Guns and Ships Lyrics by Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2015
[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 confusing, confounding the British henchmen Everyone give it up for America's favorite fightin' Frenchman! [COMPANY] Lafayette [LAFAYETTE] I'm takin' 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— [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 in 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, I mean— [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 want to fight for your land back? [COMPANY] Hamilton [WASHINGTON] I need my right hand man back [LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE & MEN, WOMEN] (Hamilton) Yeah, get ya right hand man back (Hamilton) You know you gotta get ya right hand man back [LAFAYETTE, MEN, MEN & WOMEN] (Hamilton) I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter (Ha-Ha-Hamilton) But the sooner the better (Hamilton, Ha-Ha) To get your right hand man back [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
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