Blow Us All Away
[PHILIP]Meet the latest graduate of King’s College!I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish!The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops!The ladies say my brain’s not where the resemblance stops!I’m only nineteen but my mind is olderGotta be my own man, like my father, but bolderI shoulder his legacy with prideI used to hear him sayThat somedayI would—
[ENSEMBLE]Blow us all away
[PHILIP]Ladies, I’m lookin for a Mr. George EackerMade a speech last week, our Fourth of July speakerHe disparaged my father’s legacy in front of a crowdI can’t have that, I’m making my father proud
[MARTHA]I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocksHe was goin’ to see a play
[PHILIP]Well, I’ll go visit his box
[DOLLY]God, you’re a fox
[PHILIP]And y’all look pretty good in ya’ frocksHow ‘bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?
[BOTH]Ok!
[COMPANY]Blow us all away!
[PHILIP]George!
[GEORGE]Shh
[PHILIP]George!
[GEORGE]Shh! I’m tryin’ to watch the show!
[PHILIP]Ya’ shoulda watched your mouth before youTalked about my father though!
[GEORGE]I didn’t say anything that wasn’t trueYou father’s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you
[ENSEMBLE]Ooooooooooh!
[PHILIP]It’s like that?
[GEORGE]Yeah, I don’t fool aroundI’m not your little schoolboy friends
[PHILIP]See you on the dueling groundThat is, unless you wanna step outside and go now
[GEORGE]I know where to find you, piss offI’m watchin’ this show now
[PHILIP]Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said about youI doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to—
[HAMILTON]Slow down
[PHILIP]I came to ask you for advice. This is my very first duelThey don’t exactly cover this subject in boarding school
[HAMILTON]Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?
[PHILIP]He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease
[HAMILTON]Where is this happening?
[PHILIP]Across the river, in Jersey
[HAMILTON/PHILIP]Everything is legal in New Jersey…
[HAMILTON]Alright. So this is what you’re gonna do:Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of youWhen the time comes, fire your weapon in the airThis will put an end to the whole affair
[PHILIP]But what if he decides to shoot? Then I’m a goner
[HAMILTON]No. He’ll follow suit if he’s truly a man of honorTo take someone’s life, that is something you can’t shakePhilip, your mother can’t take another heartbreak
[PHILIP]Father—
[HAMILTON]Promise me. You don’t want thisYoung man’s blood on your conscience
[PHILIP]Okay, I promise
[HAMILTON]Come back home when you’re doneTake my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son
[PHILIP]My name is PhilipI am a poetI’m a little nervous, but I can’t show itI’m sorry, I’m a Hamilton with prideYou talk about my father, I cannot let it slideMister Eacker! How was the rest of your show?
[GEORGE]I’d rather skip the pleasantriesLet’s goGrab your pistol
[PHILIP]Confer with your menThe duel will commence after we count to ten
[ENSEMBLE]Count to ten!
[PHILIP]Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higherSummon all the courage you requireThen slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky—
[MALE ENSEMBLE]One two three four
[FULL ENSEMBLE]Five six seven—