Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" - Say No to This
[BURR]
Thereās nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
Thereās trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexanderās by himself. Iāll let him tell it
[HAMILTON]
I hadnāt slept in a week
I was weak, I was awake
You never seen a bastard orphan
More in need of a break
Longing for Angelica
Missing my wife
Thatās when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:
[MARIA]
I know you are a man of honor
Iām so sorry to bother you at home
But I donāt know where to go, and I came here all aloneā¦
[HAMILTON]
She said:
[MARIA]
My husbandās doinā me wrong
Beatinā me, cheatinā me, mistreatinā me...
Suddenly heās up and gone
I donāt have the means to go on
[HAMILTON]
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said
[MARIA]
Youāre too kind, sir
[HAMILTON]
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:
[MARIA]
This oneās mine, sir
[HAMILTON]
Then I said, āwell, I should head back home,ā
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:
[MARIA]
Stay?
[HAMILTON]
Heyā¦
[MARIA]
Heyā¦
[HAMILTON]
Thatās when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I donāt know how to
Say no to this
But my God, she looks so helpless
And her bodyās saying, āhell, yesā
[MARIA]
Whoa...
[HAMILTON]
Nooo, show me how to
[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
I donāt know how to
[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
In my mind, Iām tryinā to go
[ENSEMBLE]
Go! Go! Go!
[HAMILTON]
Then her mouth is on mine, and I donāt sayā¦
[ENSEMBLE]
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
[HAMILTON]
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 Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:
[JAMES]
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
[HAMILTON]
Fuuuuā
[JAMES]
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 seeinā my whore wife
If the price is right: if not Iām telling your wife
[HAMILTON]
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed āHow could you?!ā in her face
She said:
[MARIA]
No, sir!
[HAMILTON]
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
Pathetic, she cried:
[MARIA]
Please donāt go, sir!
[HAMILTON]
So was your whole story a setup?
[MARIA]
I donāt know about any letter!
[HAMILTON]
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!
[MARIA]
I didnāt know any better
[HAMILTON]
I am ruined...
[MARIA & ]
Please donāt leave me with him helpless (I am helplessāhow could I do this?)
Just give him what he wants and you can have me
I donāt want you
Whatever you want (I donāt want you)
[MARIA, , & ]
If you pay (I donātā¦)
You can stay
Lord, show me how toSay no to this (Say no to this!)
Tonight ()
()
'Cause the situationās helpless (Helpless)
(Whoa!)
How can you ()
()
Say no to this? ()
()
How can I say no to this?There is nowhere I can go ()
()
[HAMILTON, , & ]
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Say no to thisā¦
I donāt say no to this (Donāt say no to this)
There is nowhere I can go
[JAMES]
So?
[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to know
Thereās nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
Thereās trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexanderās by himself. Iāll let him tell it
[HAMILTON]
I hadnāt slept in a week
I was weak, I was awake
You never seen a bastard orphan
More in need of a break
Longing for Angelica
Missing my wife
Thatās when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:
[MARIA]
I know you are a man of honor
Iām so sorry to bother you at home
But I donāt know where to go, and I came here all aloneā¦
[HAMILTON]
She said:
[MARIA]
My husbandās doinā me wrong
Beatinā me, cheatinā me, mistreatinā me...
Suddenly heās up and gone
I donāt have the means to go on
[HAMILTON]
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said
[MARIA]
Youāre too kind, sir
[HAMILTON]
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:
[MARIA]
This oneās mine, sir
[HAMILTON]
Then I said, āwell, I should head back home,ā
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:
[MARIA]
Stay?
[HAMILTON]
Heyā¦
[MARIA]
Heyā¦
[HAMILTON]
Thatās when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I donāt know how to
Say no to this
But my God, she looks so helpless
And her bodyās saying, āhell, yesā
[MARIA]
Whoa...
[HAMILTON]
Nooo, show me how to
[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
I donāt know how to
[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
In my mind, Iām tryinā to go
[ENSEMBLE]
Go! Go! Go!
[HAMILTON]
Then her mouth is on mine, and I donāt sayā¦
[ENSEMBLE]
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
[HAMILTON]
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 Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:
[JAMES]
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
[HAMILTON]
Fuuuuā
[JAMES]
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 seeinā my whore wife
If the price is right: if not Iām telling your wife
[HAMILTON]
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed āHow could you?!ā in her face
She said:
[MARIA]
No, sir!
[HAMILTON]
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
Pathetic, she cried:
[MARIA]
Please donāt go, sir!
[HAMILTON]
So was your whole story a setup?
[MARIA]
I donāt know about any letter!
[HAMILTON]
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!
[MARIA]
I didnāt know any better
[HAMILTON]
I am ruined...
[MARIA & ]
Please donāt leave me with him helpless (I am helplessāhow could I do this?)
Just give him what he wants and you can have me
I donāt want you
Whatever you want (I donāt want you)
[MARIA, , & ]
If you pay (I donātā¦)
You can stay
Lord, show me how toSay no to this (Say no to this!)
Tonight ()
()
'Cause the situationās helpless (Helpless)
(Whoa!)
How can you ()
()
Say no to this? ()
()
How can I say no to this?There is nowhere I can go ()
()
[HAMILTON, , & ]
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Yes (Yes!)
Say no to thisā¦
I donāt say no to this (Donāt say no to this)
There is nowhere I can go
[JAMES]
So?
[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to know
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