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Disney+ original film Hamilton dropped last Friday July 3rd, 2020.

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Alexander Hamilton, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Lin-Manuel MirandaAlexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton and his compatriots fend off a tyrannical British monarchy outside of 1776 Manhattan, New York.

Alexander Hamilton, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Lin-Manuel Miranda

“♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪ My name is Alexander Hamilton ♪ And there’s a million things I haven’t done ♪ But just you wait ♪ Just you wait ♪ When he was ten his father split Full of it, debt-ridden ♪ Just you wait ♪ Just you wait ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir? ♪ Oh, well, sure Sir, I’m Alexander Hamilton ♪ I’m at your service, sir I have been looking for you ♪ Sir, I heard your name at Princeton ♪ I was seeking an Accelerated course of study ♪ When I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours ♪ I may have punched him It’s a blur, sir ♪ He handles the financials ♪ Yes ♪ I wanted to do what you did ♪ Graduate in two Then join the revolution ♪ He looked at me liked I was stupid I’m not stupid ♪ So, how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast? ♪ You’re an orphan Of course ♪ I’m an orphan God, I wish there was a war ♪ Then we could prove that we’re worth More than anyone bargained for ♪ That would be nice ♪ What? ♪ Ha. ♪ You can’t be serious ♪ Yes ♪ If you stand for nothing, Burr What’ll you fall for? ♪ I am now throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away My shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ I’mma get a scholarship To King’s College ♪ I probably shouldn’t brag But dag, I amaze and astonish ♪ The problem is I got a lot of brains But no polish ♪ I gotta holler just to be heard ♪ I’m a diamond in the rough A shiny piece of coal ♪ Tryin’ to reach my goal ♪ My power of speech, unimpeachable ♪ Only 19, but my mind is older ♪ These New York City streets get colder ♪ I shoulder every burden ♪ Ever disadvantage I have learned to manage ♪ I don’t have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished ♪ The plan is to fan this spark Into a flame ♪ But damn, it’s getting dark So let me spell out the name ♪ I am the ♪ A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R ♪ We are meant to be ♪ A colony that runs independently ♪ Meanwhile, Britain Keeps shittin’ on us endlessly ♪ Essentially, they tax us relentlessly ♪ Then King George turns around Runs a spending spree ♪ He ain’t ever gonna Set his descendants free ♪ So there will be a revolution In this century ♪ Enter me ♪  And don’t be shocked When your history book mentions me ♪ I will lay down my life If it sets us free ♪ Eventually you’ll see my ascendancy ♪ And I am not throwing away my shot ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪ Burr, check what we got ♪ Mr. Lafayette Hard rock like Lancelot ♪ I think your pants look hot Laurens, I like you a lot ♪ Let’s hatch a plot blacker Than the kettle callin’ the pot ♪ What are the odds The gods would put us all in one spot ♪ Poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom Like it or not ♪ A bunch of revolutionary Manumission abolitionists ♪ Give me a position Show me where the ammunition is ♪ Oh, am I talkin’ too loud ♪ Sometimes I get overexcited Shoot off at the mouth ♪ I never had a group of friends before I promise that I’ll make y’all proud ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away My shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away My shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪ I imagine death so much It feels more like a memory ♪ When is it gonna get me? ♪ In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? ♪ If I see it comin’ Do I run, or do I let it be? ♪ Is it like a beat without a melody ♪ See, I never thought I’d live past 20 ♪ Where I come from Some get half as many ♪ Ask anybody why we livin’ fast And we laugh, reach for a flask ♪ We have to make this moment last ♪ That’s plenty Scratch that ♪ This is not a moment It’s the movement ♪ Where all the hungriest brothers With something to prove went ♪ Foes oppose us We take an honest stand ♪ We roll like Moses Claimin’ our promised land ♪ And if we win our independence? ♪ Is that a guarantee of freedom For our descendants ♪ Or will the blood we shed Begin an endless cycle ♪ Of vengeance and death With no defendants ? ♪ I know the action in the street Is excitin’ ♪ But, Jesus Between all the bleedin’ and fightin’ ♪ I’ve been readin’ and writin’ ♪ We need to handle Our financial situation ♪ Are we a nation of states?  What’s the state of our nation? ♪ I’m past patiently waitin’ ♪ I’m passionately smashin’ Every expectation ♪ Every action’s an act of creation ♪ I’m laughin’ in the face Of casualties and sorrow ♪ For the first time I’m thinking past tomorrow ♪ And I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ Take a shot!  Shot!  Shot! ♪ Ay-yo, it’s time to take a shot! ♪ And I am not throwin’ away my ♪ Not throwin’ away my shot! ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“One last round, gents.  ♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪ But I will gladly join the fight ♪ And when our children Tell our story ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Let’s have another round tonight ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ No matter what they tell you ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Tell the story of ♪ Tonight ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪ Heed not the rabble ♪ At the sound of screams ♪ The have-nots are gonna win this ♪ It’s hard to listne to you with a straight face ♪ Chaos and bloodshed ♪ Already haunt us ♪ Honestly you shouldn’t even talk ♪ And you talk about Congress ♪ My dog speaks More eloquently than thee ♪ But, strangely Your mange is the same ♪ I pray the king shows you his mercy ♪ Is he in Jersey? ♪ For the revolution ♪ For the revolution ♪ If you repeat yourself again ♪ I’m gonna– ♪ Honestly, look at me Please, don’t read ♪ Don’t modulate the key Then not debate with me ♪ Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea? ♪ Burr, I’d rather be divisive Than indecisive ♪ Drop the niceties ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪ As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war ♪ I knew that I was poor I knew it was the only way to rise up ♪ If they tell my story ♪ I am either gonna die On the battlefield in glory ♪ Or rise up ♪ We will fight for this land But there’s only one man ♪ Who can give us a command ♪ So we can rise up ♪ Understand, it’s the only way to rise up ♪ Here he comes ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“♪ They’re battering down the Battery Check the damages ♪ We gotta stop ’em and rob ’em Of their advantages ♪ Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us ♪ Hamilton won’t abandon ship Yo, let’s steal their cannons ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

