Non-Stop - Instrumental

[00:00.51] After the war I went back to New York
[00:03.08] A-after the war I went back to New York
[00:05.65] I finished up my studies and I practiced law
[00:08.31] I practiced law, Burr worked next door
[00:11.03] Even though we started at the very same time
[00:13.61] Alexander Hamilton began to climb
[00:16.18] How to account for his rise to the top?
[00:18.99] Man, the man is non-stop
[00:21.99] Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me
[00:24.59] Are you aware that we're making hist'ry?
[00:26.62] This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation
[00:29.83] The liberty behind deliberation (Non-stop!)
[00:31.98] I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
[00:33.95] With my assistant counsel
[00:35.15] Co-counsel
[00:35.70] Hamilton, sit down
[00:36.79] Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
[00:38.23] Call your first witness
[00:39.48] That's all you had to say
[00:40.76] Okay
[00:41.32] One more thing–
[00:42.21] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
[00:45.02] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
[00:47.39] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
[00:50.07] Soon that attitude may be your doom!
[00:52.65] Why do you write like you're running out of time?
[00:55.24] Write day and night like you're running out of time?
[00:57.91] Every day you fight, like you're running out of time
[01:00.45] Keep on fighting, in the meantime-
[01:02.50] (Non-stop!)
[01:03.58] Corruption's such an old song that we can sing
[01:05.36] Along in harmony and nowhere is it stronger
[01:07.58] Than in Albany
[01:08.54] This colony's economy's increasingly stalling and
[01:10.98] Honestly that's why he's just public service seems
[01:12.42] To be calling me (Non-stop!)
[01:13.75] I practiced the law, I practically perfected it
[01:16.26] I've seen injustice in the world and I've corrected it
[01:19.01] Now for a strong central democracy
[01:20.76] If not, then I'll be Socrates
[01:22.05] Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities
[01:24.13] Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention
[01:26.88] I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention
[01:29.34] There as a New York junior delegate
[01:31.69] Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate
[01:34.62] Goes and proposes his own form of government (What?)
[01:37.44] His own plan for a new form of government (What?)
[01:39.78] Talks for six hours, the convention is listless
[01:42.35] Bright young man
[01:43.23] Yo, who the eff is this?
[01:44.83] Why do you always say what you believe?
[01:47.28] Why do you always say what you believe?
[01:50.25] Every proclamation guarantees
[01:52.65] Free ammunition for your enemies (Awww!)
[01:55.37] Why do you write like it's going out of style? (Hey)
[01:57.92] Write day and night like it's going out of style? (Hey)
[02:00.41] Every day you fight like it's going out of style
[02:03.11] Do what you do
[02:06.04] Alexander?
[02:06.96] Aaron Burr, sir
[02:08.02] Well, it's the middle of the night
[02:09.22] Can we confer, sir?
[02:10.53] Is this a legal matter?
[02:11.51] Yes, and it's important to me
[02:13.07] What do you need?
[02:14.12] Burr, you're a better lawyer than me
[02:15.83] Okay
[02:16.44] I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive
[02:18.58] You're incredible in court
[02:19.85] You're succinct, persuasive
[02:21.39] My client needs a strong defense
[02:23.04] You're the solution
[02:23.99] Who's your client?
[02:24.57] The new U.S. Constitution?
[02:26.68] No
[02:27.18] Hear me out
[02:27.60] No way!
[02:28.53] A series of essays, anonymously published
[02:31.17] Defending the document to the public
[02:33.26] No one will read it
[02:34.06] I disagree
[02:34.71] And if it fails?
[02:35.44] Burr, that's why we need it
[02:36.62] The constitution's a mess
[02:38.27] So it needs amendments
[02:39.22] It's full of contradictions
[02:40.85] So is independence
[02:42.18] We have to start somewhere
[02:43.53] No, no way
[02:44.79] You're making a mistake
[02:46.15] Good night
[02:46.86] Hey
[02:47.61] What are you waiting for?
