Lin-Manuel Miranda - Non-Stop Lyrics






[Burr:]
After the war I went back to New York

[Hamilton:]
A-after the war I went back to New York

[Burr:]
I finished up my studies and I practiced law

[Hamilton:]
I practiced law, Burr worked next door

[Burr:]
Even though we started at the very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is

[Burr and Ensemble:]
Non-stop

[Hamilton:]
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

[Ensemble:]
Non-stop

[Hamilton:]
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
With my assistant counsel

[Burr:]
Co-counsel
Hamilton, sit down
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
Call your first witness
That's all you had to say

[Hamilton:]
Okay
One more thing

[Burr:]
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

[Ensemble:]
Awwww

[Burr (Ensemble):]
Why do you write like you're running out of time? (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 (Ev'ry day you fight, like you're running out of time)
Keep on fighting in the meantime
(Non-stop!)

[Hamilton:]
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 ([Burr and Ensemble:] 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
[Ensemble:]
Awww

[Burr:]
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

[Hamilton:]
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention

[Burr:]
There as a New York junior delegate

[Hamilton:]
Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate
[Company:]
Awwww

[Burr (Company):]
Goes and proposes his own form of government! (What?)
His own plan for a new form of government! (What?)

[Burr:]
Talks for six hours! The convention is listless

[Ensemble man:]
Bright young man

[Another Ensemble man:]
Yo, who the f is this?

[Burr (Company):]
Why do you always say what you believe?
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
(Awww!)

[Burr and men (all women):]
Why do you write like it's
Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)
Write day and night like it's
Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)

[Burr and Company:]
Ev'ry day you fight like it's
Going out of style
Do what you do

[Burr:]
Alexander?

[Hamilton:]
Aaron Burr, sir

[Burr:]
Well, it's the middle of the night

[Hamilton:]
Can we confer, sir?

[Burr:]
Is this a legal matter?

[Hamilton:]
Yes, and it's important to me

[Burr:]
What do you need?

[Hamilton:]
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me

[Burr:]
Okay

[Hamilton:]
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

[Burr:]
Who's your client?

[Hamilton:]
The new U.S. Constitution

[Burr:]
No

[Hamilton:]
Hear me out

[Burr:]
No way

[Hamilton:]
A series of essays, anonymously published
Defending the document to the public

[Burr:]
No one will read it

[Hamilton:]
I disagree

[Burr:]
And if it fails?

[Hamilton:]
Burr, that's why we need it

[Burr:]
The constitution's a mess

[Hamilton:]
So it needs amendments

[Burr:]
It's full of contradictions

[Hamilton:]
So is independence
We have to start somewhere

[Burr:]
No, no way

[Hamilton:]
You're making a mistake

[Burr:]
Good night

[Hamilton:]
Hey
What are you waiting for?
What do you stall for?

[Burr:]
What?

[Hamilton:]
We won the war
What was it all for?
Do you support this constitution?

[Burr:]
Of course

[Hamilton:]
Then defend it

[Burr:]
And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

[Hamilton:]
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

[Burr (Ensemble):]
I'll keep all my plans
Close to my chest (Wait for it, wait for it, wait…)
I'll wait here and see
[Burr/Ensemble:]
Which way the wind will blow
I'm taking my time
Watching the afterbirth of a nation
Watching the tension grow

[Angelica:]
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

[Hamilton:]
Angelica

[Angelica:]
Don't forget to write

[Eliza:]
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?

[Burr:]
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

[Burr (all women):]
How do you write like you're
Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
Write day and night like you're
Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
[Burr and men (all women):]
Ev'ry day you fight like you're
Running out of time (Running out of time)
Like you're
Running out of time (Running out of time)
Are you running out of time? (Awwww!)

[Full Company except Hamilton:]
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?

[Washington:]
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

[Hamilton:]
Treasury or State?

[Washington:]
I know it's a lot to ask

[Hamilton:]
Treasury or State?

[Washington:]
To leave behind the world you know

[Hamilton:]
Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

[Washington:]
Treasury

[Hamilton:]
Let's go

[Eliza:]
Alexander

[Hamilton:]
I have to leave

[Eliza:]
Alexander

[Hamilton:]
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

[Eliza:]
Helpless

[Hamilton:]
They are asking me to lead

[Eliza:]
Look around, isn't this enough?

