[audience cheering, applauding]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your king, George III.
-[cheering, applauding continues] -Welcome to Hamilton.
At this time, please silence all cell phones
and other electronic devices.
All photography and video recording is strictly prohibited.
Thank you, and enjoy my show.
[audience laughing, cheering]
♪ How does a bastard, orphan ♪
♪ Son of a ****** 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... ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[with company] ♪ "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself" ♪
[solo] ♪ 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 ♪
-[company] ♪ Scammin' ♪ -♪ Scammin' for every book ♪
♪ He can get his hands on ♪
-[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪
♪ Just you wait ♪
-♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪ -♪ Just you wait ♪
[company] ♪ In New York you can be a new man ♪
♪ In New York, New York ♪
♪ Just you wait ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪ -[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ There's a million things I haven't done ♪
♪ But just you wait ♪
♪ What's your name, man? ♪
[with company] ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[company] ♪ 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! ♪
-[beatboxing] -♪ I'm John Laurens in the place to be ♪
♪ Had two pints of Sam Adams But I'm workin' on three ♪
-[laughs] -♪ Those redcoats don't want it with me ♪
♪ 'Cause I will ♪ [imitates gunfire]
♪ 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 ♪
[imitates gunfire]
♪ 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 *** Pour me another brew, son ♪
-♪ Let's raise a couple more ♪ -[all] ♪ To the revolution ♪
♪ Well, if it ain't the prodigy Of Princeton College ♪
-[chuckles] -Aaron Burr.
♪ Give us a verse Drop some knowledge ♪
[beatboxing]
♪ 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? ♪
[exclaims] ♪ 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... ♪ -♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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! ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
-♪ Hey! ♪ -[chuckles]
-♪ 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 ♪
[all] ♪ I may not live to see our glory ♪
♪ But I will gladly join the fight ♪
[all] ♪ But I will gladly join the fight ♪
♪ And when our children tell our story ♪
[all] ♪ 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 ♪
[Hamilton] ♪ 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 ♪
[all with company] ♪ 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 ♪
[male company] ♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ In the greatest city in the world ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
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 ♪
[Seabury] ♪ 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 ♪ -♪ 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 ♪ -[all] ♪ 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! ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[audience laughing]
♪ 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 ♪ -[audience laughing]
♪ 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 ♪
[audience laughing]
♪ 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!
[with company] ♪ 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 ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ 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 ♪ -[imitates gunshots repeatedly]
♪ We gotta make an all-out stand ♪
♪ Hey, yo I'm gonna need a right-hand man ♪
-[imitates gunshots repeatedly] -♪ 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 ♪ -[imitates gunshots repeatedly]
♪ We gotta make an all-out stand ♪
♪ Hey, yo I'm gonna need a right-hand man ♪
-[imitates gunshots repeatedly] -[explosion]
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 ♪
[chuckles]
♪ 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... ♪
[company] ♪ 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? ♪
-[company] ♪ 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!
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ How does a bastard, orphan Son of a ****** ♪
♪ 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 ♪
[Burr] ♪ 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. -[crowd laughs]
♪ 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 ♪
-[audience laughs] -♪ 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 ♪ -[audience laughing]
♪ In New York, you can be a new man ♪
♪ Helpless ♪
All right, all right. That's what I'm talking about!
[audience laughing]
Now, everyone, give it up for the maid of honor,
Angelica Schuyler!
[party guests cheering]
♪ 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 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 ♪ -[partygoers gasp]
♪ 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.
[company] ♪ 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.
[company] ♪ 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.
[company] ♪ 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 ♪ -♪ 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 ♪ -♪ 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 ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
-[men cheering, chuckling] -Whoo-hoo!
[chuckles]
♪ 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 ***, 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 ♪
-[Mulligan, Lafayette] Burr. -♪ I came to say congratulations ♪
-♪ Spit a verse, Burr ♪ -♪ I see the whole gang is here ♪
-♪ You are the worst, Burr ♪ -[audience laughs]
♪ 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? -[audience laughs]
♪ 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 ♪ -[chuckles]
♪ 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 ♪
[rhythmic clapping]
♪ Theodosia writes me a letter every day ♪
[echoing] ♪ Day, day, day ♪
♪ I'm keeping her bed warm While her husband is away ♪
[echoing] ♪ 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 ♪
[echoing] ♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪
♪ My grandfather was A fire and brimstone preacher ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ Climb, climb, climb ♪
♪ He has something to prove He has nothing to lose ♪
[company] ♪ 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-- ♪
[rhythmic clapping, piano playing]
♪ Wait for it ♪
-[female company] ♪ Wait for it ♪ -[male company] ♪ 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, wait for it ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Eliza] ♪ Stay alive ♪
[musket fires]
♪ 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 ♪ -♪ Outrun ♪
-♪ Outlast ♪ -♪ Outlast ♪
♪ Hit 'em quick, get out fast ♪
[imitates explosion]
♪ Stay alive Until this horror show is past ♪
♪ We're gonna fly a lot of flags Half-mast ♪
♪ Raise a glass ♪
[Mulligan] ♪ I go back to New York And my apprenticeship ♪
♪ I ask for French aid I pray that France has sent a ship ♪
[Laurens] ♪ 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 ♪ -[Eliza] ♪ Stay alive ♪
♪ Instead of me he promotes ♪
-[Washington] 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 ♪
[with company] ♪ He shits the bed At the Battle of Monmouth ♪
-[Washington] ♪ Everyone, attack ♪ -[Lee] ♪ Retreat ♪
-♪ Attack ♪ -♪ Retreat ♪
[Washington] ♪ What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet ♪
-[Lee] ♪ There's so many of them ♪ -♪ I'm sorry, is this not your speed? ♪
-[Washington] 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 ♪
[Lee] ♪ 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.
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[Burr] ♪ Negotiate a peace ♪
♪ Or negotiate a time and place ♪
♪ This is commonplace Especially between recruits ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[Lee] ♪ Confess your sins Ready for the moment of adrenaline ♪
♪ When you finally face your opponent ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ Number nine! ♪
♪ Look 'em in the eye Aim no higher ♪
♪ Summon all the courage you require ♪
♪ Then count ♪
[company] ♪ One, two, three, four Five, six, seven, eight, nine ♪
-Number! -♪ Ten paces! ♪
-Fire! -[gunshots]
♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ Here comes the general! ♪
-[Burr] ♪ 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.
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[Washington] ♪ 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 ♪
-[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[with company] ♪ 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 ♪
[with company] ♪ History has its eyes ♪
♪ On ♪
♪ You ♪
[company] 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 ♪
-[together] ♪ We get the job done ♪ -[audience cheering, applauding]
-♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[with Hamilton] ♪ In Chesapeake Bay ♪
♪ How did we know That this plan would work? ♪
♪ We had a spy on the inside That's right ♪
[company] ♪ 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! ♪ [kisses]
Whoo!
[company] Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What? What? What?
[audience cheering, applauding]
[Hamilton] ♪ After a week of fighting ♪
♪ A young man in a red coat Stands on a parapet ♪
[Lafayette] ♪ 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.
[male company] ♪ The world turned upside down ♪
[company] ♪ The world turned upside down ♪
♪ 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! We won!
♪ The world turned upside down ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[audience chuckling]
♪ 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 ♪ -[audience laughing]
♪ 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 ♪ -[audience laughs]
♪ 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 ♪
[audience cheering, laughing, applauding]
♪ 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 ♪ -♪ 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-- ♪
[Burr] ♪ 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 ♪
-[audience laughing] -♪ 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? ♪
♪ 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. [chuckles] -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 ♪
[Washington] ♪ 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?
-[audience chuckles] -Treasury.
[chuckles] Let's go.
[audience laughing]
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? ♪
[Angelica] ♪ 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. -[company] ♪ 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!
[audience cheering, applauding]
[audience chattering]
[audience chattering continues]
[company] ♪ 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' *** As the ambassador to France ♪
♪ But someone's gotta keep The American promise ♪
♪ You simply must meet Thomas Thomas! ♪
[company] ♪ Thomas Jefferson's coming home! ♪
-[audience cheering] -♪ Thomas Jefferson's coming home! ♪
♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ 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? ♪
-[coughing] -♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ 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 ♪
[company] ♪ What did I miss? Ah ♪
♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home ♪
♪ Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton ♪
[company, Washington] ♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home ♪
♪ Mr. Jefferson, welcome home, sir ♪
♪ You've been off in Paris ♪
♪ For so long! ♪
♪ So what did I miss? ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
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?
