Hamilton (2021) Movie Script | Subs like Script

Ladies and gentlemen,

this is your king, George III.

Welcome to Hamilton.

At this time,

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Thank you, and enjoy my show.

♪ 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 to be a hero and a scholar? ♪

♪ The ten-dollar founding father

Without a father ♪

♪ Got a lot farther ♪

♪ By working a lot harder ♪

♪ By being a lot smarter ♪

♪ By being a self-starter ♪

♪ By 14, they placed him

In charge of a trading charter ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Well, 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? ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Two years later

See Alex and his mother bedridden ♪

♪ Half dead, sittin' in their own sick ♪

♪ The scent thick and... ♪

♪ 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" ♪

♪ He started retreatin' and readin'

Every treatise on the shelf ♪

♪ 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' ♪

- ♪ Scammin' for every book ♪

♪ He can get his hands on ♪

- ♪ Plannin' ♪

- ♪ 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 ♪

-♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪

-♪ Just you wait ♪

♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪

♪ In New York, New York ♪

♪ Just you wait ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ The ship is in the harbor now ♪

- ♪ See if you can spot him ♪

- ♪ Just you wait ♪

♪ Another immigrant

Comin' up from the bottom ♪

♪ Just you wait ♪

♪ His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him ♪

♪ We fought with him ♪

♪ Me, I died for him ♪

♪ Me, I trusted him ♪

♪ Me, I loved him ♪

♪ And me ♪

♪ I'm the damn fool that shot him ♪

♪ There's a million things

I haven't done ♪

♪ But just you wait ♪

♪ What's your name, man? ♪

♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ 1776 ♪

♪ New York City ♪

♪ Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir? ♪

♪ That depends

Who's asking? ♪

♪ Oh, well, sure

Sir, I'm Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ I'm at your service, sir

I have been looking for you ♪

♪ I'm getting nervous ♪

♪ 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 ♪

-♪ You punched the bursar? ♪

-♪ Yes ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ So, how'd you do it?

How'd you graduate so fast? ♪

♪ It was my parents' dying wish

Before they passed ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Can I buy you a drink? ♪

♪ That would be nice ♪

♪ While we're talking

Let me offer you some free advice ♪

♪ Talk less ♪

♪ What? ♪

-♪ Smile more ♪

-Ha.

♪ Don't let them know

What you're against or what you're for ♪

♪ You can't be serious ♪

-♪ You wanna get ahead? ♪

-♪ Yes ♪

♪ Fools who run their mouths off ♪

♪ Wind up dead ♪

♪ Oh, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!

What time is it? ♪

♪ Showtime! ♪

♪ Like I said ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

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 ♪

♪ Good luck with that

You're takin' a stand ♪

♪ You spit, I'mma sit ♪

-♪ We'll see where we land ♪

-Boo!

♪ Burr, the revolution's imminent

What do you stall for? ♪

♪ If you stand for nothing, Burr

What'll you fall for? ♪

-♪ Ooh, who are you? ♪

-♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Ooh, who is this kid?

What's he gonna do? ♪

♪ 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'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 ♪

♪ With every word I drop knowledge ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Every 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 ♪

-♪ He says in parentheses ♪

♪ 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 ♪

-♪ My shot ♪

-♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪

-♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 fight

I make the other side panicky ♪

♪ With my shot ♪

♪ Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice ♪

♪ And I got y'all knuckleheads

In loco parentis ♪

♪ I'm joining the rebellion ♪

♪ 'Cause I know it's my chance

To socially advance ♪

♪ Instead of sewin' some pants ♪

-♪ I'm gonna take a shot ♪

-Shot!

♪ But we'll never be truly 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 ♪

♪ Geniuses, lower your voices ♪

♪ You keep out of trouble

And you double your choices ♪

♪ I'm with you

But the situation is fraught ♪

♪ You've got to be carefully taught ♪

♪ If you talk, you're gonna get shot ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Let's get this guy in front of a crowd ♪

♪ 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 ♪

Everybody sing!

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

Hey!

-♪ Whoa ♪

-Whoo!

♪ Whoa ♪

-Said let 'em hear ya! Let's go!

-♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ I said shout it to the rooftops! ♪

-♪ Whoa ♪

-♪ Said to the rooftops! ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

-Come on!

-♪ Yeah ♪

Come on, let's go!

♪ Rise up ♪

♪ When you're living on your knees

You 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? ♪

♪ When are these colonies

Gonna rise up? ♪

♪ When are these colonies gonna rise up? ♪

♪ When are these colonies

Gonna rise up? ♪

♪ Rise up! ♪

♪ 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 thinkin' 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 ♪

♪ We gonna rise up!

Time to take a shot ♪

♪ We gonna rise up!

Time to take a shot ♪

-♪ We gonna... ♪

-♪ We're gonna rise up, rise up ♪

-♪ It's time to take a shot! ♪

-♪ Rise up, rise up ♪

-♪ It's time to take a shot! ♪

-♪ Rise up ♪

-♪ It's time to take a shot! ♪

-♪ Rise up ♪

♪ Take a shot! Shot! Shot! ♪

-♪ Ay-yo, it's time to take a shot! ♪

-♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ And I am not throwin' away my ♪

♪ Not throwin' away my shot! ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

-♪ Whoa ♪

-Whoo!

♪ Whoa ♪

-Let 'em hear ya! Come on.

-♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

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 ♪

♪ And when our children

Tell our story ♪

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

Let's have another round tonight.

♪ Let's have another round tonight ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪

♪ Something they can never take away ♪

♪ No matter what they tell you ♪

♪ Let's have another round tonight ♪

♪ Raise a glass to the four of us ♪

♪ Tomorrow there'll be more of us ♪

♪ Telling the story of tonight ♪

♪ Let's have another round tonight ♪

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

♪ Tell the story of ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ 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-- ♪

♪ Work, work ♪

♪ Angelica ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪

-♪ And Peggy ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪

-♪ Angelica ♪

-♪ Peggy ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪

♪ Work ♪

♪ Daddy said to be home by sundown ♪

♪ Daddy doesn't need to know ♪

♪ Daddy said not to go downtown ♪

♪ Like I said, you're free to go ♪

♪ But look around, look around ♪

♪ The revolution's happening in New York ♪

♪ New York ♪

♪ Angelica, work ♪

♪ It's bad enough

Daddy wants to go to war ♪

♪ People shouting in the square ♪

♪ It's bad enough

There'll be violence on our shore ♪

♪ New ideas in the air ♪

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ Angelica, remind me

What we're looking for ♪

♪ She's lookin' for me! ♪

♪ Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work ♪

♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ I'm lookin' for a mind at work ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ I'm lookin' for a mind at work ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa ♪

-♪ Work ♪

-Whoo.

♪ 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 your daddy's got money ♪

♪ Why you slummin' in the city

In your fancy heels? ♪

♪ You searchin' for an urchin

Who can give you ideals? ♪

♪ Burr, you disgust me ♪

♪ Ah, so you've discussed me ♪

♪ I'm a trust fund, baby

You can trust 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 ♪

-♪ Ah ♪

♪ I'mma compel him to include women

In the sequel ♪

♪ Work ♪

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ At how lucky we are

To be alive right now ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ '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 greatest city in the world ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ Angelica ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪

-♪ And Peggy ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ We're looking for a mind at work ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ Hey ♪

-♪ Work, work ♪

-♪ Whoa ♪

-♪ Work, work, work, work ♪

♪ In the greatest city ♪

♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪

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 ♪

♪ Oh, my God

Tear this dude apart ♪

♪ Chaos and bloodshed

Are not a solution ♪

♪ Don't let them lead you astray ♪

♪ This congress does not speak for me ♪

♪ Let him be ♪

♪ They're playing a dangerous game ♪

♪ I pray the king shows you his mercy ♪

♪ For shame ♪

-♪ Yo, he'd have you all unravel ♪

-♪ Heed not the rabble ♪

-♪ At the sound of screams ♪

-♪ Who scream revolution ♪

♪ But the revolution is comin' ♪

-♪ The have-nots are gonna win this ♪

-♪ They have not your interests at heart ♪

♪ It's hard to listen to you

With a straight face ♪

-♪ Chaos and bloodshed ♪

-♪ Already haunt us ♪

-♪ Are not a solution ♪

♪ Honestly you shouldn't even talk ♪

-♪ Don't let them lead you astray ♪

-♪ And what about Boston? ♪

♪ Look at the cost

And all that we've lost ♪

♪ And you talk about Congress ♪

♪ This congress does not speak for me ♪

♪ My dog speaks

More eloquently than thee ♪

♪ They're playing a dangerous game ♪

♪ But, strangely

Your mange is the same ♪

♪ I pray the king shows you his mercy ♪

-♪ Is he in Jersey? ♪

-Oh!

