Hamilton - Right Hand Man

[00:16.85] British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water

[00:18.10] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

[00:18.85] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

[00:21.86] When they surround our troops

[00:23.35] They surround our troops

[00:25.11] When they surround our troops

[00:28.10] As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war

[00:30.60] I knew that I was poor

[00:32.86] I knew it was the only way to

[00:38.39] Rise up

[00:38.91] If they tell my story

[00:39.15] I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or

[00:39.65] Rise up

[00:40.15] We will fight for this land

[00:40.90] But there’s only one man

[00:42.40] Who can give us a command so we can

[00:43.14] Rise up

[00:43.90] Understand? It’s the only way to

[00:44.40] Rise up

[00:44.65] Rise up

[00:45.15] Here he comes

[00:45.39] Here comes the general

[00:45.89] Ladies and gentlemen

[00:46.15] Here comes the general

[00:46.90] The moment you’ve been waiting for

[00:47.40] Here comes the general

[00:48.40] The pride of Mount Vernon

[00:51.66] Here comes the general

[00:55.15] George Washington

[00:55.40] We are outgunned (what?)

[00:55.90] Outmanned (what?)

[01:01.41] Outnumbered

[01:01.90] Outplanned (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck)

[01:02.41] We gotta make an all out stand

[01:02.65] Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck)

[01:03.15] Check it

[01:03.15] Can I be real a second?

[01:03.40] For just a millisecond?

[01:03.65] Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?

[01:03.90] Now I’m the model of a modern major general

[01:03.90] The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all

[01:04.15] Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal

[01:04.40] Writin’ letters to relatives

[01:08.15] Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence

[01:08.65] But the elephant is in the room

[01:08.91] The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go

[01:09.41] Boom

[01:09.65] Any hope of success is fleeting

[01:09.65] How can I keep leading when the people I’m

[01:10.15] Leading keep retreating?

[01:10.40] We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn

[01:10.90] Knight takes rook, but look

[01:10.90] We are outgunned (what?)

[01:11.15] Outmanned (what?)

[01:11.40] Outnumbered

[01:11.65] Outplanned (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck)

[01:11.90] We gotta make an all out stand

[01:12.15] Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck)

[01:12.15] Incoming

[01:12.40] They’re battering down the Battery check the damages

[01:12.65] Rah

[01:12.90] We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages

[01:12.90] Rah

[01:13.15] Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us

[01:13.40] Hamilton won’t abandon ship

[01:13.40] Yo, let’s steal their cannons

[01:17.15] Shh-boom

[01:17.40] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and

[01:17.65] Boom

[01:17.90] Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and

[01:18.41] Boom

[01:18.65] There’s another ship and

[01:18.90] Boom

[01:18.90] We just lost the southern tip and

[01:19.15] Boom

[01:19.40] We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip

[01:19.65] Guns and horses giddyup

[01:19.90] I decide to divvy up

[01:20.15] My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up

[01:20.15] This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny

[01:22.65] I scream in the face of this mass mutiny

[01:22.90] Are these the men with which I am to defend America?

[01:23.16] We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance

[01:23.16] I cannot be everywhere at once, people

[01:23.40] I’m in dire need of assistance

[01:23.66] Your excellency, sir

[01:23.91] Who are you?

[01:24.15] Aaron Burr, Sir?

[01:24.41] Permission to state my case?

[01:24.65] As you were

[01:24.65] Sir

[01:24.90] I was a captain under General Montgomery

[01:25.15] Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec

[01:25.40] And well, in summary

[01:25.65] I think that I could be of some assistance

[01:25.90] I admire how you keep firing on the British

[01:29.66] From a distance

[01:29.90] Huh

[01:29.90] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west

[01:30.15] Yes?

[01:30.40] Well

[01:30.65] Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

[01:30.90] Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

[01:30.90] Yes, sir

[01:31.16] We keep meeting

[01:31.41] As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out

[01:31.65] Burr?

[01:31.91] Sir?

[01:32.15] Close the door on your way out

[01:32.15] Have I done something wrong, sir?

[01:37.40] On the contrary

[01:37.67] I called you here because our odds are beyond scary

[01:37.90] Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh

[01:37.90] Sir?

[01:38.15] Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?

[01:38.40] Sir

[01:38.65] Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of great renown

[01:38.65] I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown

[01:38.91] Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you

[01:39.15] To be their Secretary? I don’t think so

[01:39.41] Why’re you upset?

[01:39.65] I’m not

[01:39.65] It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger

[01:39.91] I was just like you when I was younger

[01:40.15] Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

[01:40.40] Yes

[01:43.40] Dying is easy, young man

[01:43.65] Living is harder

[01:43.90] Why are you telling me this?

[01:44.16] I’m being honest

[01:44.40] I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised

[01:44.40] We are a powder keg about to explode

[01:44.66] I need someone like you to lighten the load

[01:44.90] So?

[01:45.16] I am not throwin’ away my shot

[01:45.40] I am not throwin’ away my shot

[01:45.40] Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young

[01:45.65] Scrappy and hungry

[01:45.90] I am not throwing away my shot

[01:46.15] Son

[01:46.15] We are outgunned, outmanned

[01:46.40] You need all the help you can get

[01:46.65] I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan

[01:46.91] Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?

[01:46.91] Outnumbered, outplanned

[01:47.15] We’ll need some spies on the inside

[01:50.16] Some King’s men who might let some things slide

[01:50.40] I’ll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies

[01:50.65] You rally the guys, master the element of surprise

[01:50.65] I’ll rise above my station, organize your information,

[01:50.90] 'Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir

[01:51.15] Here comes the general

[01:51.40] Rise up

[01:51.66] Here comes the general

[01:51.90] Rise up

[01:51.90] Here comes the general

[01:52.16] Rise up

[01:52.40] Here comes the general

[01:52.66] And his right hand man

[01:52.90] Boom