[audience cheering loudly]
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 ♪
[Washington] Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. [chuckles] Oh.
[audience laughing, cheering]
-Secretary Hamilton, your response. -[female cabinet member] 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 ♪
[cabinet members murmuring]
♪ 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 ♪
[coughing]
♪ 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 ♪
-[cabinet members shouting, gasping] -[Washington] Excuse me.
Madison, Jefferson, take a walk. Hamilton, take a walk.
[chuckles]
We're gonna reconvene after a brief recess. [chuckles]
-Hamilton. -Sir.
A word.
♪ You don't have the votes ♪
[Madison, Jefferson] ♪ You don't have the votes ♪
[laughs]
♪ 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 ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
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.
[Eliza] ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪
-♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪ -[Philip] ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪
-♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪ -Good!
♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪
-♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪ -[Philip] ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre ♪
♪ Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪
-♪ Sept, huit, neuf ♪ -♪ Sept, huit, neuf ♪
[together] ♪ 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 ***, a massive pain ♪
♪ Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff ♪
♪ And Birnam Wood is Congress On its way to Dunsinane ♪
[Hamilton, Angelica] ♪ 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 ♪
-[beatboxing] -♪ 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 ♪
[Hamilton] 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 ♪
[Angelica] ♪ 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: ♪
[together] ♪ "My dearest, Angelica" ♪
[solo] ♪ With a comma after "dearest" ♪
♪ You've written: ♪
[together] ♪ "My dearest ♪
♪ Angelica" ♪
[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 ♪
[Angelica, Hamilton] ♪ You won't be an ocean away ♪
♪ You'll only be a moment away ♪
[Eliza] ♪ Alexander, come downstairs ♪
♪ Angelica's arriving today ♪
[both scream, laugh]
♪ Angelica ♪
-♪ Eliza! ♪ -[Eliza laughs]
♪ 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.
[Burr] ♪ 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 ♪
[Hamilton] ♪ I hadn't slept in a week I was weak, I was awake ♪
♪ You've never seen a bastard orphan More in need of a break ♪
♪ Longing for Angelica, missing my wife ♪
♪ That's when Miss Maria Reynolds Walked into my life ♪
♪ She said: ♪
♪ I know you are a man of honor ♪
♪ I'm so sorry to bother you at home ♪
♪ But I don't know where to go ♪
♪ And I came here all alone ♪
♪ She said: ♪
♪ My husband's doin' me wrong ♪
♪ Beatin' me, cheatin' me ♪
♪ Mistreatin' me ♪
♪ Suddenly he's up and gone ♪
♪ I don't have the means to go on ♪
♪ So I offered her a loan I offered to walk her home ♪
♪ She said: ♪
♪ You're too kind, sir ♪
♪ I gave her 30 bucks That I had socked away ♪
♪ She lived a block away She said: ♪
♪ This one's mine, sir ♪
♪ Then I said "Well, I should head back home" ♪
♪ She turned red, she led me to her bed Let her legs spread and said: ♪
♪ Stay? ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ That's when I began to pray ♪
♪ Lord, show me how to say no to this ♪
♪ I don't know how to say no to this ♪
♪ But, my God, she looks so helpless ♪
♪ And her body's saying, "Hell yes" ♪
-♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ No, show me how to say no to this ♪
♪ I don't know how to say no to this ♪
-♪ In my mind, I'm tryin' to go ♪ -[company] ♪ Go! Go! Go! ♪
♪ Then her mouth is on mine And I don't say ♪
[company] ♪ No! No! Say no to this ♪
♪ No! No! Say no to this ♪
♪ I wish I could say That was the last time ♪
♪ I said that last time It became a pastime ♪
♪ A month into this endeavor I received a letter ♪
♪ From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better It said: ♪
♪ Dear sir, I hope this letter Finds you in good health ♪
♪ And in a prosperous enough position To put wealth ♪
♪ In the pockets of people like me Down on they luck ♪
♪ You see, that was my wife Who you decided to... ♪
-♪ Fu... ♪ -♪ Uh-oh ♪
♪ You made the wrong sucker a cuckold ♪
♪ So time to pay the piper For the pants you unbuckled ♪
♪ And, hey, you can keep seein' My ****** wife if the price is right ♪
♪ If not, I'm telling your wife ♪
♪ I hid the letter And I raced to her place ♪
♪ Screamed, "How could you?" in her face She said: ♪
♪ No, sir ♪
♪ Half-dressed, apologetic A mess, she looked pathetic, she cried: ♪
♪ Please don't go, sir ♪
♪ So was your whole story a setup? ♪
I don't know about any letter!
♪ Stop crying Goddamn it, get up ♪
I didn't know any better!
-♪ I am ruined ♪ -♪ Please don't leave me with him ♪
-♪ I am ♪ -♪ Helpless ♪
♪ How could I do this? ♪
♪ Just give him what he wants And you can have me ♪
-♪ I don't want you ♪ -♪ Whatever you want ♪
♪ I don't want you ♪
♪ If you pay, you can stay ♪
♪ Lord, show me how to say no to this ♪
-♪ I don't know how to say no to this ♪ -♪ Tonight ♪
-♪ But the situation's helpless ♪ -♪ Helpless ♪
♪ And her body's screaming, "Hell yes" ♪
-♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ No, show me how to say no to this ♪
-♪ How can I say no to this? ♪ -♪ How can you say no to this? ♪
-♪ There is nowhere I can go ♪ -[company] ♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ When her body's on mine I do not say ♪
-[company] ♪ No! Say no to this ♪ -[Hamilton] ♪ Yes ♪
-♪ No! Say no to this ♪ -♪ Yes ♪
-♪ No! ♪ -♪ Yes ♪
-[company] ♪ Say no to this ♪ -♪ Yes, yes, yes ♪
-♪ No! ♪ -♪ Yes ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Say no to this ♪
-♪ I don't say no to this ♪ -♪ Don't say no to this ♪
♪ There is nowhere I can go ♪
[company] ♪ Go, go, go ♪
So?
♪ Nobody needs to know ♪
♪ Ah, Mr. Secretary ♪
♪ Mr. Burr, sir ♪
♪ Hey, did you hear the news About good old General Mercer? ♪
-♪ No ♪ -♪ You know Clermont Street? ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ They renamed it after him ♪
-♪ The Mercer legacy is secure ♪ -♪ Sure ♪
-[Burr] ♪ And all he had to do was die ♪ -♪ Yeah, that's a lot less work ♪
-♪ We ought to give it a try ♪ -[chuckles]
♪ Now how you gonna Get your debt plan through? ♪
♪ I guess I'm gonna finally Have to listen to you ♪
Really?
-♪ Talk less ♪ -[audience laughs]
♪ Smile more ♪
-[Burr laughs] -♪ Do whatever it takes ♪
♪ To get my plan on the Congress floor ♪
[Burr] ♪ Now Madison and Jefferson Are merciless ♪
[Hamilton] ♪ Well, hate the sin, love the sinner ♪
-Hamilton. -♪ I'm sorry, Burr, I gotta go ♪
Oh, but, uh--
♪ Decisions are happening over dinner ♪
♪ Two Virginians and an immigrant Walk into a room ♪
[with company] ♪ Diametrically opposed, foes ♪
♪ They emerge with a compromise ♪
♪ Having opened doors that were ♪
-[with company] ♪ Previously closed ♪ -[company] ♪ Bros ♪
♪ The immigrant emerges With unprecedented financial power ♪
♪ A system he can shape however he wants ♪
♪ The Virginians emerge With the nation's capital ♪
♪ And here's the pièce de résistance ♪
♪ No one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
♪ No one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
♪ No one really knows How the game is played ♪
♪ The art of the trade How the sausage gets made ♪
♪ We just assume that it happens ♪
♪ But no one else is in the room Where it happens ♪
[company] ♪ Thomas claims: ♪
♪ Alexander was on Washington's doorstep One day, in distress and disarray ♪
[company] ♪ Thomas claims: ♪
-♪ Alexander said: ♪ -♪ I have nowhere else to turn ♪
♪ And basically begged me To join the fray ♪
[company] ♪ Thomas claims: ♪
♪ I approached Madison and said: ♪
♪ "I know you hate him But let's hear what he has to say" ♪
[company] ♪ Thomas claims: ♪
♪ Well, I arranged the meeting ♪
♪ I arranged the menu The venue, the seating ♪
[Burr] ♪ But no one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
♪ No one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
♪ No one really knows How the parties get to yes ♪
♪ The pieces that are sacrificed In every game of chess ♪
♪ We just assume that it happens ♪
♪ But no one else is in the room Where it happens ♪
-[company] ♪ Meanwhile ♪ -♪ Meanwhile Madison is grappling ♪
♪ With the fact that not every issue Can be settled by committee ♪
-♪ Meanwhile ♪ -♪ Congress is fighting ♪
♪ Over where to put the capital ♪
-[overlapping screams] -It isn't pretty.