-♪ For shame ♪

-♪ For the revolution ♪

- ♪ For shame ♪

- ♪ For the revolution ♪

-♪ Heed-- ♪

-♪ If you repeat yourself again ♪

-♪ I'm gonna-- ♪

-♪ Scream-- ♪

♪ Honestly, look at me

Please, don't read ♪

♪ Not your interests at-- ♪

♪ Don't modulate the key

Then not debate with me ♪

♪ Why should a tiny island across the sea

Regulate the price of tea? ♪

♪ Alexander, please! ♪

♪ Burr, I'd rather be divisive

Than indecisive ♪

♪ Drop the niceties ♪

♪ Silence!

A message from the king! ♪

♪ A message from the king! ♪

♪ 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 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-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪

♪ Da-da-da-da-da

Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-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-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 ♪

-♪ 32,000 troops in New York Harbor ♪

-♪ In New York Harbor ♪

♪ When they surround our troops ♪

♪ They surround our troops

They surround our troops ♪

♪ 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 ♪

-♪ 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 ♪

-♪ Rise up ♪

♪ Understand, it's the only way to rise up

Rise up ♪

-♪ Here he comes ♪

-♪ Here comes the general ♪

-♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪

-♪ Here comes the general! ♪

-♪ The moment you've been waiting for ♪

-♪ Here comes the general ♪

-♪ The pride of Mount Vernon ♪

-♪ Here comes the general ♪

♪ George Washington ♪

-♪ We are outgunned ♪

-What?

-♪ Outmanned ♪

-What?

♪ 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 is in the room

The truth is in your face ♪

♪ When you hear

The British cannons go... ♪

Boom!

♪ 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 ♪

-♪ We are outgunned ♪

-What?

-♪ Outmanned ♪

-What?

♪ Outnumbered, out-planned ♪

♪ We gotta make an all-out stand ♪

♪ Hey, yo

I'm gonna need a right-hand man ♪

Incoming!

♪ 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 ♪

Boom!

♪ Goes the cannon

Watch the blood and the shit spray ♪

♪ And boom ♪

♪ Goes the cannon

We're abandoning Kip's Bay ♪

-Boom!

-♪ And there's another ship, and... ♪

-Boom!

-♪ We just lost the southern tip, and... ♪

-Boom!

-♪ 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 ♪

-Your Excellency, sir.

-Who are you?

Aaron Burr, sir.

Permission to state my case?

As you were.

♪ 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 ♪

-Yes?

-Well--

Your Excellency, you wanted to see me?

Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr?

-Yes, sir. We keep meeting.

-We keep meeting.

As I was saying, sir, I look forward

to seeing your strategy play out.

-Burr?

-Sir?

Close the door on your way out.

Have I done something wrong, sir?

♪ On the contrary ♪

♪ I called you here

Because our odds are beyond scary ♪

♪ Your reputation precedes you

But I have to laugh ♪

Sir?

♪ Hamilton, how come no one

Can get you on their staff? ♪

Sir--

♪ 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 ♪

Yeah, to be their secretary.

I don't think so.

-Now, why are you upset?

-I'm not.

♪ 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? ♪

Yes.

♪ Dying is easy, young man

Living is harder ♪

-Why are you telling me this?

-♪ 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... ♪

♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪

♪ Hey, yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry ♪

♪ I am not throwing away my shot ♪

♪ Son, we are outgunned, outmanned ♪

♪ You need all the help you can get

I have some friends ♪

♪ Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette

Okay, what else? ♪

- ♪ Outnumbered, out-planned ♪

- ♪ We'll need some spies on the inside ♪

♪ Some king's men

Who might let some things slide ♪

Boom!

♪ I'll write to Congress

And tell 'em we need supplies ♪

♪ You rally the guys

Master the element of surprise ♪

Boom!

♪ I'll rise above my station

Organize your information ♪

♪ Till we rise to the occasion

Of our new nation, sir! ♪

♪ 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 ♪

-What?

-And his right-hand man!

Boom!

♪ 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 sight ♪

♪ But Hamilton still wants to fight

Not write ♪

♪ Now, Hamilton's skill with a quill

Is undeniable ♪

♪ But what do we have in common?

We're reliable with the... ♪

♪ Ladies ♪

♪ There are so many to deflower ♪

♪ Ladies ♪

♪ Looks, proximity to power ♪

♪ Ladies ♪

♪ Oh, they delighted and distracted him ♪

♪ Martha Washington

Named her feral tomcat after him ♪

That's true.

♪ 1780, a winter's ball ♪

♪ And the Schuyler sisters

Are the envy of all ♪

♪ Yo, if you could marry a sister

You're rich, son ♪

♪ Is it a question of "if," Burr

Or which one? ♪

-♪ Hey ♪

♪ Hey ♪

-♪ Hey ♪

-♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

-♪ Ooh, I do, I do, I do, I do ♪

-♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey ♪

-♪ Ooh, I do, I do, I do, I do ♪

-♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

-♪ Boy, you got me helpless ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Look into your eyes

And the sky's the limit ♪

♪ I'm helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ I have never been the type

To try and grab the spotlight ♪

♪ We were at a revel with some rebels

On a hot night ♪

♪ Laughin' at my sister

As she's dazzling the room ♪

♪ Then you walked in

And my heart went boom ♪

♪ Tryin' to catch your eye

From the side of the ballroom ♪

♪ Everybody's dancin'

And the band's top volume ♪

♪ Grind to the rhythm

As we wine and dine ♪

♪ Grab my sister and whisper

"Yo, this one's mine" ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ My sister made her way

Across the room to you ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ And I got nervous, thinking

"What's she gonna do?" ♪

♪ She grabs you by the arm

I'm thinkin', "I'm through" ♪

♪ Then you look back at me

And suddenly I'm helpless ♪

-♪ Oh, look at those eyes, oh ♪

-♪ Look into your eyes ♪

-♪ And the sky's the limit, I'm helpless ♪

-♪ I'm helpless ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ I'm so into you ♪

-♪ Look into your eyes ♪

-♪ I am so into you ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

♪ I know I'm down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

-Where are you taking me?

-I'm about to change your life.

Then by all means, lead the way.

Elizabeth Schuyler.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

-Schuyler?

-My sister.

Thank you for all your service.

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet,

it will have been worth it.

I'll leave you to it.

♪ One week later

I'm writin' a letter nightly ♪

♪ Now my life gets better

Every letter that you write me ♪

♪ Laughin' at my sister

'Cause she wants to form a harem ♪

♪ I'm just sayin', if you really loved me

You would share him ♪

Ha!

♪ Two weeks later

In the living room stressin' ♪

♪ My father, stone-faced

While you're asking for his blessin' ♪

♪ I'm dying inside as you wine and dine ♪

♪ And I'm tryin' not to cry 'cause there's

Nothing that your mind can't do ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ My father makes his way

Across the room to you ♪

♪ I panic for a second

Thinking we're through ♪

♪ But then he shakes your hand

And says, "Be true" ♪

♪ And you turn back to me, smiling

And I'm... ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪

♪ Look into your eyes

And the sky's the limit ♪

-♪ I'm helpless ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count ♪

-♪ And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

-Whoo!

