├── wait_occurrences.png ├── hamilton_occurrences.png ├── package.json ├── OBCCast_Actors_Character.json ├── README.md └── All_Lyrics_No_Speakers /wait_occurrences.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amandavisconti/ham4corpus/HEAD/wait_occurrences.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /hamilton_occurrences.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amandavisconti/ham4corpus/HEAD/hamilton_occurrences.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /package.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "name": "ham4corpus", 3 | "version": "1.0.0", 4 | "description": "hamilton lyrics", 5 | "main": "README.md", 6 | "scripts": { 7 | "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" 8 | }, 9 | "repository": { 10 | "type": "git", 11 | "url": "git+https://github.com/benjaffe/ham4corpus.git" 12 | }, 13 | "author": "", 14 | "license": "ISC", 15 | "bugs": { 16 | "url": "https://github.com/benjaffe/ham4corpus/issues" 17 | }, 18 | "homepage": "https://github.com/benjaffe/ham4corpus#readme" 19 | } 20 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /OBCCast_Actors_Character.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "description": "Actors and the named characters played by them in the Original Broadway Cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical. Actors who played multiple characters are listed multiple times.", 3 | "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)#Principal_roles_and_major_casts", 4 | 5 | "actors": [{ 6 | "actor": "Lin-Manuel Miranda", 7 | "character": "Alexander Hamilton" 8 | }, { 9 | "actor": "Leslie Odom, Jr.", 10 | "character": "Aaron Burr" 11 | }, { 12 | "actor": "Phillipa Soo", 13 | "character": "Eliza Schuyler Hamilton" 14 | }, { 15 | "actor": "Renée Elise Goldsberry", 16 | "character": "Angelica Schuyler Church" 17 | }, { 18 | "actor": "Daveed Diggs", 19 | "character": "Marquis de Lafayette" 20 | }, { 21 | "actor": "Daveed Diggs", 22 | "character": "Thomas Jefferson" 23 | }, { 24 | "actor": "Christopher Jackson", 25 | "character": "George Washington" 26 | }, { 27 | "actor": "Jonathan Groff", 28 | "character": "King George III" 29 | }, { 30 | "actor": "Jasmine Cephas Jones", 31 | "character": "Peggy Schuyler" 32 | }, { 33 | "actor": "Jasmine Cephas Jones", 34 | "character": "Maria Reynolds" 35 | }, { 36 | "actor": "Anthony Ramos", 37 | "character": "John Laurens" 38 | }, { 39 | "actor": "Anthony Ramos", 40 | "character": "Philip Hamilton" 41 | }, { 42 | "actor": "Okieriete Onaodowan", 43 | "character": "Hercules Mulligan" 44 | }, { 45 | "actor": "Okieriete Onaodowan", 46 | "character": "James Madison" 47 | }, { 48 | "actor": "Jon Rua", 49 | "character": "Charles Lee" 50 | }, { 51 | "actor": "Thayne Jasperson", 52 | "character": "Samuel Seabury" 53 | }, { 54 | "actor": "Sydney James Harcourt", 55 | "character": "Philip Schuyler" 56 | }, { 57 | "actor": "Sydney James Harcourt", 58 | "character": "James Reynolds" 59 | }, { 60 | "actor": "Ephraim Sykes", 61 | "character": "George Eacker" 62 | }] 63 | } 64 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # ham4corpus 2 | The #ham4corpus repo currently contains files with various types of information about the Original Broadway Cast recording of *Hamilton: An American Musical* (i.e. all words currently in the show, minus the one scene not on the OBC recording). 3 | 4 | *Suggested uses:* Twitter bots, text visualization. 5 | 6 | All lyrics are by Lin-Manuel Miranda and copied from the LMM-annotated Genius.com hosting of the lyrics. Cast/character information is from Wikipedia. Links to all sources listed below. 7 | 8 | # For example: 9 | 10 | Using [Stéfan Sinclair](https://github.com/sgsinclair) and [Geoffrey Rockwell](https://github.com/GeoffreyRockwell)'s [Voyant Tools](http://voyant-tools.org) to explore the text of the musical, I discovered the following about the Hamilton lyrics en masse (in order as one text block, with no names of speakers/singers interspersed): 11 | 12 | * 21,351 total words and 2,939 unique word forms 13 | * Interesting frequent words: da (103 times, thanks George III), time (87), hamilton appears the same number of times wait does (79), room (71), burr (69), sir (56), satisfied (37), story (35), helpless (32). 14 | * Unsurprisingly, "sir" is the most frequent one-away collocate of "burr" (9 times). 15 | * Single word occurrence via microsearch (map of where a given word appears throughout the lyrics): 16 | 17 | ![Screenshot of Voyant microsearch for occurences of the word "wait" throughout the Hamilton lyrics](https://github.com/amandavisconti/ham4corpus/blob/master/wait_occurrences.png) 18 | Red = the word "wait" vs the rest of the lyrics (the second-to-last red block is Burr's final "Wait!", last one is Eliza's "I can't wait to see you again") 19 | 20 | ![Screenshot of Voyant microsearch for occurences of the word "Hamilton" throughout the Hamilton lyrics](https://github.com/amandavisconti/ham4corpus/blob/master/hamilton_occurrences.png) 21 | Red = the word "Hamilton" vs the rest of the lyrics (was surprised that the word "Hamilton" isn't used again after Burr's last "The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me") 22 | 23 | Explore the Voyant dashboards for both versions of the lyrics yourself at: 24 | * [tinyurl.com/hamilton-lyrics-names](https://tinyurl.com/hamilton-lyrics-names) to explore the lyrics including the speaker names 25 | 26 | * [tinyurl.com/just-hamilton-lyrics](https://tinyurl.com/just-hamilton-lyrics) to explore the lyrics without the speaker names: 27 | 28 | # The files 29 | ## Lyrics, including character names before their parts 30 | **Title:** All_Hamilton_Lyrics_Speakers 31 | 32 | **What:** One file containing all lyrics sung in the Original Broadway Cast recording of *Hamilton*, with the name of the character singing each part appearing on the line above the beginning of their part. No empty lines between anything, just a solid block of *Hamilton*. Copied and pasted from the lyrics on Genius.com; the placement of simultaneous lyrics is broken up rather than side-by-side. 33 | 34 | **Pulled from:** http://genius.com/albums/Lin-manuel-miranda/Hamilton-original-broadway-cast-recording 35 | 36 | ## Lyrics, not including character names before their parts 37 | **Title:** All_Hamilton_Lyrics_No_Speakers 38 | 39 | **What:** One file containing all lyrics sung in the Original Broadway Cast recording of *Hamilton*. No empty lines between anything, just a solid block of Hamilton. Copied and pasted from the lyrics on Genius.com; the placement of simultaneous lyrics is broken up rather than side-by-side. 40 | 41 | **Pulled from:** http://genius.com/albums/Lin-manuel-miranda/Hamilton-original-broadway-cast-recording 42 | 43 | ## Original Broadway Cast Actors & Character Names 44 | **Title:** OBC_Cast_Actors_Character.json 45 | 46 | **What:** Actors and the named characters played by them in the Original Broadway Cast recording of *Hamilton*. Actors who played multiple characters are listed multiple times. 47 | 48 | **Pulled from:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)#Principal_roles_and_major_casts 49 | 50 | # How 51 | 52 | I wish I could say my Python is non-rusty enough that I scraped Genius.com and Wikipedia to get this data, but it isn't and I was on hold on the phone, so I just cut and pasted everything into a text document and grepped: 53 | 54 | ^\s*?\r to remove blank lines 55 | 56 | \[.* to remove the [character names] 57 | 58 | If you'd like to learn more about doing cool digital things with text, check out [The Programming Historian](http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/) for novice-friendly, peer-reviewed lessons on data cleaning, distant reading, web scraping, and Python. 59 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /All_Lyrics_No_Speakers: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a 2 | Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a 3 | Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence 4 | Impoverished, in squalor 5 | Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? 6 | The ten-dollar founding father without a father 7 | Got a lot farther by working a lot harder 8 | By being a lot smarter 9 | By being a self-starter 10 | By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a 11 | Trading charter 12 | And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted 13 | Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up 14 | Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of 15 | The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter 16 | Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned 17 | Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain 18 | Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain 19 | And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain 20 | Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man” 21 | Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland 22 | “Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and 23 | The world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?” 24 | Alexander Hamilton 25 | My name is Alexander Hamilton 26 | And there’s a million things I haven’t done 27 | But just you wait, just you wait… 28 | When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden 29 | Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden 30 | Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick 31 | And Alex got better but his mother went quick 32 | Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide 33 | Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, something new inside 34 | A voice saying 35 | “You gotta fend for yourself.” 36 | “Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.” 37 | He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf 38 | There would have been nothin’ left to do 39 | For someone less astute 40 | He woulda been dead or destitute 41 | Without a cent of restitution 42 | Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord 43 | Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford 44 | Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on 45 | Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on 46 | The bow of a ship headed for a new land 47 | In New York you can be a new man 48 | Scammin’ 49 | Plannin’ 50 | Oooh… 51 | In New York you can 52 | Be a new man— 53 | In New York you can 54 | Be a new man— 55 | Just you wait! 56 | Just you wait! 57 | In New York you can be a new man— 58 | In New York— 59 | New York— 60 | Just you wait! 61 | Alexander Hamilton 62 | We are waiting in the wings for you 63 | You could never back down 64 | You never learned to take your time! 65 | Oh, Alexander Hamilton 66 | When America sings for you 67 | Will they know what you overcame? 68 | Will they know you rewrote the game? 69 | The world will never be the same, oh 70 | The ship is in the harbor now 71 | See if you can spot him 72 | Another immigrant 73 | Comin’ up from the bottom 74 | His enemies destroyed his rep 75 | America forgot him 76 | Alexander Hamilton 77 | Waiting in the wings for you 78 | You never learned to take your time! 79 | Oh, Alexander Hamilton 80 | Alexander Hamilton… 81 | America sings for you 82 | Will they know what you overcame? 83 | Will they know you rewrote the game? 84 | The world will never be the same, oh 85 | Just you wait 86 | Just you wait 87 | We fought with him 88 | Me? I died for him 89 | Me? I trusted him 90 | Me? I loved him 91 | And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him 92 | There’s a million things I haven’t done 93 | But just you wait! 94 | What’s your name, man? 95 | Alexander Hamilton! 96 | 1776. New York City 97 | Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir? 98 | That depends. Who’s asking? 99 | Oh, well, sure, sir 100 | I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, sir 101 | I have been looking for you 102 | I’m getting nervous 103 | Sir… 104 | 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? 105 | You punched the bursar 106 | Yes! 107 | 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 108 | So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast? 109 | It was my parents’ dying wish before they passed 110 | You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan 111 | God, I wish there was a war! 112 | Then we could prove that we’re worth more 113 | Than anyone bargained for… 114 | Can I buy you a drink? 115 | That would be nice 116 | While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice 117 | Talk less 118 | What? 119 | Smile more 120 | Ha 121 | Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for 122 | You can’t be serious 123 | You wanna get ahead? 124 | Yes 125 | Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead 126 | Yo yo yo yo yo! 127 | What time is it? 128 | Show time! 129 | …like I said… 130 | Show time! Show time! Yo! 131 | I’m John Laurens in the place to be! 132 | Two pints o’ Sam Adams, but I’m workin’ on three, uh! 133 | Those redcoats don’t want it with me! 134 | Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I’m free! 135 | Oui oui, mon ami, je m’appelle Lafayette! 136 | The Lancelot of the revolutionary set! 137 | I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!” 138 | Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best? 139 | C’est moi! 140 | Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan 141 | Up in it, lovin’ it, yes I heard ya mother said “Come again?” 142 | Ayyyyy 143 | Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course 144 | It’s hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets… 145 | Wow 146 | No more sex, pour me another brew, son! 147 | Let’s raise a couple more… 148 | To the revolution! 149 | Well, if it ain’t the prodigy of Princeton college! 150 | Aaron Burr! 151 | Give us a verse, drop some knowledge! 152 | Good luck with that: you’re takin’ a stand 153 | You spit. I’m ‘a sit. We’ll see where we land 154 | Boooo! 155 | Burr, the revolution’s imminent. What do you stall for? 156 | If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for? 157 | Ooh 158 | Who are you? 159 | Ooh 160 | Who are you? 161 | Ooh 162 | Who are you? 163 | Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do? 164 | College 165 | I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish 166 | The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish 167 | I gotta holler just to be heard 168 | With every word, I drop knowledge! 169 | I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal 170 | Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable 171 | Only nineteen but my mind is older 172 | These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder 173 | Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage 174 | I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish 175 | I walk these streets famished 176 | The plan is to fan this spark into a flame 177 | But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name 178 | I am the— 179 | A-L-E-X-A-N-D 180 | E-R—we are—meant to be… 181 | A colony that runs independently 182 | Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on us endlessly 183 | Essentially, they tax us relentlessly 184 | Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree 185 | He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free 186 | So there will be a revolution in this century 187 | Enter me! 188 | (He says in parentheses) 189 | Don’t be shocked when your hist’ry book mentions me 190 | I will lay down my life if it sets us free 191 | Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy 192 | And I am not throwing away 193 | My shot 194 | I am not throwing away 195 | My shot 196 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country 197 | I’m young, scrappy and hungry 198 | And I’m not throwing away my shot 199 | My shot! 200 | My shot! 201 | And I’m not throwing away my shot. 202 | I am not throwing away my shot 203 | I am not throwing away my shot 204 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country 205 | I’m young, scrappy and hungry 206 | And I’m not throwing away my shot 207 | It’s time to take a shot! 208 | I dream of life without a monarchy 209 | The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy? 210 | ‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?’ 211 | When I fight, I make the other side panicky 212 | With my— 213 | Shot! 214 | Yo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice 215 | And I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis 216 | I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s my chance 217 | To socially advance, instead of sewin’ some pants! 218 | I’m gonna take a— 219 | Shot! 220 | But we’ll never be truly free 221 | Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me 222 | You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in 223 | On a stallion with the first black battalion 224 | Have another— 225 | Shot! 226 | Geniuses, lower your voices 227 | You keep out of trouble and you double your choices 228 | I’m with you, but the situation is fraught 229 | You’ve got to be carefully taught: 230 | If you talk, you’re gonna get shot! 231 | Burr, check what we got 232 | Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot 233 | I think your pants look hot 234 | Laurens, I like you a lot 235 | Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ the pot… 236 | What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot 237 | Poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not 238 | A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? 239 | Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is! 240 | Oh, am I talkin’ too loud? 241 | Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth 242 | I never had a group of friends before 243 | I promise that I’ll make y’all proud 244 | Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd 245 | I am not throwing away my shot 246 | I am not throwing away my shot 247 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country 248 | I’m young, scrappy and hungry 249 | And I’m not throwing away my shot 250 | I am not throwing away my shot 251 | I am not throwing away my shot 252 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country 253 | I’m young, scrappy and hungry 254 | And I’m not throwing away my shot 255 | Ev’rybody sing: 256 | Whoa, whoa, whoa 257 | Hey! 258 | Whoa! 259 | Wooh!! 260 | Whoa! 261 | Ay, let ‘em hear ya! 262 | Let’s go! 263 | I said shout it to the rooftops! 264 | Said, to the rooftops! 