British Admiral got troops on the water. Thirty-two troops in New York harbor. Thirty-two thousand in New York harbor. Thirty-two troops in New York harbor they surround our troops! They our troops! surround our troops! When surround our troops! They our troops! As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war. I knew I was poor I knew it was the only way to- up! If tell my story I am either gonna die on the in or- up! We will fight for this land but only one man who can give us a command so we up! Understand? the only way to- Rise up! up he comes! Here the General! and gentlemen! Here the General! The moment you've been for! comes the General! The pride of Vernon! comes the general George We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta make an all out stand ayo, I'm gonna a right-hand man. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! it— Can I be real a second? For a millisecond? Let down my and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I'm the model of a modern general, the venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all up, to put me up on a pedestal writin' letters to relatives, embellishin' my and eloquence but the is in the room the truth is in ya face ya hear the British cannons go... Any hope of success is fleeting how can I keep leading the people I'm leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take knight takes rook, but look We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta make an all out ayo, I'm need a right-hand man. They're battering down the check the damages. Rah! We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of advantages. Rah! Let's take a stand the stamina God has granted us. Hamilton won't ship Yo, let's their cannons- Shh-boom! Boom! the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and... Boom! Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Bay and... Boom! another ship and... Boom! We lost the southern tip and. Boom! We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford slip. Guns and giddyup I decide to up my forces, they're skittish as the British cut the city up. This to giving up, facing mad scrutiny I scream in the of this mass mutiny: are these the men which I am to defend America? We at midnight, Manhattan in the distance. I be everywhere at once, people. I'm in dire of assistance . . . excellency, sir! Who are Burr, Sir? Permission to state my As you were. Sir I was a captain General Montgomery until he caught a bullet in the in Quebec and well, in summary I think I could be of some assistance. I admire how you keep firing on the a distance. Huh. I have some questions, a of on how to fight instead of fleeing west. Your excellency, you to see me? Hamilton, come in, have you met Yes, sir. We meeting. As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your play out Close the on your way out. Have I done something wrong, On the contrary. I you here because our odds are beyond scary. Your reputation precedes you, but I to laugh. Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their Sir! Don't get me wrong, a young man, of great renown. I know you British cannons when we were downtown. Nathaniel Green and Knox wanted to hire you... To be their I don't think so. Why're you I'm It's alright, you want to fight, got a hunger. I was just like you I was younger. full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr? Yes. Dying is easy, man. Living is harder. Why are you me this? I'm honest. I'm working with a of what our Congress has promised. We are a powder keg about to I need someone you to lighten the load. So? I am not away my shot! I am not throwin' my shot! Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm and hungry! I am not throwing my shot! Son We are outgunned, outmanned! You all the help you can get. I have friends. Laurens, Mulligan Marquis de Lafayette, okay, else? Outnumbered, outplanned! We'll some spies on the inside Some King's men who let some things slide. write to Congress and tell 'em we need Boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa... you the guys, master the element of surprise. Chicka-boom! Whoa, whoa... I'll above my station organize your 'til we to the occasion of our new nation. Sir! Whoa, whoa, whoa... comes the General up! Here the General! Rise up! up! Here the General Rise up! up! Here the General! And his hand man! Boom!