Right Hand Man
[00:01.69] British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
[00:08.09] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour
[00:15.00] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour (thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour)
[00:22.16] When they surround our troops, they surround our troops
[00:25.08] When they surround our troops (they surround our troops)
[00:28.01] As a kid in the Caribbean, I wished for a war
[00:31.19] I knew that I was poor
[00:32.53] I knew it was the only way to rise up
[00:35.70] If they tell my story
[00:37.57] I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or rise up
[00:42.08] I will fight for this land
[00:43.94] But there's only one man who can give us a command, so we can rise up
[00:48.46] Understand? It's the only way to rise up, rise up
[00:52.44] Here he comes
[00:53.50] Ladies and gentlemen!
[00:57.49] (Here comes the General!) The moment you've been waiting for!
[00:58.02] (Here comes the General!) The pride of Mount Vernon!
[01:03.07] (Here comes the General!) George Washington!
[01:05.46] We are outgunned (what?)
[01:06.79] Outmanned (what?)
[01:08.91] Outnumbered, outplanned (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[01:12.37] We gotta make an all out stand
[01:14.22] Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[01:17.41] Check it, can I be real a second?
[01:19.27] For just a millisecond?
[01:20.87] Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
[01:24.07] Now, I'm the model of a modern major general
[01:26.73] The venerated Virginian veteran
[01:28.85] Whose men are all lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
[01:32.32] Writin' letters to relatives, embellishin' my elegance and eloquence, but
[01:36.04] The elephant is in the room
[01:38.16] The truth is in your face when you hear the British cannons go boom!
[01:41.88] Any hope of success is fleeting
[01:44.01] How can I keep leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating?
[01:47.99] We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
[01:51.71] Knight takes rook, but look
[01:53.58] We are outgunned (what?)
[01:55.20] Outmanned (what?)
[01:57.33] Outnumbered, outplanned (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[01:59.98] We gotta make an all out stand
[02:02.63] Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
[02:06.08] Incoming!
[02:09.30] They're battering down the battery, check the damages (rah!)
[02:12.49] We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages (rah!)
[02:15.41] Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
[02:18.60] Hamilton won't abandon ship, yo, let's steal their cannons
[02:21.25] Shh-boom, goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and
[02:24.45] And boom, goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay
[02:28.96] And boom, there's another ship
[02:29.49] And boom, we just lost the southern tip
[02:30.55] And boom, we gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip
[02:33.48] Guns and horses giddyup
[02:35.07] I decide to divvy up my forces
[02:36.66] They're skittish as the British cut the city up
[02:39.59] This close to givin' up, facing mad scrutiny
[02:42.50] I scream in the face of this mass mutiny
[02:45.16] Are these the men with which I am to defend America?
[02:48.61] We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
[02:51.54] I cannot be everywhere at once, people!
[02:54.73] I'm in dire need of assistance
[02:57.11] Your excellency, sir!
[02:58.71] Who are you?
[02:59.25] Aaron Burr, Sir
[03:00.58] Permission to state my case?
[03:01.91] As you were
[03:02.73] Sir, I was a captain under General Montgomery until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec
[03:08.57] And well, in summary
[03:10.16] I think that I could be of some assistance
[03:12.55] I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance (huh)
[03:16.28] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
[03:18.93] On how to fight instead of fleeing west
[03:21.07] Yes?
[03:21.86] Well-
[03:22.13] Your excellency, you wanted to see me?
[03:23.99] Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
[03:26.12] Yes, sir, we keep meeting
[03:27.71] As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
[03:31.17] Burr?
[03:31.96] Sir?
[03:32.50] Close the door on your way out
[03:35.68] Have I done something wrong, sir?
[03:37.81] On the contrary
[03:38.86] I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
[03:41.79] Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
[03:44.44] Sir?
[03:45.24] Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
[03:47.39] Sir!
[03:47.91] Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown
[03:50.84] I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
[03:54.02] Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you
[03:56.68] Yeah, to be their Secretary? I don't think so
[03:58.80] Now why are you upset? I'm not
[04:00.66] It's alright, you wanna fight, you've got a hunger
[04:03.59] I was just like you when I was younger
[04:05.71] Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr?
[04:08.36] Yes
[04:08.89] Dying is easy, young man, living is harder
[04:11.82] Why are you telling me this?
[04:13.68] I'm being honest
[04:14.48] I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
[04:17.68] We are a powder keg about to explode
[04:20.07] I need someone like you to lighten the load, so?
[04:23.52] I am not throwing away my shot!
[04:26.45] I am not throwing away my shot!
[04:29.63] Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry!
[04:32.56] I am not throwing away my shot!
[04:36.54] Son, we are outgunned, outmanned!
[04:37.08] You need all the help you can get
[04:38.13] I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan
[04:39.99] Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
[04:41.86] Outnumbered, outplanned!
[04:43.46] We'll need some spies on the inside
[04:45.32] Some king's men who might let some things slide
[04:47.71] I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies
[04:50.36] You rally the guys, master the element of surprise
[04:53.55] (Chicka-boom!) I'll rise above my station, organize your information
[04:56.75] 'Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir!
[04:59.66] Here comes the General
[05:01.26] Rise up! (What?)
[05:02.58] Here comes the General
[05:03.91] Rise up! (What?)
[05:05.51] Here comes the General
[05:07.10] Rise up! (What?)
[05:08.69] Here comes the General
[05:11.35] (What?) And his right-hand man!
[05:15.33] Boom!
