Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: February 17, 2015

Featuring: Okieriete Onaodowan Leslie Odom Jr. Daveed Diggs

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[HAMILTON]
Mr. Vice President
Senator Madison
Senator Burr
What is this?

[JEFFERSON]
We have the check stubs from separate accounts

[MADISON]
Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts

[BURR]
To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in Seventeen Ninety-One

[HAMILTON]
Is that what you have? Are you done?

[MADISON]
You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position

[JEFFERSON]
Though ‘virtue’ is not a word I’d apply to this situation

[MADISON]
To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission

[JEFFERSON]
And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged in speculation

[BURR]
An immigrant embezzling our government funds

[JEFFERSON/MADISON]
I can almost see the headline, your career is done

[BURR]
I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons

[BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON]
You might win some, but you just lost one

[HAMILTON]
Ha! You don’t even know what you’re asking me to confess

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR]
Confess

[HAMILTON]
You have nothing, I don’t have to tell you anything at all
Unless

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR]
Unless

[HAMILTON]
If I can prove that I never broke the law
Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?

[BURR]
No one else was in the room where it happened

[HAMILTON]
Is that a yes?

[JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR]
Um, yes

[HAMILTON]
“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 it was James Reynolds' wife I tried to..

[JEFFERSON]
Whaaaat—

[HAMILTON]
Uh oh, it looks like I trusted the wrong couple
I threw it all away for some young soft and supple
Yes, I confess, I'm a sucker for a damsel in distress
I'm getting the stress off my chest

[BURR]
That's enough

[HAMILTON]
She courted me
Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner
That’s when her husband 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 the list n’ 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 or sullied my good name
As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action
Are my answers to your satisfaction?

[JEFFERSON]
My God

[MADISON]
Gentlemen, let’s go

[HAMILTON]
So?

[JEFFERSON AND MADISON]
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?

[BURR]
I guess you don't
But we both know what we know

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

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