[Angelica (Eliza):]
He will never be satisfied
(What would be enough)
He will never be satisfied (To be satisfied)
Satisfied (Satisfied)
Satisfied (Satisfied)
[Wash:]
History has its eyes on you

[Together:]
[Burr:] 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's gonna be your doom
[Eliza:] Look around! Look around! Isn't this enough? What would be enough?
[Wash/Mull/Laur/Laf:] History has its eyes on you
[Angelica:] He will never be satisfied, satisfied, satisfied
[All:] Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop
Why do you fight like

[Company:]
History has its eyes on you

[Hamilton (men) {Full Company}:]
I am not throwin' away my shot! (Just you wait!)
I am not throwin' away my shot! {Just you wait!}
I am
Alexander Hamilton! {Alexander Hamilton}
{Hamilton, just you wait!}
I am not throwin' away my shot





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  1. F.... ....

    Me in school projects: hamilton.

  2. M.... K....

    Burr: why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
    Hamilton: why do you assume that i assume that i’m the smartest in the room?

  3. M.... F....

    This song was recommended to me. While I was getting back into writing, after having been stuck on directions I wanted to go with it, in between the hustle and bustle of the holidays. lol. The 'he will never be satisfied' part started, right when I introduced a major character into things, and, didn't want it to be too awkward. Ironic.

  4. M.... ....

    Song starts at 4:49 :)

  5. E.... M....

    0:52
    Me: *Looks at a 12-page essay that's due in less than 3 hours...








    BECAUSE I AM!!!!

  6. a.... ....

    i know nothing about Hamilton but this song?? it kinda hits hard

  7. L.... ....

    This part makes me happy I don't know why. 1:26

  8. A.... M....

    People on tik tok are using this song trying to tell everyone that indegious women are getting kidnapped and killed without any media coverage AND Y'ALL ARE SO UPSET THEY USE THIS SOUND??? Why.the.fuck.not

  9. A.... M....

    Y'all are the annoying theatre kids everyone hates😂 like wtf if you're such a fan respect others liking and using that sound, what's so DAMN wrong about it that y'all are getting so upset

  10. l.... f....

    Guys I need ur help What are the 2 character issues that they discussed about Alexander Hamilton? Why do you think he had these two character traits

  11. B.... 1....

    3:09.




    I can’t be the only one that thinks it sounds like burr is saying “I’ll keep all my pants close to my chest.” Instead of plans and that makes me laugh more than it should.

  12. M.... ....

    4:50 tiktok.

  13. G.... T....

    Lets Do A Song Chain, I’ll go first. *Alexander Hamilton*

  14. G.... T....

    I don’t get it in 3:46 , I thought *Eliza* and Alexander got married , not *Angelica* and Alexander. 0-0
    Am I missing something?

    G.... T....

    Godzilla Taveras he cheated on her in first burn did he not?

  15. �.... L....

    Id just like to point out that non stop is the longest song in hamilton.





    Its just NON STOP

  16. S.... H....

    Alexander to Eliza:
    Why do you cook like you're running out of thyme?

  17. A.... P....

    Plot Twist: Hamilton knew he was going to die the entire time and was trying to speedrun his life

  18. �.... ....

    *That epic gamer moment when you manage to get every lyric in nonstop but you're out of breathe cuz you just sang/rapped every line of nonstop nonstop*

  19. G.... I....

    “I’m not throwing away my shot!”
    *gunshot*
    ————later————
    “Burr if I throw away my shot is this how you remember me?”

  20. M.... H....

    Oh that was Beautiful😥👏😣❤️

  21. J.... O....

    total of 85 essays..
    Jay wrote 6
    Madison wrote 29
    hamilton technically would've wrote 50 not 51

    J.... O....

    It says Jay wrote 5

  22. D.... D....

    Everyone is treating that this song is on Tik Tok as something being terrible but the videos that are revolving around the song is about awareness to MMIW (Missing and murdered Indigenous Women).

    D.... D....

    Dank Dank highway of tears

  23. e.... t....

    https://discord.gg/JEcuKv

  24. K.... P....

    My favorite part:
    4:12 ---> 5:04

  25. K.... K....

    Misheard lyric: "I intend to poopy on the shadow of a doubt"

  26. T.... D....

    This was the first song I ever heard from Hamilton. What a way to introduce the play.

  27. J.... M....

    I've been listening to this *NONSTOP*

  28. S.... S....

    For everyone who is from Tik Tok / Musically : 5:33 :-)

  29. �.... ....