“Yes?  Your Excellency, you wanted to see me?  Yes, sir.  We keep meeting.  Have I done something wrong, sir?  Sir?  Sir– yeah, to be their secretary.  I don’t think so.  I’m not.  Yes.  Why are you telling me this? ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ You need all the help you can get I have some friends ♪ Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette Okay, what else? ♪ We’ll need some spies on the inside ♪ Some king’s men Who might let some things slide ♪ I’ll write to congress And tell ’em we need supplies ♪ You rally the guys Master the element of surprise ♪ I’ll rise above my station Organize your information ♪ Till we rise to the occasion Of our new nation, sir! ♪ Rise up ♪” — Alexander Hamilton

Aaron Burr, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Leslie Odom Jr.Aaron Burr

“♪ How does a bastard, orphan ♪ Son of a whore and a Scotsman ♪ Dropped in the middle of A forgotten spot in the Caribbean ♪ By providence Impoverished, in squalor ♪ Grow up a hero and a scholar? ♪ Well, we the word got around They said, ‘this kid is insane, man’ ♪ Took up a collection Just to send him to the mainland ♪ Get your education Don’t forget from whence you came ♪ And the world’s gonna know your name ♪ What’s your name, man? ♪ There would’ve been nothing left to do For someone less astute ♪ He would’ve been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution ♪ Started working Clerking for his late mother’s landlord ♪ Tradin’ sugarcane and rum And all the things he can’t afford ♪ Scammin’ for every book ♪ He can get his hands on ♪ Plannin’ for the future ♪  See him now as he stands on The bow of a ship ♪ Headed for a new land ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪ Just you wait ♪ The ship is in the harbor now ♪ See if you can spot him ♪ Another immigrant Comin’ up from the bottom ♪ His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him ♪ And me ♪ I’m the damn fool that shot him ♪ What’s your name, man? ♪” — Aaron Burr

“♪ That depends who’s asking? ♪ I’m getting nervous ♪ You punched the bursar ♪ It was my parents’ dying wish Before they passed ♪ Can I buy you a drink? ♪ While we’re talking Let me offer you some free advice ♪ Talk less ♪ Smile more ♪ Don’t let them know What you’re against or what you’re for ♪ You wanna get ahead? ♪ Fools who run their mouths off ♪ Wind up dead ♪ Like I said ♪ Good luck with that You’re takin’ a stand ♪ You spit, I’mma sit ♪ We’ll see where we land ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away My shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪ And I’m not throwing away my shot ♪ Geniuses, lower your voices ♪ I’m with you, but the situation is fraught ♪  You’ve gotta be carefully taught ♪ If you talk, you’re gonna get shot ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Yeah ♪” — Aaron Burr

