'Guns and Ships' from HAMILTON

"Guns and Ships" from the musical HAMILTON
Performed by Alex Lacamoire, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

[BURR]
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in!
He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen
Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!

[COMPANY]
Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
Redcoats redder with bloodstains

[COMPANY]
Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em
Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m

[COMPANY]
Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!
Enragin’ em! I’m—

[COMPANY]
Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
I go to France for more funds

[COMPANY]
Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]
Guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts

[WASHINGTON]
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

[LAFAYETTE]
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:

[WASHINGTON]
I know

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]
Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE & COMPANY]
You wanna fight for your land back? (Hamilton!)

[WASHINGTON & WOMEN]
I need my right hand man back! (Hamilton!)

[LAFAYETTE, WOMEN, MEN]
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back
Get your right hand man back!
Hamilton!
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
Your right hand man back!
Hamilton!
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter
Ha—ha—Hamilton
But the sooner the better to get your right hand man back!
Hamilton, ha—ha—

[WASHINGTON]
Alexander Hamilton
Troops are waiting in the field for you
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
I have soldiers that will yield for you
If we manage to get this right
They’ll surrender by early light
The world will never be the same, Alexander…

[ethancrossley]

The letter:
Hamilton come back! Baguette man is scary

[beluud]

David, rapping this song: *FRACKING RAP GOD*
Me, rapping this song: IMSHDJSIDHSJJSJS BLOODSTAINS LAFFAYETTE!!!

[nicolaijensen]

i want to know how daveed felt when he first time heard this and has to do it after

lin: this is the lyrics and it goes like this

daveed: okay easy

Lin: and u have to use the french accent

daveed: fuck

[NyxxIsMe]

Reasons why i love hamilton:
1:plot
2:Songs
3:Lafayette


4:"The rest is where burr want to be in the room where it happened

[Dudewtf]

Top 10 rappers Eminem was too afraid to diss.

[justjessica]

Who can successfully rap this whole song?

[lucyinthestacks]

All these uploads are constantly confusing confounding me BUT IM HERE FOR MY FAVORITE FIGHTING FRENCHMAN

[xthetic]

Hands down one of my favorite songs of all time.

[BlueHoovez]

When 0:31 started, it sounded like the kids from Encanto calling Mirabel and asking about her powers in the song called The Family Madrigal.

[xthetic]

Me rapping Guns and Ships me like: LAFAYETTE!! Blah blah blah blahbety BLAH BLAH! LAFAYETTE!!!!

[Ash-iosx]

This is why Lafayette is my favorite character 🤠

[moonflower]

Oooh boy this brings back memories.
As I sit here listening during Quarantine, I remembered something a friend and I did in fifth grade. You see, back then they were pretty shy and had only a few friends. As the year progressed, they found people who also enjoyed art and hung out with them more. My friend introduced me to Hamilton, and I loved it!
One day during recess, we decided to sing our favorite songs. Eventually we got to Guns and Ships (we must have skipped some, Idk how we managed to get so far) and a couple of random kids who knew of Hamilton came to join in. Some others were watching, because we actually didn't sound bad at all. My friend was doing all the rap parts, and nailing it.
Now people who knew the Guns and Ships song were nervous, because we didn't want our friend to embarrass themselves. We didn't say anything though because they were confident. (They usually didn't have much confidence)
So we start singing the song, and Lafayette's part comes, and out of the freaking blue, my friend sings it WORD FOR WORD PERFECTLY. Even kids who had no idea what the song was about were very impressed.
They did the whole thing like a boss. I was so proud of them. After that, they gained a reputation for being a good singer. To this day they deny it, but those of us who saw know.
I haven't spoken to them in a while, but I hope they're happy <3
(At the time, they were a female. Now I'm not sure, but they go by a different name now. That's why I kept saying "they" and "them".)

[loveflamingos]

Listening to this while visiting France!! 🇫🇷

[Kaiyax_]

Is it just me or once you learn the lyrics do they sound a lot slower? Before I learned all of them I was like : ain’t no way I can learn this. But now I’m like: this is easy

[justafan]

Theyll surrender by early light always gives me chills and I don’t know why like I physically freeze and shake when I hear it

[aves]

Lafayettes rap for me bc Im attempting to learn it💀:
(0:32)
I'm takin' this horse by the reins makin'
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
Lafayette!
And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em
Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm
Lafayette!
Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em!
Enragin' em! I'm-
Lafayette!
I go to France for more funds
Lafayette!
I come back with more guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need
I know
Hamilton!
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean-
Hamilton!
Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
What's he gonna do on the bench ami?
Hamilton!
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance
Hamilton!
You wanna fight for your land back?
Hamilton!
I need my right-hand man back!

[Jayce_editzz]

Reasons I like Hamilton
1. Laffayette!!
2. Lore
3. Songs.
4. Just amazing

Hamilton wrote the other 51

[Nylah_DoesArt]

Tip for anyone trying to rap this: Start with lipsyncing. It'll becway easier to add vocals once you already have that muscle memory

[justafan]

1:20 why was Washington kinda majestic with it

[Bafer]

YouTube: *adds the option to choose the speed of the video

Me watching this video: ferb i know what we're doing today