♪ Then Jefferson approaches With a dinner and invite ♪
♪ And Madison responds With Virginian insight ♪
♪ Maybe we can solve one problem With another ♪
♪ And win a victory for the Southerners ♪
-♪ In other words ♪ -♪ Oh, ho ♪
-♪ A quid pro quo ♪ -♪ I suppose ♪
♪ Wouldn't you like to work A little closer to home? ♪
♪ Actually, I would ♪
-♪ Well, I propose the Potomac ♪ -♪ And you'll provide him his votes? ♪
-♪ Well, we'll see how it goes ♪ -♪ Let's go ♪
-[Burr] ♪ No... ♪ -[company] ♪ ...One else was in ♪
♪ The room where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
♪ No one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
♪ The room where it happened The room where it happened ♪
-[Burr] ♪ My God! ♪ -[Burr with company] ♪ In God we trust ♪
♪ But we'll never really know What got discussed ♪
♪ Ha! ♪
♪ Click, boom, then it happened ♪
♪ And no one else is in the room Where it happened ♪
[company] ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪
[solo] ♪ What did they say to you ♪
♪ To get you to sell New York City Down the river? ♪
[company] ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪
[solo] ♪ Did Washington Know about the dinner ♪
♪ Was there presidential pressure To deliver? ♪
[company] ♪ Alexander Hamilton ♪
[Burr] ♪ Or did you know even then ♪
♪ It doesn't matter Where you put the US capital? ♪
♪ 'Cause we'll have the banks We're in the same spot ♪
-♪ You got more than you gave ♪ -♪ And I wanted what I got ♪
♪ When you got skin in the game You stay in the game ♪
♪ But you don't get a win Unless you play in the game ♪
♪ Oh, you get love for it You get hate for it ♪
♪ You get nothing if you ♪
[with company] ♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait ♪
♪ God help and forgive me ♪
♪ I wanna build something That's gonna outlive me ♪
[with company] ♪ What do you want, Burr? What do you want, Burr? ♪
♪ If you stand for nothing, Burr What do you fall for? ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ I wanna be in the room Where it happens ♪
♪ The room where it happens ♪
♪ I... ♪
♪ Wanna be in the room where it happens ♪
♪ The room where it happens ♪
[company] ♪ I wanna be in the room Where it happens ♪
♪ I, I wanna be in ♪
♪ The room where it happens ♪
-♪ I... ♪ -♪ I wanna be in the room ♪
-♪ Where it happens ♪
♪ Where it happens The room where it happens ♪
-♪ Oh, yeah, oh ♪ -♪ I wanna be ♪
-♪ In the room where it happens ♪ -♪ I wanna be ♪
-♪ The room where it happens ♪ -♪ I wanna be ♪
-♪ I've got to be ♪ -♪ I wanna be ♪
-♪ I've got to be ♪ -♪ In the room where it happens ♪
-♪ In the room ♪ -♪ The room where it happens ♪
♪ That big old room ♪
[company] ♪ The art of the compromise ♪
♪ Hold your nose and close your eyes ♪
[company] ♪ We want our leaders to save the day ♪
♪ But we don't get a say In what they trade away ♪
[company] ♪ We dream of a brand-new start ♪
♪ But we dream in the dark For the most part ♪
[company] ♪ Dark as a tomb where it happens ♪
-♪ I've got to be in the room ♪ -[company] ♪ Where it happens ♪
-♪ I've got to be ♪ -♪ In the room where it happens ♪
-♪ I've got to be in the room ♪ -♪ In the room where it happens ♪
♪ I got to be, I got to be ♪
-♪ I wanna be ♪ -[company] ♪ I wanna be ♪
-♪ In the room ♪ -♪ In the room where it happens ♪
♪ Click, boom ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
Look, Grandpa's in the paper.
"War hero, Philip Schuyler, loses Senate seat
to young upstart, Aaron Burr."
♪ Grandpa just lost his seat In the Senate ♪
♪ Sometimes that's how it goes ♪
♪ Well, Daddy's gonna find out Any minute ♪
♪ I'm sure he already knows ♪
♪ Further down ♪
[together] ♪ Further down ♪
[Philip] ♪ "Let's meet the newest senator From New York" ♪
[Eliza] ♪ New York ♪
[Eliza, Philip] ♪ Our senator ♪
♪ Burr, since when are you A Democratic-Republican? ♪
♪ Since being one put me On the up-and-up again ♪
♪ No one knows who you are Or what you do ♪
♪ Hey, they don't need to know me They don't like you ♪
-♪ Excuse me? ♪ -♪ Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great ♪
♪ You'll always be adored By the things you create ♪
-♪ But upstate ♪ -♪ Wait ♪
♪ People think you're crooked ♪
♪ And Schuyler's seat was up for grabs So I took it ♪
♪ I've always considered you a friend ♪
♪ I don't see why that has to end ♪
♪ You changed parties To run against my father-in-law ♪
♪ I changed parties To seize the opportunity I saw ♪
♪ I swear, your pride Will be the death of us all ♪
♪ Beware, it goeth before the fall ♪
The issue on the table:
France is on the verge of war with England.
Now, do we commit money and aid to our French allies, or do we stay out of it?
Remember, my decision on this matter is not subject to congressional approval.
The only one you have to convince is me.
Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir.
♪ When we were on death's door When we were needy ♪
♪ We made a promise We signed a treaty ♪
♪ We needed money and guns And half a chance ♪
♪ Uh, who provided those funds? ♪
France.
♪ In return, they didn't ask for land ♪
♪ Only a promise that we'd lend a hand ♪
♪ And stand with them If they fought against oppressors ♪
♪ And revolution is messy ♪
-♪ But now is the time to stand ♪ -[cabinet members cheer]
♪ Stand with our brothers As they fight against tyranny ♪
[cabinet members] Uh-huh.
♪ I know that Alexander Hamilton is here ♪
♪ And he would rather not Have this debate ♪
♪ I'll remind you That he is not secretary of state ♪
-[cabinet members] Oh! -♪ He knows nothing of loyalty ♪
♪ Smells like new money Dresses like fake royalty ♪
♪ Desperate to rise above his station ♪
♪ Everything he does betrays The ideals of our nation ♪
[cabinet members murmuring]
♪ Ay, and if you don't know Now you know, Mr. President ♪
Thank you, Secretary Jefferson.
Secretary Hamilton, your response.
[cabinet member] Get him, boy!
[cabinet member 2] Let him know right now.
♪ You must be outta your goddamn mind If you think ♪
♪ The president is gonna Bring the nation to the brink ♪
♪ Of meddling in the middle Of a military mess ♪
♪ A game of chess Where France is queen and king-less ♪
♪ We signed a treaty with a king Whose head is now in a basket ♪
♪ Would you like to take it out And ask it? ♪
♪ "Oh, should we honor our treaty King Louis's head?" ♪
♪ "Ah, do whatever you want I'm super dead" ♪
-[cabinet members murmur] -[Washington] ♪ Enough, enough ♪
-♪ Hamilton is right ♪ -Mr. President--
♪ We're too fragile To start another fight ♪
♪ Sir, do we not fight for freedom? ♪
♪ Sure, when the French figure out Who's gonna lead 'em ♪
♪ The people are leading ♪
♪ The people are rioting There's a difference ♪
♪ Frankly, it's a little disquieting ♪
♪ You would let your ideals Blind you to reality ♪
-♪ Hamilton? ♪ -♪ Sir ♪
-♪ Draft a statement of neutrality ♪ -♪ Yes, sir ♪
♪ Did you forget Lafayette? ♪
-What? -♪ Have you an ounce of regret? ♪
♪ You accumulate debt You accumulate power ♪
♪ Yet in their hour of need you forget ♪
♪ Lafayette's a smart man He'll be fine ♪
♪ And before he was your friend He was mine ♪
♪ If we try to fight In every revolution in the world ♪
♪ We never stop Where do we draw the line? ♪
-♪ So quick-witted ♪ -♪ Alas, I admit it ♪
-♪ I bet you were quite a lawyer ♪ -♪ My defendants got acquitted ♪
Yeah.
