"Guns And Ships [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 Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman! [Company:] Lafayette! [Lafayette:] I'm taking 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 out! [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, ami! [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:] You wanna fight for your land back? [Company:] Hamilton! [Washington:] I need my right hand man back! [Women:] Hamilton! [Lafayette (men):] Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back (Get your right hand man back!) You know you gotta get ya right hand man back (Your right hand man back!) [Lafayette (women/men):] I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter (Hamilton!) But the sooner the better (Hamilton! Hamilton!) To get your right hand man back! (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…"
~lin Manuel MIRANDA