Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: January 20, 2017

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[HAMILTON]
When I’m alone in my room
Sometimes I stare at the wall
On this particular night
I felt my conscience stall
I heard a knock at the door
I knew it wasn't my wife
And that’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:

[MARIA]
I know you are a man of honor
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone…

[HAMILTON]
She said:

[MARIA]
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...
Suddenly he’s up and gone
I don’t have the means to go on

[HAMILTON]
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said:

[MARIA]
You’re too kind, sir

[HAMILTON]
I gave her thirty pounds that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:

[MARIA]
Go inside, sir

[HAMILTON]
Then I said, “Well, I should head back home,”
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:

[MARIA]
Stay?

[HAMILTON]
Hey…

[MARIA]
Hey…

[HAMILTON]
That’s when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
I don’t know how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
'Cause my God, she looks so

[MARIA]
Helpless

[HAMILTON]
And my body’s screaming, “Hell, yes”

[ENSEMBLE]
No...

[HAMILTON]
Oh show me how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
I don’t know how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

[HAMILTON]
In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go

[ENSEMBLE]
Go! Go! Go! Go!

[HAMILTON]
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say…

[ENSEMBLE]
Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

[HAMILTON]
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[MARIA]
Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

[ELIZA]
Now you got me
helpless!
I look into your eyes, and the
sky’s the
limit
I’m helpless!

I'm down
for the count
And I’m drownin’ in ‘em

[ENSEMBLE]
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey

[ANGELICA]
Will he ever be satisfied?

I would never
be
satisfied

[HAMILTON]
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time. It became a pastime
A month into this endeavor, I received a letter
From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:

[JAMES]
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, that was my wife who you decided to

[HAMILTON]
Fuck

[JAMES]
Uh-oh! You made the wrong would-be sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
If the price is right; if not I’m telling

[JAMES & ENSEMBLE]
Your wife

[HAMILTON]
I burned the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed “How could you?!” in her face
She said:

[MARIA]
No, sir!

[HAMILTON]
Half dressed, she looked pathetic
A mess, apologetic, she cried:

[MARIA]
Please don’t go, sir!

[HAMILTON]
So was this whole story a setup?

[MARIA]
I don’t know about any letter!

[HAMILTON]
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!

[MARIA]
I didn’t know any better

[HAMILTON]
I am ruined...

[MARIA]
Please don’t leave me
With him helpless

Just give him what he wants
And you can
have me
Whatever you want
If you pay
you can stay!

[HAMILTON]
I am helpless—
Why would you do this?

I don’t want you
I don’t want you
I don’t want you
I don’t want you

[MARIA]
And I

Helpless

Yeah
Whoa!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Don't say no to this
[HAMILTON]
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don't know how to
Say no to this
'Cause the situation’s helpless

And her body’s screaming, “Hell, yes”
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don't know how to
Say no to this
There is nowhere I can go

When her body's on mine, I cannot say

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Say no to this, I
Don't say no to
this
In my mind I'm tryin' to go

[ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this

Say no to this

Say no to this

Say no to this

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

Nooooooo!

No no no...

[JAMES]
So?

[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to 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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