Say No To This - Leslie Odom Jr.&Jasmine Cephas Jones&Lin-Manuel Miranda&Sydney James Harcourt&Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
There's nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
There's trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexander's by himself
I'll let him tell it
I hadn't slept in a week
I was weak, I was awake
You'd never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break
Longing for Angelica, missing my wife
That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life
She said
I know you are a man of honor
I'm so sorry to bother you at home but I don't know where to go
And I came here all alone
She said
My husband's doing me wrong
Beating me, cheating me, mistreating me
Suddenly he's up and gone
I don't have the means to go on
So I offer her a loan
I offer to walk her home
She said
You're too kind, Sir
I gave her 30 bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away
She said
This one's mine, Sir
Then I said "well, I should head back home"
She turned red
She led me to her bed
Let her legs spread
And said
Stay
Hey… Hey…
That's when I began to pray
Lord, show me how to say no to this
I don't know how to say no to this
But my god she looks so helpless
And her body's saying "hell yes"
Woah…
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don't know how to
Say no to this
In my mind I'm trying to go
Go, go, go
Then her mouth is on mine
And I don't say-
No! Go!
Say no to this
No! Go!
Say no to this
No! Go!
Say no to this
No! Go!
Say no to this
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time
It became a pastime
A month into this endeavor I received a letter
From a Mister James Reynolds
Even better, it said
Dear Sir,
I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me
Down on their luck
You see, that was my wife who you decided to
Fuuuuuu----
Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seeing my whore wife
If the price is right
If not, I'm telling your wife
I hid the letter and raced to her place
Screamed, "How could you?!" in her face
She said
No, sir!
Half-dressed, apologetic
A mess, she looked pathetic
She cried
Please don't go, sir!
So was the whole story a set-up?
I don't know about any letter!
Stop crying, goddammit, get up!
I didn't know any better!
I am ruined!
Please don't leave me!
I am helpless!
How could I do this?!
Just give him what he wants
And you can have me!
I don't want you!
Whatever he wants
I don't want you!
If you pay
I don't-
You can stay!
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I'm...
I don't know how to
Say no to this
But the situation's helpless
Helpless…
And her body's screaming, "hell yes"
Woah…
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
How can I
Say no to this
There is nowhere I can go
Go, go, go
When her body's on mine
I do not say
No!Yes!Yeah...
Say no to this!
No!Yes!Yeah…
Say no to this!
No!Yes!Yeah…
Say no to this!
No!Yes!Yes!
Say no to this!
Say no to this
I don't
Say no to this
There is nowhere I can go
Go, go, go
So?
Nobody needs to know...