[Company:]

British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

Eliza: This is talking about the war, correct?

Washington: Yes.

[Ensemble 1 (Ensemble 2):]

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

(Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor)

When they surround our troops!

(They surround our troops!)

When they surround our troops!

[Hamilton:]

As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war

Hercules: WHY?

Alex: I'm sure it'll explain.

I knew that I was poor

I knew it was the only way to-

[Hamilton/Burr/Mulligan/Laurens/Lafayette:]

Rise up!

Alex: See?

Hercules: That actually makes sense.

[Hamilton:]

If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or-

Washington: Please don't. I went through so much work to keep you alive.

[Hamilton/Burr/Mulligan/Laurens/Lafayette:]

Rise up!

[Hamilton:]

I will fight for this land

But there's only one man

Who can give us a command so we can-

[Hamilton/Burr/Mulligan/Laurens/Lafayette:]

Rise up!

[Hamilton:]

Understand? It's the only way to

[Hamilton/Burr/Mulligan/Laurens/Lafayette:]

Rise up! Rise up!

[Hamilton:]

Here he comes!

Washington: Oh no.

Theo: What's wrong.

Jefferson: *coughs* Hamilton *coughs*

Madison: Thomas.

Jefferson: *Grumbles.*

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Burr:]

Ladies and gentlemen!

Washington: You really did not have to do this.

Lafayette: Oh but we did mon general.

Alex: Definitely.

Laurens: Could not be avoided.

Hercules: Very important.

Burr: 100% needed.

Alec: Essential in every way.

Burr: You weren't even there at the time!

Alec: Your point?

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Burr:]

The moment you've been waiting for!

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Burr:]

The pride of Mount Vernon!

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Burr:]

George Washington!

[Washington (Ensemble):]

We are outgunned (What?)

Outmanned (What?)

Outnumbered

Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

Peggy: Buck?

Alec: I don't know either. (HAHHAHA cHicKen BucKJ BAwk -alec)

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

[Washington:]

Check it

Can I be real a second?

For just a millisecond?

Eliza: You can.

Alec: You can't.

Washington: Excuse me?

Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?

Now I'm the model of a modern major general

The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all

Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal

Writin' letters to relatives

Embellishin' my elegance and eloquence

But the elephant is in the room

The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go...

[Ensemble:]

Boom!

[Washington:]

Any hope of success is fleeting

How can I keep leading when the people I'm

Leading keep retreating?

We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn

Knight takes rook, but look

[Washington (Ensemble):]

We are outgunned (What?)

Outmanned (What?)

Outnumbered

Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

Incoming

[Hamilton:]

They're battering down the Battery check the damages

[Mulligan:]

Rah!

[Hamilton:]

We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages

[Mulligan:]

Rah!

[Hamilton:]

Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us

Hamilton won't abandon ship

Yo, let's steal their cannons

[Mulligan (Company):]

Shh-boom! (Boom!)

[Washington:]

Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and...

[Company:]

Boom!

[Washington:]

Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay and...

[Company:]

Boom!

[Washington:]

There's another ship and...

[Company:]

Boom!

[Washington:]

We just lost the southern tip and...

[Company:]

Boom!

[Washington:]

We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip

Guns and horses giddyup

I decide to divvy up

My forces, they're skittish as the British cut the city up

This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny

I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:

Are these the men with which I am to defend America?

We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance

I cannot be everywhere at once, people

I'm in dire need of assistance...

[Burr:]

Your excellency, sir!

[Washington:]

Who are you?

[Burr:]

Aaron Burr, Sir

Permission to state my case?

[Washington:]

As you were

[Burr:]

Sir

I was a captain under General Montgomery

Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec

And well, in summary

I think that I could be of some assistance

I admire how you keep firing on the British

From a distance

[Washington:]

Huh

[Burr:]

I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west

[Washington:]

Yes?

[Burr:]

Well

[Hamilton:]

Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

[Washington:]

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

[Hamilton:]

Yes, sir

[Hamilton and Burr:]

We keep meeting

Alec: That's mean :(((( Apologize to each other!

Laurens: Yeah.

Alex: Laurens?

Laurens: That's mean :((((

Alex: *violently rolls eyes* Soooooorry.

Burr: I apologize as well.

Laurens: :)

[Burr:]

As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out

[Washington:]

Burr?

[Burr:]

Sir?

[Washington:]

Close the door on your way out

[Hamilton:]

Have I done something wrong, sir?

[Washington:]

On the contrary

I called you here because our odds are beyond scary

Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh

[Hamilton:]

Sir?

[Washington:]

Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?

[Hamilton:]

Sir!

[Washington:]

Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown

I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown

Nathaniel Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you...

[Hamilton:]

To be their Secretary? I don't think so

[Washington:]

And why're you upset?

[Hamilton:]

I'm not

[Washington:]

It's alright, you want to fight, you've got a hunger

I was just like you when I was younger

Head full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr?

[Hamilton:]

Yes

[Washington:]

Dying is easy, young man

Living is harder

[Hamilton:]

Why are you telling me this?

[Washington:]

I'm being honest

I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised

We are a powder keg about to explode

I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?

[Company except Hamilton:]

I am not throwin' away my shot!

I am not throwin' away my shot!

Ayo, I'm just like my country

I'm young scrappy and hungry!

[Hamilton:]

I am not throwing away my shot!

[Washington:]

Son

[Washington and Company:]

We are outgunned, outmanned!

[Hamilton:]

You need all the help you can get

I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan

Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?

Jefferson: That's only 3 friends

Alex: Shut up

[Washington and Company:]

Outnumbered, outplanned!

[Hamilton:]

We'll need some spies on the inside. Some King's men who might let some things slide

[Hamilton (Company) {Eliza/Angelica/Peggy/Women}:]

(Boom!) I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies, you rally the guys {Whoa, whoa, whoa...}

Master the element of surprise. (Boom!)

I'll rise above my station, organize your information, 'til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir! {Whoa, whoa, whoa...}

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Hamilton:]

Rise up!

[Laurens/Lafayette/Mulligan:]

What?

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Hamilton/Schuyler Sisters/Women:]

Rise up!

[Laurens/Lafayette/Mulligan:]

What?

[Ensemble:]

Here comes the General!

[Hamilton/Schuyler Sisters:]

Rise up!

[Laurens/Lafayette/Mulligan:]

What?

[Company:]

Here comes the General!

[Hamilton:]

What?

[Washington:]

And his right-hand man!

[Company:]

Boom!

Phee: How was it? Did you like it?

Angelica: It was a great song to mark the beginning of the war.

Theo: Cool song.

Burr: Brought back bad memories of the war.

Alec: Dang, sorry about that.

Burr: It's fine.

Alec: :(((((((

Phee: Next song I guess.