-♪ Well, someone ought to remind you ♪ -♪ What? ♪
♪ You're nothing Without Washington behind you ♪
-[Washington] Hamilton. -Daddy's calling.
♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
-[Jefferson chuckles, scoffs] -♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
♪ Every action Has its equal opposite reaction ♪
♪ Thanks to Hamilton Our cabinet's fractured into factions ♪
♪ Try not to crack under the stress We're breaking down like fractions ♪
♪ We smack each other in the press And we don't print retractions ♪
♪ I get no satisfaction Witnessing his fits of passion ♪
♪ The way he primps and preens And dresses like the pits of fashion ♪
♪ Our poorest citizens, our farmers Live ration to ration ♪
♪ As Wall Street robs 'em blind In search of chips to cash in ♪
♪ This prick is asking For someone to bring him to task ♪
♪ Somebody give me some dirt On this vacuous mass ♪
♪ So we can at last unmask him ♪
♪ I'll pull the trigger on him ♪
♪ Someone load the gun and cock it ♪
♪ While we were all watching He got Washington in his pocket ♪
[Burr, Jefferson] ♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
♪ It must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
♪ Look back at the Bill of Rights ♪
Which I wrote.
♪ The ink hasn't dried ♪
♪ It must be nice, it must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
♪ So he's doubled The size of the government ♪
♪ Wasn't the trouble with much Of our previous government size? ♪
-♪ Look in his eyes ♪ -♪ See how he lies ♪
♪ Follow the scent of his enterprise ♪
♪ Centralizing national credit And making American credit competitive ♪
♪ If we don't stop it We aid and abet it ♪
♪ I have to resign ♪
♪ Somebody has to stand up for the South ♪
♪ Or somebody has to Stand up to his mouth ♪
♪ If there's a fire You're trying to douse ♪
♪ You can't put it out From inside the house ♪
♪ I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit ♪
♪ In watching him grabbin' at power And kiss it ♪
♪ If Washington isn't gon' listen To disciplined dissidents ♪
♪ This is the difference This kid is out ♪
♪ Oh, this immigrant Isn't somebody we chose ♪
♪ Oh, this immigrant's Keeping us all on our toes ♪
♪ Oh, let's show these Federalists Who they're up against ♪
♪ Oh, Southern mother**** Democratic-Republicans ♪
♪ Oh, now follow the money And see where it goes ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Because every second The treasury grows ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ If we follow the money And see where it leads ♪
♪ Get in the weeds, look for the seeds Of Hamilton's misdeeds ♪
♪ It must be nice, it must be nice ♪
♪ We follow the money And see where it goes ♪
♪ It must be nice, it must be nice ♪
♪ The emperor has no clothes ♪
♪ We won't be invisible ♪
♪ We won't be denied ♪
♪ Still, it must be nice It must be nice ♪
♪ To have Washington on your side ♪
Mr. President, you asked to see me.
♪ I know you're busy ♪
What do you need, sir? Sir?
♪ I wanna give you a word of warning ♪
Sir, I don't know what you heard, but whatever it is, Jefferson started it.
-[Washington chuckles] -[audience laughing]
♪ Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning ♪
You're kidding.
♪ I need a favor ♪
♪ Whatever you say, sir Jefferson will pay for his behavior ♪
♪ Shh, talk less ♪
♪ I'll use the press I'll write under a pseudonym ♪
♪ You'll see what I can do to him ♪
♪ I need you to draft an address ♪
♪ Yes, he resigned You can finally speak your mind ♪
♪ No, he's stepping down So he can run for president ♪
Ha! Good luck defeating you, sir.
♪ I'm stepping down I'm not running for president ♪
-I'm sorry, what? -[audience chuckling]
♪ One last time ♪
♪ Relax, have a drink with me ♪
♪ One last time ♪
♪ Let's take a break tonight ♪
♪ And then we'll teach 'em How to say goodbye ♪
♪ To say goodbye ♪
♪ You and I ♪
No, sir. Why?
♪ I want to talk about neutrality ♪
♪ Sir, with Britain and France On the verge of war ♪
♪ Is this the best time-- ♪
♪ I want to warn Against partisan fighting ♪
♪ Pick up a pen, start writing ♪
♪ I wanna talk about what I have learned ♪
♪ The hard-won wisdom I have earned ♪
♪ As far as the people are concerned ♪
♪ You have to serve You could continue to serve ♪
♪ No, one last time ♪
♪ The people will hear from me One last time ♪
♪ And if we get this right ♪
♪ We're gonna teach 'em How to say goodbye ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ Mr. President They will say you're weak ♪
♪ No, they will see we're strong ♪
♪ Your position is so unique ♪
♪ So I'll use it to move them along ♪
♪ Why do you have to say goodbye? ♪
♪ If I say goodbye ♪
♪ The nation learns to move on ♪
♪ It outlives me when I'm gone ♪
♪ Like the scripture says ♪
♪ "Everyone shall sit Under their own vine and fig tree ♪
♪ And no one shall make them afraid" ♪
♪ They'll be safe in the nation We've made ♪
♪ I want to sit under my own vine And fig tree ♪
♪ A moment alone in the shade ♪
♪ At home in this nation we've made ♪
♪ One last time ♪
♪ One last time? ♪
Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration,
I am unconscious of intentional error,
I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects
not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors.
I shall also carry with me the hope
that my country will view them with indulgence...
[together] And that after 45 years of my life dedicated to its service,
with an upright zeal,
the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion,
as I myself must soon be
to the mansions of rest.
I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat...
♪ In which I promise myself to realize ♪
[both continue] ♪ The sweet enjoyment of partaking ♪
♪ In the midst of my fellow citizens ♪
♪ The benign influence of good laws Under a free government ♪
♪ The ever-favorite object of my heart ♪
♪ And the happy reward as I trust ♪
♪ Of our mutual cares ♪
♪ Labors ♪
♪ And dangers ♪
♪ One last time ♪
[female company] ♪ George Washington's going home ♪
♪ Teach 'em how to say goodbye ♪
[company] ♪ George Washington's going home ♪
♪ You and I ♪
♪ George Washington's going home ♪
-♪ Going home ♪ -♪ George Washington's going home ♪
♪ History has its eyes on you ♪
-♪ George Washington's going home ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, we're gonna teach 'em How to say goodbye ♪
♪ Teach 'em how to say goodbye ♪
♪ Teach them how to say goodbye To say goodbye ♪
♪ Say goodbye one last time ♪
♪ One last time ♪
♪ Time ♪
[audience cheering, applauding]
[audience laughing]
♪ They say ♪
♪ George Washington's yielding his power ♪
♪ And stepping away ♪
♪ Is that true? ♪
♪ I wasn't aware that was something A person could do ♪
[audience laughing]
♪ I'm perplexed ♪
♪ Are they going to keep on Replacing whoever's in charge? ♪
♪ If so, who's next? ♪
♪ There's nobody else in their "country" ♪
♪ Who looms quite as large ♪
What?
John Adams?
[audience laughing]
[laughing continues]
♪ I know him ♪
♪ That can't be ♪
♪ That's that little guy who spoke to me ♪
♪ All those years ago ♪
♪ What was it? '85 ♪
♪ That poor man They're going to eat him alive ♪
♪ Oceans rise, empires fall ♪
♪ Next to Washington They all look small ♪
♪ All alone ♪
♪ Watch them run ♪
♪ They will tear each other into pieces ♪
♪ Jesus Christ, this will be fun ♪
♪ Da-da-da-dat-da ♪
♪ Dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da ♪
♪ Da-da-da-da-dai-ah-d-- ♪
[laughing hysterically]
President John Adams?