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ He's mine ♪

-♪ That boy is mine ♪

-♪ Look into your eyes ♪

♪ And the sky's the limit ♪

-♪ I'm helpless ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ Eliza, I don't have

A dollar to my name ♪

♪ An acre of land, a troop to command

A dollop of fame ♪

♪ All I have's my honor

A tolerance for pain ♪

♪ A couple of college credits

And my top-notch brain ♪

♪ Insane, your family brings out

A different side of me ♪

♪ Peggy confides in me

Angelica tried to take a bite of me ♪

♪ No stress

My love for you is never in doubt ♪

♪ We'll get a little place in Harlem

And we'll figure it out ♪

♪ I've been livin' without a family

Since I was a child ♪

♪ My father left, my mother died

I grew up buck-wild ♪

♪ But I'll never forget my mother's face

That was real ♪

♪ And long as I'm alive, Eliza

Swear to God, you'll never feel that ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ I do, I do, I do, I do ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ I do, I do, I do, I do ♪

-♪ I've never felt so... ♪

-♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ I'm down for the count, I'm... ♪

♪ Yo, my life is gonna be fine

'Cause Eliza's in it ♪

♪ I look into your eyes

And the sky's the limit ♪

-♪ I'm ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count

And I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ In New York, you can be a new man ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

All right, all right.

That's what I'm talking about!

Now, everyone, give it up

for the maid of honor,

Angelica Schuyler!

♪ A toast to the groom ♪

♪ To the groom, to the groom

To the groom ♪

-♪ To the bride ♪

-♪ To the bride! ♪

♪ To the bride ♪

-♪ From your sister ♪

-♪ Angelica ♪

-♪ Give it up ♪

-♪ Angelica ♪

-♪ Who's always by your side ♪

-♪ By your side ♪

♪ By your side ♪

-♪ To your union ♪

-♪ To the Union, to the revolution ♪

-♪ And the hope that you provide ♪

-♪ You provide ♪

♪ You provide ♪

-♪ And may you always ♪

-♪ Always ♪

♪ Be satisfied ♪

♪ Rewind ♪

♪ Rewind, rewind ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ Skies, skies ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ Drowning, drowning ♪

-♪ Rewind ♪

-♪ I remember that night, I just might ♪

-♪ Rewind ♪

-♪ I remember that night, I just might ♪

-♪ Rewind ♪

♪ I remember that night--

I remember that-- ♪

♪ I remember that night ♪

♪ I just might regret that night

For the rest of my days ♪

♪ I remember those soldier boys tripping

Over themselves to win our praise ♪

♪ I remember that dreamlike candlelight

Like a dream that you can't quite place ♪

♪ But, Alexander, I'll never forget

The first time I saw your face ♪

♪ I have never been the same ♪

♪ Intelligent eyes

In a hunger-pang frame ♪

♪ And when you said hi

I forgot my dang name ♪

♪ Set my heart aflame, every part aflame

This is not a game ♪

♪ You strike me as a woman

Who has never been satisfied ♪

♪ I'm sure I don't know what you mean

You forget yourself ♪

♪ You're like me

I'm never satisfied ♪

♪ Is that right? ♪

♪ I have never been satisfied ♪

♪ My name is Angelica Schuyler ♪

♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ Where's your family from? ♪

♪ Unimportant

There's a million things I haven't done ♪

♪ But just you wait, just you wait... ♪

♪ So, so, so, so this is

What it feels like to match wits ♪

♪ With someone at your level

What the hell is the catch? ♪

♪ It's the feeling of freedom

Of seeing the light ♪

♪ It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite

You see it, right? ♪

♪ The conversation lasted two minutes

Maybe three minutes ♪

♪ Everything we said in total agreement ♪

♪ It's a dream and it's a bit of a dance ♪

♪ A bit of a posture

It's a bit of a stance ♪

♪ He's a bit of a flirt

But I'mma give it a chance ♪

♪ I asked about his family

Did you see his answer? ♪

♪ His hands started fidgeting

He looked askance ♪

♪ He's penniless

He's flying by the seat of his pants ♪

♪ Handsome, boy, does he know it ♪

♪ Peach fuzz, and he can't even grow it ♪

♪ I wanna take him

Far away from this place ♪

♪ Then I turn and see my sister's face

And she is... ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

♪ And I know she is... ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

♪ And her eyes are just... ♪

♪ Helpless ♪

♪ And I realize three fundamental truths

At the exact same time ♪

-Where are you taking me?

-I'm about to change your life.

Then by all means, lead the way.

♪ Number one ♪

♪ I'm a girl in a world in which

My only job is to marry rich ♪

♪ My father has no sons, so I'm the one

Who has to social climb for one ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm the oldest and the wittiest ♪

♪ And the gossip in New York City

Is insidious ♪

♪ And Alexander is penniless ♪

♪ Ha, that doesn't mean

I want him any less ♪

Elizabeth Schuyler.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

-Schuyler?

-My sister.

♪ Number two ♪

♪ He's after me

'Cause I'm a Schuyler sister ♪

♪ That elevates his status ♪

♪ I'd have to be naive to set that aside

Maybe that is why ♪

♪ I introduced him to Eliza

Now that's his bride ♪

♪ Nice going, Angelica, he was right

You will never be satisfied ♪

Thank you for all your service.

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet,

it will have been worth it.

I'll leave you to it.

♪ Number three ♪

♪ I know my sister

Like I know my own mind ♪

♪ You will never find

Anyone as trusting or as kind ♪

♪ If I tell her that I love him

She'd be silently resigned ♪

♪ He'd be mine

She would say, "I'm fine" ♪

-♪ She'd be lying ♪

♪ But when I fantasize at night

It's Alexander's eyes ♪

♪ As I romanticize what might have been ♪

♪ If I hadn't sized him up so quickly ♪

♪ At least my dear Eliza's his wife ♪

♪ At least I keep his eyes in my life ♪

-♪ To the groom ♪

-♪ To the groom, to the groom ♪

♪ To the groom ♪

-♪ To the bride ♪

-♪ To the bride, to the bride ♪

-♪ From your sister ♪

-♪ Angelica, Angelica, Angelica ♪

-♪ Who's always by your side ♪

-♪ By your side ♪

-♪ To your union ♪

-♪ To the Union, to the revolution ♪

-♪ And the hope that you provide ♪

-♪ You provide, you provide ♪

-♪ May you always... ♪

-♪ Always ♪

-♪ Be satisfied ♪

♪ Satisfied, satisfied ♪

-♪ And I know... ♪

-♪ Be satisfied ♪

♪ Be satisfied, be satisfied ♪

-♪ She'll be happy as his bride ♪

-♪ Be satisfied, be satisfied ♪

♪ Be satisfied, be satisfied ♪

-♪ And I know ♪

-♪ Be satisfied, be satisfied ♪

♪ Be satisfied ♪

♪ He will never be satisfied ♪

♪ I will never be satisfied ♪

Whoo-hoo!

♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪

♪ But I've seen wonders great and small ♪

♪ I've seen wonders great and small ♪

♪ 'Cause if the tomcat can get married ♪

♪ If Alexander can get married ♪

♪ There's hope for our ass, after all ♪

-♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪

-Hey!

♪ Something you will never see again ♪

♪ No matter what she tells you ♪

♪ Let's have another round tonight ♪

-♪ Raise a glass to the four of us ♪

-Oh!

-♪ To the newly not-poor of us ♪

-Whoo.

♪ We'll tell the story of tonight ♪

♪ Let's have another round ♪

-♪ Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr ♪

-Sir.

-♪ I didn't think that you would make it ♪

-♪ To be sure ♪

- Burr.

- ♪ I came to say congratulations ♪

-♪ Spit a verse, Burr ♪

-♪ I see the whole gang is here ♪

♪ You are the worst, Burr ♪

♪ Ignore them

Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel ♪

♪ I wish I had your command

Instead of manning George's journal ♪

-♪ No, you don't ♪

-♪ Yes, I do ♪

♪ Now, be sensible ♪

♪ From what I hear

You've made yourself indispensable ♪

♪ Well, well, I heard you've got

A special someone on the side, Burr ♪

Is that so?

♪ What are you tryin' to hide, Burr? ♪

-I should go.

-No, these guys should go.

-Leave us alone.

-Man.

♪ It's all right, Burr ♪

♪ I wish you'd brought this girl

With you tonight, Burr ♪

You're very kind,

but I'm afraid it's unlawful, sir.

-What do you mean?

-She's married.

-I see.

-She's married to a British officer.

Oh, shit.

