Daveed Diggs feat. Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - The Election of 1800 Lyrics

Lyrics The Election of 1800 - Jr. , Daveed Diggs



The Election of 1800!
Can we get back to politics?
Please?
Yo...
Every action has its equal opposite reaction
John Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but he's in traction
Poor Alexander Hamilton, he is missing in action
So now I'm facing-
Aaron Burr!
With his own faction
He's very attractive in the North, New Yorkers like his chances
He's not very forthcoming on any particular stances
Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances
And they say I'm a Francophile, at least they know I know where France is!
Thomas, that's the problem; see, they see Burr as a less extreme you
Ha!
You need to change course, a key endorsement might redeem you
Who did you have in mind?
Don't laugh
Who is it?
You used to work on the same staff
Whaaaat?
It might be nice, it might be nice
To get Hamilton on your side
It might be nice, it might be nice
To get Hamilton on your side
Talk less! (Burr!)
Smile more! (Burr!)
Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for! (Burr!)
Shake hands with him! (Burr!)
Charm her! (Burr!)
It's 1800; ladies, tell your husbands, vote for Burr! (Burr!)
I don't like Adams! Well, he's gonna lose, that's just defeatist
And Jefferson? In love with France! Yeah, he's so elitist!
I like that Aaron Burr! I can't believe we're here with him!
He seems approachable? Like you could grab a beer with him
Dear Mr. Hamilton:
Your fellow Fed'ralists would like to know how you'll be voting
It's quiet uptown...
Dear Mr. Hamilton:
John Adams doesn't stand a chance, so who you are you promoting?
It's quiet uptown...
Jefferson or Burr? (Jefferson or Burr?)
We know, it's lose-lose (We know, it's lose-lose)
Jefferson or Burr? (Jefferson or Burr?)
But if you had to choose! (But if you had to choose!)
Dear Mr. Hamilton:
(Jefferson or Burr?) (Jefferson or Burr?)
(We know, it's lose-lose) (We know, it's lose-lose)
John Adams doesn't stand a chance, so who you are you promoting?
(Jefferson or Burr?) (Jefferson or Burr?)
But if you had to choose!
(But if you had to choose!)
(But if you had to choose!)
Well, if it isn't Aaron Burr, sir
Alexander!
You've created quite a stir, sir
I'm going door to door!
You're openly campaigning?
Sure!
That's new
Honestly, it's kind of draining
Burr?
Sir?
Is there anything you wouldn't do?
No, I'm chasing what I want, and you know what?
What?
I learned that from you
If you had to choose, if you had to choose...
...It's a tie!
If you had to choose, if you had to choose...
It's up to the delegates!
If you had to choose, if you had to choose...
It's up to Hamilton!
If you had to choose, if you had to choose...
Jefferson or Burr? Jefferson or Burr?
Choose, choose, choose!
Yo (oh!)
The people are asking to hear my voice (oh!)
But the country is facing a difficult choice (oh!)
And if you were to ask me who I'd promote (oh!)
...Jefferson has my vote
(oh!)
I have never agreed with Jefferson once (oh!)
We have fought on like 75 different fronts (oh!)
But when all said and all is done...
Jefferson has beliefs; Burr has none
Ooooh!
Well, I'll be damned! Well, I'll be damned!
Hamilton's on your side
Well, I'll be damned! Well, I'll be damned!
And... you won in a landslide
Congrats on a race well-run
I did give you a fight
Uh-huh...
I look forward to our partnership
Our partnership?
As your vice president!
Yeah, right!
You hear this guy?
Man openly campaigns against me, talking 'bout "I look forward to our partnership!"
It is crazy that the guy who comes in the second gets to be Vice President
OOOH! Y'know what, we can change that! Y'know why?
Why?
'Cause I'M the president!
Burr...
When you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement



Writer(s): LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA


Daveed Diggs feat. Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1 Aaron Burr, Sir
2 Burn
3 Satisfied
4 What Comes Next?
5 Dear Theodosia
6 That Would Be Enough
7 My Shot
8 Wait For It
9 One Last Time
10 Meet Me Inside
11 Cabinet Battle #1
12 History Has Its Eyes On You
13 Cabinet Battle #1
14 Right Hand Man
15 One Last Time
16 Guns and Ships
17 Alexander Hamilton
18 Alexander Hamilton
19 That Would Be Enough
20 Non-Stop
21 The Story Of Tonight
22 Best of Wives and Best of Women
23 Farmer Refuted
24 Helpless
25 History Has Its Eyes On You
26 Non-Stop
27 Right Hand Man
28 Guns and Ships
29 My Shot
30 The Election of 1800
31 We Know
32 Blow Us All Away
33 The Schuyler Sisters
34 It's Quiet Uptown
35 Stay Alive (Reprise)
36 A Winter's Ball
37 Your Obedient Servant
38 The World Was Wide Enough
39 The Room Where It Happens
40 The Story of Tonight
41 Take a Break
42 Ten Duel Commandments
43 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
44 Cabinet Battle #2
45 Hurricane
46 Wait For It
47 You'll Be Back
48 Schuyler Defeated
49 Best of Wives and Best of Women
50 Washington On Your Side
51 Satisfied
52 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
53 Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
54 The Adams Administration
55 Helpless
56 The Election of 1800
57 Cabinet Battle #2
58 Your Obedient Servant
59 Say No To This
60 Stay Alive
61 Farmer Refuted
62 Aaron Burr, Sir
63 The Schuyler Sisters
64 The Room Where It Happens
65 My Shot
66 Right Hand Man
67 You'll Be Back
68 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
69 A Winter's Ball
70 Stay Alive
71 The Story of Tonight - Reprise
72 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
73 Ten Duel Commandments
74 Cabinet Battle #1
75 Washington On Your Side
76 Take A Break
77 Schuyler Defeated
78 Washington On Your Side
79 Blow Us All Away
80 We Know
81 Hurricane
82 Blow Us All Away
83 The Election Of 1800
84 Stay Alive - Reprise
85 It's Quiet Uptown
86 The World Was Wide Enough
87 What'd I Miss
88 I Know Him
89 The Reynolds Pamphlet



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