Good luck.
[audience cheering, applauding]
♪ How does Hamilton, the short-tempered Protean creator of the coast guard ♪
-♪ Founder of the New York Post ♪ -[audience laughing]
♪ Ardently abuse his cabinet post Destroy his reputation? ♪
♪ Welcome, folks To the Adams administration! ♪
♪ Jefferson's the runner-up Which makes him the vice president ♪
♪ Washington can't help you now No more Mr. Nice President ♪
♪ Adams fires Hamilton ♪
♪ Privately calls him "creole bastard" In his taunts ♪
Say what?
♪ Hamilton publishes his response ♪
♪ Sit down, John, you fat mother[bleep]! ♪
[Burr] Hamilton's out of control.
This is great. He's out of power, he holds no office,
and he just destroyed President John Adams,
the only other significant member of his party.
Hamilton is a host unto himself.
As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat.
Let's let him know what we know.
Mr. Vice President.
-Mr. Madison. -[audience chuckling]
Senator Burr.
What is this?
♪ We have the check stubs From separate accounts ♪
♪ Almost a thousand dollars Paid in different amounts ♪
♪ To a Mr. James Reynolds Way back in 1791 ♪
♪ Is that what you have? Are you done? ♪
♪ You are uniquely situated By virtue of your position-- ♪
♪ Though "virtue" is not a word I'd apply to this situation ♪
♪ To seek financial gain To stray from your sacred mission ♪
♪ And the evidence suggests You've engaged in speculation ♪
♪ An immigrant embezzling Our government funds ♪
♪ I can almost see the headline Your career is done ♪
♪ I hope you saved some money For your daughter and sons ♪
♪ You best g'wan run back Where you come from ♪
♪ Ha! You don't even know What you're asking me to confess ♪
♪ Confess ♪
♪ You have nothing I don't have to tell you anything at all ♪
-♪ Unless... ♪ -♪ Unless... ♪
♪ If I can prove That I never broke the law ♪
♪ Do you promise not to tell Another soul what you saw? ♪
♪ No one else was in the room Where it happened ♪
Is that a yes?
[all] Um, yes.
[audience chuckles]
♪ "Dear sir, I hope this letter Finds you in good health ♪
♪ And in a prosperous enough Position to put wealth ♪
♪ In the pockets of people like me Down on their luck ♪
♪ You see, that was my wife Who you decided to--" ♪
-What? -[audience laughs]
♪ She courted me, escorted me to bed ♪
♪ And when she had me in a corner That's when Reynolds extorted me ♪
♪ For a sordid fee, I paid him quarterly ♪
♪ I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly ♪
♪ As you can see, I kept a record Of every check in my checkered history ♪
♪ Check it again against your list And see consistency ♪
♪ I never spent a cent that wasn't mine ♪
♪ You sent the dogs after my scent That's fine ♪
♪ Yes, I have reasons for shame ♪
♪ But I have not committed treason And sullied my good name ♪
♪ As you can see, I have done nothing To provoke legal action ♪
♪ Are my answers to your satisfaction? ♪
-My God. -[audience laughing]
Gentlemen, let's go.
So?
[Madison, Jefferson] ♪ The people won't know what we know ♪
[Hamilton] Burr.
♪ How do I know You won't use this against me ♪
♪ The next time we go toe to toe? ♪
♪ Alexander, rumors only grow ♪
♪ And we both know what we know ♪
[echoes] ♪ Know, know ♪
♪ In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet ♪
♪ For just a moment ♪
♪ A yellow sky ♪
♪ When I was 17 A hurricane destroyed my town ♪
♪ I didn't drown ♪
♪ I couldn't seem to die ♪
♪ I wrote my way out ♪
♪ Wrote everything down Far as I could see ♪
♪ I wrote my way out ♪
♪ I looked up And the town had its eyes on me ♪
♪ They passed a plate around ♪
♪ And total strangers ♪
♪ Moved to kindness ♪
♪ By my story ♪
♪ Raised enough for me to book passage On a ship that was New York-bound ♪
♪ I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution ♪
♪ I was louder Than the crack in the bell ♪
♪ I wrote Eliza love letters Until she fell ♪
♪ I wrote about the Constitution And defended it well ♪
♪ And in the face Of ignorance and resistance ♪
♪ I wrote financial systems Into existence ♪
♪ And when my prayers to God Were met with indifference ♪
♪ I picked up a pen I wrote my own deliverance ♪
♪ In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet ♪
♪ For just a moment ♪
♪ A yellow sky ♪
♪ I was 12 when my mother died She was holding me ♪
♪ We were sick and she was holding me ♪
♪ I couldn't seem to die ♪
[female company] ♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪
-♪ I'll write my way out ♪ -♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ♪
♪ Write everything down far as I can see ♪
♪ Wait for it, wait for it Wait for it, wait for it ♪
♪ I'll write my way out ♪
♪ Overwhelm them with honesty ♪
♪ This is the eye of the hurricane ♪
♪ This is the only way I can protect my legacy ♪
♪ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it Wait... ♪
The Reynolds Pamphlet.
[company] ♪ The Reynolds Pamphlet ♪
♪ Have you read this? ♪
♪ Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair ♪
♪ And he wrote it down right there ♪
Highlights!
♪ "The charge against me is a connection With one James Reynolds ♪
♪ For purposes of improper speculation ♪
♪ My real crime is an amorous connection With his wife ♪
♪ For a considerable time With his knowing consent" ♪
♪ Damn ♪
♪ "I had frequent meetings with her Most of them at my own house" ♪
-[Burr] ♪ At his own house ♪ -[Madison] ♪ At his own house ♪
[electronic voice] Damn.
♪ "Mrs. Hamilton, with our children Being absent on a visit to her father" ♪
-♪ No ♪ -[booing]
♪ Have you read this? ♪
-♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪ -♪ Never gon' be president now ♪
-♪ Well, never gon' be president now ♪ -♪ Never gon' be president now ♪
-♪ That's one less thing to worry about ♪ -♪ That's one less thing to worry about ♪
[Jefferson laughs]
-I came as soon as I heard. -[Jefferson] What?
-♪ Angelica ♪ -♪ All the way from London? ♪
[all] Damn!
♪ Angelica, thank God ♪
♪ Someone who understands What I'm struggling here to do ♪
-♪ I'm not here for you ♪ -[company] Ooh.
♪ I know my sister Like I know my own mind ♪
♪ You will never find Anyone as trusting or as kind ♪
♪ I love my sister More than anything in this life ♪
♪ I will choose her happiness Over mine every time ♪
♪ Put what we had aside I'm standing at her side ♪
♪ You could never be satisfied God, I hope you're satisfied ♪
-♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪ -♪ Never gon' be president now ♪
-♪ That's one less thing to worry about ♪ -♪ That's one less thing to worry about ♪
-♪ Well ♪ -♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪
-♪ At least he was honest with our money ♪ -♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪
♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪
-♪ Hey ♪ -♪ He's never gon' be president now ♪
[Jefferson, Madison, Burr] ♪ At least he was honest with our money ♪
♪ That's one less thing to worry about ♪
[Jefferson, electronic voice] The Reynolds Pamphlet.
[Jefferson, electronic voice] Have you read this?
