Lin-Manuel Miranda

Featuring: Henry Gainza

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[LINCOLN]
Handball in Highbridge Park

[LINCOLN AND BENNY]
Every Tuesday after dark
Ever since seventh grade
This is the only game we’ve played

[BENNY]
Lincoln, you should’ve been there
When we walked in there
Surrounded by woman in swimwear
Every single one of them was fine as hell!

[LINCOLN]
Serve the ball

[BENNY]
Yo, I said ladies—one at a time
There’s plenty of Benny for all of y’all!

[LINCOLN]
You’re a stud

[BENNY]
Lincoln, you should have stayed
Even Usnavi got laid

[LINCOLN]
I’ve been working on music like a madman
But this new song just doesn’t feel right
The open mic is soon and I gotta write this tune
So let me kick your ass and call it a night!

[BENNY]
Why don’t you sing me a song?

[LINCOLN]
No way in hell

[BENNY]
Well, then why don’t you tell me what’s wrong?

[LINCOLN]
Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine—

[BENNY]
No need to get all defensive
Damn I’m just saying, you seem kind of pensive

[LINCOLN]
So, what are your plans tonight?

[BENNY]
Probably drink some shoties with Usnavi at some club
Let’s go get wasted and dance

[LINCOLN]
Yeah right!

[BENNY]
Oh, you gotta see the bodies on the hotties at this club
You never come out and mingle

[LINCOLN]
(?)

[BENNY]
Then you complain that you’re single
Let’s get laid! What the hell is your problem?
You’re so lazy

[LINCOLN]
That’s not even true! I ain’t lazy
I’m waiting for the one who drives me crazy
I follow my heart and so should you!

[BENNY]
What?

[LINCOLN]
I’ve got my eye on this one special person but
She doesn’t know how I feel

[BENNY]
Yo, what’s her name?

[LINCOLN]
I’m staying quiet, until I’m sure it’s for real

[BENNY]
Is it that chick from the Manhattan mall?

[LINCOLN]
I’ll never tell

[BENNY]
No, it’s that girl from McDonald's

[LINCOLN]
The tall one? You’re crazy!

[BENNY]
If I win this game, will you tell me at all?

[LINCOLN]
Shut up and serve the ball!

[LINCOLN AND BENNY]
Handball in Highbridge Park
Every Tuesday after dark
You’ll hang your head in shame
After I beat you in this game

[LINCOLN]
I’mma kick your ass so hard, you’ll land in Cincinnati

[BENNY]
Yo, I’mma make you cry so hard you’ll look like Tammy Faye

[LINCOLN]
I’mma screw you so damn bad, you’d think I was your daddy

[BENNY]
…Let’s just play

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.

Awards for musicals

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