Guns And Ships Lyrics - Leslie Odom, Jr.

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 

Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman! 

Lafayette! 

I'm takin this horse by the reins makin' 

Redcoats redder with bloodstains 

Lafayette! 

And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em 

Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm 

Lafayette! 

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Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em! 

Enragin' em! I'm— 

Lafayette! 

I go to France for more funds 

Lafayette! 

I come back with more 

Guns 

And ships 

And so the balance shifts 

We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts 

We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but 

For this to succeed, there is someone else we need: 

I know 

Hamilton! 

Sir, he knows what to do in a trench 

Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— 

Hamilton! 

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Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually 

What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean— 

Hamilton! 

No one has more resilience 

Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— 

Hamilton! 

You wanna fight for your land back? 

I need my right hand man back! 

Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back 

You know you gotta get ya right hand man back 

I mean you gotta put some thought 

into the letter but the sooner the better 

To get your right hand man back! 

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...