♪ You ever see somebody Ruin their own life? ♪
♪ His poor wife ♪
♪ I saved every letter you wrote me ♪
♪ From the moment I read them ♪
♪ I knew you were mine ♪
♪ You said you were mine ♪
♪ I thought you were mine ♪
♪ Do you know what Angelica said ♪
♪ When we saw your first letter arrive? ♪
♪ She said "Be careful with that one, love ♪
♪ He will do what it takes to survive" ♪
♪ You and your words flooded my senses ♪
♪ Your sentences left me defenseless ♪
♪ You built me palaces out of paragraphs ♪
♪ You built cathedrals ♪
♪ I'm rereading the letters you wrote me ♪
♪ I'm searching and scanning for answers ♪
♪ In every line for some kind of sign ♪
♪ And when you were mine ♪
♪ The world seemed ♪
♪ To burn ♪
♪ Burn ♪
♪ You published the letters She wrote you ♪
♪ You told the whole world How you brought this girl into our bed ♪
♪ In clearing your name ♪
♪ You have ruined our lives ♪
♪ Do you know what Angelica said ♪
♪ When she read what you'd done? ♪
♪ She said, "You've married an Icarus ♪
♪ He's flown too close to the sun" ♪
♪ You and your words Obsessed with your legacy ♪
♪ Your sentences border on senseless ♪
♪ And you are paranoid In every paragraph ♪
♪ How they perceive you ♪
♪ You, you, you ♪
♪ I'm erasing myself from the narrative ♪
♪ Let future historians wonder How Eliza reacted ♪
♪ When you broke her heart ♪
♪ You have torn it all apart ♪
♪ I'm watching it burn ♪
♪ Watching it burn ♪
♪ The world has no right to my heart ♪
♪ The world has no place in our bed ♪
♪ They don't get to know what I said ♪
♪ I'm burning the memories ♪
♪ Burning the letters That might have redeemed you ♪
♪ You forfeit all rights to my heart ♪
♪ You forfeit the place in our bed ♪
♪ You'll sleep in your office instead ♪
♪ With only the memories ♪
♪ Of when you were mine ♪
[sighs]
♪ I hope that you ♪
♪ Burn ♪
[audience applauding, cheering]
[whistling]
♪ Meet the latest graduate Of King's College ♪
♪ I probably shouldn't brag But dag, I amaze and astonish ♪
♪ The scholars say I got the same Virtuosity and brains as my pops ♪
♪ The ladies say my brain's Not where the resemblance stops ♪
♪ I'm only 19, but my mind is older ♪
♪ Gotta be my own man Like my father but bolder ♪
♪ I shoulder his legacy with pride ♪
♪ I used to hear him say That someday I would... ♪
[company] ♪ Blow us all away ♪
♪ Ladies, I'm looking For a Mr. George Eacker ♪
♪ Made a speech last week Our Fourth of July speaker ♪
♪ He disparaged my father's legacy In front of a crowd ♪
♪ I can't have that I'm making my father proud ♪
♪ I saw him just up Broadway A couple of blocks ♪
-♪ He was going to see a play ♪ -♪ Well, I'll go visit his box ♪
-♪ God, you're a fox ♪ -♪ Y'all look pretty good in your frocks ♪
♪ How 'bout when I get back We all strip down to our socks? ♪
-[gasps] -[gasps] Okay!
♪ Blow us all away ♪
-George! -[shushes]
-George. -I'm trying to watch the show.
♪ You should've watched your mouth Before you talked about my father though ♪
♪ I didn't say anything that wasn't true ♪
♪ Your father's a scoundrel And so, it seems, are you ♪
[company] Ooh.
-♪ It's like that? ♪ -♪ Yeah, I don't fool around ♪
-♪ I'm not your little schoolboy friends ♪ -♪ Well, see you on the dueling ground ♪
♪ That is, unless you wanna Step outside and go now ♪
♪ I know where to find you, piss off I'm watching the show now ♪
[whistling]
♪ Pops, if you had only heard the shit He said about you ♪
♪ I doubt you would have let it slide And I was not about to ♪
-♪ Slow down ♪ -♪ I came to ask you for advice ♪
♪ This is my very first duel ♪
♪ They don't exactly cover this subject In boarding school ♪
♪ Did your friends attempt To negotiate a peace? ♪
♪ He refused to apologize We had to let the peace talks cease ♪
-♪ Where is this happening? ♪ -♪ Across the river, in Jersey ♪
[together] ♪ Everything is legal in New Jersey ♪
-♪ All right ♪ -[audience laughing]
♪ So, this is what you're gonna do ♪
♪ Stand there like a man Until Eacker is in front of you ♪
♪ When the time comes Fire your weapon in the air ♪
♪ This will put an end To the whole affair ♪
♪ But what if he decides to shoot? Then I'm a goner ♪
♪ No, he'll follow suit If he's truly a man of honor ♪
♪ To take someone's life That is something you can't shake ♪
♪ Philip, your mother Can't take another heartbreak ♪
-Father-- -♪ Promise me ♪
♪ You don't want this young man's blood On your conscience ♪
♪ Okay, I promise ♪
♪ Come back home when you're done ♪
♪ Take my guns, be smart Make me proud, son ♪
♪ My name is Philip, I am a poet ♪
♪ And I'm a little nervous But I can't show it ♪
♪ I'm sorry, I'm a Hamilton with pride ♪
♪ You talk about my father I cannot let it slide ♪
♪ Mr. Eacker How was the rest of your show? ♪
♪ I'd rather skip the pleasantries Let's go ♪
-♪ Grab your pistol ♪ -♪ Confer with your men ♪
♪ The duel will commence After we count to ten ♪
[company] ♪ Count to ten ♪
♪ Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher Summon all the courage you require ♪
♪ Then slowly and clearly Aim your gun towards the sky ♪
-♪ One, two, three, four ♪ -♪ Five, six, seven... ♪
[gunshot]
[Eliza] ♪ Stay alive ♪
-[Eliza, Angelica] ♪ Stay alive ♪ -Where's my son?
Mr. Hamilton, come in.
They brought him in a half an hour ago. He lost a lot of blood on the way over.
-Is he alive? -Yes.
But you have to understand,
the bullet entered just above his hip and lodged in his right arm.
-Can I see him, please? -I'm doing everything I can.
But the wound was already infected when he arrived.
Philip.
[groans] Pa.
♪ I did exactly as you said, Pa ♪
♪ I held my head up high ♪
♪ I know, I know, shh ♪
-♪ High ♪ -♪ I know, I know, shh ♪
♪ I know you did everything just right ♪
♪ Even before we got to ten ♪
[shushes repeatedly]
♪ I was aiming for the sky ♪
♪ I know, I know, shh ♪
-♪ I was aiming for the s-- ♪ -♪ I know, I know, shh ♪
♪ I know Save your strength and stay alive ♪
♪ No! ♪
♪ Eliza ♪
Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this?
-[company] ♪ Stay alive ♪ -♪ Who did this? ♪
♪ Alexander, did you know? ♪
♪ Mom, I'm so sorry ♪
♪ For forgetting what you taught me ♪
♪ My son ♪
-♪ We played piano ♪ -♪ I taught you piano ♪
♪ You would put your hands on mine ♪
♪ You changed the melody every time ♪
[chuckles] ♪ I would always change the line ♪
♪ Shh, I know, I know ♪
♪ I would always change the line ♪ [chuckles]
-[gasps] -I know, I know.
♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪
Good. ♪ Un, deux, trois, quatre Cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf ♪
Un, deux, trois...
Sept, huit, neuf.
Sept, huit...
[gasps, screams, sobs]
[sobbing continues]
♪ There are moments That the words don't reach ♪
♪ There is suffering Too terrible to name ♪
♪ You hold your child As tight as you can ♪
♪ And push away the unimaginable ♪
♪ The moments when you're in so deep ♪
♪ It feels easier to just swim down ♪
[with company] ♪ The Hamiltons move uptown ♪
♪ And learn to live With the unimaginable ♪
♪ I spend hours in the garden ♪
♪ I walk alone to the store ♪
♪ And it's quiet uptown ♪
♪ I never liked the quiet before ♪
♪ I take the children To church on Sunday ♪
♪ A sign of the cross at the door ♪
♪ And I pray ♪
♪ That never used to happen before ♪
[female company] ♪ If you see him in the street ♪
♪ Walking by himself ♪
♪ Talking to himself ♪
♪ Have pity ♪
♪ Philip, you would like it uptown It's quiet uptown ♪
[female company] ♪ He is working through the unimaginable ♪
[male company] ♪ His hair has gone grey ♪
♪ He passes every day ♪
♪ They say he walks The length of the city ♪
♪ You knock me out ♪
♪ I fall apart ♪
[full company] ♪ Can you imagine? ♪
♪ Look at where we are ♪
♪ Look at where we started ♪
♪ I know I don't deserve you, Eliza ♪
♪ But hear me out ♪
♪ That would be enough ♪
♪ If I could spare his life ♪
♪ If I could trade his life for mine ♪
♪ He'd be standing here right now ♪
♪ And you would smile ♪
♪ And that would be enough ♪
♪ I don't pretend to know ♪
♪ The challenges we're facing ♪
♪ I know there's no replacing ♪
♪ What we've lost ♪
♪ And you need time ♪
♪ But I'm not afraid ♪
♪ I know who I married ♪
♪ Just let me stay here by your side ♪
♪ That would be enough ♪
[company] ♪ If you see him in the street ♪
♪ Walking by her side ♪
♪ Talking by her side ♪
♪ Have pity ♪
♪ Eliza, do you like it uptown? It's quiet uptown ♪
[company] ♪ He is trying to do the unimaginable ♪
♪ See them walking in the park ♪
♪ Long after dark ♪
♪ Taking in the sights of the city ♪
♪ Look around, look around, Eliza ♪
[company] ♪ They are trying to do the unimaginable ♪
[Angelica] ♪ There are moments That the words don't reach ♪
♪ There's a grace too powerful to name ♪
♪ We push away What we can never understand ♪
♪ We push away the unimaginable ♪
♪ They are standing in the garden ♪
♪ Alexander by Eliza's side ♪
♪ She takes his hand ♪
♪ It's quiet uptown ♪
[company] ♪ Forgiveness ♪
♪ Can you imagine? ♪
♪ Forgiveness ♪
♪ Can you imagine? ♪
♪ If you see him in the street ♪
♪ Walking by her side Talking by her side ♪
♪ Have pity ♪
♪ They are going through The unimaginable ♪
[audience applauding]
[company] The election of 1800.
