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Album Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Your Obedient Servant by Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Release Date
Fri Sep 25 2015
Produced by
Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & ?uestlove
Writed by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
About

The title and refrain of this song are a reference to the real-life correspondence between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton that led to their famous duel. Each letter was signed:

I have the honor to be
Your Obdt. St

Here, the two are playfully mean with their letters, and the song has a kind of o...

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Your Obedient Servant Lyrics

[BURR]
How does Hamilton
An arrogant
Immigrant, orphan
Bastard, whoreson
Somehow endorse
Thomas Jefferson, his enemy
A man he’s despised since the beginning
Just to keep me from winning?
I wanna be in the room where it happens—

[BURR AND COMPANY]
The room where it happens
The room where it happens

[BURR]
You’ve kept me from—

[BURR AND COMPANY]
The room where it happens

[BURR]
For the last time

Dear Alexander:

I am slow to anger
But I toe the line
As I reckon with the effects
Of your life on mine
I look back on where I failed
And in every place I checked
The only common thread has been your disrespect
Now you call me “amoral,”
A “dangerous disgrace,”
If you’ve got something to say
Name a time and place
Face to face

I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant
A dot Burr

[HAMILTON]
Mr. Vice President:

I am not the reason no one trusts you
No one knows what you believe
I will not equivocate on my opinion
I have always worn it on my sleeve
Even if I said what you think I said
You would need to cite a more specific grievance
Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements

[BURR]
Sweet Jesus

[HAMILTON]
Hey, I have not been shy
I am just a guy in the public eye
Tryin’ to do my best for our republic
I don’t wanna fight
But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right

I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant
A dot Ham

[BURR]
Careful how you proceed, good man
Intemperate indeed, good man
Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or
Prepare to bleed, good man

[HAMILTON]
Burr, your grievance is legitimate
I stand by what I said, every bit of it
You stand only for yourself
It’s what you do
I can’t apologize because it’s true

[BURR]
Then stand, Alexander
Weehawken. Dawn
Guns. Drawn

[HAMILTON]
You’re on

[BURR AND HAMILTON]
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant

[HAMILTON]
A dot Ham

[BURR]
A dot Burr

Your Obedient Servant Q&A

Who wrote Your Obedient Servant's ?

Your Obedient Servant was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Who produced Your Obedient Servant's ?

Your Obedient Servant was produced by Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & ?uestlove.

When did Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton release Your Obedient Servant?

Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton released Your Obedient Servant on Fri Sep 25 2015.

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