guns and ships

Singer:lin-manuel miranda

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 favourite fighting frenchman!

lafayette!

i'm taking this horse by the reins makin' redcoats redder with bloodstains

lafayette!

and i'm never gonna stop

until i make 'em drop

and burn 'em up and scatter their remains

i'm

lafayette!

watch me engagin' 'em

escapin' 'em!

enragin' 'em. i'm out!

lafayette!

i go to france for more funds

lafayette!

i come back with more

guns

and ships

and so the balance shifts

we rendezvous

with rochambeau

consolidate their gifts

we can end this war in yorktown

cut them off at sea

but for this to succeed

there is someone else we need: i know

hamilton!

sir

he knows what to do in a trench

ingenuitive and fluent in french

i mean

hamilton!

sir

you're gonna have to use him eventually

what's he gonna do on the bench? i mean

hamilton!

no one has more resilience

or matches my practical tactical brilliance

hamilton!

you wanna fight for your land back?

hamilton!

i need my right-hand man back!

hamilton!

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ah! uh

get ya right-hand man back

you know you gotta get ya right hand man back

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i mean you gotta put some thought into the letter

but the sooner the better

to get your right hand man back!

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.

Lyric Context: guns and ships - lin-manuel miranda