265 | Come on! 266 | Come on, let’s go! 267 | MULLIGAN] 268 | Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 269 | Whoa! 270 | Whoa! 271 | Yea! 272 | Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 273 | Whoa! 274 | Whoa! 275 | Yea! 276 | Rise up! 277 | When you’re living on your knees, you rise up 278 | Tell your brother that he’s gotta rise up 279 | Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up 280 | When are these colonies gonna rise up? 281 | When are these colonies gonna rise up? 282 | When are these colonies gonna rise up? 283 | When are these colonies gonna rise up? 284 | Rise up! 285 | Whoa! Whoa! 286 | Whoa! 287 | Whoa! 288 | Whoa! 289 | Rise up! 290 | I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory 291 | When’s it gonna get me? 292 | In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? 293 | If I see it comin’, do I run or do I let it be? 294 | Is it like a beat without a melody? 295 | See, I never thought I’d live past twenty 296 | Where I come from some get half as many 297 | Ask anybody why we livin’ fast and we laugh, reach for a flask 298 | We have to make this moment last, that’s plenty 299 | Scratch that 300 | This is not a moment, it’s the movement 301 | Where all the hungriest brothers with 302 | Something to prove went? 303 | Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand 304 | We roll like Moses, claimin’ our promised land 305 | And? If we win our independence? 306 | Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? 307 | Or will the blood we shed begin an endless 308 | Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants? 309 | I know the action in the street is excitin’ 310 | But Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’ 311 | I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’ 312 | We need to handle our financial situation 313 | Are we a nation of states? What’s the state of our nation? 314 | I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately 315 | Smashin’ every expectation 316 | Every action’s an act of creation! 317 | I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow 318 | For the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow 319 | And I am not throwing away my shot 320 | I am not throwing away my shot 321 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country 322 | I’m young, scrappy and hungry 323 | And I’m not throwing away my shot 324 | LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN] 325 | We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! 326 | We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! 327 | We’re gonna 328 | Time to take a shot! 329 | LAURENS/MULLIGAN] 330 | Time to take a shot! 331 | Time to take a shot! 332 | Take a shot! 333 | Shot! 334 | Shot! 335 | A-yo it’s 336 | Time to take a shot! 337 | Time to take a shot! 338 | And I am— 339 | Not throwing away my shot 340 | Not throwing away my shot 341 | We’re gonna 342 | Rise up! 343 | Rise up! 344 | Rise up! 345 | Rise up! 346 | Rise up! 347 | Rise up! 348 | Ri— ri— ri— 349 | Time to take a shot! 350 | Time to take a shot! 351 | And I am— 352 | Not throwin’ away my— 353 | Not throwin’ away my shot! 354 | I may not live to see our glory! 355 | I may not live to see our glory! 356 | But I will gladly join the fight! 357 | But I will gladly join the fight! 358 | And when our children tell our story… 359 | And when our children tell our story… 360 | They’ll tell the story of tonight 361 | Let’s have another round tonight 362 | Let’s have another round tonight 363 | Let’s have another round tonight 364 | Raise a glass to freedom 365 | Something they can never take away 366 | No matter what they tell you 367 | Raise a glass to the four of us 368 | Tomorrow there’ll be more of us 369 | Telling the story of tonight 370 | They’ll tell the story of tonight 371 | Raise a glass to freedom 372 | Something they can never take away 373 | No matter what they tell you 374 | Let’s have another round tonight 375 | Raise a glass to the four of us 376 | Tomorrow there’ll be more of us 377 | Telling the story of tonight 378 | Let’s have another round tonight 379 | ENSEMBLE] 380 | They’ll tell the story of tonight 381 | They’ll tell the story of tonight 382 | They’ll tell the story of tonight 383 | ENSEMBLE] 384 | Raise a glass to freedom 385 | Raise a glass to freedom 386 | They’ll tell the story of— 387 | Tonight 388 | There’s nothing rich folks love more 389 | Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor 390 | They pull up in their carriages and gawk 391 | At the students in the common 392 | Just to watch them talk 393 | Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded 394 | Uh-oh, but little does he know that 395 | His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza 396 | Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at— 397 | Work, work! 398 | Angelica! 399 | Work, work! 400 | Eliza! 401 | And Peggy! 402 | Work, work! 403 | The Schuyler sisters! 404 | Angelica! 405 | Peggy! 406 | Eliza! 407 | Work! 408 | Daddy said to be home by sundown 409 | Daddy doesn’t need to know 410 | Daddy said not to go downtown 411 | Like I said, you’re free to go 412 | But—look around, look around, the 413 | Revolution’s happening in New York 414 | New York 415 | Angelica 416 | Work! 417 | It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war 418 | People shouting in the square 419 | It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore 420 | New ideas in the air 421 | Look around, look around— 422 | Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for… 423 | She’s lookin’ for me! 424 | Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work 425 | I’m lookin’ for a mind at work! 426 | I’m lookin’ for a mind at work! 427 | Whooaaaaa! 428 | Whooaaaaa! 429 | Work! 430 | Work, work! 431 | Work, work! 432 | Work, work! 433 | Work! 434 | Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city 435 | Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty 436 | Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny 437 | But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money 438 | Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels 439 | You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals? 440 | Burr, you disgust me 441 | Ah, so you’ve discussed me 442 | I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me! 443 | I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine 444 | So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane 445 | You want a revolution? I want a revelation 446 | So listen to my declaration: 447 | “We hold these truths to be self-evident 448 | That all men are created equal” 449 | And when I meet Thomas Jefferson 450 | Unh! 451 | I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel! 452 | Work! 453 | Look around, look around at how 454 | Lucky we are to be alive right now! 455 | Look around, look around at how 456 | Lucky we are to be alive right now! 457 | History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be 458 | In the greatest city in the world! 459 | In the greatest city in the world! 460 | Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine 461 | So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane 462 | You want a revolution? 463 | I want a revelation 464 | So listen to my declaration: 465 | We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal 466 | Whoo! 467 | Look around, look around 468 | The revolution’s happening in— 469 | New York! 470 | In New York! 471 | Look around 472 | Look around 473 | At how lucky we are to be alive right now 474 | Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 475 | Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 476 | Look around, look around the revolution’s happening 477 | Hey! Hey! 478 | Hey! Hey! 479 | Hey! Hey! 480 | Hey! Hey! 481 | Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! 482 | History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be 483 | In the greatest city in the world 484 | In the greatest city— 485 | In the greatest city in the world! 486 | Work, work! 487 | Work, work! 488 | Work, work! 489 | Work, work! 490 | Work, work! 491 | Work, work! 492 | Work, work! 493 | Work, work! 494 | Work, work! 495 | Work, work! 496 | Angelica! 497 | Eliza! 498 | And Peggy! 499 | The Schuyler sisters! 500 | We’re looking for a mind at work! 501 | Hey! 502 | Hey! 503 | Whoa! 504 | In the greatest 505 | City in the world 506 | Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 507 | In the greatest 508 | City in the world 509 | In the greatest city in the world! 510 | Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury 511 | And I present “Free Thoughts on the 512 | Proceedings of the Continental Congress!” 513 | Heed not the rabble who scream revolution 514 | They have not your interests at heart 515 | Oh my God. Tear this dude apart 516 | Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution 517 | Don’t let them lead you astray 518 | This Congress does not speak for me 519 | Let him be 520 | They’re playing a dangerous game 521 | I pray the king shows you his mercy 522 | For shame, for shame… 523 | Yo! 524 | He’d have you all unravel at the 525 | Sound of screams but the 526 | Revolution is comin’ 527 | The have-nots are gonna 528 | Win this 529 | It’s hard to listen to you with a straight face 530 | Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us, honestly you shouldn’t even talk. And what about Boston? Look at the cost, n’ all that we’ve lost n’ you talk 531 | About Congress?! 532 | My dog speaks more eloquently than thee! 533 | But strangely, your mange is the same 534 | Is he in Jersey? 535 | For the revolution! 536 | Heed not the rabble 537 | Who scream 538 | Revolution, they 539 | Have not your 540 | Interests 541 | At heart 542 | Chaos and bloodshed are 543 | Not a 544 | Solution. Don’t 545 | Let them lead you 546 | Astray 547 | This Congress does not 548 | Speak for me 549 | They’re playing a dangerous game 550 | I pray the king shows you his mercy 551 | For shame 552 | For shame! 553 | For the revolution! 554 | Heed— 555 | If you repeat yourself again I’m gonna— 556 | Scream— 557 | Honestly, look at me, please don’t read! 558 | Not your interests— 559 | Don’t modulate the key then not debate with me! 560 | Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea? 561 | Alexander, please! 562 | Burr, I’d rather be divisive than indecisive, drop the niceties 563 | Silence! A message from the King! 564 | A message from the King! 565 | A message from the King! 566 | You say 567 | The price of my love’s not a price that you’re willing to pay 568 | You cry 569 | In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by 570 | Why so sad? 571 | Remember we made an arrangement when you went away 572 | Now you’re making me mad 573 | Remember, despite our estrangement, I’m your man 574 | You’ll be back, soon you’ll see 575 | You’ll remember you belong to me 576 | You’ll be back, time will tell 577 | You’ll remember that I served you well 578 | Oceans rise, empires fall 579 | We have seen each other through it all 580 | And when push comes to shove 581 | I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! 582 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 583 | Da da dat dat da ya da! 584 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 585 | Da da dat dat da… 586 | You say our love is draining and you can’t go on 587 | You’ll be the one complaining when I am gone… 588 | And no, don’t change the subject 589 | Cuz you’re my favorite subject 590 | My sweet, submissive subject 591 | My loyal, royal subject 592 | Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever… 593 | You’ll be back like before 594 | I will fight the fight and win the war 595 | For your love, for your praise 596 | And I’ll love you till my dying days 597 | When you’re gone, I’ll go mad 598 | So don’t throw away this thing we had 599 | Cuz when push comes to shove 600 | I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love 601 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 602 | Da da dat dat da ya da! 603 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 604 | Da da dat— 605 | Everybody! 606 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 607 | Da da dat dat da ya da! 608 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da 609 | Dat dat da ya da! 610 | British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water 611 | Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor 612 | Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor 613 | When they surround our troops! 614 | They surround our troops! 615 | When they surround our troops! 616 | Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor 617 | They surround our troops! 618 | They surround our troops! 619 | As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war 620 | I knew that I was poor 621 | I knew it was the only way to— 622 | Rise up! 623 | If they tell my story 624 | I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or— 625 | Rise up! 626 | I will fight for this land 627 | But there’s only one man 628 | Who can give us a command so we can— 629 | Rise up! 630 | Understand? It’s the only way to— 631 | Rise up! Rise up! 632 | Here he comes! 633 | Here comes the General! 634 | Ladies and gentlemen! 635 | Here comes the General! 636 | The moment you’ve been waiting for! 637 | Here comes the General! 638 | The pride of Mount Vernon! 639 | Here comes the General! 640 | George Washington! 641 | We are outgunned 642 | Outmanned 643 | Outnumbered 644 | Outplanned 645 | We gotta make an all out stand 646 | Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man. 647 | What? 648 | What? 649 | Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! 650 | Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! 651 | Check it— 652 | Can I be real a second? 653 | For just a millisecond? 654 | Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? 655 | Now I’m the model of a modern major general 656 | The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all 657 | Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal 658 | Writin’ letters to relatives 659 | Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence 660 | But the elephant is in the room 661 | The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go… 662 | Boom! 663 | Any hope of success is fleeting 664 | How can I keep leading when the people I’m 665 | Leading keep retreating? 666 | We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn 667 | Knight takes rook, but look 668 | We are outgunned 669 | Outmanned 670 | Outnumbered 671 | Outplanned 672 | We gotta make an all out stand 673 | Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man 674 | Incoming! 675 | What? 676 | What? 677 | Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! 678 | Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! 679 | They’re battering down the Battery check the damages 680 | Rah! 681 | We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages 682 | Rah! 683 | Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us 684 | Hamilton won’t abandon ship 685 | Yo, let’s steal their cannons— 686 | Shh-boom! 687 | Boom! 688 | Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and… 689 | Boom! 690 | Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and… 691 | Boom! 692 | There’s another ship and… 693 | Boom! 694 | We just lost the southern tip and… 695 | Boom! 696 | We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip 697 | Guns and horses giddyup 698 | I decide to divvy up 699 | My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up 700 | This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny 701 | I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: 702 | Are these the men with which I am to defend America? 703 | We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance 704 | I cannot be everywhere at once, people 705 | I’m in dire need of assistance… 706 | Your excellency, sir! 707 | Who are you? 708 | Aaron Burr, Sir? 709 | Permission to state my case? 710 | As you were 711 | Sir 712 | I was a captain under General Montgomery 713 | Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec 714 | And well, in summary 715 | I think that I could be of some assistance 716 | I admire how you keep firing on the British 717 | From a distance 718 | Huh 719 | I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west 720 | Yes? 721 | Well— 722 | Your excellency, you wanted to see me? 723 | Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr? 724 | Yes, sir 725 | We keep meeting 726 | As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out 727 | Burr? 728 | Sir? 729 | Close the door on your way out 730 | Have I done something wrong, sir? 731 | On the contrary 732 | I called you here because our odds are beyond scary 733 | Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh 734 | Sir? 735 | Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff? 736 | Sir! 737 | Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man of great renown 738 | I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown 739 | Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you… 740 | To be their Secretary? I don’t think so 741 | Why’re you upset? 742 | I’m not— 743 | It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger 744 | I was just like you when I was younger 745 | Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr? 746 | Yes 747 | Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder 748 | Why are you telling me this? 749 | I’m being honest 750 | I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised 751 | We are a powder keg about to explode 752 | I need someone like you to lighten the load. So? 753 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 754 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 755 | Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young 756 | Scrappy and hungry! 757 | I am not throwing away my shot! 758 | Son 759 | We are outgunned, outmanned! 760 | You need all the help you can get 761 | I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan 762 | Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else? 763 | Outnumbered, outplanned! 764 | We’ll need some spies on the inside 765 | Some King’s men who might let some things slide 766 | I’ll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies, you rally the guys, master the element of surprise 767 | I’ll rise above my station, organize your information, ‘til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir! 768 | Here comes the General! 769 | Rise up! 770 | Rise up! 771 | Here comes the General! 772 | Rise up! 773 | Boom! 774 | Chicka-boom! 775 | Here comes the General! 