Guns And Ships Lyrics - Lin-manuel Miranda

[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 

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[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! 

Photos 

[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...