    HAMILTON CARED ABOUT LAURENS DEATH AND IT SHOWS IN THIS SONG
    If you listen to all the songs in order, you sense he actually started to settle down after that would be enough. Dear theodosia is kind of the only song in hamilton entirely about his family (until, of course, philip dies). Thats because thats when alexander was focused on his family, his personal. Then boom, laurens dies during battle, all the surviving men are returned to their masters. And what was laurens always committed to? Abolishing slavery. Thats why hamilton has so much work to do. And after the laurens interlude he goes off on a rampage. Refuses to take breaks. He also repeatedly clashes with jefferson(we know whos really doing the planting). And when hes dead, eliza does what she thinks he would have done if he had more time. She speaks out against slavery. Laurens death is a huge turning point in this musical and its not all oh laurens is dead, lets move on now, here comes noNSt0P!!!

    �.... ....

    u r awesome

    �.... ....

    @Aria Ramey Thanks?

  30. m.... ....

    5:27

    *bum bum*

    "you could use a- wait wrong musical-"

  31. N.... ....

    *References of the songs titles*

    1. Non-stop (Obviously)
    2. Aaron Burr, sir
    3. Wait For It
    4. That Will Be Enough
    5. Right Hand Man
    6. Helpless
    7. Satisfied
    8. History has its eyes on you
    9. My Shot
    10. Alexander Hamilton

  32. M.... F....

    Team Burr or team Hamilton?
    Comment for Burr
    Like for Hamilton

  33. C.... C....

    When ever I hear somebody say Non-stop.


    Or when I read it.

  34. I.... ....

    Played it in 1.5x XD

  35. J.... 1....

    Burr:]
    After the war I went back to New York

    [Hamilton:]
    A-after the war I went back to New York

    [Burr:]
    I finished up my studies and I practiced law

    [Hamilton:]
    I practiced law, Burr worked next door

    [Burr:]
    Even though we started at the very same time
    Alexander Hamilton began to climb
    How to account for his rise to the top?
    Maaaaan, the man is

    [Burr and Ensemble:]
    Non-stop

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Ensemble:]
    Non-stop

    [Hamilton:]
    I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
    With my assistant counsel

    [Burr:]
    Co-counsel
    Hamilton, sit down
    Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
    Call your first witness
    That's all you had to say

    [Hamilton:]
    Okay
    One more thing

    [Burr:]
    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

    [Ensemble:]
    Awwww

    [Burr (Ensemble):]
    Why do you write like you're running out of time? (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 (Ev'ry day you fight, like you're running out of time)
    Keep on fighting in the meantime
    (Non-stop!)

    [Hamilton:]
    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 ([Burr and Ensemble:] 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
    [Ensemble:]
    Awww

    [Burr:]
    Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

    [Hamilton:]
    I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention

    [Burr:]
    There as a New York junior delegate

    [Hamilton:]
    Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate
    [Company:]
    Awwww

    [Burr (Company):]
    Goes and proposes his own form of government! (What?)
    His own plan for a new form of government! (What?)

    [Burr:]
    Talks for six hours! The convention is listless

    [Ensemble man:]
    Bright young man

    [Another Ensemble man:]
    Yo, who the f is this?

    [Burr (Company):]
    Why do you always say what you believe?
    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
    (Awww!)

    [Burr and men (all women):]
    Why do you write like it's
    Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)
    Write day and night like it's
    Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)

    [Burr and Company:]
    Ev'ry day you fight like it's
    Going out of style
    Do what you do

    [Burr:]
    Alexander?

    [Hamilton:]
    Aaron Burr, sir

    [Burr:]
    Well, it's the middle of the night

    [Hamilton:]
    Can we confer, sir?

    [Burr:]
    Is this a legal matter?

    [Hamilton:]
    Yes, and it's important to me

    [Burr:]
    What do you need?

    [Hamilton:]
    Burr, you're a better lawyer than me

    [Burr:]
    Okay

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Burr:]
    Who's your client?

    [Hamilton:]
    The new U.S. Constitution

    [Burr:]
    No

    [Hamilton:]
    Hear me out

    [Burr:]
    No way

    [Hamilton:]
    A series of essays, anonymously published
    Defending the document to the public

    [Burr:]
    No one will read it

    [Hamilton:]
    I disagree

    [Burr:]
    And if it fails?