“♪There’s nothing rich folks love more ♪ Than going downtown And slummin’ it with the poor ♪ They pull up in their carriages and gawk At the students in the common ♪ Just to watch them talk ♪ Take Philip Schuyler The man is loaded ♪ Uh-oh, but little does he know ♪ That his daughters Peggy, Angelica, Eliza ♪ Sneak into the city Just to watch all the guys at– ♪ There’s nothin’ Like summer in the city ♪ Someone in a rush Next to someone lookin’ pretty ♪ Excuse me, miss I know it’s not funny ♪ But your perfume smells Like you daddy’s got money ♪ Why you slummin’ in the city In your fancy heels? ♪ You searchin’ for an urchin Who can give you ideals? ♪ Ah, so you’ve discussed me ♪ I’m a trust fund, baby You can trust me ♪” — Aaron Burr

“♪ Let him be ♪ Alexander, please! ♪” — Aaron Burr

“♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪ The moment you’ve been waiting for ♪ The pride of Mount Vernon ♪ George Washington ♪” — Aaron Burr

“Your Excellency, sir.  Aaron Burr, sir.  Permission to state my case? ♪ Sir, I was a captain Under General Montgomery ♪ Until he caught a bullet in the neck In Quebec ♪ Well, in summary, I think That I could be of some assistance ♪ I admire how you keep firing On the British from a distance ♪ I have some questions A couple of suggestions ♪ On how to fight Instead of fleeing west ♪.  We keep meeting.  As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out.  Sir?” — Aaron Burr

“♪ How does a bastard, orphan Son of a whore ♪ Go on and on Grow into more of a phenomenon? ♪ Watch this obnoxious Arrogant loudmouth bother ♪ Be seated at the right hand of the father ♪ Washington hires Hamilton right on site ♪ But Hamilton still wants to fight Not write ♪ Now, Hamilton’s skill with a quill Is undeniable ♪” — Aaron Burr

“♪ I swear, your pride Will be the death of us all ♪ Beware, it goeth before the fall ♪” — Aaron Burr

John Laurens, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Anthony RamosJohn Laurens

“♪ The ten-dollar founding father Without a father ♪ Got a lot farther ♪ By working a lot harder ♪ By being a lot smarter ♪ By 14, they placed him In charge of a trading charter ♪ Me, I died for him ♪” — John Laurens

“♪ Oh, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! ♪ What time is it? ♪ Showtime! ♪ Showtime!  Showtime!  Yo!  ♪ I’m John Laurens in the place to be ♪ Had two pints of Sam Adams But I’m workin’ on three ♪ Those redcoats don’t want it with me ♪ ‘Cause I will ♪ These cops till I’m free ♪ Whoa! ♪ No more sex Pour me another brew, son ♪ Let’s raise a couple more ♪ To the revolution ♪ Well, if it ain’t the prodigy of Princeton College ♪  Aaron Burr ♪ Give us a verse Drop some knowledge ♪ Burr, the revolution’s imminent What do you stall for? ♪ Ooh, who are you? ♪ Ooh, who is this kid?  What’s he gonna do? ♪ Shot! ♪ But we’ll never truly be free ♪ Until those in bondage Have the same rights as you and me ♪ You and I, do or die ♪ Wait till I sally in on a stallion With the first black battalion ♪ Have another shot ♪ Let’s get this guy in front a crowd ♪ Everybody sing! ♪ Hey! ♪ Said let ’em hear ya!  Let’s go! ♪ I said shout it to the rooftops! ♪ Said to the rooftops! ♪ Yeah ♪ Come on, let’s go! ♪ Rise up ♪ Tell your brother That he’s gotta rise up ♪ Tell your sister That she’s gotta rise up ♪ When are these colonies gonna rise up ♪ It’s time to take a shot! ♪ And I am not throwin’ away my ♪ Not throwin’ away my shot! ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪” — John Laurens

“♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ Something they can never take away ♪ No matter what they tell you ♪ Raise a glass to the four of us ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ Telling the story of tonight ♪ Something they can never take away ♪ Raise a glass to the four of us ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ Telling the story of tonight ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ For the revolution ♪” — John Laurens

“♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪” — John Laurens

Marquis de Lafayette, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Daveed DiggsMarquis de Lafayette

