What'd I Miss - Leslie Odom&Jr.&Daveed Diggs&Okieriete Onaodowan&Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...
Se- se- seventeen...
1789.
How does the bastard orphan,
immigrant decorated war vet
unite the colonies through more debt?
Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?
Have it all, lose it all,
you ready for more yet?
Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the President,
ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent.
Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him.
Pissed him off until we had a two-party
system.
You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance,
‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to France
but someone’s gotta keep the American promise.
You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson’s coming home Lord he’s
been off in Paris for so long!
France is following us to revolution,
there is no more status quo.
But the sun comes up and the world still spins.
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration,
then I said, ‘I gotta go.
I gotta be in Monticello.’
Now the work at home begins…
So what’d I miss?
What’d I miss?
Virginia, my home sweet home,
I wanna give you a kiss.
I’ve been in Paris meeting
lots of different ladies...
I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties...
I traveled the wide, wide world and came
back to this…
There’s a letter on my desk from the President.
Haven’t even put my bags down yet.
Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?
It says the President’s assembling a cabinet
and that I am to be the Secretary of State,
great!
And that I’m already Senate-approved...
I just got home and now I’m headed up to
New York.
Headin’ to New York!
Headin’ to New York!
Lookin’ at the rolling
fields
I can’t ENSEMBLE
believe that we
are free.
Ready to face
whatever’s awaiting
me in N.Y.C. Me in N.Y.C.
But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place?
My friend James Madison, red in the face.
He grabs my arm and
I respond, ENSEMBLE
“What’s goin’ on?” Aaa-ooo!
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our
nation’s very soul.
Can you get us out of the mess we’re in?
Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less
than government control.
I’ve been fighting for the South alone.
Where have you been?
Uh...France.
We have to win.
What’d I miss? Wha? Wha? What’d
I miss?
What’d I miss? I’ve come home to this?
Headfirst into a
political abyss!
Headfirst, into the abyss!
I have my first
cabinet meeting
today, Chik-a-pow!
I guess I better think
of something to say,
I’m already on my
way, On my way
let’s get to the
bottom of this…
What did I miss?
Ahhh ah!
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home.
Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home.
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!
So what did I miss?