    [Hamilton:]
    Burr, that's why we need it

    [Burr:]
    The constitution's a mess

    [Hamilton:]
    So it needs amendments

    [Burr:]
    It's full of contradictions

    [Hamilton:]
    So is independence
    We have to start somewhere

    [Burr:]
    No, no way

    [Hamilton:]
    You're making a mistake

    [Burr:]
    Good night

    [Hamilton:]
    Hey
    What are you waiting for?
    What do you stall for?

    [Burr:]
    What?

    [Hamilton:]
    We won the war
    What was it all for?
    Do you support this constitution?

    [Burr:]
    Of course

    [Hamilton:]
    Then defend it

    [Burr:]
    And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Burr (Ensemble):]
    I'll keep all my plans
    Close to my chest (Wait for it, wait for it, wait…)
    I'll wait here and see
    [Burr/Ensemble:]
    Which way the wind will blow
    I'm taking my time
    Watching the afterbirth of a nation
    Watching the tension grow

    [Angelica:]
    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

    [Hamilton:]
    Angelica

    [Angelica:]
    Don't forget to write

    [Eliza:]
    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?

    [Burr:]
    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

    [Burr (all women):]
    How do you write like you're
    Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
    Write day and night like you're
    Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
    [Burr and men (all women):]
    Ev'ry day you fight like you're
    Running out of time (Running out of time)
    Like you're
    Running out of time (Running out of time)
    Are you running out of time? (Awwww!)

    [Full Company except Hamilton:]
    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?

    [Washington:]
    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

    [Hamilton:]
    Treasury or State?

    [Washington:]
    I know it's a lot to ask

    [Hamilton:]
    Treasury or State?

    [Washington:]
    To leave behind the world you know

    [Hamilton:]
    Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

    [Washington:]
    Treasury

    [Hamilton:]
    Let's go

    [Eliza:]
    Alexander

    [Hamilton:]
    I have to leave

    [Eliza:]
    Alexander

    [Hamilton:]
    Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

    [Eliza:]
    Helpless

    [Hamilton:]
    They are asking me to lead

    [Eliza:]
    Look around, isn't this enough?

    [Angelica (Eliza):]
    He will never be satisfied
    (What would be enough)
    He will never be satisfied (To be satisfied)
    Satisfied (Satisfied)
    Satisfied (Satisfied)
    [Wash:]
    History has its eyes on you

    [Together:]
    [Burr:] 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's gonna be your doom
    [Eliza:] Look around! Look around! Isn't this enough? What would be enough?
    [Wash/Mull/Laur/Laf:] History has its eyes on you
    [Angelica:] He will never be satisfied, satisfied, satisfied
    [All:] Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop
    Why do you fight like

    [Company:]
    History has its eyes on you

    [Hamilton (men) {Full Company}:]
    I am not throwin' away my shot! (Just you wait!)
    I am not throwin' away my shot! {Just you wait!}
    I am
    Alexander Hamilton! {Alexander Hamilton}
    {Hamilton, just you wait!}
    I am not throwin' away my shot

  36. x.... ....

    I can’t get over the fact that the piano behind the ‘Federalist Papers’ bit is the playing the melody of ‘Alexander Hamilton’
    *It’s just perfect*

  37. s.... ....

    I used to think the song said- I will keep all my pants close to my chest

  38. H.... B....

    Roses are red ,
    Violets are blue,
    if you love hamilton then make that thumb blue

  39. S.... H....

    4:38 the inflexion on "ThE oThEr FiFTy OnE" is perfect

  40. f.... ....

    Hamilton makes me feel good to be an American

  41. M.... ....

    I listen to this song every time I'm about to work on my novel because it pumps me up so much

  42. W.... W....

    What the conversation should have went

    Burr: “Why do you assume you are the smartest in the room”
    Hamilton: “Well you aren’t so who is?”
    Burr: “That isn’t how you are supposed to play the game meme”

  43. H.... ....

    Hamilton wrote
    *THE OTHER 51!*

  44. J.... W....

    My mom: Where did all the pizza roles go?

    Me laying in agony on the couch: The plan was to eat half the bag, divided equally among your three children. In the end we ate both of them. Joy got sick after eating 5, Jesse ate 29, AND I ATE THE OTHER 51.

