Right Hand Man

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!
They surround our troops!
When they surround our troops!
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!
We 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.
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! 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.
Huh.
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.
I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we
need supplies
Boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa...
you rally the guys, master the element of surprise.
Chicka-boom!
Whoa, whoa
whoa...
I'll rise above my station organize your
information
'til we rise to the occasion of our new
nation. Sir!
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Here comes the General
Rise up!
What?
Here comes the General!
Rise up! Rise up!
What?
Here comes the General
Rise up! Rise up!
What?
Here comes the General!
What?
And his right hand man!
Boom!