776 | Rise up! 777 | Rise up! 778 | Whoa, whoa, whoa… 779 | Whoa, whoa, whoa… 780 | Whoa, whoa, whoa… 781 | LAFAYETTE/ 782 | MULLIGAN] 783 | What? 784 | LAFAYETTE/ 785 | MULLIGAN] 786 | What? 787 | LAFAYETTE/ 788 | MULLIGAN] 789 | What? 790 | Here comes the General! 791 | What? 792 | And his right hand man! 793 | Boom! 794 | How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore 795 | Go on and on 796 | Grow into more of a phenomenon? 797 | Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother 798 | Be seated at the right hand of the father 799 | Washington hires Hamilton right on sight 800 | But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write 801 | Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniable 802 | But what do we have in common? We’re 803 | Reliable with the 804 | Ladies! 805 | There are so many to deflower! 806 | Ladies! 807 | Looks! Proximity to power 808 | Ladies! 809 | They delighted and distracted him 810 | Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him! 811 | That’s true! 812 | 1780 813 | A winter’s ball 814 | And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all 815 | Yo, if you can marry a sister, you’re rich, son 816 | Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one? 817 | Hey 818 | Hey 819 | Hey hey 820 | Hey hey hey hey 821 | Ohh, I do I do I do I 822 | Dooo! Hey! 823 | Ohh, I do I do I do I 824 | Dooo! Boy you got me 825 | Hey hey hey hey 826 | Hey hey hey hey 827 | Hey hey hey hey 828 | Hey hey hey 829 | Helpless! 830 | Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m helpless! 831 | Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em 832 | I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight 833 | We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night 834 | Laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the room 835 | Then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!” 836 | Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom 837 | Everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s top volume 838 | Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine 839 | Grab my sister, and 840 | Whisper, “Yo, this 841 | One’s mine.” 842 | My sister made her way across the room to you 843 | And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?” 844 | She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’ “I’m through” 845 | Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m 846 | Helpless! 847 | Oh, look at those eyes 848 | Oh! 849 | Yeah, I’m 850 | Helpless, I know 851 | I’m so into you 852 | I am so into you 853 | I know I’m down for the count 854 | And I’m drownin’ in ‘em. 855 | Oooh 856 | Oooh 857 | Oooh 858 | Oooh 859 | Helpless! 860 | Look into your eyes 861 | And the sky’s the limit 862 | I’m 863 | Helpless! 864 | Down for the count 865 | And I’m drownin’ in ‘em 866 | I’m helpless! 867 | Look into your eyes 868 | And the sky’s the limit I’m helpless! 869 | Down for the count 870 | And I’m drownin’ in ‘em. 871 | Where are you taking me? 872 | I’m about to change your life 873 | Then by all means, lead the way 874 | Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you 875 | Schuyler? 876 | My sister 877 | Thank you for all your service 878 | If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it 879 | I’ll leave you to it 880 | One week later 881 | I’m writin’ a letter nightly 882 | Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me 883 | Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem 884 | I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him 885 | Ha! 886 | Two weeks later 887 | In the living room stressin’ 888 | My father’s stone-faced 889 | While you’re asking for his blessin’ 890 | I’m dying inside, as 891 | You wine 892 | And dine 893 | And I’m tryin’ not to cry 894 | ‘cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do 895 | My father makes his way across the room 896 | To you 897 | I panic for a second, thinking 898 | “we’re through” 899 | But then he shakes your hand and says 900 | “Be true” 901 | And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m 902 | Helpless! 903 | Helpless! 904 | Hoo! 905 | That boy is mine 906 | That boy is mine! 907 | Helpless! Helpless! 908 | Down for the count 909 | And I’m drownin’ in em 910 | Stressin’ 911 | Blessin’ 912 | Oooh 913 | Oooh 914 | Oooh 915 | Oooh 916 | Helpless! 917 | Look into your eyes 918 | And the sky’s the 919 | Limit I’m 920 | Helpless! 921 | Down for the count 922 | And I’m drownin’ in 923 | ‘em I’m 924 | Helpless! 925 | Look into your eyes 926 | And the sky’s the 927 | Limit I’m 928 | Helpless! 929 | Down for the count 930 | And I’m drownin’ in em 931 | Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name 932 | An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame 933 | All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain 934 | A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain 935 | Insane, your family brings out a different side of me 936 | Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me 937 | No stress, my love for you is never in doubt 938 | We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out 939 | I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child 940 | My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild 941 | But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real 942 | And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God 943 | You’ll never feel so… 944 | Eliza… 945 | I’ve never felt so— 946 | My life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it. 947 | I do I do I do I do! 948 | I do I do I do I do! 949 | Hey, yeah, yeah! 950 | I’m down for the count 951 | I’m— 952 | I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit 953 | I’m 954 | …drownin’ in ‘em. 955 | Helpless! 956 | Helpless! 957 | Helpless! 958 | Down for the count 959 | And I’m drownin’ in ‘em 960 | Helpless! 961 | Helpless! 962 | Helpless! 963 | Down for the count 964 | And I’m drownin’ in ‘em. 965 | Wedding march plays 966 | In New York, you can be a new man… 967 | In New York, you can be a new man… 968 | In New York, you can be a new man… 969 | Helpless 970 | Alright, alright. That’s what I’m talkin’ about! 971 | Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor 972 | Angelica Schuyler! 973 | A toast to the groom! 974 | To the bride! 975 | From your sister 976 | Who is always by your side 977 | To your union 978 | And the hope that you provide 979 | May you always… 980 | Be satisfied 981 | To the groom! 982 | To the groom! 983 | To the groom! 984 | To the bride! 985 | To the bride! 986 | Angelica! 987 | Angelica! 988 | Angelica! 989 | By your side! 990 | To the union! 991 | To the revolution! 992 | You provide! 993 | You provide! 994 | Always— 995 | Rewind— 996 | To the groom! 997 | To the bride! 998 | To the bride! 999 | Angelica! 1000 | By your side! 1001 | To the union! 1002 | To the revolution! 1003 | You provide! 1004 | Always— 1005 | Rewind— 1006 | I remember that night, I just might 1007 | Regret that night for the rest of my days 1008 | I remember those soldier boys 1009 | Tripping over themselves to win our praise 1010 | I remember that dreamlike candlelight 1011 | Like a dream that you can’t quite place 1012 | But Alexander, I’ll never forget the first 1013 | Time I saw your face 1014 | I have never been the same 1015 | Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame 1016 | And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name 1017 | Set my heart aflame, ev’ry part aflame 1018 | This is not a game… 1019 | You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied 1020 | I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You forget yourself 1021 | You’re like me. I’m never satisfied 1022 | Is that right? 1023 | I have never been satisfied 1024 | My name is Angelica Schuyler 1025 | Alexander Hamilton 1026 | Where’s your fam’ly from? 1027 | Unimportant. There’s a million things I haven’t done but 1028 | Just you wait, just you wait… 1029 | So so so— 1030 | So this is what it feels like to match wits 1031 | With someone at your level! What the hell is the catch? It’s 1032 | The feeling of freedom, of seein’ the light 1033 | It’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right? 1034 | The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes 1035 | Ev’rything we said in total agreement, it’s 1036 | A dream and it’s a bit of a dance 1037 | A bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance. He’s a 1038 | Bit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance 1039 | I asked about his fam’ly, did you see his answer? 1040 | His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance? 1041 | He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat of his pants 1042 | Handsome, boy, does he know it! 1043 | Peach fuzz, and he can’t even grow it! 1044 | I wanna take him far away from this place 1045 | Then I turn and see my sister’s face and she is… 1046 | Helpless… 1047 | And I know she is… 1048 | Helpless… 1049 | And her eyes are just… 1050 | Helpless… 1051 | And I realize 1052 | Three fundamental truths at the exact same time… 1053 | Where are you taking me? 1054 | I’m about to change your life 1055 | Then by all means, lead the way 1056 | Number one! 1057 | I’m a girl in a world in which 1058 | My only job is to marry rich 1059 | My father has no sons so I’m the one 1060 | Who has to social climb for one 1061 | So I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in 1062 | New York City is insidious 1063 | And Alexander is penniless 1064 | Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less 1065 | Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you 1066 | Schuyler? 1067 | My sister 1068 | Number two! 1069 | He’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister 1070 | That elevates his status, I’d 1071 | Have to be naïve to set that aside 1072 | Maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza 1073 | Now that’s his bride 1074 | Nice going, Angelica, he was right 1075 | You will never be satisfied 1076 | Thank you for all your service 1077 | If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it 1078 | I’ll leave you to it 1079 | Number three! 1080 | I know my sister like I know my own mind 1081 | You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind 1082 | If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned 1083 | He’d be mine 1084 | She would say, “I’m fine” 1085 | She’d be lying 1086 | But when I fantasize at night 1087 | It’s Alexander’s eyes 1088 | As I romanticize what might 1089 | Have been if I hadn’t sized him 1090 | Up so quickly 1091 | At least my dear Eliza’s his wife; 1092 | At least I keep his eyes in my life… 1093 | To the groom! 1094 | To the bride! 1095 | From your sister 1096 | Who is always by your side 1097 | To your union 1098 | And the hope that you provide 1099 | May you always 1100 | Be satisfied 1101 | And I know 1102 | She’ll be happy as 1103 | His bride 1104 | And I know 1105 | To the groom! 1106 | To the groom! 1107 | To the groom! 1108 | To the bride! 1109 | To the bride! 1110 | Angelica! 1111 | Angelica! 1112 | By your side 1113 | To the union! 1114 | To the revolution! 1115 | You provide! 1116 | You provide! 1117 | Always— 1118 | Be satisfied 1119 | Be satisfied 1120 | Be satisfied 1121 | Be satisfied 1122 | Be satisfied 1123 | Be satisfied 1124 | Be satisfied 1125 | Be satisfied 1126 | Be satisfied 1127 | Be satisfied 1128 | Be satisfied 1129 | Be satisfied. 1130 | To the groom! 1131 | To the bride! 1132 | To the bride! 1133 | Angelica! 1134 | By your side 1135 | To the union! 1136 | To the revolution! 1137 | You provide! 1138 | Always— 1139 | Be satisfied 1140 | Be satisfied 1141 | Be satisfied 1142 | Be satisfied. 1143 | He will never be satisfied 1144 | I will never be satisfied 1145 | I may not live to see our glory! 1146 | I may not live to see our glory! 1147 | But I’ve seen wonders great and small 1148 | I’ve seen wonders great and small 1149 | ‘Cause if the tomcat can get married 1150 | If Alexander can get married— 1151 | There’s hope for our ass, after all! 1152 | Raise a glass to freedom 1153 | Hey! 1154 | Something you will never see again! 1155 | No matter what she tells you 1156 | Let’s have another round tonight! 1157 | Raise a glass to the four of us! 1158 | Ho! 1159 | To the newly not poor of us! 1160 | Woo! 1161 | We’ll tell the story of tonight 1162 | Let’s have another round— 1163 | Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr 1164 | Sir! 1165 | I didn’t think that you would make it 1166 | To be sure 1167 | Burr! 1168 | I came to say congratulations 1169 | Spit a verse, Burr! 1170 | I see the whole gang is here 1171 | You are the worst, Burr! 1172 | Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel 1173 | I wish I had your command instead of manning George’s journal 1174 | No, you don’t 1175 | Yes, I do 1176 | Now, be sensible 1177 | From what I hear, you’ve made yourself indispensable 1178 | Well, well, I heard 1179 | You’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr 1180 | Is that so? 1181 | What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr? 1182 | I should go 1183 | No, these guys should go 1184 | What? 1185 | No! 1186 | Leave us alone 1187 | Man… 1188 | It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr 1189 | You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir 1190 | What do you mean? 1191 | She’s married 1192 | I see 1193 | She’s married to a British officer 1194 | Oh shit… 1195 | Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more 1196 | I’ll see you on the other side of the war 1197 | I will never understand you 1198 | If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for? 1199 | I’ll see you on the other side of the war 1200 | I’ll see you on the other side of the war 1201 | Theodosia writes me a letter every day 1202 | I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away 1203 | He's on the British side in Georgia 1204 | He's trying to keep the colonies in line 1205 | But he can keep all of Georgia 1206 | Theodosia, she's mine 1207 | Love doesn't discriminate 1208 | Between the sinners 1209 | And the saints 1210 | It takes and it takes and it takes 1211 | And we keep loving anyway 1212 | We laugh and we cry 1213 | And we break 1214 | And we make our mistakes 1215 | And if there's a reason I'm by her side 1216 | When so many have tried 1217 | Then I'm willing to wait for it 1218 | I'm willing to wait for it 1219 | My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher 1220 | But there are things that the 1221 | Homilies and hymns won't teach ya 1222 | My mother was a genius 1223 | My father commanded respect 1224 | When they died they left no instructions 1225 | Just a legacy to protect 1226 | Preacher, preacher 1227 | Preacher 1228 | Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya 1229 | Respect, respect 1230 | Genius 1231 | Death doesn’t discriminate 1232 | Between the sinners 1233 | And the saints 1234 | It takes and it takes and it takes 1235 | And we keep living anyway 1236 | We rise and we fall 1237 | And we break 1238 | And we make our mistakes 1239 | And if there’s a reason I’m still alive 1240 | When everyone who loves me has died 1241 | I’m willing to wait for it 1242 | I’m willing to wait for it 1243 | Wait for it 1244 | Wait for it 1245 | Wait for it 1246 | Wait for it 1247 | I am the one thing in life I can control 1248 | Wait for it 1249 | Wait for it 1250 | Wait for it 1251 | Wait for it 1252 | I am inimitable 1253 | I am an original 1254 | Wait for it 1255 | Wait for it 1256 | Wait for it 1257 | Wait for it 1258 | I’m not falling behind or running late 1259 | Wait for it 1260 | Wait for it 1261 | Wait for it 1262 | Wait for it 1263 | I’m not standing still 1264 | I am lying in wait 1265 | Wait 1266 | Wait 1267 | Wait 1268 | Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb 1269 | Climb 1270 | Climb 1271 | Climb 1272 | He has something to prove 1273 | He has nothing to lose 1274 | Lose 1275 | Lose 1276 | Lose 1277 | Lose 1278 | Hamilton’s pace is relentless 1279 | He wastes no time 1280 | Time 1281 | Time 1282 | Time 1283 | What is it like in his shoes? 1284 | Hamilton doesn’t hesitate 1285 | He exhibits no restraint 1286 | He takes and he takes and he takes 1287 | And he keeps winning anyway 1288 | He changes the game 1289 | He plays and he raises the stakes 1290 | And if there’s a reason 1291 | He seems to thrive when so few survive, then Goddamnit— 1292 | I'm willing to wait for it 1293 | I'm willing to wait for it… 1294 | Life doesn't discriminate 1295 | Between the sinners and the saints 1296 | It takes and it takes and it takes 1297 | We rise 1298 | We fall 1299 | And if there's a reason I'm still alive 1300 | When so many have died 1301 | Then I'm willin' to— 1302 | I'm willing to wait for it 1303 | Wait for it 1304 | Wait for… 1305 | I'm willing to— 1306 | Life doesn't discriminate 1307 | Between the sinners and the saints 1308 | It takes and it takes and it takes 1309 | And we keep living anyway 1310 | We rise and we fall and we break 1311 | And we make our mistakes 1312 | And if there's a reason I'm still alive 1313 | When so many have died 1314 | Then I'm willin' to— 1315 | Wait for it… 1316 | Wait for it… 1317 | Wait for it… 1318 | Wait for it… 1319 | Wait for it… 1320 | Wait for it… 1321 | Wait for it… 1322 | Wait for it… 1323 | Wait for it… 1324 | Wait for it… 1325 | Wait for it… 1326 | Wait… 1327 | Stay alive… 1328 | Stay alive… 1329 | I have never seen the General so despondent 1330 | I have taken over writing all his correspondence 1331 | Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.” 1332 | I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses 1333 | Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance 1334 | They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence 1335 | The cavalry’s not coming 1336 | But, sir! 1337 | Alex, listen. There’s only one way for us to win this 1338 | Provoke outrage, outright 1339 | That’s right 1340 | Don’t engage, strike by night 1341 | Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight 1342 | Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight 1343 | Outrun 1344 | Outrun 1345 | Outlast 1346 | Outlast 1347 | Hit ‘em quick, get out fast 1348 | Chick-a-plao! 1349 | Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past 1350 | We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast 1351 | Raise a glass! 