Right Hand Man

[00:05.99] British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
[00:09.66] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbor
[00:15.28] Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbor
[00:22.17] When they surround our troops
[00:24.32] They surround our troops
[00:25.42] When they surround our troops
[00:28.47] As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
[00:31.66] I knew that I was poor; I knew it was the only way to
[00:35.04] Rise up
[00:36.17] If they tell my story
[00:37.61] I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
[00:41.16] Rise up
[00:42.68] I will fight for this land, but there's only one man
[00:45.46] Who can give us a command, so we can
[00:47.35] Rise up
[00:48.43] Understand, it's the only way to
[00:50.24] Rise up
[00:51.20] Rise up
[00:52.68] Here he comes
[00:53.64] Here comes the general!
[00:54.89] Ladies and gentlemen!
[00:56.53] Here comes the general!
[00:57.98] The moment you've been waiting for!
[00:59.61] Here comes the general!
[01:01.06] The Pride of Mount Vernon!
[01:02.85] Here comes the general!
[01:03.96] George Washington!
[01:05.22] We are out-gunned
[01:06.55] (What!)
[01:07.13] Out-manned
[01:07.93] (What!)
[01:08.74] Out-numbered, out-planned
[01:11.30] (Boom, boom, boom; boom, boom!)
[01:12.00] We gotta make an all-out stand
[01:13.61] Hey yo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man
[01:17.12] (Boom, boom, boom; boom, boom!)
[01:17.84] Check it —
[01:18.49] Can I be real a second?
[01:19.78] For just a millisecond?
[01:21.37] Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
[01:24.35] Now I'm the model of a modern major general
[01:26.80] The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
[01:30.13] Lining up to put me up on a pedestal, writing letters to relatives
[01:33.64] Embellishing my elegance and eloquence
[01:36.16] But the elephant is in the room
[01:38.19] The truth is in your face
[01:40.18] When you hear the British cannons go
[01:41.60] Boom!
[01:42.39] Any hope of success is fleeting
[01:44.16] How can I keep leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating?
[01:48.14] We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
[01:51.99] Knight takes rook, but look
[01:53.49] We are out-gunned
[01:54.83] (What!)
[01:55.50] Out-manned
[01:56.46] (What!)
[01:57.39] Out-numbered, out-planned!
[01:59.07] (Boom, boom, boom; boom, boom)
[02:00.39] We gotta make an all-out stand
[02:02.34] Hey yo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man
[02:05.90] (Boom, boom, boom; boom, boom)
[02:06.51] Incoming!
[02:09.89] They're battering down the Battery, check the damages
[02:12.61] (Brrah!)
[02:13.02] We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages
[02:15.20] (Brrah!)
[02:15.94] Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
[02:18.35] Hamilton won't abandon ship; yo, let's steal their cannons!
[02:21.40] (Sh-boom!)
[02:22.22] Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and
[02:24.52] (Boom!)
[02:25.35] Goes the cannon, we're abandoning Kips Bay, and
[02:27.63] (Boom!)
[02:28.36] There's another ship, and
[02:29.50] (Boom!)
[02:30.09] We just lost the southern tip, and
[02:30.96] (Boom!)
[02:31.58] We gotta run to Harlem quick; we can't afford another slip
[02:33.79] Guns and horses giddy up
[02:35.55] I decide to divvy up my forces
[02:37.34] They're skittish as the British cut the city up
[02:39.65] This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny
[02:42.74] I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
[02:45.54] "Are these the men with which I am to defend America?"
[02:48.68] We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
[02:51.54] I cannot be everywhere at once, people!
[02:54.81] I'm in dire need of assistance
[02:57.77] Your Excellency, sir
[02:58.92] Who are you?
[02:59.62] Aaron Burr, sir
[03:00.74] Permission to state my case?
[03:02.36] As you were
[03:03.37] Sir, I was a captain under General Montgomery
[03:06.19] Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary:
[03:10.08] I think that I could be of some assistance
[03:12.62] I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance
[03:15.62] Huh
[03:16.78] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
[03:18.98] On how to fight instead of fleeing west
[03:21.50] Yes?
[03:22.10] Well —
[03:22.86] Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?
[03:24.33] Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr?
[03:26.36] Yes, sir!
[03:27.02] We keep meeting...
[03:28.25] As I was saying, sir
[03:30.05] I look forward to seeing your strategy play out —
[03:31.78] Burr?
[03:32.47] Sir?
[03:32.76] Close the door on your way out
[03:35.17] Have I done something wrong, sir?
[03:38.06] On the contrary
[03:38.92] I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
[03:41.91] Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh —
[03:44.95] Sir?
[03:45.34] Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
[03:47.98] Sir!
[03:48.45] Don't get me wrong; you're a young man of great renown
[03:51.09] I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
[03:53.92] Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you —
[03:56.68] Yeah, to be their secretary! I don't think so.
[03:58.93] Now why are you upset?
[04:00.58] I'm not?
[04:01.25] It's all right you want to fight: you've got a hunger
[04:03.83] I was just like you when I was younger
[04:05.87] Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr
[04:08.97] Yes
[04:09.35] Dying is easy, young man; living is harder
[04:11.96] Why are you telling me this?
[04:13.56] I'm being honest
[04:14.65] I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
[04:17.86] We are a powder keg about to explode
[04:20.53] I need someone like you to lighten the load
[04:22.69] So?
[04:23.73] I am not throwing away my shot
[04:26.65] I am not throwing away my shot
[04:29.54] Hey yo, I'm just like my country
[04:31.58] I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
[04:32.73] I am not throwing away my shot
[04:34.82] Son, we are out-gunned, out-manned!
[04:37.14] You need all the help you can get, I have some friends:
[04:39.90] Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette! Okay, what else?
[04:41.98] Outnumbered, outplanned!
[04:44.07] We'll need some spies on the inside
[04:45.32] Some king's men who might let some things slide
[04:47.54] Boom!
[04:48.92] I'll write to Congress and tell them we need supplies
[04:50.62] You rally the guys, master the element of surprise
[04:53.19] Chick-a-boom!
[04:54.51] I'll rise above my station, organize your information
[04:56.83] 'Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir!
[05:00.27] Here comes the general!
[05:01.55] Rise up!
[05:02.72] What!
[05:03.22] Here comes the general!
[05:04.68] Rise up!
[05:05.99] What!
[05:06.31] Here comes the general!
[05:07.54] Rise up!
[05:08.76] What!
[05:09.16] Here comes the general!
[05:11.69] What!
[05:12.62] And his right-hand man!
[05:15.68] Boom!
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