  45. S.... d....

    Amo es
    te musical😍

  46. G.... S....

    PEOPLE BE LIKE -
    PPL: HOW DO YOU WRITE EVERY SECOND UR ALIVE .
    ME- ?
    PPL- HOW DO U WRITE LIKE UR NEED IT TO SURVIVE.
    ME-..........
    ME- OH YEA MY MOM TEACHES LANGUAGE ARTS AND ITS LIKE A CURSE LOL BUT NO BIGGIE!......
    ME-(GOES TO MY ROOM SHUTS DOOR AND CRIES)😢

  47. S.... _....

    Who else is doing this for class

  48. U.... r....

    In this is it just me or does Hamilton sound like Joan? (Thomas Sanders' friend)

  49. M.... K....

    I am kami my mom is missy and I love Hamilton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. N.... N....

    I found out this was made in.....2017.....

  51. V.... Q....

    John Jay: got tired after writing 5 essays
    Me: couldn't relate anymore than that

  52. M.... R....

    Alex: Burr you’re a better lawyer than me
    Me: Alex actually complimenting someone other than himself for once

  53. f.... m....

    how come on a hamilton video, all of the comments talk about how amazing hamilton is?
    and on an in the heights video, all of the comments talk about why it shouldn't be compared to hamilton?

  54. J.... D....

    I came to this song to remember the Treasury and State lmao

  55. M.... T....

    No joke, my first time listening to this I thought Angelica said "no one who can match you, Bertern Afrase" or something, as in a name... XD

  56. R.... B....

    After the war I went back to New York

    [Hamilton:]
    A-after the war I went back to New York

    [Burr:]
    I finished up my studies and I practiced law

    [Hamilton:]
    I practiced law, Burr worked next door

    [Burr:]
    Even though we started at the very same time
    Alexander Hamilton began to climb
    How to account for his rise to the top?
    Maaaaan, the man is

    [Burr and Ensemble:]
    Non-stop

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Ensemble:]
    Non-stop

    [Hamilton:]
    I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
    With my assistant counsel

    [Burr:]
    Co-counsel
    Hamilton, sit down
    Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
    Call your first witness
    That's all you had to say

    [Hamilton:]
    Okay
    One more thing

    [Burr:]
    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

    [Ensemble:]
    Awwww

    [Burr (Ensemble):]
    Why do you write like you're running out of time? (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 (Ev'ry day you fight, like you're running out of time)
    Keep on fighting in the meantime
    (Non-stop!)

    [Hamilton:]
    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 ([Burr and Ensemble:] 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
    [Ensemble:]
    Awww

    [Burr:]
    Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

    [Hamilton:]
    I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention

    [Burr:]
    There as a New York junior delegate

    [Hamilton:]
    Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate
    [Company:]
    Awwww

    [Burr (Company):]
    Goes and proposes his own form of government! (What?)
    His own plan for a new form of government! (What?)

    [Burr:]
    Talks for six hours! The convention is listless

    [Ensemble man:]
    Bright young man

    [Another Ensemble man:]
    Yo, who the f is this?

    [Burr (Company):]
    Why do you always say what you believe?
    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
    (Awww!)

    [Burr and men (all women):]
    Why do you write like it's
    Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)
    Write day and night like it's
    Going out of style? (Going out of style, hey!)

    [Burr and Company:]
    Ev'ry day you fight like it's
    Going out of style
    Do what you do

    [Burr:]
    Alexander?

    [Hamilton:]
    Aaron Burr, sir

    [Burr:]
    Well, it's the middle of the night

    [Hamilton:]
    Can we confer, sir?

    [Burr:]
    Is this a legal matter?

    [Hamilton:]
    Yes, and it's important to me

    [Burr:]
    What do you need?

    [Hamilton:]
    Burr, you're a better lawyer than me

    [Burr:]
    Okay

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Burr:]
    Who's your client?

    [Hamilton:]
    The new U.S. Constitution

    [Burr:]
    No

    [Hamilton:]
    Hear me out

    [Burr:]
    No way

    [Hamilton:]
    A series of essays, anonymously published
    Defending the document to the public

    [Burr:]
    No one will read it

    [Hamilton:]
    I disagree

    [Burr:]
    And if it fails?

    [Hamilton:]
    Burr, that's why we need it

    [Burr:]
    The constitution's a mess

    [Hamilton:]
    So it needs amendments

    [Burr:]
    It's full of contradictions

    [Hamilton:]
    So is independence
    We have to start somewhere

    [Burr:]
    No, no way

    [Hamilton:]
    You're making a mistake

    [Burr:]
    Good night

    [Hamilton:]
    Hey
    What are you waiting for?
    What do you stall for?

    [Burr:]
    What?

    [Hamilton:]
    We won the war
    What was it all for?
    Do you support this constitution?

