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 favorite fighting Frenchman!
[Company:]
Lafayette!
[Lafayette:]
I'm taking 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 out!
[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 at 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, ami!
[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 wanna fight for your land back