British Admiral Howe's
got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops
in New York harbor
Thirty-two thousand troops
in New York harbor
Thirty-two thousand troops
in New York harbor
When they surround our troops
They surround our troops
When they surround our troops
As a kid in the Caribbean
I wished for a war
I knew that I was poor
I knew it was the
only way to
Rise up
If they tell my story
I am either gonna die
on the battlefield
in glory or
Rise up
I will fight for this land
But there's only one man
Who can give us a
command so we can
Rise up
Understand
It's the only way to
Rise up
Rise up
Here he comes
Here comes the General
Ladies and gentlemen
Here comes the General
The moment you've
been waiting for
Here comes the General
The pride of
Mount Vernon
Here comes the General
George Washington
We are outgunned
What?
Outmanned
What?
Outnumbered
Outplanned
Buck buck buck
buck buck
We gotta make an
all out stand
Ayo I'm gonna need a
right-hand man
Buck buck buck
buck buck
Check it
Can I be real a second
For just a millisecond
Let down my guard
and tell the people
how I feel a second
Now I'm the model
of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian
veteran whose men
are all lining up
to put me up on a pedestal
Writin' letters to relatives
embellishin' my elegance
and eloquence
But the elephant
is in the room
The truth is in ya face
when ya hear the British
cannons go
Boom!
Any hope of success
is fleeting
How can I keep
leading when
the people I'm leading
keep retreating
We put a stop
to the bleeding
as the British take
Brooklyn
Knight takes rook
but look
We are outgunned
What?
Outmanned
What?
Outnumbered
Outplanned
Buck buck buck
buck buck
We gotta make an
all out stand
Ayo I'm gonna need a
right-hand man
Buck buck buck
buck buck
Incoming!
They're battering down the
Battery check the damages
Rah!
We gotta stop 'em
and rob 'em
of their advantages
Rah!
Let's take a stand with the
stamina God has granted us
Hamilton won't abandon ship
Yo let's steal their cannons
Shh-Boom!
Goes the cannon
watch the blood and
the shit spray and
Boom!
Goes the cannon
we're abandonin'
Kips Bay and
Boom!
There's another ship and
Boom!
We just lost the
southern tip and
Boom!
We gotta run to Harlem quick
we can't afford another slip
Guns and horses giddyup
I decide to divvy up
My forces
they're skittish as the
British cut the city up
This close to giving up
facing mad scrutiny
I scream in the face
of this mass mutiny
Are these the men
with which I am to
defend America
We ride at midnight
Manhattan in the distance
I cannot be everywhere
at once people
I'm in dire need
'of assistance
Your excellency, sir
Who are you
Aaron Burr, Sir
Permission to
state my case
As you were
Sir
I was a captain under
General Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet
in the neck in Quebec
And well in summary
I think that I could be
of some assistance
I admire how you keep
firing on the British
From a distance
I have some questions
a couple of suggestions
on how to fight instead
of fleeing west
Yes
Well
Your excellency
you wanted to see me
Hamilton come in
Have you met Burr?
Yes, sir
We keep meeting
As I was saying, sir
I look forward to seeing
your strategy play out
Burr?
Sir?
Close the door on
your way out
Have I done
something wrong, sir?
On the contrary
I called you here
because our odds
are beyond scary
Your reputation
precedes you
but I have to laugh
Sir?
Hamilton how come
no one can get you
on their staff?
Sir!
Don't get me wrong
you're a young man
of great renown
I know you stole British
cannons when we were
still downtown
Nathaniel Green
and Henry Knox
wanted to hire you
To be their Secretary?
I don't think so
Why're you upset?
I'm not
It's alright you want to fight
you've got a hunger
I was just like you
when I was younger
Head full of fantasies
of dyin' like a martyr
Yes
Dying is easy
young man
Living is harder
Why are you telling me this?
I'm being honest
I'm working with a third
of what our Congress
has promised
We are a powder keg
about to explode
I need someone like you
to lighten the load
So?
I am not throwin'
away my shot
I am not throwin'
away my shot
Ayo I'm just like
my country I'm young
Scrappy and hungry
I am not throwing
away my shot
Son
We are outgunned
outmanned
You need all the help
you can get
I have some friends
Laurens, Mulligan
Marquis de Lafayette
okay, what else
Outnumbered
outplanned!
We'll need some spies
on the inside
Some King's men who
might let some things slide
Boom!
I'll write to Congress and
tell 'em we need supplies
you rally the guys
Master the element
of surprise
Chicka-boom!
I'll rise above my station
organize your information
'Til we rise to the occasion
of our new nation sir!
Here comes the General
Rise up
What?
Here comes the General
Rise up
What?
Here comes the General
Rise up
What?
Here comes the General
What?
And his right hand man
Boom!