    [Burr:]
    Of course

    [Hamilton:]
    Then defend it

    [Burr:]
    And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

    [Hamilton:]
    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

    [Burr (Ensemble):]
    I'll keep all my plans
    Close to my chest (Wait for it, wait for it, wait…)
    I'll wait here and see
    [Burr/Ensemble:]
    Which way the wind will blow
    I'm taking my time
    Watching the afterbirth of a nation
    Watching the tension grow

    [Angelica:]
    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

    [Hamilton:]
    Angelica

    [Angelica:]
    Don't forget to write

    [Eliza:]
    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?

    [Burr:]
    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

    [Burr (all women):]
    How do you write like you're
    Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
    Write day and night like you're
    Running out of time? (Running out of time?)
    [Burr and men (all women):]
    Ev'ry day you fight like you're
    Running out of time (Running out of time)
    Like you're
    Running out of time (Running out of time)
    Are you running out of time? (Awwww!)

    [Full Company except Hamilton:]
    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?

    [Washington:]
    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

    [Hamilton:]
    Treasury or State?

    [Washington:]
    I know it's a lot to ask

    [Hamilton:]
    Treasury or State?

    [Washington:]
    To leave behind the world you know

    [Hamilton:]
    Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

    [Washington:]
    Treasury

    [Hamilton:]
    Let's go

    [Eliza:]
    Alexander

    [Hamilton:]
    I have to leave

    [Eliza:]
    Alexander

    [Hamilton:]
    Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

    [Eliza:]
    Helpless

    [Hamilton:]
    They are asking me to lead

    [Eliza:]
    Look around, isn't this enough?

    [Angelica (Eliza):]
    He will never be satisfied
    (What would be enough)
    He will never be satisfied (To be satisfied)
    Satisfied (Satisfied)
    Satisfied (Satisfied)
    [Wash:]
    History has its eyes on you

    [Together:]
    [Burr:] 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's gonna be your doom
    [Eliza:] Look around! Look around! Isn't this enough? What would be enough?
    [Wash/Mull/Laur/Laf:] History has its eyes on you
    [Angelica:] He will never be satisfied, satisfied, satisfied
    [All:] Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop! Non-Stop
    Why do you fight like

    [Company:]
    History has its eyes on you

    [Hamilton (men) {Full Company}:]
    I am not throwin' away my shot! (Just you wait!)
    I am not throwin' away my shot! {Just you wait!}
    I am
    Alexander Hamilton! {Alexander Hamilton}
    {Hamilton, just you wait!}
    I am not throwin' away my shot

  57. P.... ....

    Brooooo this came right after Meet Me Inside on shuffle so washington was like 'go. home.' And then hamilton 'WENT BACK TO NEW YORK'

  58. T.... H....

    My brother has gotten this song drilled into my head and I love it

  59. K.... B....

    Tf are there so many dislikes

  60. M.... ....

    I remember watching this and my mom telling me I'm like Hamilton because 'I write like I'm running out of time, etc.' I just realized why. It's the middle of the night and I'm eating snacks, drinking lemon juice, typing anything I want, learning random languages that I like, watching Netflix shows, and listening to this while wrapped up in two blankets.

  61. w.... ....

    5:29 oh hey

  62. S.... D....

    I get that it’s impressive Hamilton wrote 50 fricking essays in three months, but James Madison doesn’t get enough credit, I mean, thirty essays is also super impressive

  63. A.... D....

    4:53 always gives me chills

  64. J.... M....

    4:12 (my fav part)

  65. M.... �....

    BURR]
    After the war I went back to New York

    [HAMILTON]
    A-After the war I went back to New York

    [BURR]
    I finished up my studies and I practiced law

    [HAMILTON]
    I practiced law, Burr worked next door

    [BURR]
    Even though we started at the very same time
    Alexander Hamilton began to climb
    How to account for his rise to the top?
    Maaaaan, the man is

    [BURR & ENSEMBLE]
    Non-stop!

    [HAMILTON]
    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—

    [ENSEMBLE]
    Non-stop!

    [HAMILTON]
    I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
    With my assistant counsel—

    [BURR]
    Co-counsel
    Hamilton, sit down
    Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness
    That’s all you had to say!

    [HAMILTON]
    Okay!
    One more thing—

    [BURR]
    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!

    [ENSEMBLE]
    Awwww!
    [BURR with ENSEMBLE]
    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—

    [ENSEMBLE]
    Non-stop!