♪ Congrats again, Alexander ♪

♪ Smile more ♪

♪ See you on the other side of the war ♪

♪ I will never understand you ♪

♪ If you love this woman, go get her ♪

♪ What are you waiting for? ♪

♪ See you on the other side of the war ♪

♪ I'll see you

On the other side of the war ♪

♪ Theodosia writes me a letter every day ♪

♪ Day, day, day ♪

♪ I'm keeping her bed warm

While her husband is away ♪

♪ Away, away ♪

♪ He's on the British side in Georgia

He's trying to keep the colonies in line ♪

♪ Well, he can keep all of Georgia

Theodosia, she's mine ♪

♪ Love doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners and the saints ♪

♪ It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep loving anyway ♪

♪ We laugh and we cry and we break

And we make our mistakes ♪

♪ And if there's a reason I'm by her side

When so many have tried ♪

♪ Then I'm willing to wait for it ♪

♪ I'm willing to wait for it ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ My grandfather was

A fire and brimstone preacher ♪

♪ Preacher, preacher, preacher ♪

♪ But there are things that the homilies

And hymns won't teach ya ♪

♪ Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya ♪

-♪ My mother was a genius ♪

-♪ Genius ♪

♪ My father commanded respect ♪

♪ Respect, respect ♪

♪ When they died

They left no instructions ♪

♪ Just a legacy to protect ♪

♪ Death doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners and the saints ♪

♪ It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep living anyway ♪

♪ We rise and we fall and we break

And we make our mistakes ♪

♪ And if there's a reason

I'm still alive ♪

♪ When everyone who loves me has died ♪

-♪ I'm willing to wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it ♪

♪ I'm willing to wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ I am the one thing in life

I can control ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it

Wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ I am inimitable, I am an original ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it

Wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ I'm not falling behind or running late ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it

Wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ I'm not standing still

I am lying in wait ♪

♪ Wait, wait, wait ♪

♪ Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb ♪

♪ Climb, climb, climb ♪

♪ He has something to prove

He has nothing to lose ♪

♪ Lose, lose, lose, lose ♪

♪ Hamilton's pace is relentless

He wastes no time ♪

♪ Time, time, time ♪

♪ What is it like in his shoes? ♪

♪ Hamilton doesn't hesitate ♪

♪ He exhibits no restraint ♪

♪ He takes and he takes and he takes ♪

♪ And he keeps winning anyway ♪

♪ Changes the game

Plays and he raises the stakes ♪

♪ And if there's a reason

He seems to thrive ♪

♪ When so few survive ♪

♪ Then, goddamn it

I'm willing to wait for it ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ I'm willing to wait for it ♪

♪ Life doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners and the saints ♪

♪ It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep living anyway ♪

-♪ We rise ♪

-♪ We rise and we fall and we break ♪

-♪ And we make our mistakes ♪

-♪ We fall ♪

♪ And if there's a reason I'm still alive

When so many have died ♪

♪ Then I'm willing to-- ♪

♪ Wait for it ♪

- ♪ Wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it, wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪

-♪ Wait for it, wait for it ♪

♪ Stay alive ♪

♪ I have never seen the general

So despondent ♪

♪ I have taken over writing

All his correspondence ♪

♪ Congress writes

"George, attack the British forces" ♪

♪ I shoot back

"We have resorted to eating our horses" ♪

♪ Local merchants

Deny us equipment, assistance ♪

♪ They only take British money

So sing a song of sixpence ♪

-Cavalry's not coming.

-But, sir--

Alex, listen.

There's only one way for us to win this.

Provoke outrage, outright.

That's right.

♪ Don't engage, strike by night ♪

♪ Remain relentless

Till their troops take flight ♪

♪ Make it impossible

To justify the cost of the fight ♪

-♪ Outrun ♪

-♪ Outlast ♪

♪ Hit 'em quick, get out fast ♪

♪ Stay alive

Until this horror show is past ♪

♪ We're gonna fly a lot of flags

Half-mast ♪

♪ Raise a glass ♪

♪ I go back to New York

And my apprenticeship ♪

♪ I ask for French aid

I pray that France has sent a ship ♪

♪ I stay at work with Hamilton

We write essays against slavery ♪

♪ And every day's a test

Of our camaraderie and bravery ♪

♪ So we cut supply lines

We steal contraband ♪

♪ We pick and choose our battles

And places to take a stand ♪

♪ And every day

"Sir, entrust me with a command" ♪

-♪ And every day ♪

-No.

- ♪ He dismisses me out of hand ♪

- ♪ Stay alive ♪

♪ Instead of me he promotes ♪

- Charles Lee!

- ♪ Charles Lee ♪

♪ Makes him second-in-command ♪

I'm a general. Whee!

♪ Yeah, he's not the choice

I would have gone with ♪

♪ He shits the bed

At the Battle of Monmouth ♪

- ♪ Everyone, attack ♪

- ♪ Retreat ♪

-♪ Attack ♪

-♪ Retreat ♪

♪ What are you doing, Lee?

Get back on your feet ♪

- ♪ There's so many of them ♪

- ♪ I'm sorry, is this not your speed? ♪

- Hamilton!

- Ready, sir!

-Have Lafayette take the lead.

-Yes, sir!

♪ A thousand soldiers die

In 100-degree heat ♪

♪ As we snatch a stalemate

From the jaws of defeat ♪

♪ Charles Lee was left behind

Without a pot to piss in ♪

♪ He started saying this

To anybody who would listen ♪

♪ Washington cannot be left alone

To his devices ♪

♪ Indecisive, from crisis to crisis ♪

♪ The best thing he could do

For the revolution ♪

♪ Is turn and go back to planting tobacco

In Mount Vernon ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Don't do a thing

History will prove him wrong ♪

-♪ But, sir-- ♪

-♪ We have a war to fight ♪

♪ Let's move along ♪

♪ Strong words from Lee

Someone ought to hold him to it ♪

♪ I can't disobey direct orders ♪

Then I'll do it.

Alexander,

you're the closest friend I've got.

Laurens, do not throw away your shot.

♪ One, two, three, four

Five, six, seven, eight, nine ♪

♪ It's the ten duel commandments ♪

♪ Number one ♪

♪ The challenge

Demand satisfaction ♪

♪ If they apologize

No need for further action ♪

♪ Number two ♪

♪ If they don't, grab a friend

That's your second ♪

♪ Your lieutenant

When there's reckoning to be reckoned ♪

♪ Number three ♪

♪ Have your seconds meet face-to-face ♪

♪ Negotiate a peace ♪

♪ Or negotiate a time and place ♪

♪ This is commonplace

Especially between recruits ♪

♪ Most disputes die, and no one shoots ♪

♪ Number four ♪

♪ If they don't reach a peace

That's all right ♪

♪ Time to get some pistols

And a doctor on site ♪

♪ You pay him in advance

You treat him with civility ♪

♪ You have him turn around

So he can have deniability ♪

♪ Five ♪

♪ Duel before the sun is in the sky ♪

♪ Pick a place to die

Where it's high and dry ♪

♪ Number six ♪

♪ Leave a note for your next of kin

Tell 'em where you been ♪

♪ Pray that hell or heaven lets you in ♪

♪ Seven ♪

♪ Confess your sins

Ready for the moment of adrenaline ♪

♪ When you finally face your opponent ♪

♪ Number eight ♪

♪ Your last chance to negotiate ♪

♪ Send in your seconds

See if they can set the record straight ♪

-♪ Alexander ♪

-♪ Aaron Burr, sir ♪

♪ Can we agree that duels

Are dumb and immature? ♪

♪ Sure, but your man has to answer

For his words, Burr ♪

♪ With his life?

We both know that's absurd, sir ♪

♪ Hang on, how many men died because

Lee was inexperienced and ruinous? ♪

♪ Okay, so we're doing this ♪

♪ Number nine! ♪

♪ Look 'em in the eye

Aim no higher ♪

♪ Summon all the courage you require ♪

♪ Then count ♪

♪ One, two, three, four

Five, six, seven, eight, nine ♪

-Number!

-♪ Ten paces! ♪

Fire!

♪ Lee, do you yield? ♪

♪ You shot him in the side

Yes, he yields ♪

-I'm satisfied!

