British Admiral Howe's got on the water. Thirty-two troops in New York harbor. thousand troops in New York harbor. Thirty-two thousand troops in New York When surround our troops! surround our troops! They our troops! When they our troops! surround our troops! As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war. I knew that I was I it was the only way to- Rise up! If tell my story I am gonna die on the battlefield in or- up! We will fight for this but there's 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! Here the General! The pride of Vernon! Here the general George We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta make an all out ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! Check Can I be real a second? For a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I a second? Now I'm the of a modern major general, the venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up, to put me up on a writin' to relatives, embellishin' my elegance and eloquence but the elephant is in the the truth is in ya face ya hear the British cannons go... Any hope of success is fleeting how can I leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British Brooklyn knight takes rook, but look We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck! We gotta an all out stand ayo, I'm need a right-hand man. They're battering down the Battery the damages. Rah! We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of advantages. Rah! Let's take a stand with the stamina God has us. Hamilton abandon ship Yo, let's steal their Shh-boom! Boom! Goes the cannon, watch the and the shit spray and... Boom! Goes the cannon, abandonin' Kips Bay and... Boom! There's another and... Boom! We lost the southern tip and. Boom! We gotta run to quick, we can't afford another slip. and horses giddyup I to divvy up my forces, they're skittish as the British cut the city up. This close to up, facing mad scrutiny I scream in the face of this mutiny: are these the men with 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 my case? As you were. Sir I was a captain under General 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 firing on the British a distance. Huh. I have some questions, a of suggestions on how to instead of fleeing west. Your excellency, you to see me? Hamilton, in, have you met Burr? Yes, sir. We meeting. As I was saying, sir, I forward to seeing your strategy play out Close the door on way out. Have I something wrong, sir? On the contrary. I called you here because our are beyond scary. reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh. Hamilton, how no one can get you on their staff? Sir! Don't get me wrong, a young man, of great renown. I know you stole cannons when we were downtown. Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox to hire you... To be their Secretary? I think so. Why're you I'm It's alright, you to fight, you've got a hunger. I was just you when I was younger. full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr? Yes. Dying is easy, young man. is harder. Why are you me this? I'm honest. I'm with a third of what our Congress has promised. We are a powder keg about to I need like you to lighten the load. So? I am not away my shot! I am not away 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 need all the you can get. I some friends. Laurens, Mulligan Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what Outnumbered, outplanned! We'll need spies on the inside King's men who might let some things slide. I'll to Congress and tell 'em we supplies Boom! Whoa, whoa, whoa... you the guys, master the element of surprise. Chicka-boom! Whoa, whoa... I'll rise above my organize your 'til we to the occasion of our new nation. Sir! Whoa, whoa, whoa... Here comes the up! Here the General! up! Rise up! Here comes the up! Rise up! Here the General! And his right man! Boom!