Stay Alive - Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

[00:04.85]Stay alive…
[00:10.70]Stay alive…
[00:17.01]I have never seen the General so despondent
[00:19.52]I have taken over writing all his correspondence
[00:22.58]Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.”
[00:25.42]I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
[00:29.23]Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
[00:32.14]They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
[00:35.40]The cavalry’s not coming
[00:36.64]Sir!
[00:37.24]Alex, listen. There’s only one way for us to win this
[00:41.00]Provoke outrage, outright
[00:43.14]That’s right
[00:44.39]Don’t engage, strike by night
[00:46.80]Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
[00:49.84]Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
[00:52.83]Outrun
[00:53.48]Outrun
[00:54.24]Outlast
[00:54.99]Outlast
[00:56.24]Hit ‘em quick, get out fast
[00:58.14]Chick-a-plao!
[00:59.29]Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past
[01:02.25]We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast
[01:04.66]Raise a glass!
[01:05.21]I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
[01:08.21]I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
[01:11.18]I stay at work with Hamilton
[01:12.48]We write essays against slavery
[01:14.47]And every day’s a test of our camaraderie
[01:16.54]And bravery
[01:17.40]We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
[01:20.19]We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
[01:23.00]And ev’ry day
[01:23.96]“Sir, entrust me with a command,”
[01:26.06]And ev’ry day
[01:26.86]No
[01:27.57]He dismisses me out of hand
[01:28.87](Stay alive...)Instead of me
[01:30.73]He promotes
[01:31.13]Charles Lee(Charles Lee)
[01:32.19]Makes him second-in-command:
[01:33.58]I’m a General. Whee!!!!
[01:36.04]Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with
[01:38.31]He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
[01:40.86]Ev’ryone attack!
[01:42.00]Retreat!
[01:42.77]Attack!
[01:43.52]Retreat!
[01:44.63]What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
[01:47.13]But there’s so many of them!
[01:48.18]I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
[01:50.13]Hamilton!
[01:51.04]Ready, sir!
[01:51.64]Have Lafayette take the lead!
[01:53.09]Yes, sir!
[01:53.71]A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
[01:56.16]As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
[01:59.32]Charles Lee was left behind
[02:00.82]Without a pot to piss in
[02:02.23]He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
[02:05.48]Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
[02:08.59]Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
[02:11.21]The best thing he can do for the revolution
[02:13.54]Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon
[02:16.85]Oo!!
[02:17.59]Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
[02:20.10]But, sir!
[02:20.75]We have a war to fight, let’s move along
[02:23.21]Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
[02:26.21]I can’t disobey direct orders
[02:28.31]Then I’ll do it
[02:31.23]Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got Laurens,do not throw away your shot