Lyrics Lin–Manuel Miranda – We Know

Hamilton:
Mr. Vice President
Mr. Madison
Senator Burr

Jefferson:
We have the check stubs
From separate accounts…

Madison:
Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts…

Burr:
To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in seventeen ninety-one

Hamilton:
Is that what you have? Are you done?

Madison:
You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position

Jefferson:
Though ‘virtue’ is not a word I’d apply to this situation

Madison:
To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission

Jefferson:
And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged in speculation

Burr:
An immigrant embezzling our government funds

Jefferson/Madison:
I can almost see the headline, your career is done

Burr:
I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons

Burr/Jefferson/Madison:
Ya best g’wan run back where ya come from!

Hamilton:
Ha! You don’t even know what you’re asking me to confess

Jefferson/Madison/Burr:
Confess

Hamilton:
You have nothing. I don’t have to tell you anything at all
Unless

Jefferson/Madison/Burr:
Unless

Hamilton:
If I can prove that I never broke the law
Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?

Burr:
No one else was in the room where it happened

Hamilton:
Is that a yes?

Jefferson/Madison/Burr:
Um, yes

Burr:
«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, it was my wife who you decided to…»

Jefferson:
Whaaaat

Hamilton:
She courted me
Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner
That’s when Reynolds extorted me
For a sordid fee
I paid him quarterly
I may have mortally wounded my prospects
But my papers are orderly!
As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered history
Check it again against your list n’ see consistency
I never spent a cent that wasn’t mine
You sent the dogs after my scent, that’s fine
Yes, I have reasons for shame
But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name
As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action
Are my answers to your satisfaction?

Jefferson:
My God

Madison:
Gentlemen, let’s go

Hamilton:
So?

Jefferson and Madison:
The people won’t know what we know

Hamilton:
Burr!
How do I know you won’t use this against me
The next time we go toe to toe?

Burr:
Alexander, rumors only grow
And we both know what we know