1352 | I go back to New York and my apprenticeship 1353 | I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship 1354 | I stay at work with Hamilton 1355 | We write essays against slavery 1356 | And every day’s a test of our camaraderie 1357 | And bravery 1358 | We cut supply lines, we steal contraband 1359 | We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand 1360 | And ev’ry day 1361 | “Sir, entrust me with a command,” 1362 | And ev’ry day 1363 | No 1364 | He dismisses me out of hand 1365 | Instead of me 1366 | He promotes 1367 | Charles Lee 1368 | Makes him second-in-command: 1369 | Charles Lee. 1370 | Stay alive… 1371 | I’m a General. Whee!!!! 1372 | Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with 1373 | He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth 1374 | Ev’ryone attack! 1375 | Retreat! 1376 | Attack! 1377 | Retreat! 1378 | What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet! 1379 | But there’s so many of them! 1380 | I’m sorry, is this not your speed?! 1381 | Hamilton! 1382 | Ready, sir! 1383 | Have Lafayette take the lead! 1384 | Yes, sir! 1385 | A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat 1386 | As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat 1387 | Charles Lee was left behind 1388 | Without a pot to piss in 1389 | He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen: 1390 | Washington cannot be left alone to his devices 1391 | Indecisive, from crisis to crisis 1392 | The best thing he can do for the revolution 1393 | Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon 1394 | Oo!! 1395 | Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong 1396 | But, sir! 1397 | We have a war to fight, let’s move along 1398 | Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it 1399 | I can’t disobey direct orders 1400 | Then I’ll do it 1401 | Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got 1402 | Laurens, do not throw away your shot 1403 | One, two, three, four 1404 | Five, six, seven, eight, nine… 1405 | It’s the Ten Duel Commandments 1406 | It’s the Ten Duel Commandments 1407 | Number one! 1408 | The challenge: demand satisfaction 1409 | If they apologize, no need for further action 1410 | Number two! 1411 | If they don’t, grab a friend, that’s your second 1412 | Your lieutenant when there’s reckoning to be reckoned 1413 | Number three! 1414 | Have your seconds meet face to face 1415 | Negotiate a peace… 1416 | Or negotiate a time and place 1417 | This is commonplace, ‘specially ‘tween recruits 1418 | Most disputes die, and no one shoots 1419 | Number four! 1420 | If they don’t reach a peace, that’s alright 1421 | Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site 1422 | You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility 1423 | You have him turn around so he can have deniability 1424 | Five! 1425 | Duel before the sun is in the sky 1426 | Pick a place to die where it’s high and dry 1427 | Number six! 1428 | Leave a note for your next of kin 1429 | Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell or heaven lets you in 1430 | Seven! 1431 | Confess your sins. Ready for the moment 1432 | Of adrenaline when you finally face your opponent 1433 | Number eight! 1434 | Your last chance to negotiate 1435 | Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight… 1436 | Alexander 1437 | Aaron Burr, sir 1438 | Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature? 1439 | Sure 1440 | But your man has to answer for his words, Burr 1441 | With his life? We both know that’s absurd, sir 1442 | Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous? 1443 | Okay, so we’re doin’ this 1444 | Number nine! 1445 | Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher 1446 | Summon all the courage you require 1447 | Then count 1448 | One two three four 1449 | Five six seven eight nine 1450 | Number 1451 | Ten paces! 1452 | Fire! 1453 | Lee, do you yield? 1454 | You shot him in the side! 1455 | Yes, he yields! 1456 | I’m satisfied 1457 | Yo, we gotta clear the field! 1458 | Go! We won 1459 | Here comes the General! 1460 | This should be fun 1461 | What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General 1462 | Yes, sir 1463 | Lee, you will never agree with me 1464 | But believe me, these young men don’t speak for me 1465 | Thank you for your service 1466 | Let’s ride! 1467 | Hamilton! 1468 | Sir! 1469 | Meet me inside 1470 | Meet him inside! Meet him inside! 1471 | Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside! 1472 | Son— 1473 | Don’t call me son 1474 | This war is hard enough 1475 | Without infighting— 1476 | Lee called you out. We called his bluff 1477 | You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south 1478 | You're absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth 1479 | That would’ve shut him up 1480 | Son— 1481 | I’m notcha son— 1482 | Watch your tone 1483 | I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown 1484 | Charles Lee, Thomas Conway 1485 | These men take your name and they rake it 1486 | Through the mud 1487 | My name’s been through a lot, I can take it 1488 | Well, I don’t have your name. I don’t have your titles 1489 | I don’t have your land 1490 | But, if you— 1491 | No— 1492 | If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead, I could fly above my station after the war 1493 | Or you could die and we need you alive 1494 | I’m more than willing to die— 1495 | Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive— 1496 | Call me son one more time— 1497 | Go home, Alexander 1498 | That’s an order from your commander 1499 | Sir— 1500 | Go home 1501 | Look around, look around at how lucky we are 1502 | To be alive right now 1503 | Look around, look around… 1504 | How long have you known? 1505 | A month or so 1506 | Eliza, you should have told me 1507 | I wrote to the General a month ago 1508 | No 1509 | I begged him to send you home 1510 | You should have told me 1511 | I’m not sorry 1512 | I knew you’d fight 1513 | Until the war was won 1514 | But you deserve a chance to meet your son 1515 | Look around, look around at how lucky we are 1516 | To be alive right now. 1517 | The war’s not 1518 | Done. 1519 | Will you relish being a poor man’s wife 1520 | Unable to provide for your life? 1521 | I relish being your wife 1522 | Look around, look around… 1523 | Look at where you are 1524 | Look at where you started 1525 | The fact that you’re alive is a miracle 1526 | Just stay alive, that would be enough 1527 | And if this child 1528 | Shares a fraction of your smile 1529 | Or a fragment of your mind, look out world! 1530 | That would be enough 1531 | I don’t pretend to know 1532 | The challenges you’re facing 1533 | The worlds you keep erasing and creating in your mind 1534 | But I’m not afraid 1535 | I know who I married 1536 | So long as you come home at the end of the day 1537 | That would be enough 1538 | We don’t need a legacy 1539 | We don’t need money 1540 | If I could grant you peace of mind 1541 | If you could let me inside your heart… 1542 | Oh, let me be a part of the narrative 1543 | In the story they will write someday 1544 | Let this moment be the first chapter: 1545 | Where you decide to stay 1546 | And I could be enough 1547 | And we could be enough 1548 | That would be enough 1549 | How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower 1550 | Somehow defeat a global superpower? 1551 | How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire? 1552 | Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher? 1553 | Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon! 1554 | An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in! 1555 | He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen 1556 | Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman! 1557 | Lafayette! 1558 | I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’ 1559 | Redcoats redder with bloodstains 1560 | Lafayette! 1561 | And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em 1562 | Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m 1563 | Lafayette! 1564 | Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! 1565 | Enragin’ em! I’m— 1566 | Lafayette! 1567 | I go to France for more funds 1568 | Lafayette! 1569 | I come back with more 1570 | Guns 1571 | And ships 1572 | And so the balance shifts 1573 | We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts 1574 | We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but 1575 | For this to succeed, there is someone else we need: 1576 | I know 1577 | Hamilton! 1578 | Sir, he knows what to do in a trench 1579 | Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— 1580 | Hamilton! 1581 | Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually 1582 | What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean— 1583 | Hamilton! 1584 | No one has more resilience 1585 | Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— 1586 | Hamilton! 1587 | You wanna fight for your land back? 1588 | I need my right hand man back! 1589 | Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back 1590 | You know you gotta get ya right hand man back 1591 | I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better 1592 | To get your right hand man back! 1593 | Hamilton! 1594 | Hamilton! 1595 | Hamilton! 1596 | Hamilton, Hamilton! 1597 | Ha— ha—! 1598 | Get your right hand man back! 1599 | Your right hand man back! 1600 | Hamilton! 1601 | Ha— 1602 | Ha— 1603 | Hamilton, Hamilton! 1604 | Ha— ha—! 1605 | Alexander Hamilton 1606 | Troops are waiting in the field for you 1607 | If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide 1608 | Oh, Alexander Hamilton 1609 | I have soldiers that will yield for you 1610 | If we manage to get this right 1611 | They’ll surrender by early light 1612 | The world will never be the same, Alexander… 1613 | I was younger than you are now 1614 | When I was given my first command 1615 | I led my men straight into a massacre 1616 | I witnessed their deaths firsthand 1617 | I made every mistake 1618 | And felt the shame rise in me 1619 | And even now I lie awake 1620 | Knowing history has its eyes on me 1621 | History has its eyes on me. 1622 | Whoa… 1623 | Whoa… 1624 | Whoa… 1625 | Yeah 1626 | Whoa… 1627 | Whoa… 1628 | Whoa… 1629 | Yeah 1630 | Let me tell you what I wish I’d known 1631 | When I was young and dreamed of glory: 1632 | You have no control: 1633 | Who lives, who dies, who tells your story 1634 | I know that we can win 1635 | I know that greatness lies in you 1636 | But remember from here on in 1637 | History has its 1638 | Eyes on you. 1639 | Whoa… 1640 | Whoa… 1641 | Whoa… 1642 | History has its eyes on you 1643 | The battle of Yorktown. 1781 1644 | Monsieur Hamilton 1645 | Monsieur Lafayette 1646 | In command where you belong 1647 | How you say, no sweat 1648 | We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run 1649 | Immigrants: 1650 | We get the job done 1651 | So what happens if we win? 1652 | I go back to France 1653 | I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance 1654 | We’ll be with you when you do 1655 | Go lead your men 1656 | See you on the other side 1657 | ‘Til we meet again, let’s go! 1658 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 1659 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 1660 | Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young 1661 | Scrappy and hungry 1662 | And I’m not throwin’ away my shot! 1663 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 1664 | ‘Til the world turns upside down… 1665 | ‘Til the world turns upside down! 1666 | I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory 1667 | This is where it gets me: on my feet 1668 | The enemy ahead of me 1669 | If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me 1670 | Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me 1671 | Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me… 1672 | Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting 1673 | We gotta go, gotta get the job done 1674 | Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son! 1675 | Take the bullets out your gun! 1676 | What? 1677 | The bullets out your gun! 1678 | What? 1679 | We move under cover and we move as one 1680 | Through the night, we have one shot to live another day 1681 | We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away 1682 | We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it 1683 | It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet 1684 | The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me? 1685 | Rochambeau! 1686 | You have your orders now, go, man, go! 1687 | And so the American experiment begins 1688 | With my friends all scattered to the winds 1689 | Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav’ry 1690 | We’ll never be free until we end slavery! 1691 | When we finally drive the British away 1692 | Lafayette is there waiting— 1693 | In Chesapeake Bay! 1694 | How did we know that this plan would work? 1695 | We had a spy on the inside. That’s right 1696 | Hercules Mulligan! 1697 | A tailor spyin’ on the British government! 1698 | I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it 1699 | Up 1700 | To my brother's revolutionary covenant 1701 | I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it! 1702 | See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians 1703 | We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it! 1704 | Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction 1705 | When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again! 1706 | Left! Right! Hold! 1707 | Go! 1708 | What! What! What! 1709 | After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet 1710 | We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief 1711 | And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead 1712 | Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom 1713 | Not. Yet 1714 | We negotiate the terms of surrender 1715 | I see George Washington smile 1716 | We escort their men out of Yorktown 1717 | They stagger home single file 1718 | Tens of thousands of people flood the streets 1719 | There are screams and church bells ringing 1720 | And as our fallen foes retreat 1721 | I hear the drinking song they’re singing… 1722 | The world turned upside down 1723 | The world turned upside down 1724 | The world turned upside down 1725 | The world turned upside down 1726 | Down 1727 | Down, down, down 1728 | Freedom for America, freedom for France! 1729 | Down, down, down 1730 | Gotta start a new nation 1731 | Gotta meet my son 1732 | Down, down, down 1733 | We won! 1734 | We won! 1735 | We won! 1736 | We won! 1737 | The world turned upside down! 1738 | They say 1739 | The price of my war’s not a price that they’re willing to pay 1740 | Insane 1741 | You cheat with the French, now I’m fighting with France and with Spain 1742 | I’m so blue 1743 | I thought that we’d made an arrangement 1744 | When you went away 1745 | You were mine to subdue 1746 | Well, even despite our estrangement, I’ve got 1747 | A small query for you: 1748 | What comes next? 1749 | You’ve been freed 1750 | Do you know how hard it is to lead? 1751 | You’re on your own 1752 | Awesome. Wow 1753 | Do you have a clue what happens now? 1754 | Oceans rise 1755 | Empires fall 1756 | It’s much harder when it’s all your call 1757 | All alone, across the sea 1758 | When your people say they hate you, don’t 1759 | Come crawling back to me 1760 | Da da da dat da dat da da da 1761 | Da ya da 1762 | Da da dat 1763 | Da da ya da… 1764 | You’re on your own… 1765 | Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? 1766 | You have my eyes. You have your mother’s name 1767 | When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart 1768 | I’m dedicating every day to you 1769 | Domestic life was never quite my style 1770 | When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart 1771 | And I thought I was so smart 1772 | You will come of age with our young nation 1773 | We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you 1774 | If we lay a strong enough foundation 1775 | We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you 1776 | And you’ll blow us all away… 1777 | Someday, someday 1778 | Yeah, you’ll blow us all away 1779 | Someday, someday 1780 | Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone 1781 | My son 1782 | Look at my son. Pride is not the word I’m looking for 1783 | There is so much more inside me now 1784 | Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun 1785 | My son 1786 | When you smile, I fall apart 1787 | And I thought I was so smart 1788 | My father wasn’t around 1789 | My father wasn’t around 1790 | I swear that 1791 | I’ll be around for you. 1792 | I’ll be around for you. 1793 | I’ll do whatever it takes 1794 | I’ll make a million mistakes 1795 | I’ll make the world safe and sound for you… 1796 | …will come of age with our young nation 1797 | We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you 1798 | If we lay a strong enough foundation 1799 | We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you 1800 | And you’ll blow us all away… 1801 | Someday, someday 1802 | Yeah, you’ll blow us all away 1803 | Someday, someday 1804 | After the war I went back to New York 1805 | A-After the war I went back to New York 1806 | I finished up my studies and I practiced law 1807 | I practiced law, Burr worked next door 1808 | Even though we started at the very same time 1809 | Alexander Hamilton began to climb 1810 | How to account for his rise to the top? 1811 | Maaaaan, the man is 1812 | Non-stop! 1813 | Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me 1814 | Are you aware that we’re making hist’ry? 1815 | This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation 1816 | The liberty behind 1817 | Deliberation— 1818 | Non-stop! 1819 | I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt 1820 | With my assistant counsel— 1821 | Co-counsel 1822 | Hamilton, sit down 1823 | Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness 1824 | That’s all you had to say! 1825 | Okay! 1826 | One more thing— 1827 | Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? 1828 | Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? 1829 | Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? 1830 | Soon that attitude may be your doom! 1831 | Awwww! 