-♪ Yo, we gotta clear the field ♪

♪ Go, we won ♪

♪ Here comes the general! ♪

- ♪ This should be fun ♪

- ♪ What is the meaning of this? ♪

♪ Mr. Burr, get a medic for the general ♪

Yes, sir.

♪ Lee, you will never agree with me

But believe me ♪

♪ These young men don't speak for me ♪

-♪ Thank you for your service ♪

-♪ Let's ride ♪

-Hamilton.

-Sir!

Meet me inside.

♪ Meet him inside, meet him inside ♪

♪ Meet him inside

Meet him, meet him inside ♪

-Son--

-Don't call me son.

This war is hard enough

without infighting.

Lee called you out.

-We called his bluff.

-You solve nothing.

You aggravate our allies to the south.

You're absolutely right.

John should have shot him in the mouth.

That would've shut him up.

-Son--

-I'm not your son--

♪ Watch your tone ♪

♪ I am not a maiden in need of defending ♪

-♪ I am grown! ♪

-♪ Charles Lee, Thomas Conway ♪

♪ These men take your name

And they rake it through the mud ♪

♪ My name's been through a lot

I can take it ♪

♪ Well, I don't have your name ♪

♪ I don't have your titles

I don't have your land ♪

-♪ But if you-- ♪

-♪ No ♪

♪ If you gave me command of a battalion

A group of men to lead ♪

♪ I could fly above my station

After the war ♪

Or you could die, and we need you alive.

I am more than willing to die.

Your wife needs you alive, son.

I need you alive!

Call me son one more time!

Go home, Alexander.

That's an order from your commander.

Sir--

Go home!

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ At how lucky we are

To be alive right now ♪

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ How long have you known? ♪

-♪ A month or so ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪

♪ You should have told me ♪

♪ I wrote to the general a month ago ♪

-♪ No ♪

-♪ I begged him to send you home ♪

♪ You should have told me ♪

♪ I'm not sorry ♪

♪ I knew you'd fight

Until the war was won ♪

♪ The war's not done ♪

♪ But you deserve a chance

To meet your son ♪

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ At how lucky we are

To be alive right now ♪

♪ Will you relish

Being a poor man's wife? ♪

♪ Unable to provide for your life ♪

♪ I relish being your wife ♪

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ Look at where you are ♪

♪ Look at where you started ♪

♪ The fact that you're alive

Is a miracle ♪

♪ Just stay alive

That would be enough ♪

♪ And if this child ♪

♪ Shares a fraction of your smile ♪

♪ Or a fragment of your mind ♪

♪ Look out, world ♪

♪ That would be enough ♪

♪ I don't pretend to know ♪

♪ The challenges you're facing ♪

♪ The worlds you keep erasing ♪

♪ And creating in your mind ♪

♪ But I'm not afraid ♪

♪ I know who I married ♪

♪ So long as you come home

At the end of the day ♪

♪ That would be enough ♪

♪ We don't need a legacy ♪

♪ We don't need money ♪

♪ If I could grant you peace of mind ♪

♪ If you could let me inside your heart ♪

♪ Oh, let me be a part of the narrative ♪

♪ In the story they will write someday ♪

♪ Let this moment be the first chapter ♪

♪ Where you decide to stay ♪

♪ And I could be enough ♪

♪ And we could be enough ♪

♪ That would be enough ♪

♪ How does a ragtag volunteer army

In need of a shower ♪

♪ Somehow defeat a global superpower? ♪

♪ How do we emerge victorious

From the quagmire? ♪

♪ Leave the battlefield

Waving Betsy Ross's flag higher? ♪

♪ Yo, turns out we have a secret weapon ♪

♪ An immigrant you know and love

Who's unafraid to step in ♪

♪ He's constantly confusing

Confounding the British henchmen ♪

♪ Everyone give it up for

America's favorite fighting Frenchman ♪

♪ Lafayette ♪

♪ I'm takin' this horse by the reins

Makin' redcoats redder with bloodstains ♪

♪ Lafayette ♪

♪ And I'm never gonna stop

Until I make 'em drop or burn 'em up ♪

-♪ And scatter their remains, I'm-- ♪

-♪ Lafayette ♪

♪ Watch me engagin' 'em, escapin' 'em

Enragin' 'em, I'm-- ♪

-♪ Lafayette ♪

-♪ I go to France for more funds ♪

-♪ Lafayette ♪

-♪ I come back with more guns and ships ♪

♪ And so the balance shifts ♪

♪ We rendezvous with Rochambeau

Consolidate their gifts ♪

♪ We can end this war at Yorktown

Cut them off at sea ♪

♪ But for this to succeed

There is someone else we need ♪

-♪ I know ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

♪ Sir, he knows what to do in a trench

Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean ♪

♪ Hamilton ♪

♪ You're gonna have to use him eventually

What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean ♪

♪ Hamilton ♪

♪ No one has more resilience or matches

My practical tactical brilliance ♪

♪ Hamilton ♪

-♪ You want to fight for your land back? ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

-♪ I need my right-hand man back ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

-♪ Get your right-hand man back ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

-♪ Gotta get your right-hand man back ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

♪ Gotta put some thought into the letter

But the sooner the better ♪

♪ To get your right-hand man back ♪

♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ Troops are waiting in the field

For you ♪

♪ If you join us right now ♪

♪ Together we can turn the tide ♪

♪ Oh, Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ I have soldiers

That will yield for you ♪

♪ If we manage to get this right ♪

♪ They'll surrender by early light ♪

♪ The world will never ♪

♪ Be the same ♪

♪ Alexander ♪

♪ I was younger than you are now ♪

♪ When I was given my first command ♪

♪ I led my men straight into a massacre ♪

♪ I witnessed their deaths firsthand ♪

♪ I made every mistake ♪

♪ And felt the shame rise in me ♪

♪ And even now I lie awake ♪

♪ Knowing history has its eyes ♪

- ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

- ♪ On me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ History has its eyes ♪

♪ On me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Let me tell you what I wish I'd known ♪

♪ When I was young and dreamed of glory ♪

♪ You have no control ♪

♪ Who lives? Who dies?

Who tells your story? ♪

♪ I know that we can win ♪

♪ I know that greatness lies in you ♪

♪ But remember, from here on in ♪

♪ History has its eyes ♪

♪ On you ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ History has its eyes ♪

♪ On ♪

♪ You ♪

The Battle of Yorktown.

1781.

-♪ Monsieur Hamilton ♪

-♪ Monsieur Lafayette ♪

-♪ In command, where you belong ♪

-♪ How you say? No sweat ♪

♪ We're finally on the field

We've had quite a run ♪

♪ Immigrants ♪

♪ We get the job done ♪

-♪ So, what happens if we win? ♪

-♪ I go back to France ♪

♪ I bring freedom to my people

If I am given the chance ♪

♪ We'll be with you when you do ♪

♪ Go, lead your men ♪

-♪ See you on the other side ♪

-♪ Till we meet again ♪

-♪ Let's go! ♪

-♪ 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 ♪

♪ Till the world turns upside down ♪

♪ I've imagined death so much

It feels more like a memory ♪

♪ This is where it gets me

On my feet, the enemy ahead of me ♪

♪ If this is the end of me

At least I have a friend with me ♪

♪ Weapon in my hand

A command, and my men with me ♪

♪ Then I remember

My Eliza's expecting me ♪

♪ Not only that, my Eliza's expecting ♪

♪ We gotta go, gotta get the job done ♪

♪ Gotta start a new nation

Gotta meet my son ♪

♪ Take the bullets out your gun ♪

-♪ What? ♪

-♪ The bullets out your gun ♪

-♪ What? ♪

-♪ We move undercover ♪

♪ And we move as one ♪

♪ Through the night

We have one shot to live another day ♪

♪ We cannot let a stray gunshot

Give us away ♪

♪ We will fight up close

Seize the moment and stay in it ♪

♪ It's either that

Or meet the business end of a bayonet ♪

♪ The code word is "Rochambeau" ♪

-♪ Dig me? ♪

-♪ Rochambeau ♪

♪ You have your orders now

Go, men, go ♪

♪ And so the American experiment begins ♪

♪ With my friends

All scattered to the winds ♪

♪ Laurens is in South Carolina

Redefining bravery ♪

♪ We'll never be free

Until we end slavery ♪

♪ When we finally drive the British away ♪

♪ Lafayette is there waiting ♪

♪ In Chesapeake Bay ♪

♪ How did we know

That this plan would work? ♪

♪ We had a spy on the inside

That's right ♪

♪ Hercules Mulligan! ♪

♪ A tailor spying

On the British government ♪

♪ I take their measurements, information ♪

-♪ And then I smuggle it ♪

-♪ Up ♪

♪ To my brother's revolutionary covenant ♪

♪ I'm running with the Sons of Liberty

And I am loving it! ♪

♪ See, that's what happens

When you up against the ruffians ♪

♪ We in the shit now

Somebody's gotta shovel it ♪

♪ Hercules Mulligan

I need no introduction ♪

♪ When you knock me down

I get the **** back up again! ♪

Whoo!