-Can we get back to politics? -[Madison] Uh, please.
♪ Yo, every action has Its equal opposite reaction ♪
♪ John Adams shat the bed ♪
-♪ I love the guy, but he's in traction ♪ -[mouthing words]
♪ Poor Alexander Hamilton He is missing in action ♪
-♪ So now I'm facing Aaron Burr ♪ -Aaron Burr.
♪ With his own faction ♪
♪ He's very attractive in the north New Yorkers like his chances ♪
♪ He's not very forthcoming On any particular stances ♪
♪ Ask him a question, it glances off He obfuscates, he dances ♪
♪ And they say I'm a Francophile ♪
♪ At least they know I know where France is ♪
♪ Thomas, that's the problem, see ♪
-♪ They see Burr as a less extreme you ♪ -Huh?
♪ You need to change course A key endorsement might redeem you ♪
Who did you have in mind?
-Don't laugh. -Who is it?
You used to work on the same staff.
-What? -♪ It might be nice ♪
♪ It might be nice ♪
♪ To get Hamilton on your side ♪
[together] ♪ It might be nice ♪
♪ It might be nice ♪
♪ To get Hamilton on your side ♪
-♪ Talk less ♪ -Burr!
-♪ Smile more! ♪ -Burr!
♪ Don't let them know What you're against or what you're for ♪
Burr!
-♪ Shake hands with him ♪ -Burr!
-♪ Charm her ♪ -Burr!
It's 1800. Ladies, tell your husbands, "Vote for Burr!"
-Burr! -[male voter 1] I don't like Adams.
[female voter 1] Well, he's gonna lose. That's just defeatist.
[male voter 2] And Jefferson?
-[male voters] In love with France. -[female voter 2] Yeah, he's so elitist.
[female voters] I like that Aaron Burr.
[female voter 3] I can't believe we're here with him.
[male voter 3] He seems approachable.
[male voter 4] Like you could grab a beer with him.
[company] ♪ Dear Mr. Hamilton Your fellow Federalists ♪
♪ Would like to know How you'll be voting ♪
♪ It's quiet uptown ♪
♪ Dear Mr. Hamilton John Adams doesn't stand a chance ♪
♪ So who are you promoting? ♪
♪ It's quiet uptown ♪
-♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪ -♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪
♪ We know it's lose-lose ♪
-♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪ -♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪
♪ But if you had to choose ♪
-♪ Dear Mr. Hamilton ♪ -♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪
♪ John Adams doesn't stand a chance ♪
-♪ So who are you promoting? ♪ -♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪
♪ But if you had to choose? ♪
♪ Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr, sir ♪
-Alexander! -♪ You've created quite a stir, sir ♪
-♪ I'm going door-to-door ♪ -♪ You're openly campaigning? ♪
-♪ Sure ♪ -♪ That's new ♪
♪ Honestly, it's kind of draining ♪
-Burr. -Sir.
Is there anything you wouldn't do?
No. I'm chasing what I want.
-And you know what? -What?
I learned that from you.
[company] ♪ If you had to choose If you had to choose ♪
It's a tie.
♪ If you had to choose If you had to choose ♪
It's up to the delegates.
♪ If you had to choose If you had to choose ♪
[Jefferson, Madison] It's up to Hamilton!
-♪ If you had to choose ♪ -♪ Jefferson or Burr? ♪
♪ Choose, choose, choose ♪
Yo!
Oh!
♪ The people are asking to hear my voice ♪
Oh!
♪ The country is facing A difficult choice ♪
Oh!
♪ And if you were to ask me Who I'd promote ♪
Oh!
Jefferson has my vote.
Oh!
♪ I have never agreed With Jefferson once ♪
Oh!
♪ We have fought on Like, 75 different fronts ♪
Oh!
♪ But when all is said and all is done ♪
♪ Jefferson has beliefs ♪
-♪ Burr has none ♪ -[company] Ooh!
[Jefferson, Madison] ♪ Well, I'll be damned ♪
[Madison] ♪ Hamilton's on your side ♪
-[company] ♪ Well, I'll be damned ♪ -[Jefferson laughs]
♪ Well, I'll be damned ♪
And?
You won in a landslide.
[Burr] ♪ Congrats on a race well run ♪
♪ I did give you a fight ♪
Uh-huh.
I look forward to our partnership.
-Our partnership? -As your vice president.
-Ha! Yeah, right. [laughs] -[audience laughs]
You hear this guy?
Man openly campaigns against me,
talkin' 'bout, "I look forward to our partnership."
It is crazy that the guy who comes in second
gets to be vice president.
Ooh. You know what? We can change that.
-You know why? -Why?
'Cause I'm the president.
Burr, uh, when you see Hamilton,
thank him for the endorsement.
♪ How does Hamilton ♪
♪ An arrogant, immigrant, orphan Bastard ******son ♪
♪ Somehow endorse Thomas Jefferson His enemy ♪
♪ A man he's despised Since the beginning ♪
♪ Just to keep me from winning? ♪
♪ I wanna be in the room Where it happens ♪
♪ The room where it happens The room where it happens ♪
♪ You've kept me from The room where it happens ♪
♪ For the last time ♪
♪ Dear Alexander ♪
♪ I am slow to anger ♪
♪ But I toe the line ♪
♪ As I reckon with the effects ♪
♪ Of your life on mine ♪
♪ I look back on where I failed ♪
♪ And in every place I checked ♪
♪ The only common thread Has been your disrespect ♪
♪ Now you call me amoral ♪
♪ A dangerous disgrace ♪
♪ If you've got something to say ♪
♪ Name a time and place Face-to-face ♪
♪ I have the honor to be ♪
♪ Your obedient servant ♪
♪ A dot Burr ♪
♪ Mr. Vice President ♪
♪ I am not the reason no one trusts you ♪
♪ No one knows what you believe ♪
♪ I will not equivocate on my opinion ♪
♪ I have always worn it on my sleeve ♪
♪ Even if I said what you think I said ♪
♪ You would need to cite A more specific grievance ♪
♪ Here's an itemized list Of 30 years of disagreements ♪
[Burr] Sweet Jesus.
♪ Hey, I have not been shy ♪
♪ I am just a guy in the public eye ♪
♪ Trying to do my best for our republic ♪
♪ I don't wanna fight ♪
♪ But I won't apologize For doing what's right ♪
♪ I have the honor to be ♪
♪ Your obedient servant ♪
♪ A dot Ham ♪
♪ Careful how you proceed, good man ♪
♪ Intemperate indeed, good man ♪
♪ Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet ♪
♪ Or prepare to bleed, good man ♪
♪ Burr, your grievance is legitimate ♪
♪ I stand by what I said Every bit of it ♪
♪ You stand only for yourself It's what you do ♪
♪ I can't apologize because it's true ♪
Then stand, Alexander.
Weehawken. Dawn.
Guns. Drawn.
[Hamilton] You're on.
[Hamilton, Burr] ♪ I have the honor to be ♪
♪ Your obedient servant ♪
♪ A dot Ham ♪
♪ A dot Burr ♪
♪ Alexander, come back to sleep ♪
♪ I have an early meeting out of town ♪
-♪ It's still dark outside ♪ -I know.
