02-05_original_broadway_cast_of_hamilton_-_the_room_where_it_happens
[00:01.74] Ah, Mister Secretary
[00:03.25] Mister Burr, sir
[00:04.99] Did'ya hear the news about good old General Mercer
[00:07.76] No
[00:08.53] You know Clermont Street
[00:09.49] Yeah
[00:10.24] They renamed it after him, the Mercer legacy is secure
[00:12.99] Sure
[00:13.75] And all he had to do was die
[00:15.99] That's a lot less work
[00:17.01] We oughta give it a try
[00:18.47] Ha
[00:19.24] Now how're you gonna get your debt plan through
[00:21.77] I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you
[00:23.99] Really
[00:24.99] Talk less, smile more
[00:30.05] Ha
[00:30.74] Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the Congress floor
[00:35.25] Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless
[00:38.48] Well, hate the sin, love the sinner
[00:41.05] Hamilton
[00:42.02] I'm sorry Burr, I've gotta go
[00:43.29] But
[00:44.30] Decisions are happening over dinner
[00:49.29] Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room
[00:52.54] Diametric'ly opposed, foes
[00:54.29] They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were
[00:58.54] Previously closed
[00:59.28] Bros
[01:00.53] The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power
[01:03.28] A system he can shape however he wants
[01:06.02] The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital
[01:09.03] And here's the pièce de résistance
[01:11.54] No one else was in
[01:12.79] The room where it happened
[01:14.05] The room where it happened
[01:15.04] The room where it happened
[01:17.02] No one else was in
[01:18.28] The room where it happened
[01:19.53] The room where it happened
[01:20.50] The room where it happened
[01:22.53] No one really knows how the game is played
[01:24.77] The art of the trade
[01:26.27] How the sausage gets made
[01:28.03] We just assume that it happens
[01:30.05] But no one else is in
[01:32.09] The room where it happens
[01:36.09] Thomas claims
[01:37.59] Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day
[01:40.83] In distress 'n disarray
[01:42.09] Thomas claims
[01:43.09] Alexander said
[01:44.09] I've nowhere else to turn
[01:45.58] And basic'ly begged me to join the fray
[01:47.33] Thomas claims
[01:48.59] I approached Madison and said
[01:50.09] I know you hate 'im, but let's hear what he has to say
[01:52.86] Thomas claims
[01:53.87] Well, I arranged the meeting
[01:55.34] I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating
[01:57.85] But
[01:58.84] No one else was in
[01:59.66] The room where it happened
[02:00.91] The room where it happened
[02:02.16] The room where it happened
[02:03.66] No one else was in
[02:05.18] The room where it happened
[02:06.46] The room where it happened
[02:07.91] The room where it happened
[02:09.22] No one really knows how the
[02:10.68] Parties get to yes
[02:12.16] The pieces that are sacrificed in
[02:13.41] Ev'ry game of chess
[02:14.95] We just assume that it happens
[02:17.66] But no one else is in
[02:18.94] The room where it happens
[02:22.91] Meanwhile
[02:24.18] Madison is grappling with the fact that not ev'ry issue can be settled by committee
[02:28.66] Meanwhile
[02:29.66] Congress is fighting over where to put the capital
[02:33.43] It isn't pretty
[02:34.43] Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite
[02:36.91] And Madison responds with Virginian insight
[02:40.25] Maybe we can solve one problem with another and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words
[02:44.95] Oh ho
[02:45.90] A quid pro quo
[02:47.17] I suppose
[02:47.90] Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home
[02:50.41] Actually, I would
[02:51.66] Well, I propose the Potomac
[02:53.15] And you'll provide him his votes
[02:54.41] Well, we'll see how it goes
[02:55.71] Let's go
[02:56.26] No
[02:56.74] One else was in
[02:57.51] The room where it happened
[02:58.80] The room where it happened
[03:00.03] The room where it happened
[03:01.78] No one else was in
[03:03.03] The room where it happened
[03:04.30] The room where it happened
[03:05.78] The room where it happened
[03:07.28] My God
[03:08.32] In God we trust
[03:09.82] But we'll never really know what got discussed
[03:12.04] Click-boom then it happened
[03:16.03] And no one else was in the room where it happened
[03:18.05] Alexander Hamilton
[03:19.57] What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river
[03:23.54] Alexander Hamilton
[03:25.05] Did Washington know about the dinner
[03:27.06] Was there Presidential pressure to deliver
[03:29.10] Alexander Hamilton
[03:30.87] Or did you know, even then, it doesn't matter
[03:33.61] Where you put the U.S. Capital
[03:34.84] 'Cause we'll have the banks
[03:36.36] We're in the same spot
[03:37.35] You got more than you gave
[03:38.86] And I wanted what I got
[03:40.12] When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
[03:42.91] But you don't get a win unless you play in the game
[03:45.60] Oh, you get love for it, you get hate for it
[03:48.71] You get nothing if you
[03:50.16] Wait for it, wait for it, wait
[03:52.90] God help and forgive me
[03:54.16] I wanna build
[03:55.20] Something that's gonna
[03:55.91] Outlive me
[03:56.98] What do you want, Burr
[03:58.23] What do you want, Burr
[03:59.73] If you stand for nothing
[04:01.02] Burr, then what do you fall for
[04:03.33] I
[04:04.79] Wanna be in
[04:05.83] The room where it happens
[04:07.30] The room where it happens
[04:08.34] I
[04:10.41] Wanna be in
[04:11.39] The room where it happens
[04:12.93] The room where it happens
[04:14.40] I
[04:16.65] Wanna be
[04:17.92] In the room where it happens
[04:19.91] I
[04:21.44] I wanna be in the room
[04:25.70] Oh
[04:26.43] Oh
[04:27.16] I wanna be in
[04:27.90] The room where it happens
[04:28.66] The room where it happens
[04:29.69] The room where it happens
[04:31.19] I wanna be in the room
[04:33.26] Where it happens
[04:34.00] The room where it happens
[04:35.27] The room where it happen
[04:36.75] The art of the compromise
[04:40.02] Hold your nose and close your eyes
[04:42.50] We want our leaders to save the day
[04:45.02] But we don't get a say in what they trade away
[04:49.02] We dream of a brand new start
[04:50.82] But we dream in the dark for the most part
[04:53.83] Dark as a tomb where it happens
[04:56.57] I've got to be in
[04:57.57] The room (where it happens)
[04:59.32] I've got to be (the room where it happens)
[05:01.55] I've got to be (the room where it happens)
[05:04.32] Oh, I've got to be in
[05:05.84] The room where it happens
[05:07.32] I've got to be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be
[05:09.85] In the room
[05:14.32] Click boom