1832 | Why do you write like you’re running out of time? 1833 | Write day and night like you’re running out of time? 1834 | Ev’ry day you fight, like you’re running out of time 1835 | Keep on fighting. In the meantime— 1836 | Why do you write like you’re running out of time? 1837 | Ev’ry day you fight, like you’re running out of time 1838 | Non-stop! 1839 | Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony 1840 | And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany 1841 | This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and 1842 | Honestly, that’s why public service 1843 | Seems to be calling me 1844 | He’s just 1845 | Non-stop! 1846 | I practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it 1847 | I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it 1848 | Now for a strong central democracy 1849 | If not, then I’ll be Socrates 1850 | Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities 1851 | Awww! 1852 | Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention: 1853 | I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention! 1854 | There as a New York junior delegate: 1855 | Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate… 1856 | Goes and proposes his own form of government! 1857 | His own plan for a new form of government! 1858 | Awwww! 1859 | What? 1860 | What? 1861 | Talks for six hours! The convention is listless! 1862 | Bright young man… 1863 | Yo, who the f is this? 1864 | Why do you always say what you believe? 1865 | Why do you always say what you believe? 1866 | Ev’ry proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies! 1867 | Why do you write like it’s 1868 | Going out of style? 1869 | Write day and night like it’s 1870 | Going out of style? 1871 | Why do you always say what you believe? 1872 | Awww! 1873 | Going out of style, hey! 1874 | Going out of style, hey! 1875 | Ev’ry day you fight like it’s 1876 | Going out of style 1877 | Do what you do 1878 | Alexander? 1879 | Aaron Burr, sir 1880 | It’s the middle of the night 1881 | Can we confer, sir? 1882 | Is this a legal matter? 1883 | Yes, and it’s important to me 1884 | What do you need? 1885 | Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me 1886 | Okay 1887 | I know I talk too much, I’m abrasive 1888 | You’re incredible in court. You’re succinct, persuasive 1889 | My client needs a strong defense. You’re the solution 1890 | Who’s your client? 1891 | The new U.S. Constitution? 1892 | No 1893 | Hear me out 1894 | No way! 1895 | A series of essays, anonymously published 1896 | Defending the document to the public 1897 | No one will read it 1898 | I disagree 1899 | And if it fails? 1900 | Burr, that’s why we need it 1901 | The constitution’s a mess 1902 | So it needs amendments 1903 | It’s full of contradictions 1904 | So is independence 1905 | We have to start somewhere 1906 | No. No way 1907 | You’re making a mistake 1908 | Good night 1909 | Hey 1910 | What are you waiting for? 1911 | What do you stall for? 1912 | What? 1913 | We won the war 1914 | What was it all for? 1915 | Do you support this constitution? 1916 | Of course 1917 | Then defend it 1918 | And what if you’re backing the wrong horse? 1919 | Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed 1920 | For the notion of a nation we now get to build 1921 | For once in your life, take a stand with pride 1922 | I don’t understand how you stand to the side 1923 | I’ll keep all my plans 1924 | Close to my chest 1925 | I’ll wait here and see 1926 | Which way the wind 1927 | Will blow 1928 | I’m taking my time 1929 | Watching the 1930 | Afterbirth of a nation 1931 | Watching the tension grow 1932 | Wait for it, wait for 1933 | It, wait… 1934 | Which way the wind 1935 | Will blow 1936 | I’m taking my time 1937 | Watching the 1938 | Afterbirth of a nation 1939 | Watching the tension grow 1940 | I am sailing off to London 1941 | I’m accompanied by someone who always pays 1942 | I have found a wealthy husband 1943 | Who will keep me in comfort for all my days 1944 | He is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one 1945 | Who can match you for turn of phrase 1946 | My Alexander 1947 | Angelica 1948 | Don’t forget to write 1949 | Look at where you are 1950 | Look at where you started 1951 | The fact that you’re alive is a miracle 1952 | Just stay alive, that would be enough 1953 | And if your wife could share a fraction of your time 1954 | If I could grant you peace of mind 1955 | Would that be enough? 1956 | 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 twenty-five essays, the work divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, in the span of six months. John Jay got sick after writing five. James Madison wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one! 1957 | How do you write like you’re 1958 | Running out of time? 1959 | Write day and night like you’re 1960 | Running out of time? 1961 | Ev’ry day you fight like you’re 1962 | Running out of time like you’re 1963 | Running out of time 1964 | Are you running out of time? 1965 | Running out of time? 1966 | Running out of time? 1967 | Running out of time 1968 | Running out of time 1969 | Awwww! 1970 | How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? 1971 | How do you write like you need it to survive? 1972 | How do you write ev’ry second you’re alive? 1973 | Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive? 1974 | They are asking me to lead 1975 | I am doing the best I can 1976 | To get the people that I need 1977 | I’m asking you to be my right hand man 1978 | Treasury or State? 1979 | I know it’s a lot to ask 1980 | Treasury or State? 1981 | To leave behind the world you know… 1982 | Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department? 1983 | Treasury 1984 | Let’s go 1985 | Alexander… 1986 | I have to leave 1987 | Alexander— 1988 | Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now 1989 | Helpless… 1990 | They are asking me to lead 1991 | Look around, isn’t this enough? 1992 | He will never be satisfied 1993 | He will never be satisfied 1994 | Satisfied 1995 | Satisfied… 1996 | He will never be satisfied 1997 | Satisfied… 1998 | Satisfied… 1999 | Why do you fight like 2000 | What would be enough 2001 | To 2002 | Be satisfied 2003 | Satisfied 2004 | Satisfied… 2005 | Look around 2006 | Look around! 2007 | Isn’t this enough? 2008 | What would be enough? 2009 | Why do you fight like 2010 | History has its eyes… 2011 | On… 2012 | You! 2013 | History has its eyes… 2014 | On… 2015 | You… 2016 | Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? 2017 | Soon that attitude’s gonna be your doom! 2018 | Why do you fight like you’re running out of time? 2019 | Why do you fight like 2020 | Non-stop! 2021 | Non-stop! 2022 | Non-stop! 2023 | Non-stop! 2024 | History has its eyes on you 2025 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 2026 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 2027 | I am 2028 | Alexander Hamilton! 2029 | I am not throwin’ away my shot! 2030 | Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen… 2031 | Se- se- seventeen… 2032 | 1789 2033 | How does the bastard orphan 2034 | Immigrant decorated war vet 2035 | Unite the colonies through more debt? 2036 | Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit? 2037 | Have it all, lose it all 2038 | You ready for more yet? 2039 | Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the President 2040 | Ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent 2041 | Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him 2042 | Pissed him off until we had a two-party system 2043 | You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance 2044 | ‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to France 2045 | But someone’s gotta keep the American promise 2046 | You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas! 2047 | Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 2048 | Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 2049 | Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 2050 | Thomas Jefferson’s coming home! 2051 | Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’s 2052 | Been off in Paris for so long! 2053 | Aaa-ooo! 2054 | Aaa-ooo! 2055 | France is following us to revolution 2056 | There is no more status quo 2057 | But the sun comes up 2058 | And the world still spins 2059 | Aaa-ooo! 2060 | I helped Lafayette draft a declaration 2061 | Then I said, ‘I gotta go 2062 | I gotta be in Monticello.’ 2063 | Now the work at home begins… 2064 | Aaa-ooo! 2065 | So what’d I miss? 2066 | What’d I miss? 2067 | Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss 2068 | I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies… 2069 | I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties… 2070 | I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this… 2071 | Aaa-ooo! 2072 | There’s a letter on my desk from the President 2073 | Haven’t even put my bags down yet 2074 | Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it? 2075 | It says the President’s assembling a cabinet 2076 | And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great! 2077 | And that I’m already Senate-approved… 2078 | I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York 2079 | Headin’ to New York! 2080 | Headin’ to New York! 2081 | Lookin’ at the rolling fields 2082 | I can’t believe that we are free 2083 | Ready to face 2084 | Whatever’s awaiting 2085 | Me in N.Y.C. 2086 | Believe that we are free 2087 | Me in N.Y.C. 2088 | But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place? 2089 | My friend James Madison, red in the face 2090 | He grabs my arm and 2091 | I respond 2092 | “What’s goin’ on?” 2093 | Aaa-ooo! 2094 | Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soul 2095 | Can you get us out of the mess we’re in? 2096 | Aaa-ooo! 2097 | Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less 2098 | Than government control 2099 | I’ve been fighting for the South alone 2100 | Where have you been? 2101 | Aaa-ooo! 2102 | Uh…France. 2103 | We have to win 2104 | What’d I miss? 2105 | What’d I miss? 2106 | Headfirst into a political abyss! 2107 | I have my first cabinet meeting today 2108 | I guess I better think of something to say 2109 | I’m already on my way 2110 | Let’s get to the bottom of this… 2111 | Wha? Wha? What’d I miss? 2112 | I’ve come home to this? 2113 | Headfirst, into the abyss! 2114 | Chik-a-pow! 2115 | On my way 2116 | What did I miss? 2117 | Ahhh ah! 2118 | Mr. Jefferson, welcome home 2119 | Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton 2120 | Mr. Jefferson, welcome home 2121 | Mr. Jefferson, welcome home 2122 | Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long! 2123 | So what did I miss? 2124 | Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you’re here with us in New York City. Are you ready for a cabinet meeting??? 2125 | 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 2126 | ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ 2127 | We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t settle for less 2128 | These are wise words, enterprising men quote ‘em 2129 | Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em 2130 | Oww 2131 | But Hamilton forgets 2132 | His plan would have the government assume state’s debts 2133 | Now, place your bets as to who that benefits: 2134 | The very seat of government where Hamilton sits 2135 | Not true! 2136 | Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it 2137 | If New York’s in debt— 2138 | Why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are paid, I’m afraid 2139 | Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade 2140 | In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground 2141 | We create. You just wanna move our money around 2142 | This financial plan is an outrageous demand 2143 | And it’s too many damn pages for any man to understand 2144 | Stand with me in the land of the free 2145 | And pray to God we never see Hamilton’s candidacy 2146 | Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky 2147 | Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to tax our whisky 2148 | That's my alcohol! 2149 | Thank you, Secretary Jefferson 2150 | Secretary Hamilton, your response 2151 | Thomas. That was a real nice declaration 2152 | Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation 2153 | Would you like to join us, or stay mellow 2154 | Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello? 2155 | If we assume the debts, the union gets 2156 | A new line of credit, a financial diuretic 2157 | How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and competitive 2158 | The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it a sedative? 2159 | A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor 2160 | Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor 2161 | “We plant seeds in the South. We create.” 2162 | Yeah, keep ranting 2163 | We know who’s really doing the planting 2164 | And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment 2165 | Don’t lecture me about the war, you didn’t fight in it 2166 | You think I’m frightened of you, man? 2167 | We almost died in a trench 2168 | While you were off getting high with the French 2169 | Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President 2170 | Reticent—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison 2171 | Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine 2172 | Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in 2173 | Sittin’ there useless as two shits 2174 | Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you 2175 | Where my shoe fits 2176 | Excuse me? Madison, Jefferson, take a walk! Hamilton, take a walk! We’ll reconvene after a brief recess. Hamilton! 2177 | Sir! 2178 | A word 2179 | You don’t have the votes 2180 | You don’t have the votes 2181 | Aha-ha-ha ha! 2182 | You’re gonna need congressional approval and you don’t have the votes 2183 | Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder 2184 | Why he even brings the thunder… 2185 | You wanna pull yourself together? 2186 | I’m sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather 2187 | Young man, I’m from Virginia, so watch your mouth 2188 | So we let Congress get held hostage by the South? 2189 | You need the votes 2190 | No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan 2191 | No, you need to convince more folks 2192 | James Madison won’t talk to me, that’s a nonstarter 2193 | Winning was easy, young man. Governing’s harder 2194 | They’re being intransigent 2195 | You have to find a compromise 2196 | But they don’t have a plan, they just hate mine! 2197 | Convince them otherwise 2198 | What happens if I don’t get congressional approval? 2199 | I imagine they’ll call for your removal 2200 | Sir— 2201 | Figure it out, Alexander. That’s an order from your commander 2202 | Un deux trois quatre 2203 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 2204 | Good! Un deux trois quatre 2205 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 2206 | Sept huit neuf— 2207 | Sept huit neuf— 2208 | Un deux trois quatre 2209 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 2210 | Un deux trois quatre 2211 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 2212 | Sept huit neuf— 2213 | Sept huit neuf— 2214 | One two three four five six seven eight nine! 2215 | My dearest, Angelica 2216 | “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 2217 | Creeps in this petty pace from day to day” 2218 | I trust you’ll understand the reference to 2219 | Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play 2220 | They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly 2221 | I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain 2222 | Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff 2223 | And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane 2224 | And there you are, an ocean away 2225 | Do you have to live an ocean away? 2226 | Thoughts of you subside 2227 | Then I get another letter 2228 | I cannot put the notion away… 2229 | Take a break 2230 | I am on my way 2231 | There’s a little surprise before supper 2232 | And it cannot wait 2233 | I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate 2234 | Alexander— 2235 | Okay, okay— 2236 | Your son is nine years old today 2237 | And he has something that he’d like to say 2238 | He’s been practicing all day 2239 | Philip, take it away— 2240 | Daddy, daddy, look— 2241 | My name is Philip 2242 | I am a poet 2243 | I wrote this poem just 2244 | To show it 2245 | And I just turned nine 2246 | You can write rhymes 2247 | But you can’t write mine 2248 | I practice French 2249 | And play piano with my mother 2250 | I have a sister, but I want a little brother 2251 | My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank 2252 | Un deux trois quatre cinq! 2253 | What! 2254 | Uh-huh! 2255 | Okay! 2256 | Bravo! 2257 | Take a break 2258 | Hey, our kid is pretty great 2259 | Run away with us for the summer 2260 | Let’s go upstate 2261 | Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate 2262 | We can all go stay with my father 2263 | There’s a lake I know… 2264 | I know 2265 | In a nearby park 2266 | I’d love to go 2267 | You and I can go when the night gets dark… 2268 | I will try to get away 2269 | My dearest Alexander 2270 | You must get through to Jefferson 2271 | Sit down with him and compromise 2272 | Don’t stop ‘til you agree 2273 | Your fav’rite older sister 2274 | Angelica, reminds you 2275 | There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea 2276 | In a letter I received from you two weeks ago 2277 | I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase 2278 | It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? 2279 | One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days 2280 | It says: 2281 | “My dearest Angelica” 2282 | With a comma after “dearest.” You’ve written 2283 | “My dearest, Angelica.” 2284 | Anyway, all this to say 2285 | I’m coming home this summer 2286 | At my sister’s invitation 2287 | I’ll be there with your fam’ly 2288 | If you make your way upstate 2289 | I know you’re very busy 2290 | I know your work’s important 2291 | But I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait 2292 | You won’t be an ocean away 2293 | You will only be a moment away… 2294 | Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s arriving today! 2295 | Angelica! 2296 | Eliza! 2297 | The Schuyler sisters! 2298 | Alexander 2299 | Hi 2300 | It’s good to see your face 2301 | Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family 2302 | Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’t have a real job anyway 2303 | …you’re not joining us? Wait 2304 | I’m afraid I cannot join you upstate 2305 | Alexander, I came all this way 2306 | She came all this way— 2307 | All this way— 2308 | Take a break 2309 | You know I have to get my plan through Congress 2310 | Run away with us for the summer 2311 | Let’s go upstate 2312 | I lose my job if I don’t get my plan through Congress 2313 | We can all go stay with our father 2314 | There’s a lake I know 2315 | In a nearby park 2316 | You and I can go 2317 | Take a break and get away— 2318 | Let’s go upstate 2319 | Where we can stay 2320 | Look around, look around 2321 | At how lucky we are to be alive right now— 2322 | We can go— 2323 | When the night gets dark 2324 | Take a break. 