British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour (thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbour)
When 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
I 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
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 your face when you 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 (buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)
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, goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and
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 givin' up, facing mad scrutiny
I scream
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