After the war I went back to New York
A After the war I went back to New York
I finished up my studies
and I practiced law
I practiced law, Burr worked ne t door
Even though we started
at the very same time
Ale ander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Man, the man is
Non stop
Gentlemen of the jury,
I’m curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we’re making hist’ry?
This is the first murder
trial of our brand new nation
The liberty behind
Deliberation
(Non stop)
I intend to prove beyond
a shadow of a doubt
With my assistant counsel
Co counsel
Hamilton, sit down
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
Call your first witness
That’s all you had to say
Okay
One more thing
Why do you assume you’re
the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re
the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re
the smartest in the room?
Soon that attitude may
be your doom
(aww)
Why do you write like
you’re running out of time?
Write day and night like
you’re running out of time?
Ev’ry day you fight, like
you’re running out of time
Keep on fighting
In the meantime
Non stop
Corruption’s such an old song
that we can sing along in harmony
And nowhere is it
stronger than in Albany
This colony’s economy’s
increasingly stalling and
Honestly, that’s why public service
Seems to be calling me
(he’s just non stop)
I practiced the law, I
practic’ly perfected it
I’ve seen injustice in the
world and I’ve corrected it
Now for a strong central democracy
If not, then I’ll be Socrates
Throwing verbal rocks
At these mediocrities
(aww)
Hamilton, at the
constitutional convention
I was chosen for the
constitutional convention
There as a New York junior delegate
Now what I’m going to say
may sound indelicate
(aww)
Goes and proposes his own
form of government
(what?)
His own plan for a new
form of government
(what?)
Talks for si hours
The convention is listless
Bright young man
Yo, who the f is this?
Why do you always say what you believe?
Why do you always say what you believe?
Ev’ry proclamation guarantees
free ammunition for your enemies
Why do you write like it’s
Going out of style?
Write day and night like it’s
Going out of style?
Ev’ry day you fight like it’s
Going out of style
Do what you do
Ale ander?
Aaron Burr, sir
It’s the middle of the night
Can we confer, sir?
Is this a legal matter?
Yes, and it’s important to me
What do you need?
Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me
Okay
I know I talk too much, I’m abrasive
You’re incredible in court
You’re succinct, persuasive
My client needs a strong defense
You’re the solution
Who’s your client?
The new U.S. Constitution?
No
Hear me out
No way
A series of essays,
anonymously published
Defending the document to the public
No one will read it
I disagree
And if it fails?
Burr, that’s why we need it
The constitution’s a mess
So it needs amendments
It’s full of contradictions
So is independence
We have to start somewhere
No
No way
You’re making a mistake
Good night
Hey
What are you waiting for?
What do you stall for?
what?
We won the war
What was it all for?
Do you support this constitution?
Of course
Then defend it
And what if you’re
backing the wrong horse?
Burr, we studied and we
fought and we killed
For the notion of a nation
we now get to build
For once in your life,
take a stand with pride
I don’t understand how
you stand to the side
I’ll keep all my plans
Close to my chest (wait
for it, wait for it, wait)
I’ll wait here and see
Which way the wind
Will blow
I’m taking my time
Watching the
Afterbirth of a nation
Watching the tension grow
I am sailing off to London
I’m accompanied by someone
Who always pays
I have found a wealthy
husband who will keep
Me in comfort for all my days
He is not a lot of fun,
but there’s no one who
Can match you for turn of phrase
My Ale ander
Angelica
Don’t forget to write
Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you’re alive is a miracle
Just stay alive, that would be enough
And if your wife could share
a fraction of your time
If I could grant you peace of mind
Would that be enough?
Ale ander joins forces with
James Madison and John Jay
to write a series of essays
Defending the new United
States constitution
Entitled The Federalist papers
The plan was to write a
total of twenty five essays
The work divided evenly
among the three men
In the end, they wrote eighty five
essays, in the span of si months
John Jay got sick after writing five
James Madison wrote twenty nine
Hamilton wrote the other fifty one
How do you write like you’re
Running out of time?
Write day and night like you’re
Running out of time?
Ev’ry day you fight
Like you’re
Running out of time
Like you’re
Running out of time
Are you
Running out of time?
How do you write like
tomorrow won’t arrive?
How do you write like
you need it to survive?
How do you write ev’ry
second you’re alive?
Ev’ry second you’re alive?
Ev’ry second you’re alive?
They are asking me to lead
I am doing the best I can
To get the people that I need
I’m asking you to be my right hand man
Treasury or State?
I know it’s a lot to ask
Treasury or State?
To leave behind the world you know
Sir, do you want me to run the
Treasury or State department?
Treasury
Let’s go
Ale ander
I have to leave
Ale ander
Look around, look around at how
lucky we are to be alive right now
Helpless
They are asking me to lead
Look around, isn’t this enough?
He will never be satisfied
Enough to be satisfied
Satisfied
Satisfied
History has its eyes on you
Why do you assume you're the smartest
in the room?
Soon that attitude will be your doom
He will never be satisfied
Isn't this enough what would be enough
God I hope you're satisfied
Why do you fight like
History has its eyes on you
I am not throwin’ away my shot
(Just you wait)
I am not throwin’ away my shot
(Just you wait)
I am
Ale ander Hamilton
Hamilton
Just you wait
I am not throwin’ away my shot