    [HAMILTON]
    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

    [HAMILTON & BURR & ENSEMBLE]
    Honestly, that’s why public service
    Seems to be calling me
    He's just non-stop!

    [HAMILTON]
    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
    [ENSEMBLE]
    Awww!

    [BURR]
    Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:

    [HAMILTON]
    I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!

    [BURR]
    There as a New York junior delegate:

    [HAMILTON & COMPANY]
    Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate… (Awwww)

    [BURR & COMPANY]
    Goes and proposes his own form of government! (What?)
    His own plan for a new form of government! (What?)

    [BURR]
    Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!

    [ENSEMBLE MAN]
    Bright young man…

    [ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN]
    Yo, who the f is this?

    [BURR with COMPANY]
    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!

    [COMPANY]
    Awww!

    [BURR & MEN with ALL WOMEN]
    Why do you write like it’s
    Going out of style?
    Write day and night like it’s
    Going out of style?

    [BURR & COMPANY]
    Ev’ry day you fight like it’s
    Going out of style
    Do what you do

    [BURR]
    Alexander?

    [HAMILTON]
    Aaron Burr, sir

    [BURR]
    It’s the middle of the night

    [HAMILTON]
    Can we confer, sir?

    [BURR]
    Is this a legal matter?

    [HAMILTON]
    Yes, and it’s important to me

    [BURR]
    What do you need?

    [HAMILTON]
    Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me

    [BURR]
    Okay

    [HAMILTON]
    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

    [BURR]
    Who’s your client?

    [HAMILTON]
    The new U.S. Constitution?

    [BURR]
    No

    [HAMILTON]
    Hear me out

    [BURR]
    No way!

    [HAMILTON]
    A series of essays, anonymously published
    Defending the document to the public

    [BURR]
    No one will read it

    [HAMILTON]
    I disagree

    [BURR]
    And if it fails?

    [HAMILTON]
    Burr, that’s why we need it

    [BURR]
    The constitution’s a mess

    [HAMILTON]
    So it needs amendments

    [BURR]
    It’s full of contradictions

    [HAMILTON]
    So is independence
    We have to start somewhere

    [BURR]
    No. No way

    [HAMILTON]
    You’re making a mistake

    [BURR]
    Good night

    [HAMILTON]
    Hey
    What are you waiting for?
    What do you stall for?

    [BURR]
    What?

    [HAMILTON]
    We won the war
    What was it all for?
    Do you support this constitution?

    [BURR]
    Of course

    [HAMILTON]
    Then defend it

    [BURR]
    And what if you’re backing the wrong horse?

    [HAMILTON]
    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

    [BURR with ENSEMBLE, ENSEMBLE]
    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

    [ANGELICA]
    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

    [HAMILTON]
    Angelica

    [ANGELICA]
    Don’t forget to write

    [ELIZA]
    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?

    [BURR]
    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!

    [BURR with ALL WOMEN]
    How do you write like you’re running out of time?
    Write day and night like you’re running out of time?

    [BURR AND MEN with ALL WOMEN, ALL WOMEN]
    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?
    Awwww!

    [FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)]
    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?

    [WASHINGTON]
    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

    [HAMILTON]
    Treasury or State?

    [WASHINGTON]
    I know it’s a lot to ask

    [HAMILTON]
    Treasury or State?

    [WASHINGTON]
    To leave behind the world you know…

    [HAMILTON]
    Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

    [WASHINGTON]
    Treasury

    [HAMILTON]
    Let’s go

    [ELIZA]
    Alexander…

    [HAMILTON]
    I have to leave

    [ELIZA]
    Alexander—

    [HAMILTON]
    Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

    [ELIZA]
    Helpless…

    [HAMILTON]
    They are asking me to lead

    [ELIZA]
    Look around, isn’t this enough?

    [ANGELICA & ELIZA]
    He will never be satisfied
    What would be enough?
    He will never be satisfied (to be satisfied)
    Satisfied, satisfied

    [BURR, WASHINGTON, ENSEMBLE, ELIZA]
    History has its eyes
    Look around, look around!
    Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
    On you
    Isn't this enough?
    Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)
    What would be enough?

    [BURR, ANGELICA, ENSEMBLE]
    He will never be satisfied
    Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)
    Satisfied, satisfied

    [BURR, WASHINGTON, MULLIGAN, LAUREL & LAFAYETTE, ENSEMBLE]
    History has its eyes
    Soon that attitude's gonna be your doom! (Non-stop)
    On you
    Why do you fight like you're running out of time? (Non-stop)

    [ANGELICA, ELIZA & BURR]
    Why do you fight like

    [COMPANY]
    History has its eyes on you

    [HAMILTON & MEN]
    I am not throwin’ away my shot! (Just you wait!)