[02:48.88] What do you stall for? (What?)
[02:50.57] We won the war
[02:51.49] What was it all for?
[02:53.01] Do you support this constitution?
[02:54.40] Of course
[02:54.92] Then defend it
[02:56.09] And what if you're backing the wrong horse?
[02:58.16] Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed
[03:00.52] For the notion of a nation we now get to build
[03:03.03] For once in your life, take a stand with pride
[03:05.55] I don't understand how you stand to the side
[03:08.20] I'll keep all my plans close to my chest
[03:12.01] (Wait for it, wait for it, wait)
[03:13.24] I'll wait here and see which way the wind will blow
[03:18.10] I'm taking my time, watching the afterbirth of a nation
[03:23.34] Watching the tension grow
[03:27.22]
[03:29.42] I am sailing off to London
[03:31.37] I am accompanied by someone who always pays
[03:35.01] I have found a wealthy husband who will
[03:37.03] Keep me in comfort for all my days
[03:40.32] He is not a lot of fun, but there's no one
[03:42.83] Who can match you for turn of phrase
[03:45.61] My Alexander
[03:47.84] Angelica
[03:48.88] Don't forget to write
[03:51.60] Look at where you are
[03:54.28] Look at where you started
[03:56.58] The fact that you're alive is a miracle
[03:59.15] Just stay alive, that would be enough
[04:02.34] And if your wife could share a fraction of your time
[04:07.29] If I could grant you peace of mind
[04:10.54] Would that be enough?
[04:12.11] Alexander joins forces with James Madison
[04:14.89] And John Jay to write a series of essays
[04:16.85] Defending the new United States Constitution
[04:19.22] Entitled The Federalist Papers
[04:21.72] The plan was to write a total of 25 essays
[04:24.54] The work divided evenly among the three men
[04:27.58] In the end, they wrote 85 essays
[04:30.45] In the span of six months
[04:33.19] John Jay got sick after writing five
[04:36.35] James Madison wrote 29
[04:38.55] Hamilton wrote the other 51
[04:42.89] How do you write like you're running out of time? (Running out of time?)
[04:45.49] Write day and night like you're running out of time? (Running out of time?)
[04:47.95] Every day you fight, like you're running out of time
[04:50.34] Like you're running out of time
[04:51.41] Are you running out of time? Awwww!
[04:53.24] How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?
[04:56.06] How do you write like you need it to survive?
[04:58.65] How do you write every second you're alive?
[05:01.05] Every second you're alive? Every second you're alive?
[05:04.70] They're asking me to lead
[05:07.26] I am doing the best I can
[05:09.60] To get the people that I need
[05:12.59] I'm asking you to be my right-hand man (Treasury or State?)
[05:15.76] I know it's a lot to ask (Treasury or State?)
[05:18.18] To leave behind the world you know
[05:19.87] Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?
[05:23.12] Treasury
[05:25.32] Let's go
[05:28.47] Alexander
[05:29.76] I have to leave
[05:30.94] Alexander–
[05:32.56] Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
[05:37.21] Helpless
[05:38.16] They are asking me to lead
[05:40.18] Look around, isn't this enough?
[05:42.96] He never will be satisfied (What would be enough)
[05:45.35] He will never be satisfied (To be satisfied)
[05:47.43] Satisfied, satisfied
[05:49.35] History has its eyes on you (Look around)
[05:50.81] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
[05:52.69] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)
[05:55.75] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)
[05:57.60] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (History has its eyes)
[06:00.64] Why do you fight like you're running out of time? (Non-stop)
[06:03.49] Why do you fight like
[06:04.91] History has its eyes on you
[06:08.36] I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you wait)
[06:10.86] I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you wait)
[06:13.56] I am Alexander Hamilton
[06:15.13] Hamilton, just you wait
[06:18.75] I am not throwin' away my shot
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