“♪ And every day, while slaves Were being slaughtered ♪ And carted away across the waves ♪ He struggled and kept his guard up ♪ Inside, he was longing For something to be a part of ♪ The brother was ready to beg Steal, borrow or barter ♪ Then a hurricane came and Devastation reigned ♪” — Marquis de Lafayette

“♪ Oui, oui, mon ami Je m’appelle Lafayette ♪ The Lancelot of the revolutionary set ♪ I came from afar just to say bonsoir ♪ Tell the king ‘casse-toi’ Who is the best?  C’est moi ♪ To the revolution ♪ Boo! ♪ Who are you? ♪ Ooh, who is this kid?  What’s he gonna do? ♪ It’s time to take a shot ♪ I dream of life without a monarchy ♪ The unrest in France Will lead to ‘on-archy’ ♪ ‘On-archy?’ How you say? ♪ Anarchy ♪ When I fire I make the other side panicky ♪ With my shot ♪ Shot! ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Yeah ♪ And I am not throwin’ away my ♪ Not throwin’ away my shot! ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪” — Marquis de Lafayette

“♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪ Let’s have another round tonight ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Something they can never take away ♪ Let’s have another round tonight ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ Let’s have another round tonight ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ For the revolution ♪” — Marquis de Lafayette

“♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪” — Marquis de Lafayette

Hercules Mulligan, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Okieriete OnaodowanHercules Mulligan

“♪ Our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain ♪ Put a pencil to his temple Connected it to his brain ♪ And he wrote his first refrain A testament to his pain ♪” — Hercules Mulligan

“♪ I am Hercules Mulligan Up in it, lovin’ it ♪ Yes, I heard your mother say ‘come again?’ ♪ Lock up your daughters and horses ♪  Of course, it’s hard to have intercourse Over four sets of corsets ♪ To the revolution ♪ Who are you? ♪ Ooh, who is this kid?  What’s he gonna do? ♪ Yo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice ♪ And I got y’all knuckleheads In loco parentis ♪ I’m joining the rebellion ♪ Instead of sewin’ some pants ♪ I’m gonna take a shot ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Yeah ♪ We gonna rise up!  Time to take a shot ♪ We gonna… ♪ It’s time to take a shot! ♪ It’s time to take a shot! ♪ And I am not throwin’ away my ♪ Not throwin’ away my shot! ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪” — Hercules Mulligan

“♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪ Let’s have another round tonight. ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ Tomorrow there’ll be more of us ♪ Let’s have another round tonight ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪” — Hercules Mulligan

“♪ Oh, my God Tear this dude apart ♪ For the revolution ♪” — Hercules Mulligan

“♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪” — Hercules Mulligan

Eliza Hamilton, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Phillipa SooEliza Hamilton

“♪ Two years later See Alex and his mother bedridden ♪ Half dead, sittin’ in their own sick ♪ The scent thick and… ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪”

“♪ Eliza ♪ Eliza ♪ Like I said, you’re free to go ♪ New York ♪ People shouting in the square ♪ Ah ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are to be alive right now ♪ History is happening in Manhattan ♪ And we just happen to be In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ ‘We hold these truths To be self-evident’ ♪ ‘That all men are created equal’ ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are To be alive right now ♪ History is happening in Manhattan ♪ And we just happen to be ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ Eliza ♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪ We’re looking for a mind at work ♪ Hey ♪ Whoa ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪

Angelica Schuyler, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Renée Elise Goldsberry

Angelica Schuyler, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Renée Elise Goldsberry

Angelica Schuyler

“♪ Angelica ♪ Angelica ♪ Work ♪ Daddy doesn’t need to know ♪ But look around, look around ♪ The revolution’s happening in New York ♪ New ideas in the air ♪ Look around, look around ♪ I’m lookin’ for a mind at work ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ Burr, you disgust me ♪ I’ve been reading ‘Common Sense’ By Thomas Paine ♪ So men say that I’m intense Or I’m insane ♪ You want a revolution?  I wanna revelation ♪ So listen to my declaration ♪ ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal’ ♪ And when I meet Thomas Jefferson ♪ I’mma compel him to include women In the sequel ♪ Look around, look around ♪ ‘Cause I’ve been reading ‘Common Sense’ By Thomas Paine ♪ So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane ♪ You want a revolution?  I wanna revelation ♪ So listen to my declaration ♪ ‘We hold these truths To be self-evident’ ♪ ‘That all men are created equal’ ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are To be alive right now ♪ History is happening in Manhattan ♪ And we just happen to be ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ Angelica ♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪ We’re looking for a mind at work ♪ Hey ♪ Whoa ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪”

