The Battle of Yorktown
1781
Monsieur Hamilton!
Monsieur Lafayette!
In command where you belong
How you say, no sweat
We're finally on the field we've had quite a run
Immigrants!
We get the job done!
So what happens if we win?
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance.
We'll be with you when you do!
Go, lead your men!
I'll see you on the other side!
'Til we meet again!
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
Ayo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
and I'm not throwin' away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
'Til the world turns upside down!
'Til the world turns upsiiiiidde doown!
I imagined death so much it feels more like a memory
This is where this gets me.
On my feet the enemy ahead of me.
If this is the end of me at least I have a friend with me.
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me!
Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me..
Not only that, but Eliza's expecting
We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out yo gun!
WHAT?
The bullets out yo gun!
(WHAT?) We move under cover and we move as one
Through the night we have one shot to live another day
We can not let a stray gun shot give us away!
We will fight up close seize the moment and stay in it
It's either that or met the business end of a bayonet
The code word is Rochambeau! Dig me?
ROCHAMBEAU!
You have your orders now, go, man, go!
And, so the American experiment begins
With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery
We'll never be free until we end slavery (slavery)
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside.
That's right!
HERCULES MULLIGAN!
A tailor spying on the British government
I take their measurements, information, and then I smuggle it
(Up!) To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I'm running with the Son's of Liberty and I am loving it!
See that's what happens when your up against the ruffians
We in the shit now somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan. I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the FUCK back up again!
Let's go!
Ahh, WOO!
(Sounds of excitement and death:))
LEFT! RIGHT! HOLD!
GO!
WHAT! WHAT! WHAT!
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet.
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief..
And just like that it's over, we tend to our wounded we count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom..
Not. Yet.
We negotiate the terms of surrender,
I see George Washington smile.
We escort their men out of Yorktown
They stagger home single file.
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down (Down, down, down, down)
(Down) Freedom for America, freedom for France
(Down, down)
(Down) Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
(Down, down)
(Down) We won, we won, we won, we won!
The world turned upside...
DOWN!