Left! Right! Hold!

Go!

What? What? What?

♪ After a week of fighting ♪

♪ A young man in a red coat

Stands on a parapet ♪

♪ We lower our guns as he

Frantically waves a white handkerchief ♪

And just like that, it's over.

We tend to our wounded. We count our dead.

Black and white soldiers wonder alike

if this really means freedom.

Not yet.

We negotiate the terms of surrender.

I see George Washington smile.

We escort their men out of Yorktown.

They stagger home single file.

Tens of thousands of people

flood the streets.

There are screams

and church bells ringing,

and as our fallen foes retreat,

I hear the drinking song they're singing.

♪ The world turned upside down ♪

♪ Down, down, down, down ♪

Freedom for America! Freedom for France!

♪ Down, down, down ♪

♪ Gotta start a new nation

Gotta meet my son ♪

♪ Down, down, down ♪

-We won!

We won! We won!

♪ The world turned upside down ♪

♪ They say ♪

♪ The price of my war's

Not a price that they're willing to pay ♪

♪ Insane ♪

♪ You cheat with the French ♪

♪ Now I'm fighting with France

And with Spain ♪

♪ I'm so blue ♪

♪ I thought that we made an arrangement

When you went away ♪

♪ You were mine to subdue ♪

♪ Well, even despite our estrangement ♪

♪ I've got a small query for you ♪

♪ What comes next?

You've been freed ♪

♪ Do you know how hard it is to lead? ♪

♪ You're on your own ♪

♪ Awesome, wow ♪

♪ Do you have a clue what happens now? ♪

♪ Oceans rise ♪

♪ Empires fall ♪

♪ It's much harder

When it's all your call ♪

♪ All alone across the sea ♪

♪ When your people say they hate you ♪

♪ Don't come crawling back to me ♪

♪ Da-da-da-da-da ♪

♪ Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪

♪ Da-da-dat-dat-dai-ah-da ♪

♪ You're on your own ♪

♪ Dear Theodosia, what to say to you ♪

♪ You have my eyes

You have your mother's name ♪

♪ When you came into the world

You cried ♪

♪ And it broke my heart ♪

♪ I'm dedicating every day to you ♪

♪ Domestic life was never quite my style ♪

♪ When you smile ♪

♪ You knock me out, I fall apart ♪

♪ And I thought I was so smart ♪

♪ You will come of age

With our young nation ♪

♪ We'll bleed and fight for you ♪

♪ We'll make it right for you ♪

♪ If we lay a strong enough foundation ♪

♪ We'll pass it on to you ♪

♪ We'll give the world to you

And you'll blow us all away ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ Yeah, you'll blow us all away ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ Oh, Philip, when you smile

I am undone ♪

♪ My son ♪

♪ Look at my son ♪

♪ Pride is not the word I'm looking for ♪

♪ There is so much more inside me now ♪

♪ Oh, Philip

You outshine the morning sun ♪

♪ My son ♪

♪ When you smile ♪

♪ I fall apart

And I thought I was so smart ♪

-♪ My father wasn't around ♪

-♪ Swear that I'll be around for you ♪

-♪ I'll be around for you ♪

-♪ I'll do whatever it takes ♪

-♪ I'll make a million mistakes ♪

♪ I'll make the world

Safe and sound for you ♪

♪ You'll come of age

With our young nation ♪

♪ We'll bleed and fight for you ♪

♪ We'll make it right for you ♪

♪ If we lay a strong enough foundation ♪

♪ We'll pass it on to you ♪

♪ We'll give the world to you ♪

♪ And you'll blow us all away ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ Yeah, you'll blow us all away ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪

Alexander, there's a letter for you.

It's from John Laurens.

I'll read it later.

♪ But I will gladly join the fight ♪

-No. It's from his father.

-His father?

♪ And when our children tell our story ♪

Will you read it for me?

♪ They'll tell the story of tonight ♪

"On Tuesday the 27th,

my son was killed in a gunfight

against British troops

retreating from South Carolina.

The war was already over.

As you know, John dreamed of emancipating

and recruiting 3,000 men

for the first all-black military regiment.

His dream of freedom for these men

dies with him."

♪ Tomorrow there'll be more of us ♪

Alexander, are you all right?

I have so much work to do.

♪ After the war, I went back to New York ♪

♪ A-After the war

I went back to New York ♪

♪ I finished up my studies

And I practiced law ♪

♪ I practiced law

Burr worked next door ♪

♪ Even though we started

At the very same time ♪

♪ Alexander Hamilton began to climb ♪

♪ How to account

For his rise to the top? ♪

-♪ Man, the man is nonstop ♪

-♪ Nonstop ♪

♪ Gentlemen of the jury

I'm curious, bear with me ♪

♪ Are you aware

That we're making history? ♪

♪ This is the first murder trial

Of our brand-new nation ♪

-♪ The liberty behind deliberation ♪

-♪ Nonstop ♪

♪ I intend to prove beyond a shadow

Of a doubt with my assistant counsel-- ♪

♪ Co-counsel

Hamilton, sit down ♪

♪ Our client Levi Weeks is innocent

Call your first witness ♪

-♪ That was all you had to say ♪

-♪ Okay, one more thing-- ♪

♪ 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? ♪

-♪ Soon that attitude may be your doom ♪

-♪ Aw ♪

♪ Why do you write

Like you're running out of time? ♪

♪ Write day and night

Like you're running out of time ♪

♪ Every day you fight

Like you're running out of time ♪

♪ Keep on fighting in the meantime... ♪

♪ Nonstop ♪

♪ Corruption's such an old song

That we can sing along in harmony ♪

♪ And nowhere is it stronger

Than in Albany ♪

♪ This colony's economy's

Increasingly stalling ♪

♪ And honestly, that's why public service

Seems to be calling me ♪

♪ He's just nonstop ♪

♪ I practiced the law

I practically perfected it ♪

♪ I've seen injustice in the world

And I've corrected it ♪

♪ Now for a strong central democracy

If not, then I'll be Socrates ♪

♪ Throwing verbal rocks

At these mediocrities ♪

♪ Hamilton

At the Constitutional Convention ♪

♪ I was chosen

For the Constitutional Convention ♪

♪ There as a New York junior delegate ♪

♪ Now, what I'm going to say

May sound indelicate... ♪

♪ Aw ♪

♪ Goes and proposes

His own form of government ♪

What?

♪ His own plan

For a new form of government ♪

What?

♪ Talks for six hours

The convention is listless ♪

-♪ Bright young man ♪

-♪ Yo, who the eff is this? ♪

♪ Why do you always

Say what you believe? ♪

♪ Why do you always

Say what you believe? ♪

♪ Every proclamation guarantees

Free ammunition for your enemies ♪

♪ Aw ♪

♪ Why do you write

Like it's going out of style? ♪

♪ Write day and night

Like it's going out of style ♪

♪ Every day you fight

Like it's going out of style ♪

♪ Do what you do ♪

-Alexander?

-Aaron Burr, sir.

-Well, it's the middle of the night.

-Can we confer, sir?

-Is this a legal matter?

-Yes, and it's important to me.

-What do you need?

-Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.

Okay.

♪ I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive ♪

♪ You're incredible in court

You're succinct, persuasive ♪

♪ My client needs a strong defense

You're the solution ♪

-Uh, who's your client?

-The new US Constitution.