    [HAMILTON & FULL COMPANY]
    I am not throwin’ away my shot! (Just you wait!)

    [HAMILTON with FULL COMPANY]
    I am Alexander Hamilton!

    [FULL COMPANY]
    Hamilton, just you wait!

    [HAMILTON]
    I am not throwin' away my shot!

  66. T.... ....

    Imagine being bros with some dude and got into some argument and then you both square up and you think he is not really serious but you still go but then ended up he kicked the sh*t out of you. Amarite?

  67. C.... t....

    I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE I SCREAM-

    "Why do you write like you need it to survive?!"

    When John died Alexander lost his best friend and lover, also the love of his life.
    He was in need of a reason to live, his wife and kids were not enough reason and we can see it historicaly because his last son Philip II was 2 or 3 years old when he died (I don't remember the exactly age);he took his ambition
    as a reason to stay alive, 21 years later he died in the duel deliverately.

    As a conclusion, he was in need of write to survive after John's death.

    Change my mind.

    (Srry for bad english-)

    Idk if I have to laugh or cry.

  68. L.... R....

    This should have been called “All the Songs at Once the Song” or ATSAOTS for short

  69. A.... S....

    does anyone but me go straight to non-stop

  70. S.... J....

    Hamilton wrote the other 51

    Im not tearing up you are.

  71. S.... B....

    The end of the song is like kjbcaekurfkgiweacohieq

  72. b.... 1....

    I'm probably like at least half if the views

  73. N.... ....

    When burr says "soon that attitude may be your doom" and "keep on writing in the mean time" he is talking about how soon he is gonna kill (Which he did)Hamilton because he annoying him.....

  74. m.... m....

    being alone af implies in myself trying to sing every f line of this song

    i have no friends

  75. M.... L....

    At 5:26 the thumping is like the opening to Say My Name (Beetlejuice).
    *Thump thump* you could use a buddy.....alexander

  76. G.... M....

    0:21, 1:24-1:55, 2:04-3:08, 4:12- 5:26

  77. E.... K....

    Tiktok: wants to use hamilton songs
    Hamilton fans: DON'T YOU DARE STAY AWAY FROM MY SON
    Hamilton from the grave: CALL ME SON ONE MORE TIME

  78. L.... L....

    Genius...

  79. J.... 1....

    Me and my friends made up of fun dance to this LOL

  80. T.... ....

    *aggressively attempts to sing all the parts at once*

  81. N.... ....

    Normal People: Soon that attitude may be your doom
    Me: Sundadadatude may be your doom

  82. S.... ....

    Did anyone immediately think of their project group mate during the part where John J got sick after writing five essays? They agreed on 25 each! 25!

    Dude. xD

  83. J.... W....

    Who tf disliked, just dont listen to it jeez

  84. J.... B....

    Me and my friends: Lets sing this at the talent show.... Wait. I dont friends...
    My friend: ARRON BURR SIR!!

  85. M.... 4....

    5:32 is when the motif barriers are broken

  86. c.... p....

    wait a second.....


    How do you divide *25* by *3* evenly?!?!?!?!?!

  87. L.... H....

    I could truly listen to this all day...you know what....honestly just play the whole soundtrack at my funeral

  88. A.... S....

    Me: *has never watched Hamilton*

    Also me after listening to this: Hey mom. Can we see Hamilton?

  89. J.... R....

    is it odd that this makes me think of Disney.......

    J.... R....

    Justine Romer
    No mainly just because I’ve seen him in so many Disney movies

    J.... R....

    @Hampton_the_one exactly what I was thinking

  90. J.... F....

    Currently I know 6 Hamilton songs word for word, i am EXpanDINg

    Hamilton ♥️♥️♥️ freakin amazing

  91. S.... ....

    This is the one hamilton song that makes me cry





    a l o t

  92. E.... M....

    its a great song

  93. R.... _....

    "why do you write like you're running out of time"






    ...because if he doesn't, he might not have a chance to finish the writing.
    he doesn't know when he's going to be gone, so he's writing like it's slipping away from him.
    he's worried if he doesn't improve, if he doesn't make a difference,
    that it wasn't worth it.
    so he tries.
    ...he writes like he's running out of time.
    because....he actually is.