“♪ 32,000 troops in New York Harbor ♪ When they surround our troops ♪”

Peggy Schuyler, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Jasmine Cephas Jones

Peggy Schuyler

“♪ And Peggy ♪ Peggy ♪ Daddy said to be home by sundown ♪ Daddy said not to go downtown ♪ New York ♪ It’s bad enough Daddy wants to go to war ♪ It’s bad enough There’ll be violence on our shore ♪ Angelica, remind me What we’re looking for ♪ Ah ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are to be alive right now ♪ ‘We hold these truths To be self-evident’ ♪ ‘That all men are created equal’ ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are To be alive right now ♪ History is happening in Manhattan ♪ And we just happen to be ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ Work, work ♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪ We’re looking for a mind at work ♪ Hey ♪ Whoa ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪”

George Washington, Walt Disney Pictures, 5000 Broadway Productions, RadicalMedia, Nevis Productions, Chris JacksonGeorge Washington

“♪Me, I trusted him ♪”

“♪ We are outgunned ♪ Outmanned ♪ Outnumbered, out-planned ♪ We gotta make an all-out stand ♪ Hey, yo I’m gonna need a right-hand man ♪ Check it ♪ Can I be real a second?  For just a millisecond? ♪ Let down my guard and tell the people How I feel a second? ♪ Now, I’m the model Of a modern major general ♪ The venerated Virginian veteran ♪ Whose men are all lining up To put me up on a pedestal ♪ Writing letters to relatives Embellishing my elegance and eloquence ♪ But the elephant in the room The truth is in your face ♪ When you hear The British cannons go… ♪ And hope of success is fleeting ♪ How can I keep leading when the people I’m leading keep retreating? ♪ We put a stop to the bleeding As the British take Brooklyn ♪ Knights take rook, but look ♪ We are outgunned ♪ Outmanned ♪ Outnumbered, out-planned ♪ We gotta make an all-out stand ♪ Hey, yo I’m gonna need a right-hand man ♪ Incoming! ♪ Goes the cannon Watch the blood and shit spray ♪ And boom ♪ Goes the cannon We’re abandoning Kip’s Bay ♪ And there’s another ship, and… ♪ We just lost the southern tip, and… ♪ We gotta run to Harlem quick ♪ We can’t afford another slip ♪ Guns and horses giddyap I decide to divvy up ♪ My forces, they’re skittish As the British cut the city up ♪ This close to giving up Facing mad scrutiny ♪ I scream in the face Of this mass mutiny ♪ Are these the men With which I am to defend America? ♪ We ride at midnight Manhattan in the distance ♪ I cannot be everywhere at once People, I’m in dire need of assistance ♪”

“Who are you?  As you were.  Well– Hamilton, come in.  Have you met Burr?  Burr?  Close the door on your way out. ♪ On the contrary ♪ I called you here Because our odds are beyond scary ♪ Your reputation precedes you But I have to laugh ♪ Hamilton, how come no one Can get you on their staff? ♪  Don’t get me wrong You’re a young man of great renown ♪ I know you stole British cannons When we were still downtown ♪ Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox Wanted to hire you ♪ It’s all right, you wanna fight You’ve got a hunger ♪ I was just like you when I was younger ♪ Head full of fantasies Of dying like a martyr? ♪ Dying is easy, young man Living is harder ♪ I’m being honest ♪ I’m working with a third Of what our congress has promised ♪ We are a powder keg about to explode ♪ I need someone like you to lighten the load, so… ♪ Son, we are outgunned, outmanned ♪ And his right-hand man! ♪ Boom! ♪”