2325 | I know I’ll miss your face— 2326 | Screw your courage to the sticking place— 2327 | Eliza’s right— 2328 | Take a break 2329 | Run away with us for the summer— 2330 | Let’s go upstate 2331 | We can all go stay with our father 2332 | If you take your time— 2333 | You will make your mark 2334 | Close your eyes and dream— 2335 | When the night gets dark 2336 | Take a break. 2337 | I have to get my plan through Congress 2338 | I can’t stop until I get this plan through Congress 2339 | There’s nothing like summer in the city 2340 | Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty 2341 | There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it 2342 | And Alexander’s by himself. I’ll let him tell it 2343 | I hadn’t slept in a week 2344 | I was weak, I was awake 2345 | You never seen a bastard orphan 2346 | More in need of a break 2347 | Longing for Angelica 2348 | Missing my wife 2349 | That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said: 2350 | I know you are a man of honor 2351 | I’m so sorry to bother you at home 2352 | But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone… 2353 | She said: 2354 | My husband’s doin’ me wrong 2355 | Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me… 2356 | Suddenly he’s up and gone 2357 | I don’t have the means to go on 2358 | So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said 2359 | You’re too kind, sir 2360 | I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away 2361 | She lived a block away, she said: 2362 | This one’s mine, sir 2363 | Then I said, “well, I should head back home,” 2364 | She turned red, she led me to her bed 2365 | Let her legs spread and said: 2366 | Stay? 2367 | Hey… 2368 | Hey… 2369 | That’s when I began to pray: 2370 | Lord, show me how to 2371 | Say no to this 2372 | I don’t know how to 2373 | Say no to this 2374 | But my God, she looks so helpless 2375 | And her body’s saying, “hell, yes” 2376 | Whoa… 2377 | Nooo, show me how to 2378 | Say no to this 2379 | I don’t know how to 2380 | Say no to this 2381 | In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go 2382 | Go! Go! Go! 2383 | Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say… 2384 | No! No! 2385 | Say no to this! 2386 | No! No! 2387 | Say no to this! 2388 | No! No! 2389 | Say no to this! 2390 | No! No! 2391 | Say no to this! 2392 | I wish I could say that was the last time 2393 | I said that last time. It became a pastime 2394 | A month into this endeavor I received a letter 2395 | From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said: 2396 | Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health 2397 | And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth 2398 | In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck 2399 | You see, that was my wife who you decided to 2400 | Fuuuu— 2401 | Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold 2402 | So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled 2403 | And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife 2404 | If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife 2405 | I hid the letter and I raced to her place 2406 | Screamed “How could you?!” in her face 2407 | She said: 2408 | No, sir! 2409 | Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked 2410 | Pathetic, she cried: 2411 | Please don’t go, sir! 2412 | So was your whole story a setup? 2413 | I don’t know about any letter! 2414 | Stop crying 2415 | Goddamnit, get up! 2416 | I didn’t know any better 2417 | I am ruined… 2418 | Please don’t leave me with him helpless 2419 | Just give him what he wants and you can have me 2420 | Whatever you want, 2421 | I am helpless—how could I do this? 2422 | I don’t want you 2423 | I don’t want you 2424 | If you pay 2425 | You can stay 2426 | Tonight 2427 | Helpless 2428 | Whoa! 2429 | How can you 2430 | Say no to this? 2431 | Yes 2432 | Yes 2433 | Yes 2434 | Yes. 2435 | I don’t… 2436 | Lord, show me how to 2437 | Say no to this 2438 | I don’t know how to 2439 | Say no to this 2440 | Cuz the situation’s helpless 2441 | And her body’s screaming, “Hell, yes” 2442 | No, show me how to 2443 | Say no to this 2444 | How can I 2445 | Say no to this? 2446 | There is nowhere I can go 2447 | When her body’s on mine I do not say… 2448 | Yes! 2449 | Yes! 2450 | Yes! 2451 | Yes! 2452 | Say no to this! 2453 | Say no to this! 2454 | Say no to this! 2455 | Say no to this! 2456 | Go! Go! Go! 2457 | No! 2458 | Say no to this! 2459 | No! 2460 | Say no to this! 2461 | No! 2462 | Say no to this! 2463 | No! 2464 | Say no to this! 2465 | Say no to this… 2466 | I don’t say no to this 2467 | There is nowhere I can go. 2468 | Don’t say no to this 2469 | Go go go… 2470 | So? 2471 | Nobody needs to know 2472 | Ah, Mister Secretary 2473 | Mister Burr, sir 2474 | Didja hear the news about good old General Mercer? 2475 | No 2476 | You know Clermont Street? 2477 | Yeah 2478 | They renamed it after him. The Mercer legacy is secure 2479 | Sure 2480 | And all he had to do was die 2481 | That’s a lot less work 2482 | We oughta give it a try 2483 | Ha 2484 | Now how’re you gonna get your debt plan through? 2485 | I guess I’m gonna fin’ly have to listen to you 2486 | Really? 2487 | “Talk less. Smile more.” 2488 | Ha 2489 | Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the Congress floor 2490 | Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless. 2491 | Well, hate the sin, love the sinner 2492 | Hamilton! 2493 | I’m sorry Burr, I’ve gotta go 2494 | But— 2495 | Decisions are happening over dinner 2496 | Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room 2497 | Diametric’ly opposed, foes 2498 | They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were 2499 | Previously closed 2500 | Bros 2501 | BURR 2502 | The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power 2503 | A system he can shape however he wants 2504 | The Virginians emerge with the nation’s capital 2505 | And here’s the pièce de résistance: 2506 | No one else was in 2507 | The room where it happened 2508 | The room where it happened 2509 | The room where it happened 2510 | No one else was in 2511 | The room where it happened 2512 | The room where it happened 2513 | The room where it happened 2514 | No one really knows how the game is played 2515 | The art of the trade 2516 | How the sausage gets made 2517 | We just assume that it happens 2518 | But no one else is in 2519 | The room where it happens. 2520 | The room where it happened 2521 | The room where it happened 2522 | How the sausage gets made 2523 | Assume that it happens 2524 | The room where it happens. 2525 | Thomas claims— 2526 | Alexander was on Washington’s doorstep one day 2527 | In distress ‘n disarray 2528 | Thomas claims— 2529 | Alexander said— 2530 | I’ve nowhere else to turn! 2531 | And basic’ly begged me to join the fray 2532 | Thomas claims— 2533 | I approached Madison and said— 2534 | “I know you hate ‘im, but let’s hear what he has to say.” 2535 | Thomas claims— 2536 | Well, I arranged the meeting 2537 | I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating 2538 | But! 2539 | No one else was in— 2540 | The room where it happened 2541 | The room where it happened 2542 | The room where it happened 2543 | No one else was in— 2544 | The room where it happened 2545 | The room where it happened 2546 | The room where it happened 2547 | No one really knows how the 2548 | Parties get to yesssss 2549 | The pieces that are sacrificed in 2550 | Ev’ry game of chesssss 2551 | We just assume that it happens 2552 | But no one else is in 2553 | The room where it happens. 2554 | Parties get to yesssss 2555 | Ev’ry game of chesssss 2556 | Assume that it happens 2557 | The room where it happens. 2558 | Meanwhile— 2559 | Madison is grappling with the fact that not ev’ry issue can be settled by committee 2560 | Meanwhile— 2561 | Congress is fighting over where to put the capital— 2562 | Company screams in chaos 2563 | It isn’t pretty 2564 | Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite 2565 | And Madison responds with Virginian insight: 2566 | Maybe we can solve one problem with another and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words— 2567 | Oh-ho! 2568 | A quid pro quo 2569 | I suppose 2570 | Wouldn’t you like to work a little closer to home? 2571 | Actually, I would 2572 | Well, I propose the Potomac 2573 | And you’ll provide him his votes? 2574 | Well, we’ll see how it goes 2575 | Let’s go 2576 | No! 2577 | —one else was in 2578 | The room where it happened 2579 | The room where it happened 2580 | The room where it happened 2581 | No one else was in 2582 | The room where it happened 2583 | The room where it happened 2584 | The room where it happened 2585 | My God! 2586 | In God we trust 2587 | But we’ll never really know what got discussed 2588 | Click-boom then it happened 2589 | And no one else was in the room where it happened 2590 | Alexander Hamilton! 2591 | What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river? 2592 | Alexander Hamilton! 2593 | Did Washington know about the dinner? 2594 | Was there Presidential pressure to deliver? 2595 | Alexander Hamilton! 2596 | Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter 2597 | Where you put the U.S. Capital? 2598 | Cuz we’ll have the banks 2599 | We’re in the same spot 2600 | You got more than you gave 2601 | And I wanted what I got 2602 | When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game 2603 | But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game 2604 | Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it 2605 | You get nothing if you… 2606 | Wait for it, wait for it, wait! 2607 | God help and forgive me 2608 | I wanna build 2609 | Something that’s gonna 2610 | Outlive me 2611 | MADISON/WASHINGTON] 2612 | What do you want, Burr? 2613 | What do you want, Burr? 2614 | If you stand for nothing 2615 | Burr, then what do you fall for? 2616 | What do you want, Burr? 2617 | What do you want, Burr? 2618 | What do you want, Burr? 2619 | What do you want? 2620 | I 2621 | Wanna be in 2622 | The room where it happens 2623 | The room where it happens 2624 | I 2625 | Wanna be in 2626 | The room where it happens 2627 | The room where it happens 2628 | I 2629 | Wanna be 2630 | In the room where it happens 2631 | I 2632 | I wanna be in the room… 2633 | Oh 2634 | Oh 2635 | I wanna be 2636 | I wanna be 2637 | I’ve got to be 2638 | I’ve got to be 2639 | In that room 2640 | In that big ol’ room 2641 | I wanna be in 2642 | The room where it happens 2643 | The room where it happens 2644 | The room where it happens 2645 | I wanna be in the room 2646 | Where it happens 2647 | The room where it happens 2648 | The room where it happens 2649 | I wanna be in 2650 | The room where it happens 2651 | The room where it happens 2652 | The room where it happens 2653 | I wanna be in 2654 | The room where it happens 2655 | The room where it happens 2656 | The room where it happens. 2657 | The art of the compromise— 2658 | Hold your nose and close your eyes 2659 | We want our leaders to save the day— 2660 | But we don’t get a say in what they trade away 2661 | We dream of a brand new start— 2662 | But we dream in the dark for the most part 2663 | Dark as a tomb where it happens 2664 | I’ve got to be in 2665 | The room… 2666 | I’ve got to be… 2667 | I’ve got to be… 2668 | Oh, I’ve got to be in 2669 | The room where it happens… 2670 | I’ve got to be, I’ve gotta be, I’ve gotta be… 2671 | In the room! 2672 | Click-boom! 2673 | The room where it happens 2674 | The room where it happens 2675 | The room where it happens 2676 | The room where it happens 2677 | The room where it happens 2678 | I wanna be in the room 2679 | Where it happens! 2680 | Click-boom! 2681 | Look! 2682 | Grandpa’s in the paper! 2683 | “War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr” 2684 | Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate 2685 | Sometimes that’s how it goes 2686 | Daddy’s gonna find out any minute 2687 | I’m sure he already knows 2688 | Further down 2689 | Further down 2690 | Let’s meet the newest senator from New York 2691 | New York 2692 | Our senator 2693 | Burr? 2694 | Since when are you a Democratic-Republican? 2695 | Since being one put me on the up and up again 2696 | No one knows who you are or what you do 2697 | They don’t need to know me 2698 | They don’t like you 2699 | Excuse me? 2700 | Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great 2701 | You’ll always be adored by the things you create 2702 | But upstate— 2703 | Wait 2704 | —people think you’re crooked 2705 | Schuyler’s seat was up for grabs so I took it 2706 | I’ve always considered you a friend 2707 | I don’t see why that has to end 2708 | You changed parties to run against my father-in-law 2709 | I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw 2710 | I swear your pride will be the death of us all 2711 | Beware, it goeth before the fall 2712 | The issue on the table: France is on the verge of war with England, and do we provide aid and our 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 2713 | When we were on death’s door, when we were needy 2714 | We made a promise, we signed a treaty 2715 | We needed money and guns and half a chance 2716 | Who provided those funds? 2717 | France 2718 | In return, they didn’t ask for land 2719 | Only a promise that we’d lend a hand 2720 | And stand with them if they fought against oppressors 2721 | And revolution is messy but now is the time to stand 2722 | Stand with our brothers as they fight against tyranny 2723 | I know that Alexander Hamilton is here and he 2724 | Would rather not have this debate 2725 | I’ll remind you that he is not Secretary of State 2726 | He knows nothing of loyalty 2727 | Smells like new money, dresses like fake royalty 2728 | Desperate to rise above his station 2729 | Everything he does betrays the ideals of our nation 2730 | Ooh!! 2731 | Hey, and if ya don’t know, now ya know, Mr. President 2732 | Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary Hamilton, your response 2733 | You must be out of your Goddamn mind if you think 2734 | The President is gonna bring the nation to the brink 2735 | Of meddling in the middle of a military mess 2736 | A game of chess, where France is Queen and Kingless 2737 | We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket 2738 | Would you like to take it out and ask it? 2739 | “Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ head?” 2740 | “Uh… do whatever you want, I’m super dead.” 2741 | Enough. Hamilton is right 2742 | Mr. President— 2743 | We’re too fragile to start another fight 2744 | But sir, do we not fight for freedom? 2745 | Sure, when the French figure out who’s gonna lead ‘em 2746 | The people are leading— 2747 | The people are rioting 2748 | There’s a difference. Frankly, it’s a little disquieting you would let your ideals blind you to reality 2749 | Hamilton 2750 | Sir 2751 | Draft a statement of neutrality 2752 | Did you forget Lafayette? 2753 | What? 2754 | Have you an ounce of regret? 2755 | You accumulate debt, you accumulate power 2756 | Yet in their hour of need, you forget 2757 | Lafayette’s a smart man, he’ll be fine 2758 | And before he was your friend, he was mine 2759 | If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop 2760 | Where do we draw the line? 2761 | So quick-witted 2762 | Alas, I admit it 2763 | I bet you were quite a lawyer 2764 | My defendants got acquitted 2765 | Yeah. Well, someone oughta remind you 2766 | What? 2767 | You’re nothing without Washington behind you 2768 | Hamilton! 2769 | Daddy’s calling! 2770 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2771 | Washington on your side 2772 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2773 | Washington on your side 2774 | Ev’ry action has its equal, opposite reactions 2775 | Thanks to Hamilton, our cab’net’s fractured into factions 2776 | Try not to crack under the stress, we’re breaking down like fractions 2777 | We smack each other in the press, and we don’t print retractions 2778 | I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion 2779 | The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion 2780 | Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration 2781 | As Wall Street robs ‘em blind in search of chips to cash in 2782 | This prick is askin’ for someone to bring him to task 2783 | Somebody gimme some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him 2784 | I’ll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it 2785 | While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket 2786 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2787 | Washington on your side 2788 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2789 | Washington on your side 2790 | Look back at the Bill of Rights 2791 | Which I wrote 2792 | The ink hasn’t dried 2793 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2794 | Washington on your side 2795 | So he’s doubled the size of the government 2796 | Wasn’t the trouble with much of our previous government size? 2797 | Look in his eyes! 2798 | See how he lies 2799 | Follow the scent of his enterprise 2800 | Centralizing national credit 2801 | And making American credit competitive 2802 | If we don’t stop it we aid and abet it 2803 | I have to resign 2804 | Somebody has to stand up for the South! 2805 | Somebody has to stand up to his mouth! 2806 | If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse 2807 | You can’t put it out from inside the house 2808 | I’m in the cabinet. I am complicit in 2809 | Watching him grabbin’ at power and kiss it 2810 | If Washington isn’t gon’ listen 2811 | To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference: 2812 | This kid is out! 2813 | Oh! 2814 | This immigrant isn’t somebody we chose 2815 | Oh! 2816 | This immigrant’s keeping us all on our toes 2817 | Oh! 2818 | Let’s show these Federalists who they’re up against! 2819 | Oh! 2820 | Southern motherfuckin’— 2821 | Democratic-Republicans! 