Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”

Released: September 25, 2015

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Bill Sherman ?uestlove Black Thought Alex Lacamoire Lin-Manuel Miranda

[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 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]
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 at 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 & COMPANY]
You wanna fight for your land back? (Hamilton!)

[WASHINGTON & WOMEN]
I need my right hand man back! (Hamilton!)

[LAFAYETTE, WOMEN, MEN]
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back
Get your right hand man back!
Hamilton!
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
Your right hand man back!
Hamilton!
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter
Ha—ha—Hamilton
But the sooner the better to get your right hand man back!
Hamilton, ha—ha—

[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…

Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, and the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton are all a part of the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton and appear on the song Guns and Ships.

Leslie Odom, Jr., played Aaron Burr in both acts. He has had roles in multiple movies such as Murder on the Orient Express and Harriet.

Daveed Diggs played the Marquis de Lafayette in the first act and Thomas Jefferson in the second act. He is currently a part of a rap band named .clipping and played Mr. Brown in the 2017 film Wonder.

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Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2015)

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Guns and Ships

Guns and ShipsLeslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”

Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”

Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)