- No.

- Hear me out.

No way.

♪ A series of essays

Anonymously published ♪

♪ Defending the document to the public ♪

-No one'll read it.

-I disagree.

-And if it fails?

-Burr, that's why we need it.

-The Constitution's a mess.

-So it needs amendments.

-It's full of contradictions.

-So is independence.

-We have to start somewhere.

-No. No way.

-You're making a mistake.

-Good night.

Hey. What are you waiting for?

What do you stall for?

-What?

-We won the war. What was it all for?

-Do you support this Constitution?

-Of course.

-Then defend it.

-What if you're backing the wrong horse?

♪ Burr, we studied

And we fought and we killed ♪

♪ For the notion of a nation

We now get to build ♪

♪ For once in your life

Take a stand with pride ♪

♪ I don't understand

How you stand to the side ♪

♪ I will keep all my plans

Close to my chest ♪

♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait... ♪

♪ I'll wait here

And see which way the wind will blow ♪

♪ I'm taking my time ♪

♪ Watching the afterbirth of a nation ♪

♪ Watching the tension grow ♪

♪ I am sailing off to London ♪

♪ I'm accompanied

By someone who always pays ♪

♪ I have found a wealthy husband ♪

♪ Who will keep me in comfort

For all my days ♪

♪ He is not a lot of fun ♪

♪ But there's no one

Who can match you for turn of phrase ♪

-♪ My Alexander ♪

-♪ Angelica ♪

♪ Don't forget to write ♪

♪ Look at where you are ♪

♪ Look at where you started ♪

♪ The fact that you're alive

Is a miracle ♪

♪ Just stay alive

That would be enough ♪

♪ And if your wife could share

A fraction of your time ♪

♪ If I could grant you peace of mind ♪

♪ Would that be enough? ♪

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 25 essays,

the work divided evenly

among the three men.

In the end, they wrote 85 essays

in the span of six months.

John Jay got sick after writing five.

James Madison wrote 29.

Hamilton wrote the other 51!

♪ How do you write

Like you're running out of time? ♪

♪ Write day and night

Like you're running out of time ♪

♪ Every day you fight

Like you're running out of time ♪

♪ Running out of time

Are you running out of time? ♪

♪ Aw ♪

♪ How do you write

Like tomorrow won't arrive? ♪

♪ How do you write

Like you need it to survive? ♪

♪ How do you write

Every second you're alive? ♪

♪ Every second you're alive

Every second you're alive ♪

♪ They're asking me to lead ♪

♪ I'm doing the best I can ♪

♪ To get the people that I need ♪

♪ I'm asking you to be my right-hand man ♪

♪ Treasury or State? ♪

-♪ I know it's a lot to ask ♪

-♪ Treasury or State? ♪

♪ To leave behind the world you know ♪

Sir, do you want me to run

the Treasury or State Department?

Treasury.

Let's go.

Alexander...

I have to leave.

Alexander.

♪ Look around, look around ♪

♪ At how lucky we are

To be alive right now ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ They are asking me to lead ♪

♪ Look around, isn't this enough? ♪

♪ He will never be satisfied ♪

-♪ What would be enough to be satisfied? ♪

-♪ He will never be satisfied ♪

-♪ Satisfied, satisfied ♪

-♪ History has its eyes on you ♪

♪ Satisfied, satisfied ♪

♪ Why do you assume

You're the smartest in the room? ♪

-♪ Isn't this enough? ♪

-♪ He will never be satisfied ♪

♪ History has its eyes on you ♪

♪ Why do you write like... ♪

♪ History has its eyes on you ♪

- I am not throwing away my shot.

- ♪ Just you wait ♪

-I am not throwing away my shot.

-♪ Just you wait ♪

-♪ I am Alexander Hamilton ♪

-♪ Hamilton ♪

♪ Just you wait ♪

I am not throwing away my shot!

♪ Seventeen ♪

♪ Se-se-seventeen ♪

♪ 1789 ♪

♪ How does the bastard, orphan

Immigrant, decorated war vet ♪

♪ Unite the colonies through more debt? ♪

♪ Fight the other founding fathers

Till he has to forfeit ♪

♪ Have it all, lose it all

You ready for more yet? ♪

♪ Treasury secretary

Washington's the president ♪

♪ Every American experiment

Sets a precedent ♪

♪ Not so fast

Someone came along to resist him ♪

♪ Pissed him off

Until we had a two-party system ♪

♪ You haven't met him yet

You haven't had the chance ♪

♪ 'Cause he's been kickin' ass

As the ambassador to France ♪

♪ But someone's gotta keep

The American promise ♪

♪ You simply must meet Thomas

Thomas! ♪

♪ Thomas Jefferson's coming home! ♪

♪ Thomas Jefferson's coming home ♪

♪ Lord, he's been off in Paris

For so long ♪

♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

♪ France is following us to revolution ♪

♪ There is no more status quo ♪

♪ But the sun comes up

And the world still spins ♪

♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

♪ I helped Lafayette draft a declaration ♪

♪ Then I said, "I gotta go ♪

♪ Gotta be in Monticello" ♪

♪ Now the work at home begins ♪

♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

♪ So what did I miss? ♪

♪ What did I miss? ♪

♪ Virginia, my home sweet home

I wanna give you a kiss ♪

♪ I've been in Paris meeting

Lots of different ladies ♪

♪ I guess

I basically missed the late '80s ♪

♪ I traveled the wide, wide world

And came back to this ♪

♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

♪ There's a letter on my desk

From the president ♪

♪ Haven't even put my bag down yet ♪

♪ Sally, be a lamb, darlin'

Won'tcha open it? ♪

♪ It says the president's

Assembling a cabinet ♪

♪ And that I am to be

The secretary of state ♪

♪ Great

And that I'm already Senate-approved ♪

♪ I just got home

And now I'm headed up to New York ♪

♪ Headin' to New York!

Headin' to New York! ♪

♪ Lookin' at the rolling fields ♪

♪ I can't believe that we are free ♪

♪ Ready to face whatever's ♪

♪ Awaiting me in NYC ♪

♪ But who's waitin' for me

When I step in the place? ♪

♪ My friend, James Madison ♪

♪ Red in the face ♪

♪ He grabs my arm

And I respond, "What's goin' on?" ♪

♪ Thomas, we are engaged in a battle ♪

♪ For our nation's very soul ♪

♪ Can you get us

Out of the mess we're in? ♪

♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

♪ Hamilton's new financial plan

Is nothing less ♪

♪ Than government control ♪

♪ I've been fighting for the South alone ♪

♪ Where have you been? ♪

France. What?

-♪ Aaa-ooo! ♪

-We have to win.

-♪ What did I miss? ♪

-♪ Wha-- Wha-- What did I miss? ♪

-♪ What did I miss? ♪

-♪ I've come home to this? ♪

♪ Headfirst into a political abyss ♪

♪ Headfirst into the abyss ♪

♪ I have my first cabinet meeting today ♪

♪ I guess I better think

Of something to say ♪

♪ I'm already on my way

Let's get to the bottom of this ♪

♪ What did I miss? Ah ♪

♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home ♪

♪ Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton ♪

♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home ♪

♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home, sir ♪

♪ You've been off in Paris ♪

♪ For so long! ♪

♪ So what did I miss? ♪

Ladies and gentlemen,

you could've been anywhere

in the world tonight,

but you're here with us in New York City.

Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?

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.

♪ "Life, liberty

And the pursuit of happiness" ♪

♪ We fought for these ideals

We shouldn't settle for less ♪

♪ These are wise words

Enterprising men quote 'em ♪

♪ Don't act surprised, you guys

'Cause I wrote 'em ♪

♪ Ow, but Hamilton forgets ♪

♪ His plan would have the government

Assume states' debts ♪

♪ Now, place your bets

As to who that benefits ♪

♪ The very seat of government

Where Hamilton sits ♪

-♪ Not true! ♪

-♪ Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it ♪

♪ If New York's in debt

Why should Virginia bear it? ♪

♪ Uh, our debts are paid, I'm afraid ♪

♪ Don't tax the South

'Cause we got it made in the shade ♪

♪ In Virginia we plant seeds in the ground

We create ♪

♪ You just wanna move our money around ♪

♪ This financial plan

Is an outrageous demand ♪

♪ And it's too many damn pages

For any man to understand ♪

♪ Stand with me in the land of the free ♪

♪ Pray to God we never see

Hamilton's candidacy ♪

♪ Look, when Britain taxed our tea

We got frisky ♪

♪ Imagine what gon' happen

When you try to tax our whiskey ♪

Thank you,

Secretary Jefferson. Oh.