2822 | Oh! 2823 | Let’s follow the money and see where it goes 2824 | Oh! 2825 | Because every second the Treasury grows 2826 | Oh! 2827 | If we follow the money and see where it leads 2828 | Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of 2829 | Hamilton’s misdeeds 2830 | It must be nice. It must be nice 2831 | Follow the money and see where it goes 2832 | It must be nice. It must be nice 2833 | The emperor has no clothes 2834 | We won’t be invisible. We won’t be denied 2835 | Still 2836 | It must be nice, it must be nice to have 2837 | Washington on your side 2838 | Mr. President, you asked to see me? 2839 | I know you’re busy 2840 | What do you need, sir? Sir? 2841 | I wanna give you a word of warning 2842 | Sir, I don’t know what you heard 2843 | But whatever it is, Jefferson started it 2844 | Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning 2845 | You’re kidding 2846 | I need a favor 2847 | Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior 2848 | Shh. Talk less 2849 | I’ll use the press 2850 | I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him— 2851 | I need you to draft an address 2852 | Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind— 2853 | No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President 2854 | Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir 2855 | I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President 2856 | I’m sorry, what? 2857 | One last time 2858 | Relax, have a drink with me 2859 | One last time 2860 | Let’s take a break tonight 2861 | And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye 2862 | To say goodbye 2863 | You and I 2864 | No, sir, why? 2865 | I wanna talk about neutrality 2866 | Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time— 2867 | I want to warn against partisan fighting 2868 | But— 2869 | Pick up a pen, start writing 2870 | I wanna talk about what I have learned 2871 | The hard-won wisdom I have earned 2872 | As far as the people are concerned 2873 | You have to serve, you could continue to serve— 2874 | No! One last time 2875 | The people will hear from me 2876 | One last time 2877 | And if we get this right 2878 | We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say 2879 | Goodbye 2880 | You and I— 2881 | Mr. President, they will say you’re weak 2882 | No, they will see we’re strong 2883 | Your position is so unique 2884 | So I’ll use it to move them along 2885 | Why do you have to say goodbye? 2886 | If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on 2887 | It outlives me when I’m gone 2888 | Like the scripture says: 2889 | “Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree 2890 | And no one shall make them afraid.” 2891 | They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made 2892 | I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree 2893 | A moment alone in the shade 2894 | At home in this nation we’ve made 2895 | One last time 2896 | One last time 2897 | 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 2898 | The hope 2899 | That my country will 2900 | View them with indulgence; 2901 | And that 2902 | After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal 2903 | The faults of incompetent abilities will be 2904 | Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest 2905 | I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws 2906 | Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust 2907 | Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers. 2908 | The hope 2909 | View them with indulgence 2910 | After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal 2911 | Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest 2912 | I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws 2913 | Under a free government, the ever-favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust 2914 | Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers. 2915 | One last time 2916 | George Washington’s going home! 2917 | Teach ‘em how to say goodbye 2918 | You and I 2919 | Going home 2920 | History has its eyes on you 2921 | We’re gonna teach ‘em how to 2922 | Say goodbye! 2923 | Teach ‘em how to 2924 | Say goodbye! 2925 | To say goodbye! 2926 | Say goodbye! 2927 | One last time! 2928 | George Washington’s going home 2929 | George Washington’s going home 2930 | George Washington’s going home 2931 | George Washington’s going home 2932 | Teach ‘em how to say goodbye! 2933 | Teach ‘em how! 2934 | Say goodbye! 2935 | Say goodbye! 2936 | One last time! 2937 | They say 2938 | George Washington’s yielding his power and stepping away 2939 | ‘Zat true? 2940 | I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do 2941 | I’m perplexed 2942 | Are they gonna keep on replacing whoever’s in charge? 2943 | If so, who’s next? 2944 | There’s nobody else in their country who looms quite as large… 2945 | A sentinel whispers in King George’s ear 2946 | John Adams?! 2947 | I know him 2948 | That can’t be 2949 | That’s that little guy who spoke to me 2950 | All those years ago 2951 | What was it, eighty-five? 2952 | That poor man, they’re gonna eat him alive! 2953 | Oceans rise 2954 | Empires fall 2955 | Next to Washington, they all look small 2956 | All alone 2957 | Watch them run 2958 | They will tear each other into pieces 2959 | Jesus Christ, this will be fun! 2960 | Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da 2961 | Da da da dat dat da ya daaaaa! 2962 | “President John Adams” 2963 | Good Luck 2964 | How does Hamilton the short-tempered 2965 | Protean creator of the Coast Guard 2966 | Founder of the New York Post 2967 | Ardently abuse his cab’net post 2968 | Destroy his reputation? 2969 | Welcome, folks, to 2970 | The Adams administration! 2971 | Jefferson’s the runner-up, which makes him the Vice President 2972 | Washington can’t help you now, no more mister nice President 2973 | Adams fires Hamilton 2974 | Privately calls him “creole bastard” in his taunts 2975 | Say what?! 2976 | Hamilton publishes his response 2977 | Sit down, John, you fat mother— 2978 | Hamilton is out of control 2979 | 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 2980 | Hamilton’s a host unto himself. As long as he can hold a pen, he’s a threat. Let’s let him know what we know 2981 | Mr. Vice President 2982 | Mr. Madison 2983 | Senator Burr 2984 | What is this? 2985 | We have the check stubs. From separate accounts… 2986 | Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts… 2987 | To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in 2988 | Seventeen ninety-one 2989 | Is that what you have? Are you done? 2990 | You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position— 2991 | Though ‘virtue’ is not a word I’d apply to this situation— 2992 | To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission— 2993 | And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged in speculation— 2994 | An immigrant embezzling our government funds— 2995 | I can almost see the headline, your career is done 2996 | I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons 2997 | Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from! 2998 | Ha! You don’t even know what you’re asking me to confess 2999 | Confess 3000 | You have nothing. I don’t have to tell you anything at all 3001 | Unless 3002 | Unless 3003 | If I can prove that I never broke the law 3004 | Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw? 3005 | No one else was in the room where it happened 3006 | Is that a yes? 3007 | Um, yes 3008 | “Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health 3009 | And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth 3010 | In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck 3011 | You see, it was my wife who you decided to—” 3012 | Whaaaat— 3013 | She courted me 3014 | Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner 3015 | That’s when Reynolds extorted me 3016 | For a sordid fee 3017 | I paid him quarterly 3018 | I may have mortally wounded my prospects 3019 | But my papers are orderly! 3020 | As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered 3021 | History. Check it again against your list n’ see consistency 3022 | I never spent a cent that wasn’t mine 3023 | You sent the dogs after my scent, that’s fine 3024 | Yes, I have reasons for shame 3025 | But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name 3026 | As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action 3027 | Are my answers to your satisfaction? 3028 | My God 3029 | Gentlemen, let’s go 3030 | So? 3031 | The people won't know what we know 3032 | Burr! 3033 | How do I know you won’t use this against me 3034 | The next time we go toe to toe? 3035 | Alexander, rumors only grow. And we both 3036 | Know what we know 3037 | In the eye of a hurricane 3038 | There is quiet 3039 | For just a moment 3040 | A yellow sky 3041 | When I was seventeen a hurricane 3042 | Destroyed my town 3043 | I didn’t drown 3044 | I couldn’t seem to die 3045 | I wrote my way out 3046 | Wrote everything down far as I could see 3047 | I wrote my way out 3048 | I looked up and the town had its eyes on me 3049 | They passed a plate around 3050 | Total strangers 3051 | Moved to kindness by my story 3052 | Raised enough for me to book passage on a 3053 | Ship that was New York bound… 3054 | I wrote my way out of hell 3055 | I wrote my way to revolution 3056 | I was louder than the crack in the bell 3057 | I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell 3058 | I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well 3059 | And in the face of ignorance and resistance 3060 | I wrote financial systems into existence 3061 | And when my prayers to God were met with indifference 3062 | I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance 3063 | In the eye of a hurricane 3064 | There is quiet 3065 | For just a moment 3066 | A yellow sky 3067 | I was twelve when my mother died 3068 | She was holding me 3069 | We were sick and she was holding me 3070 | I couldn’t seem to die 3071 | Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… 3072 | Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… 3073 | Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait… 3074 | I’ll write my way out… 3075 | Write ev’rything down, far as I can see… 3076 | I’ll write my way out… 3077 | Overwhelm them with honesty. 3078 | ELIZA/ANGELICA/ 3079 | MARIA] 3080 | History has its eyes on you 3081 | This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only 3082 | Way I can protect my legacy… 3083 | Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait… 3084 | The Reynolds Pamphlet 3085 | The Reynolds Pamphlet 3086 | Have you read this? 3087 | Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair 3088 | And he wrote it down right there 3089 | Highlights! 3090 | “The charge against me 3091 | Is a connection with one 3092 | James Reynolds! 3093 | For purposes of 3094 | Improper speculation 3095 | My real crime is an 3096 | Amorous connection with his wife 3097 | For a considerable time 3098 | With his knowing consent 3099 | James Reynolds! 3100 | My real crime is an 3101 | Amorous connection with his wife 3102 | Damn! 3103 | “I had frequent meetings with her 3104 | Most of them at my own house.” 3105 | At his own house! 3106 | At his own house! 3107 | Damn! 3108 | “Mrs. Hamilton with our children being absent 3109 | On a visit to her father.” 3110 | No… 3111 | Boooo! 3112 | Have you read this? 3113 | Well, he’s never gon’ be President now 3114 | Never gon’ be President now 3115 | Well, he’s never gon’ be President now 3116 | Never gon’ be President now 3117 | He’s never gon’ be President now 3118 | Never gon’ be President now 3119 | That’s one less thing to worry about 3120 | That’s one less thing to worry about! 3121 | I came as soon as I heard 3122 | What?! 3123 | Angelica— 3124 | All the way from London?! 3125 | Damn 3126 | Angelica, thank God 3127 | Someone who understands what I’m 3128 | Struggling here to do 3129 | I’m not here for you 3130 | Oooooh! 3131 | I know my sister like I know my own mind 3132 | You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind 3133 | I love my sister more than anything in this life 3134 | I will choose her happiness over mine every time 3135 | Put what we had aside 3136 | I’m standing at her side 3137 | You could never be satisfied 3138 | God, I hope you’re satisfied 3139 | Well, he’s never gon’ be President now 3140 | Well, he’s never gon’ be President now 3141 | Well, he’s never gon’ be President now 3142 | That’s one less thing to worry about. 3143 | Never gon’ be President now 3144 | Never gon’ be President now 3145 | Never gon’ be President now 3146 | That’s one less thing to worry about. 3147 | Hey! 3148 | At least he was honest with our money! 3149 | Hey! 3150 | At least he was honest with our money! 3151 | Hey! 3152 | At least I was honest with our money! 3153 | Hey! 3154 | At least he was honest with our money! 3155 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now 3156 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now 3157 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now 3158 | That’s one less thing to worry about. 3159 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now 3160 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now 3161 | Well he’s never gon’ be President now. 3162 | That’s one less thing to worry about! 3163 | The Reynolds Pamphlet 3164 | Have you read this? 3165 | You ever see somebody ruin their own life? 3166 | His poor wife 3167 | I saved every letter you wrote me 3168 | From the moment I read them 3169 | I knew you were mine 3170 | You said you were mine 3171 | I thought you were mine 3172 | Do you know what Angelica said 3173 | When we saw your first letter arrive? 3174 | She said 3175 | “Be careful with that one, love 3176 | He will do what it takes to survive.” 3177 | You and your words flooded my senses 3178 | Your sentences left me defenseless 3179 | You built me palaces out of paragraphs 3180 | You built cathedrals 3181 | I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me 3182 | I’m searching and scanning for answers 3183 | In every line 3184 | For some kind of sign 3185 | And when you were mine 3186 | The world seemed to 3187 | Burn 3188 | Burn 3189 | You published the letters she wrote you 3190 | You told the whole world how you brought 3191 | This girl into our bed 3192 | In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives 3193 | Do you know what Angelica said 3194 | When she read what you’d done? 3195 | She said 3196 | “You have married an Icarus 3197 | He has flown too close to the sun.” 3198 | You and your words, obsessed with your legacy… 3199 | Your sentences border on senseless 3200 | And you are paranoid in every paragraph 3201 | How they perceive you 3202 | You, you, you… 3203 | I’m erasing myself from the narrative 3204 | Let future historians wonder how Eliza 3205 | Reacted when you broke her heart 3206 | You have torn it all apart 3207 | I am watching it 3208 | Burn 3209 | Watching it burn 3210 | The world has no right to my heart 3211 | The world has no place in our bed 3212 | They don’t get to know what I said 3213 | I’m burning the memories 3214 | Burning the letters that might have redeemed you 3215 | You forfeit all rights to my heart 3216 | You forfeit the place in our bed 3217 | You sleep in your office instead 3218 | With only the memories 3219 | Of when you were mine 3220 | I hope that you burn 3221 | Meet the latest graduate of King’s College! 3222 | I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish! 3223 | The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops! 3224 | The ladies say my brain’s not where the resemblance stops! 3225 | I’m only nineteen but my mind is older 3226 | Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder 3227 | I shoulder his legacy with pride 3228 | I used to hear him say 3229 | That someday 3230 | I would— 3231 | Blow us all away 3232 | Ladies, I’m lookin for a Mr. George Eacker 3233 | Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker 3234 | He disparaged my father’s legacy in front of a crowd 3235 | I can’t have that, I’m making my father proud 3236 | I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks 3237 | He was goin’ to see a play 3238 | Well, I’ll go visit his box 3239 | God, you’re a fox 3240 | And y’all look pretty good in ya’ frocks 3241 | How ‘bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks? 3242 | Ok! 3243 | Blow us all away! 3244 | George! 3245 | Shh 3246 | George! 3247 | Shh! I’m tryin’ to watch the show! 3248 | Ya’ shoulda watched your mouth before you 3249 | Talked about my father though! 3250 | I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true 3251 | Your father’s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you 3252 | Ooooooooooh! 3253 | It’s like that? 3254 | Yeah, I don’t fool around 3255 | I’m not your little schoolboy friends 3256 | See you on the dueling ground 3257 | That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now 3258 | I know where to find you, piss off 3259 | I’m watchin’ this show now 3260 | Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said about you 3261 | I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to— 3262 | Slow down 3263 | I came to ask you for advice. This is my very first duel 3264 | They don’t exactly cover this subject in boarding school 3265 | Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace? 3266 | He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease 3267 | Where is this happening? 3268 | Across the river, in Jersey 3269 | Everything is legal in New Jersey… 3270 | Alright. So this is what you’re gonna do: 3271 | Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you 3272 | When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air 3273 | This will put an end to the whole affair 3274 | But what if he decides to shoot? Then I’m a goner 3275 | No. He’ll follow suit if he’s truly a man of honor 3276 | To take someone’s life, that is something you can’t shake 3277 | Philip, your mother can’t take another heartbreak 3278 | Father— 3279 | Promise me. You don’t want this 3280 | Young man’s blood on your conscience 3281 | Okay, I promise 3282 | Come back home when you’re done 3283 | Take my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son 3284 | My name is Philip 3285 | I am a poet 3286 | I’m a little nervous, but I can’t show it 3287 | I’m sorry, I’m a Hamilton with pride 3288 | You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide 3289 | Mister Eacker! How was the rest of your show? 3290 | I’d rather skip the pleasantries 3291 | Let’s go 3292 | Grab your pistol 3293 | Confer with your men 3294 | The duel will commence after we count to ten 3295 | Count to ten! 3296 | Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher 3297 | Summon all the courage you require 3298 | Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky— 3299 | One two three four 3300 | Five six seven— 3301 | Stay alive… 3302 | Stay alive… 3303 | Stay alive… 3304 | Where’s my son? 3305 | Is he alive? 