Right Hand Man

British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

When they surround our troops!

They surround our troops!

When 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!

I will fight for this land

But there’s only one man

Who can give us a command so we can—

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

Outplanned

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man.

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

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

Writin’ letters to relatives

Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence

But the elephant is in the room

The truth is in ya face when ya 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

Outplanned

Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man

Incoming!

They’re battering down the Battery check the damages

Rah!

We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages

Rah!

Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us

Hamilton won’t abandon ship

Yo, let’s steal their cannons—

Shh-boom!

Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the **** spray and…

Boom!

Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and…

Boom!

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 giddyup

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

And well, in summary

I think that I could be of some assistance

I admire how you keep firing on the British

From a distance

Huh

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

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

Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you…

To be their Secretary? I don’t think so

Why’re you upset?

I’m not—

It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger

I was just like you when I was younger

Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

Yes

Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder

Why are you telling me this?

I’m being honest

I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised

We are a powder keg about to explode

I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young scrappy and hungry!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Son

We are outgunned, outmanned!

You need all the help you can get

I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan

Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?

Outnumbered, outplanned!

We’ll need some spies on the inside

Some King’s men who might let some things slide

I’ll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies,

you rally the guys, master the element of surprise

I’ll rise above my station, organize your information,

'til 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!