Non-Stop

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 next door

Even though we started at the very same time

Alexander 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 history?

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

Why do you write like you're running out of time?

Write day and night like you're running out of time?

Every 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 practically 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

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

Goes and proposes his own form of government (What?)

His own plan for a new form of government (What?)

Talks for six hours, the convention is listless

Bright young man

Yo, who the eff is this?

Why do you always say what you believe?

Why do you always say what you believe?

Every proclamation guarantees

Free ammunition for your enemies

Why do you write like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Write day and night like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Every day you fight like it's going out of style

Do what you do

Alexander?

Aaron Burr, sir

Well, 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 Alexander

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?

Alexander 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 six 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?

Every 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 every second you're alive?

Every second you're alive, every 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

Alexander

I have to leave

Alexander

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

What would be enough to be satisfied? (He will never be satisfied)

Satisfied, satisfied

(History has its eyes on you) Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop!)

He will never be satisfied (Isn't this enough?)

Satisfied (Will it be enough?)

(History has its eyes on you) Why do you write like you're running out of time?

(Non-stop!) Why do you write like

History has its eyes on you

I am not throwing away my shot (Just you wait)

I am not throwing away my shot (Just you wait)

I am Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton, just you wait

I am not throwing away my shot