Lin-Manuel Miranda - Guns & Ships (First Draft 2014) lyrics

[BURR] How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower Somehow defeat a global superpower? How does King George underestimate his haters? [KING GEORGE] When we beat the traitors, we'll be greeted as liberators! [COMPANY] Yay! [BURR] No. Turns out we have a secret weapon An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in He's constantly confusin', confoundin' the British henchmen Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman! [COMPANY] Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] I'm takin this horse by the reins makin' Redcoats redder with bloodstains [COMPANY] Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] Never gonna stop 'til I make ‘em Drop, burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I'm— [COMPANY] Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] Watch me engagin' em, escapin' em Enragin' em, I am— [COMPANY] Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] I go to France for more funds [COMPANY] Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] Come back with more [LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE] Guns And ships And so the balance shifts [WASHINGTON] We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts We can end the war in Yorktown, cut them off at sea [LAFAYETTE] Oui [WASHINGTON] For this to succeed, there's someone else I need: [LAFAYETTE] Please [LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE] 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 wanna fight for your land back? [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY] Hamilton! [LAFAYETTE] You need your right-hand man back! Hand man back! [ENSEMBLE] [LAFAYETTE] [WASHINGTON] Hamilton! Ah ah I need my right ah ah hand man back! You need your right hand man back! Hamilton! I need my right hand man back! You need your right hand man back! [record scratching] I need my right Right hand man back! 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 Alexander Hamilton I have soldiers who will yield for you If we—