander Hamilton / Aaron Burr / Hercules Mulligan / John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette ] Rise up! Rise up!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Here he comes!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Aaron Burr ] Ladies and gentlemen!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Aaron Burr ] The moment you’ve been waiting for!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Aaron Burr ] The pride of Mount Vernon!
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Aaron Burr ] George Washington!
[ George Washington & ENSEMBLE] 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!)
[ George 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 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 ya face when ya hear the British cannons go…
[ENSEMBLE] Boom!
[ George Washington ] 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
[ George Washington & ENSEMBLE] 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!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] They’re battering down the Battery check the damages
[ Hercules Mulligan ] Rah!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages
[ Hercules Mulligan ] Rah!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us Hamilton won’t abandon ship Yo, let’s steal their cannons—
[ Hercules Mulligan & COMPANY] Shh-boom! (Boom!)
[ George Washington ] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[ George Washington ] Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[ George Washington ] There’s another ship and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[ George Washington ] We just lost the southern tip and…
[COMPANY] Boom!
[ George Washington ] We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip Guns and horses giddyup I decide to divvy up My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Are these the men with which I am to defend America? We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance I cannot be everywhere at once, people I’m in dire need of assistance…
[ Aaron Burr ] Your excellency, sir!
[ George Washington ] Who are you?
[ Aaron Burr ] Aaron Burr, Sir? Permission to state my case?
[ George Washington ] As you were
[ Aaron 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
[ George Washington ] Huh
[ Aaron Burr ] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west
[ George Washington ] Yes?
[ Aaron Burr ] Well—
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Your excellency, you wanted to see me?
[ George Washington ] Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Yes, sir
[ Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr] We keep meeting
[ Aaron Burr ] As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
[ George Washington ] Burr?
[ Aaron Burr ] Sir?
[ George Washington ] Close the door on your way out
(Burr exits.)
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Have I done something wrong, sir?
[ George Washington ] On the contrary I called you here because our odds are beyond scary Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Sir?
[ George Washington ] Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Sir!
[ George Washington ] 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 Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you…
[ Alexander Hamilton ] To be their Secretary? I don’t think so
[ George Washington ] Why’re you upset?
[ Alexander Hamilton ] I’m not—
[ George Washington ] It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger I was just like you when I was younger Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Yes
[ George Washington ] Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Why are you telling me this?
[ George Washington ] 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?
[COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON] 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!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] I am not throwing away my shot!
[ George Washington ] Son
[ George Washington & COMPANY] We are outgunned, outmanned!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] You need all the help you can get I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
[ George Washington & COMPANY] Outnumbered, outplanned!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] We’ll need some spies on the inside Some King’s men who might let some things slide
[ Alexander Hamilton, COMPANY & Eliza Schuyler / Angelica Schuyler / Peggy Schuyler /WOMEN] Boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa I’ll 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!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] Rise up!
[ John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette / Hercules Mulligan ] What?
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Alexander Hamilton /SCHUYLER SISTERS/WOMEN] Rise up!
[ John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette / Hercules Mulligan ] What?
[ENSEMBLE] Here comes the General!
[ Alexander Hamilton / SCHUYLER SISTERS] Rise up!
[ John Laurens / Marquis de Lafayette / Hercules Mulligan ] What?
[COMPANY] Here comes the General!
[ Alexander Hamilton ] What?
[ George Washington ] And his right hand man!
[COMPANY] Boom!
In this song, the company, along with Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, contemplate their difficulties in their war against the British; George Washington accepts Hamilton as his right hand man to lighten his workload.
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