3306 | Mr. Hamilton, come in. They brought him in a half an hour ago. He lost a lot of blood on the way over. 3307 | Yes. But you have to understand 3308 | The bullet entered just above his hip and 3309 | Lodged in his right arm 3310 | Can I see him please? 3311 | I’m doing ev’rything I can, but the wound was 3312 | Already infected when he arrived— 3313 | Philip 3314 | Pa 3315 | I did exactly as you said, Pa 3316 | I held my head up high 3317 | I know, I know. Shh 3318 | I know, I know 3319 | Shh. I know you did 3320 | Ev’rything just right 3321 | Shh 3322 | I know, I know 3323 | I know, I know 3324 | I know 3325 | Save your strength and 3326 | Stay alive… 3327 | High 3328 | Even before we got to ten— 3329 | I was aiming for the sky 3330 | I was aiming for the sky 3331 | Stay alive… 3332 | No! 3333 | Eliza 3334 | Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this? 3335 | Stay alive… 3336 | Who did this, Alexander, did you know? 3337 | Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me 3338 | My son— 3339 | We played piano 3340 | I taught you piano 3341 | You would put your hands on mine 3342 | You changed the melody every time 3343 | Ha. I would always change the line 3344 | Shh. I know, I know 3345 | I would always change the line 3346 | I know, I know 3347 | Un deux trois quatre 3348 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 3349 | Good 3350 | Un deux trois quatre 3351 | Cinq six sept 3352 | Huit neuf 3353 | Sept huit neuf— 3354 | Sept huit… 3355 | Un deux trois quatre 3356 | Cinq six sept huit neuf 3357 | Un deux trois… 3358 | There are moments that the words don’t reach 3359 | There is suffering too terrible to name 3360 | You hold your child as tight as you can 3361 | And push away the unimaginable 3362 | The moments when you’re in so deep 3363 | It feels easier to just swim down 3364 | The Hamiltons move uptown 3365 | And learn to live with the unimaginable 3366 | I spend hours in the garden 3367 | I walk alone to the store 3368 | And it’s quiet uptown 3369 | I never liked the quiet before 3370 | I take the children to church on Sunday 3371 | A sign of the cross at the door 3372 | And I pray 3373 | That never used to happen before 3374 | If you see him in the street, walking by 3375 | Himself, talking to himself, have pity 3376 | Philip, you would like it uptown 3377 | It’s quiet uptown 3378 | He is working through the unimaginable 3379 | His hair has gone grey. He passes every day 3380 | They say he walks the length of the city 3381 | You knock me out, I fall apart 3382 | Can you imagine? 3383 | Look at where we are 3384 | Look at where we started 3385 | I know I don’t deserve you, Eliza 3386 | But hear me out. That would be enough 3387 | If I could spare his life 3388 | If I could trade his life for mine 3389 | He’d be standing here right now 3390 | And you would smile, and that would be enough 3391 | I don’t pretend to know 3392 | The challenges we’re facing 3393 | I know there’s no replacing what we’ve lost 3394 | And you need time 3395 | But I’m not afraid 3396 | I know who I married 3397 | Just let me stay here by your side 3398 | That would be enough 3399 | If you see him in the street, walking by her 3400 | Side, talking by her side, have pity 3401 | Eliza, do you like it uptown? It’s quiet uptown 3402 | He is trying to do the unimaginable 3403 | See them walking in the park, long after dark 3404 | Taking in the sights of the city 3405 | Look around, look around, Eliza 3406 | They are trying to do the unimaginable 3407 | There are moments that the words don’t reach 3408 | There is a grace too powerful to name 3409 | We push away what we can never understand 3410 | We push away the unimaginable 3411 | They are standing in the garden 3412 | Alexander by Eliza’s side 3413 | She takes his hand 3414 | It’s quiet uptown 3415 | Forgiveness. Can you imagine? 3416 | Forgiveness. Can you imagine? 3417 | If you see him in the street, walking by her 3418 | Side, talking by her side, have pity 3419 | They are going through the unimaginable 3420 | The election of 1800 3421 | Can we get back to politics? 3422 | Please? 3423 | Yo. Ev’ry action has an equal, opposite reaction 3424 | John Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but he’s in traction 3425 | Poor Alexander Hamilton? He is missing in action 3426 | So now I’m facing— 3427 | Aaron Burr! 3428 | With his own faction 3429 | He’s very attractive in the North. New Yorkers like his chances 3430 | He’s not very forthcoming on any particular stances 3431 | Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances 3432 | And they say I’m a Francophile: at least they know I know where France is! 3433 | Thomas that’s the problem, see, they see Burr as a less extreme you 3434 | Ha! 3435 | You need to change course, a key endorsement might redeem you 3436 | Who did you have in mind? 3437 | Don’t laugh 3438 | Who is it? 3439 | You used to work on the same staff 3440 | Whaaaat 3441 | It might be nice, it might be nice 3442 | To get Hamilton on your side 3443 | It might be nice, it might be nice 3444 | To get Hamilton on your side 3445 | Talk less! 3446 | Smile more! 3447 | Don’t let ‘em know what you’re against or what you’re for! 3448 | Shake hands with him! 3449 | Charm her! 3450 | It’s eighteen hundred, ladies, tell your husbands: vote for 3451 | Burr! 3452 | Burr! 3453 | Burr! 3454 | Burr! 3455 | Burr! 3456 | Burr! 3457 | Burr! 3458 | I don’t like Adams 3459 | Well, he’s gonna lose, that’s just defeatist 3460 | And Jefferson— 3461 | In love with France! 3462 | Yeah, he’s so elitist! 3463 | I like that Aaron Burr! 3464 | I can’t believe we’re here with him! 3465 | He seems approachable…? 3466 | Like you could grab a beer with him! 3467 | Dear Mr. Hamilton: your fellow Fed’ralists would like to know how you’ll be voting 3468 | It’s quiet uptown 3469 | Dear Mr. Hamilton: John Adams doesn’t stand a chance, so who are you promoting? 3470 | It’s quiet uptown 3471 | Jefferson or Burr? 3472 | We know it’s lose-lose 3473 | Jefferson or Burr? 3474 | But if you had to choose 3475 | Jefferson or Burr? 3476 | We know it’s lose-lose 3477 | Jefferson or Burr? 3478 | But if you had to choose 3479 | Dear Mr. Hamilton: 3480 | John Adams doesn’t stand a chance so who are you promoting? 3481 | But if you had to choose 3482 | Jefferson or Burr? 3483 | We know it’s lose-lose 3484 | Jefferson or Burr? 3485 | But if you had to choose 3486 | Jefferson or Burr? 3487 | We know it’s lose-lose 3488 | Jefferson or Burr? 3489 | But if you had to choose 3490 | Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. Sir! 3491 | Alexander! 3492 | You’ve created quite a stir, sir! 3493 | I’m going door to door! 3494 | You’re openly campaigning? 3495 | Sure! 3496 | That’s new 3497 | Honestly, it’s kind of draining 3498 | Burr— 3499 | Sir! 3500 | Is there anything you wouldn’t do? 3501 | No. I’m chasing what I want 3502 | And you know what? 3503 | What? 3504 | I learned that from you 3505 | If you had to choose 3506 | If you had to choose 3507 | It’s a tie! 3508 | If you had to choose 3509 | If you had to choose 3510 | It’s up to the delegates! 3511 | If you had to choose 3512 | If you had to choose 3513 | It’s up to Hamilton! 3514 | If you had to choose 3515 | If you had to choose 3516 | If you had to 3517 | Choose 3518 | Choose 3519 | Choose! 3520 | ENSEMBLE] 3521 | Jefferson or Burr? 3522 | Choose 3523 | Choose 3524 | Choose! 3525 | Jefferson or Burr? 3526 | Choose 3527 | Choose 3528 | Choose! 3529 | Yo 3530 | Oh! 3531 | The people are asking to hear my voice 3532 | Oh! 3533 | For the country is facing a difficult choice 3534 | Oh! 3535 | And if you were to ask me who I’d promote— 3536 | Oh! 3537 | —Jefferson has my vote 3538 | Oh! 3539 | I have never agreed with Jefferson once 3540 | Oh! 3541 | We have fought on like seventy-five diff’rent fronts 3542 | Oh! 3543 | But when all is said and all is done 3544 | Jefferson has beliefs. Burr has none 3545 | Oooooooooooooh 3546 | Well, I’ll be damned 3547 | Well, I’ll be damned 3548 | Hamilton’s on your side 3549 | Well, I’ll be damned 3550 | Well, I’ll be damned 3551 | And? 3552 | You won in a landslide 3553 | Congrats on a race well-run 3554 | I did give you a fight 3555 | Uh-huh 3556 | I look forward to our partnership 3557 | Our partnership? 3558 | As your vice-President 3559 | Ha. Yeah, right 3560 | You hear this guy? Man openly campaigns against me, talkin’ bout, “I look forward to our partnership.” 3561 | It’s crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be Vice President 3562 | Yeah, you know what? We can change that. You know why? 3563 | Why? 3564 | ‘cuz I’m the President. Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement 3565 | How does Hamilton 3566 | An arrogant 3567 | Immigrant, orphan 3568 | Bastard, whoreson 3569 | Somehow endorse 3570 | Thomas Jefferson, his enemy 3571 | A man he’s despised since the beginning 3572 | Just to keep me from winning? 3573 | I wanna be in the room where it happens— 3574 | The room where it happens 3575 | The room where it happens 3576 | You’ve kept me from— 3577 | The room where it happens 3578 | For the last time 3579 | Dear Alexander: 3580 | I am slow to anger 3581 | But I toe the line 3582 | As I reckon with the effects 3583 | Of your life on mine 3584 | I look back on where I failed 3585 | And in every place I checked 3586 | The only common thread has been your disrespect 3587 | Now you call me “amoral,” 3588 | A “dangerous disgrace,” 3589 | If you’ve got something to say 3590 | Name a time and place 3591 | Face to face 3592 | I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant 3593 | A dot Burr 3594 | Mr. Vice President: 3595 | I am not the reason no one trusts you 3596 | No one knows what you believe 3597 | I will not equivocate on my opinion 3598 | I have always worn it on my sleeve 3599 | Even if I said what you think I said 3600 | You would need to cite a more specific grievance 3601 | Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements 3602 | Sweet Jesus 3603 | Hey, I have not been shy 3604 | I am just a guy in the public eye 3605 | Tryin’ to do my best for our republic 3606 | I don’t wanna fight 3607 | But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right 3608 | I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant 3609 | A dot Ham 3610 | Careful how you proceed, good man 3611 | Intemperate indeed, good man 3612 | Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or 3613 | Prepare to bleed, good man 3614 | Burr, your grievance is legitimate 3615 | I stand by what I said, every bit of it 3616 | You stand only for yourself 3617 | It’s what you do 3618 | I can’t apologize because it’s true 3619 | Then stand, Alexander 3620 | Weehawken. Dawn 3621 | Guns. Drawn 3622 | You’re on 3623 | I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant 3624 | A dot Ham 3625 | A dot Burr 3626 | Alexander, come back to sleep 3627 | I have an early meeting out of town 3628 | It’s still dark outside 3629 | I know. I just need to write something down 3630 | Why do you write like you’re running out of time? 3631 | Shhh 3632 | Come back to bed. That would be enough 3633 | I’ll be back before you know I’m gone 3634 | Come back to sleep 3635 | This meeting’s at dawn 3636 | Well, I’m going back to sleep 3637 | Hey. Best of wives and best of women 3638 | One two three four 3639 | Five six seven eight nine— 3640 | There are ten things you need to know 3641 | Number one! 3642 | We rowed across the Hudson at dawn 3643 | My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my— 3644 | Number two! 3645 | Hamilton arrived with his crew: 3646 | Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew 3647 | Number three! 3648 | I watched Hamilton examine the terrain 3649 | I wish I could tell you what was happ’ning in his brain 3650 | This man has poisoned my political pursuits! 3651 | Most disputes die and no one shoots! 3652 | Number four! 3653 | Hamilton drew first position 3654 | Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission 3655 | This is a soldier with a marksman’s ability 3656 | The doctor turned around so he could have deniability 3657 | COMPANY 3658 | Five! 3659 | BURR 3660 | Now I didn’t know this at the time 3661 | But we were— 3662 | Near the same spot 3663 | Your son died, is that 3664 | Why— 3665 | Near the same spot 3666 | My son died, is that 3667 | Why— 3668 | Six! 3669 | He examined his gun with such rigor? 3670 | I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger 3671 | Seven! 3672 | Confession time? Here’s what I got: 3673 | My fellow soldiers’ll tell you I’m a terrible shot 3674 | Number eight! 3675 | Your last chance to negotiate 3676 | Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight 3677 | They won’t teach you this in your classes 3678 | But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses 3679 | Why? If not to take deadly aim? 3680 | It’s him or me, the world will never be the same 3681 | I had only one thought before the slaughter: 3682 | This man will not make an orphan of my daughter 3683 | Number nine! 3684 | Look him in the eye, aim no higher 3685 | Summon all the courage you require 3686 | Then count: 3687 | One two three four five six seven eight nine 3688 | Number ten paces! Fire!— 3689 | I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory 3690 | Is this where it gets me, on my feet, sev’ral feet ahead of me? 3691 | I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be? 3692 | There is no beat, no melody 3693 | Burr, my first friend, my enemy 3694 | Maybe the last face I ever see 3695 | If I throw away my shot, is this how you’ll remember me? 3696 | What if this bullet is my legacy? 3697 | Legacy. What is a legacy? 3698 | It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see 3699 | I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me 3700 | America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me 3701 | You let me make a difference 3702 | A place where even orphan immigrants 3703 | Can leave their fingerprints and rise up 3704 | I’m running out of time. I’m running, and my time’s up 3705 | Wise up. Eyes up 3706 | I catch a glimpse of the other side 3707 | Laurens leads a soldiers’ chorus on the other side 3708 | My son is on the other side 3709 | He’s with my mother on the other side 3710 | Washington is watching from the other side 3711 | Teach me how to say goodbye 3712 | Rise up, rise up, rise up 3713 | Eliza 3714 | My love, take your time 3715 | I’ll see you on the other side 3716 | Raise a glass to freedom… 3717 | He aims his pistol at the sky— 3718 | Wait! 3719 | I strike him right between his ribs 3720 | I walk towards him, but I am ushered away 3721 | They row him back across the Hudson 3722 | I get a drink 3723 | Aaaah 3724 | Aaaah 3725 | Aaaah 3726 | I hear wailing in the streets 3727 | Aaaah 3728 | Aaaah 3729 | Aaaah 3730 | Somebody tells me, “You’d better hide.” 3731 | Aaaah 3732 | Aaaah 3733 | Aaaah 3734 | They say 3735 | Angelica and Eliza— 3736 | Were both at his side when he died 3737 | Death doesn’t discriminate 3738 | Between the sinners and the saints 3739 | It takes and it takes and it takes 3740 | History obliterates 3741 | In every picture it paints 3742 | It paints me and all my mistakes 3743 | When Alexander aimed 3744 | At the sky 3745 | He may have been the first one to die 3746 | But I’m the one who paid for it 3747 | I survived, but I paid for it 3748 | Now I’m the villain in your history 3749 | I was too young and blind to see… 3750 | I should’ve known 3751 | I should’ve known 3752 | The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me 3753 | The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me 3754 | Let me tell you what I wish I’d known 3755 | When I was young and dreamed of glory 3756 | You have no control: 3757 | Who lives 3758 | Who dies 3759 | Who tells your story? 3760 | President Jefferson: 3761 | I’ll give him this: his financial system is a 3762 | Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried 3763 | And I tried 3764 | Who lives 3765 | Who dies 3766 | Who tells your story? 3767 | President Madison: 3768 | He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity 3769 | I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit 3770 | For all the credit he gave us 3771 | Who lives 3772 | Who dies 3773 | Who tells your story? 3774 | Every other founding father story gets told 3775 | Every other founding father gets to grow old 3776 | But when you’re gone, who remembers your name? 3777 | Who keeps your flame? 3778 | Who tells your story? 3779 | Who tells your story? 3780 | Who tells your story? 3781 | Your story? 3782 | Eliza 3783 | I put myself back in the narrative 3784 | Eliza 3785 | I stop wasting time on tears 3786 | I live another fifty years 3787 | It’s not enough 3788 | Eliza 3789 | I interview every soldier who fought by your side 3790 | She tells our story 3791 | I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings 3792 | You really do write like you’re running out of— 3793 | Time 3794 | I rely on— 3795 | Angelica 3796 | While she’s alive— 3797 | We tell your story 3798 | She is buried in Trinity Church 3799 | Near you 3800 | When I needed her most, she was right on— 3801 | Time 3802 | And I’m still not through 3803 | I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—” 3804 | Time 3805 | The Lord, in his kindness 3806 | He gives me what you always wanted 3807 | He gives me more— 3808 | Time 3809 | I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument 3810 | She tells my story 3811 | I speak out against slavery 3812 | You could have done so much more if you only had— 3813 | Time 3814 | And when my time is up, have I done enough? 3815 | Will they tell our story? 3816 | Will they tell your story? 3817 | Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of? 3818 | The orphanage 3819 | I established the first private orphanage in New York City 3820 | The orphanage 3821 | I help to raise hundreds of children 3822 | I get to see them growing up 3823 | The orphanage 3824 | In their eyes I see you, Alexander 3825 | I see you every— 3826 | Time 3827 | And when my time is up 3828 | Have I done enough? 3829 | Will they tell my story? 3830 | Will they tell your story? 3831 | Oh, I can’t wait to see you again 3832 | It’s only a matter of— 3833 | Time 3834 | Will they tell your story? 3835 | Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? 3836 | Will they tell your story? 3837 | Who lives, who dies— 3838 | Time… 3839 | Time… 3840 | Time… 3841 | Who tells your story? 3842 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------