Guns and Ships

[BURR]
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' 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 fightin' Frenchman!

[COMPANY]
Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]
I'm takin' this horse by the reins
Makin' redcoats redder with bloodstains

[COMPANY]
Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]
And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop
And burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm

[COMPANY]
Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]
Watch me engagin' em, escapin' em, enragin' em, I'm—

[COMPANY]
Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]
I go to France for more funds

[COMPANY]
Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]
I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]
Guns and ships
And so the balance shifts

[WASHINGTON]
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

[LAFAYETTE]
We can end this war in Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need

[WASHINGTON]
I know

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton

[LAFAYETTE]
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton

[LAFAYETTE]
Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton

[LAFAYETTE]
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton

[LAFAYETTE]
You want to fight for your land back?

[COMPANY]
Hamilton

[WASHINGTON]
I need my right hand man back

[LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE & MEN, WOMEN]
(Hamilton) Yeah, get ya right hand man back
(Hamilton) You know you gotta get ya right hand man back

[LAFAYETTE, MEN, MEN & WOMEN]
(Hamilton) I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter
(Ha-Ha-Hamilton) But the sooner the better
(Hamilton, Ha-Ha) 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