Released: February 17, 2015

Featuring: Thayne Jasperson Okieriete Onaodowan Leslie Odom Jr.

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[SEABURY]
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
And I present to you “Free Thoughts on the
Proceedings of the Continental Congress!”
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution
They have not your interests at heart

[MULLIGAN]
Oh my God. Tear this dude apart

[SEABURY]
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
Don’t let them lead you astray
This Congress does not speak for me

[BURR]
Let him be

[SEABURY]
They’re playing a dangerous game
I pray the king shows you his mercy
For shame, for shame…

[HAMILTON]
Yo!

[SEABURY] He'd have you all unravel at the Heed not the rabble Sound of screams but the Who scream Revolution is comin’ Revolution, they The have-nots are gonna Have not your Win this Interests It’s hard to listen to you with a  At heart straight face Chaos and bloodshed already Chaos and bloodshed are haunt us, honestly you shouldn’t Not a even talk. And what about  Solution. Don't Boston? Look at the cost, n’ all  Let them lead you  that we’ve lost n’ you talk Astray About Congress?! This Congress does not Speak for me My dog speaks more eloquently than thee! They’re playing a  dangerous game But strangely, your mange is the same! I pray the king shows you his mercy In Jersey? For shame For the revolution! For shame! [COMPANY]
For the revolution!

[SEABURY]
Heed—

[HAMILTON]
If you repeat yourself again I’m gonna—

[SEABURY/HAMILTON]
Scream—

[HAMILTON]
Honestly, look at me, please don’t read!

[SEABURY]
Not your interest—

[HAMILTON]
Don’t modulate the key then not debate with me!
Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?

[BURR]
Alexander, please!

[HAMILTON]
Burr, I’d rather be divisive than indecisive, drop the niceties

[ENSEMBLE]
Silence!
A message from the King!
A message from the King!
A message from the King!

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

more tracks from the album

Hamilton: An American Musical (2014 Workshop)