King George III

“♪ You say ♪ The price of my love’s Not a price that you’re willing to pay ♪ You cry ♪ In your tea which you hurled in the sea When you see me go by ♪ Why so sad? ♪ Remember when we made an arrangement When you went away ♪ Now you’re making me mad ♪ Remember, despite our estrangement ♪ I’m your man ♪ You’ll be back ♪  Soon you’ll see ♪ You’ll remember you belong to me ♪ You’ll be back ♪ Time will tell ♪ You’ll remember that I served you well ♪ Oceans rise, empires fall ♪ We have seen each other through it all ♪ And when push comes to shove ♪ I will send a fully armed battalion To remind you of my love ♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-dat-dat-da ♪ You say our love is draining ♪ And you can’t go on ♪ You’ll be the one complaining ♪ When I am gone ♪ And, no, don’t change the subject ♪ ‘Cause you’re my favorite subject ♪ My sweet, submissive subject ♪ My loyal, royal subject ♪ Forever and ever ♪ And ever and ever and ever ♪ You’ll be back like before ♪ I will fight the fight and win the war ♪ For your love, for your praise ♪ And I’ll love you till my dying days ♪ When you’re gone, I’ll go mad ♪ So don’t throw away this thing we had ♪ ‘Cause when push comes to shove ♪ I will kill your friends and family ♪ To remind you of my love ♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da– ♪ Everybody! ♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-da-da ♪ Ah-da Da-da-da-dat-da-dai-ah ♪ Da ♪”

Schuyler Sisters

“♪ Me, I loved him ♪”

Company / Ensemble / Chorus

“♪ Alex got better But his mother went quick ♪ Moved in with a cousin The cousin committed suicide ♪ Left him with nothing but ruined pride Something new inside ♪ A voice saying ♪ ‘Alex you gotta fend for yourself’ ♪ Scammin’ ♪ Plannin’ ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪  In New York, New York ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪ We are waiting in the wings for you ♪ Waiting in the wings for you ♪ You could never back down ♪ You never learned to take your ♪ Time ♪ Oh, Alexander Hamilton ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪ When America sings for you ♪ Will they know what you overcame? ♪  Will they know you rewrote the game? ♪ The world ♪ Will never be the same ♪ Oh ♪ Just you wait ♪ Just you wait ♪ We fought with him ♪ There’s a million things I haven’t done ♪ But just you wait ♪ 1776 ♪ New York City ♪”

“♪ My shot ♪ My shot ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Whoa ♪ Yeah ♪ When are these colonies Gonna rise up ♪ When are these colonies gonna rise up? ♪ When are these colonies gonna rise up? ♪ We’re gonna rise up, rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Rise up ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪ They’ll tell the story of tonight ♪ Tell the story of ♪ Tonight ♪”

“♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪ Work ♪ Angelica, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work ♪ Work ♪ At how lucky we are To be alive right now ♪ ‘We hold these truths To be self-evident’ ♪ ‘That all men are created equal’ ♪ Look around, look around ♪ At how lucky we are To be alive right now ♪ History is happening in Manhattan ♪ And we just happen to be ♪ In the greatest city ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work ♪ Work, work work, work ♪ In the greatest city ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪”

“♪ For the revolution ♪”

“♪ Da-da-da-da-da Dat-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪ Da-da-da-da-da ♪ Ah-da Da-da-da-dat-da-dai-ah ♪ Da ♪”

“♪ British Admiral Howe’s Got troops on the water ♪ 32,000 troops in New York Harbor ♪ In New York Harbor ♪ They surround our troops They surround our troops ♪”

“♪ Here comes the general ♪ Here comes the general ♪ Here comes the general ♪ What? ♪ What? ♪  Boom! ♪ What? ♪ What? ♪  Boom! ♪ Boom! ♪ Boom! ♪  Boom! ♪”

“♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪ Hey, yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry ♪  Outnumbered, out-planned ♪  Boom! ♪ Boom! ♪ Here comes the general ♪ Rise up ♪ What? ♪ Here comes the general ♪ Rise up ♪ What? ♪ Here comes the general ♪ Rise up ♪ What? ♪ Here comes the general ♪”

Ensemble rando 1

“Hey!  Whoo!”

British Emissary

“Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury, and I present ‘Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress.’ ♪ Heed not the rabble Who scream revolution ♪ They have not your interests at heart ♪ Chaos and bloodshed Are not a solution ♪ Don’t let them lead you astray ♪ This congress does not speak for me ♪ They’re playing a dangerous game ♪ I pray the king shows you his mercy ♪ For shame ♪ For shame ♪ Heed not the rabble ♪ Who scream revolution ♪ They have not your interests at heart ♪ Chaos and bloodshed ♪ Are not a solution ♪ This congress does not speak for me ♪ They’re playing a dangerous game ♪ For shame ♪ For shame ♪ Heed– ♪ Scream– ♪ Not your interests at– ♪ Silence! A message from the king! ♪”

Red Coats

“♪ A message from the king! ♪ A message from the king! ♪”

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