♪ I just need to write something down ♪
♪ Why do you write Like you're running out of time? ♪
[shushes]
♪ Come back to bed That would be enough ♪
♪ I'll be back before you know I'm gone ♪
♪ Come back to sleep ♪
♪ This meeting's at dawn ♪
♪ Well, I'm going back to sleep ♪
Hey.
♪ Best of wives and best of women ♪
[company] ♪ One, two, three, four Five, six, seven, eight, nine ♪
[Burr] ♪ There are ten things You need to know ♪
[company] ♪ Number one ♪
[Burr] ♪ We rode across the Hudson At dawn ♪
♪ My friend, William P. Van Ness Signed on ♪
-♪ As my number two ♪ -[company] ♪ Number two ♪
[Burr] ♪ Hamilton arrived with his crew ♪
♪ Nathaniel Pendleton And a doctor that he knew ♪
[company] ♪ Number three ♪
[Burr] ♪ I watched Hamilton Examine the terrain ♪
♪ I wish I could tell you What was happening in his brain ♪
♪ This man has poisoned My political pursuits ♪
[company] ♪ Most disputes die, and no one shoots ♪
♪ Number four ♪
[Burr] ♪ Hamilton drew first position ♪
♪ Looking, to the world Like a man on a mission ♪
♪ This is a soldier With a marksman's ability ♪
♪ The doctor turned around So he could have deniability ♪
[company] ♪ Five ♪
♪ Now, I didn't know this at the time But we were ♪
-♪ Near the same spot your son died ♪ -♪ Near the same spot my son died ♪
-♪ Is that why ♪ -[company] ♪ Six ♪
[Burr] ♪ He examined his gun With such rigor? ♪
♪ I watched as he methodically Fiddled with the trigger ♪
[company] ♪ Seven ♪
[Burr] ♪ Confession time Here's what I got ♪
♪ My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot ♪
[company] ♪ Number eight ♪
[Burr, Hamilton] ♪ Your last chance to negotiate ♪
♪ Send in your seconds ♪
♪ See if they can Set the record straight ♪
[Burr] ♪ They won't teach you this In your classes ♪
♪ But look it up Hamilton was wearing his glasses ♪
♪ Why, if not to take deadly aim? ♪
♪ It's him or me The world will never be the same ♪
♪ I had only one thought Before the slaughter ♪
♪ This man will not make An orphan of my daughter ♪
[company] ♪ Number nine ♪
[Burr] ♪ Look him in the eyes Aim no higher ♪
♪ Summon all the courage you require ♪
♪ Then count ♪
[company] ♪ One, two, three, four Five, six, seven, eight, nine ♪
♪ Number ten paces, fire! ♪
[gunshot]
[Hamilton] ♪ I imagine death so much It feels more like a memory ♪
♪ Is this where it gets me ♪
♪ On my feet, several feet ahead of me? ♪
♪ I see it coming ♪
♪ Do I run or fire my gun or let it be? ♪
♪ There is no beat, no melody ♪
♪ Burr, my first friend, my enemy ♪
♪ Maybe the last face I ever see ♪
♪ If I throw away my shot ♪
♪ Is this how you remember me? ♪
♪ What if this bullet is my legacy? ♪
♪ Legacy ♪
♪ What is a legacy? ♪
♪ It's planting seeds in a garden You never get to see ♪
♪ I wrote some notes ♪
♪ At the beginning of a song Someone will sing for me ♪
♪ America, you great unfinished symphony ♪
♪ You sent for me You let me make a difference ♪
♪ A place where even orphan immigrants Can leave their fingerprints and rise up ♪
♪ I'm running out of time I'm running and my time's up ♪
♪ Wise up, eyes up ♪
♪ I catch a glimpse of the other side ♪
♪ Laurens leads a soldiers' chorus On the other side ♪
♪ My son is on the other side ♪
♪ He's with my mother on the other side ♪
♪ Washington is watching From the other side ♪
♪ Teach me how to say goodbye ♪
Rise up. Rise up. Rise up.
♪ Eliza! ♪
My love, take your time. [breathes shakily]
I'll see you on the other side.
♪ Raise a glass to freedom ♪
[company] He aims his pistol at the sky.
-Wait! -[gunshot]
♪ I strike him right between his ribs ♪
♪ I walk towards him But I am ushered away ♪
♪ They row him back across the Hudson ♪
♪ I get a drink ♪
[company vocalizing]
♪ I hear wailing in the streets ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Somebody tells me, "You'd better hide" ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ They say Angelica and Eliza ♪
♪ Were both at his side when he died ♪
♪ Death doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints ♪
♪ It takes and it takes and it takes ♪
♪ History obliterates In every picture it paints ♪
♪ It paints me in all my mistakes ♪
♪ When Alexander aimed at the sky ♪
♪ He may have been the first one to die ♪
♪ But I'm the one who paid for it ♪
♪ I survived, but I paid for it ♪
♪ Now I'm the villain in your history ♪
♪ I was too young and blind to see ♪
♪ I should've known, I should've known ♪
♪ The world was wide enough ♪
♪ For both Hamilton and me ♪
♪ The world was wide enough ♪
♪ For both Hamilton and me ♪
♪ Let me tell you what I wish I'd known ♪
♪ When I was young and dreamed of glory ♪
♪ You have no control ♪
[with company] ♪ Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? ♪
President Jefferson.
I'll give him this, his financial system is a work of genius.
I couldn't undo it if I tried.
And I tried.
♪ Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? ♪
President Madison.
He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity.
I hate to admit it, but he doesn't get enough credit
for all the credit that he gave us.
♪ Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? ♪
♪ Every other founding father's story Gets told ♪
♪ Every other founding father Gets to grow old ♪
♪ And when you're gone Who remembers your name? ♪
♪ Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story? ♪
[company] ♪ Who tells your story? Who tells your story? ♪
♪ Eliza ♪
♪ I put myself back in the narrative ♪
♪ Eliza ♪
♪ I stop wasting time on tears ♪
♪ I live another 50 years ♪
-♪ It's not enough ♪ -♪ Eliza ♪
♪ I interview every soldier Who fought by your side ♪
♪ She tells our story ♪
♪ I try to make sense Of your thousands of pages of writings ♪
♪ You really do write Like you're running out of time ♪
-♪ I rely on Angelica ♪ -♪ Angelica ♪
♪ While she's alive ♪
-♪ We tell your story ♪ -♪ We tell your story ♪
♪ She is buried in Trinity Church ♪
-♪ Near you ♪ -♪ Near you ♪
♪ When I needed her most She was right on time ♪
♪ And I'm still not through ♪
♪ I ask myself, "What would you do If you had more time?" ♪
♪ The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted ♪
♪ He gives me more time ♪
♪ I raise funds in DC For the Washington Monument ♪
♪ She tells my story ♪
♪ I speak out against slavery ♪
♪ You could have done so much more If you only had time ♪
♪ And when my time is up Have I done enough? ♪
[with company] ♪ Will they tell our story? ♪
Oh.
♪ Can I show you what I'm proudest of? ♪
[company] ♪ The orphanage ♪
♪ I establish the first private orphanage In New York City ♪
♪ The orphanage ♪
♪ I help to raise hundreds of children ♪
♪ I get to see them growing up ♪
♪ The orphanage ♪
♪ In their eyes I see you, Alexander ♪
-♪ I see you every time ♪ -♪ Time ♪
♪ And when my time is up Have I done enough? ♪
-♪ Will they tell my story? ♪ -♪ Will they tell your story? ♪
♪ Oh, I can't wait to see you again ♪
♪ It's only a matter of time ♪
♪ Time ♪
-♪ Will they tell your story? ♪ -♪ Time ♪
♪ Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? ♪
♪ Time ♪
-♪ Will they tell your story? ♪ -♪ Time ♪
♪ Who lives? Who dies? ♪
♪ Who tells your story? ♪
[gasps]
[sighs]
[audience cheering, applauding]
[cheering, applauding continue]
["My Shot (Rise Up Remix)" by The Roots playing]
[man rapping]
[song continues]
[song ends]
[audience cheering, applauding]
[up-tempo exit music playing]
-[gunshot] -[music ends]
[audience cheering, applauding]