Guns and Ships

Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” * Track #18 On Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”

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Guns and Ships
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Guns and Ships by Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton"

Release Date

Fri Sep 25 2015

Performed by

Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”

Produced by

Bill Sherman & ?uestlove & Black Thought & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda

Writed by

Lin-Manuel Miranda

About

“Guns and Ships” holds the honor of being the fastest song in the fastest-paced musical theater production of all time (the whole show fits 20,000 words into 2.5 hours). According to Mental Floss, it’s also right up there for fastest song in musical theater history:

Hamilton may possibly hold the t...

Guns and Ships Lyrics

[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…

Guns and Ships Q&A

Who wrote Guns and Ships's ?

Guns and Ships was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Who produced Guns and Ships's ?

Guns and Ships was produced by Bill Sherman & ?uestlove & Black Thought & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda.

When did Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” release Guns and Ships?

Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” released Guns and Ships on Fri Sep 25 2015.

How does Daveed rap this fast?

Diggs talks about this on his appearance on Jimmy Fallon. He and his collaborator Rafael Casal also talk about the basics of how to rap and fast cadences in this interview with Genius.

It’s actually easier to rap fast for him because, like puzzle pieces, when you’re rapping this fast only certain s...