- Secretary Hamilton, your response.

- All right now.

♪ Thomas, that was

A real nice declaration ♪

♪ Welcome to the present

We're running a real nation ♪

♪ Would you like to join us

Or stay mellow ♪

♪ Doin' whatever the hell it is

You do in Monticello? ♪

♪ If we assume the debts

The Union gets ♪

♪ A new line of credit

A financial diuretic ♪

♪ How do you not get it? ♪

♪ If we're aggressive and competitive

The Union gets a boost ♪

♪ You'd rather give it a sedative? ♪

♪ A civics lesson from a slaver ♪

♪ Hey, neighbor, your debts are paid

'Cause you don't pay for labor ♪

♪ "We plant seeds in the South

We create" ♪

♪ Yeah, keep ranting

We know who's really doing the planting ♪

♪ And another thing

Mr. Age of Enlightenment ♪

♪ Don't lecture me about the war

You didn't fight in it ♪

♪ You think I'm frightened of you, man?

We almost died in a trench ♪

♪ While you were off getting high

With the French ♪

♪ Thomas Jefferson

Always hesitant with the president ♪

♪ Reticent

There isn't a plan he hasn't jettisoned ♪

♪ Madison, you mad as a hatter, son

Take your medicine ♪

♪ Damn, you're in worse shape

Than the national debt is in ♪

♪ Sittin' there useless as two shits ♪

♪ Hey, turn around, bend over

I'll show you where my shoe fits ♪

Excuse me.

Madison, Jefferson, take a walk.

Hamilton, take a walk.

We're gonna reconvene

after a brief recess.

-Hamilton.

-Sir.

A word.

♪ You don't have the votes ♪

♪ You're gonna need congressional approval

And you don't have the votes ♪

♪ Such a blunder ♪

♪ Sometimes it makes me wonder

Why I even bring the thunder ♪

♪ Why he even brings the thunder ♪

You wanna pull yourself together?

I'm sorry.

These Virginians are birds of a feather.

Young man, I'm from Virginia.

So, watch your mouth.

So we let Congress

get held hostage by the South?

-You need the votes.

-No, we need bold strokes.

-We need this plan.

-No, you need to convince more folks.

Well, James Madison won't talk to me.

That's a nonstarter.

Ah. Winning was easy, young man.

Governing's harder.

-They're being intransigent.

-You have to find a compromise.

They don't have a plan.

They just hate mine!

Convince them otherwise.

And what happens

if I don't get congressional approval?

I imagine they'll call for your removal.

-Sir.

-Figure it out, Alexander.

That's an order from your commander.

♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪

- ♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪

- ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪

-♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪

-Good!

♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪

- ♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪

- ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪

♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪

-♪ Sept, huit, neuf ♪

♪ One, two, three, four, five

Six, seven, eight, nine! ♪

♪ My dearest Angelica ♪

♪ "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ♪

♪ Creeps in this petty pace

From day to day" ♪

♪ I trust you'll understand the reference

To another Scottish tragedy ♪

♪ Without my having to name the play ♪

♪ They think me Macbeth

Ambition is my folly ♪

♪ I'm a polymath

A pain in the ass, a massive pain ♪

♪ Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff ♪

♪ And Birnam Wood is Congress

On its way to Dunsinane ♪

♪ And there you are, an ocean away ♪

♪ Do you have to live an ocean away? ♪

♪ Thoughts of you subside

Then I get another letter ♪

♪ And I cannot put the notion away ♪

♪ Take a break ♪

♪ I am on my way ♪

♪ There's a little surprise before supper

And it cannot wait ♪

♪ I'll be there in just a minute

Save my plate ♪

-♪ Alexander ♪

-♪ Okay, okay ♪

♪ Your son is nine years old today ♪

♪ He has something he'd like to say ♪

♪ He's been practicing all day ♪

♪ Philip, take it away ♪

♪ Daddy, Daddy, look ♪

♪ My name is Philip, I am a poet ♪

♪ I wrote this poem just to show it ♪

♪ And I just turned nine ♪

♪ You can write rhymes

But you can't write mine ♪

What!

♪ I practice French

And play piano with my mother ♪

Uh-huh!

♪ I have a sister

But I want a little brother ♪

Okay.

♪ My daddy's trying

To start America's bank ♪

♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq! ♪

-Bravo!

-♪ Take a break ♪

Hey, our kid is pretty great.

♪ Run away with us for the summer

Let's go upstate ♪

♪ Eliza, I've got so much on my plate ♪

♪ We can all go stay with my father ♪

-♪ There's a lake I know ♪

-♪ I know ♪

♪ In a nearby park ♪

♪ I'd love to go ♪

♪ You and I can go

When the night gets dark ♪

♪ I will try to get away ♪

♪ My dearest Alexander ♪

♪ You must get through to Jefferson ♪

♪ Sit down with him and compromise

Don't stop till you agree ♪

♪ Your favorite older sister Angelica

Reminds you ♪

♪ There's someone in your corner

All the way across the sea ♪

♪ In a letter I received from you

Two weeks ago ♪

♪ I noticed a comma

In the middle of a phrase ♪

♪ It changed the meaning

Did you intend this? ♪

♪ One stroke and you've consumed

My waking days, it said: ♪

♪ "My dearest, Angelica" ♪

♪ With a comma after "dearest" ♪

♪ You've written: ♪

♪ "My dearest ♪

♪ Angelica" ♪

♪ Anyway, all this to say

I'm coming home this summer ♪

♪ At my sister's invitation ♪

♪ I'll be there with your family

If you make your way upstate ♪

♪ I know you're very busy

I know your work's important ♪

♪ But I'm crossing the ocean

And I just can't wait ♪

♪ You won't be an ocean away ♪

♪ You'll only be a moment away ♪

♪ Alexander, come downstairs ♪

♪ Angelica's arriving today ♪

♪ Angelica ♪

♪ Eliza! ♪

♪ The Schuyler sisters ♪

♪ Alexander ♪

Hi.

♪ It's good to see your face ♪

♪ Angelica, tell this man ♪

♪ John Adams

Spends the summer with his family ♪

♪ Angelica, tell my wife ♪

♪ John Adams

Doesn't have a real job anyway ♪

♪ You're not joining us? Wait ♪

♪ I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate ♪

♪ Alexander, I came all this way ♪

-♪ She came all this way ♪

-♪ All this way ♪

♪ Take a break ♪

♪ You know I have to get my plan

Through Congress ♪

♪ Run away with us for the summer

Let's go upstate ♪

♪ I lose my job if we don't

Get this plan through Congress ♪

♪ We can all go stay with our father ♪

-♪ There's a lake I know ♪

-♪ I know I'll miss your face ♪

♪ In a nearby park ♪

♪ Screw your courage

To the sticking place ♪

-♪ You and I can go ♪

-♪ Eliza's right ♪

♪ Take a break and get away ♪

♪ Run away with us for the summer ♪

♪ Let's go upstate ♪

♪ Where we can stay ♪

-♪ We can all go stay with our father ♪

-♪ Oh ♪

-♪ If you take your time ♪

-♪ Look around, look around ♪

-♪ You will make your mark ♪

-♪ At how lucky we are ♪

♪ To be alive right now ♪

♪ Close your eyes and dream ♪

♪ We can go when the night gets dark ♪

♪ Take a break ♪

I have to get my plan through Congress.

I can't stop

till I get this plan through Congress.

♪ There's nothing

Like summer in the city ♪

♪ Someone under stress

Meets someone looking pretty ♪

♪ There's trouble in the air

You can smell it ♪

♪ And Alexander's by himself ♪

♪ I'll let him tell it ♪

♪ I hadn't slept in a week

I was weak, I was awake ♪

♪ You've never seen a bastard orphan

Hamilton (2021) - full transcript