Say No to This
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Cast List:
Burr | Hamilton | Maria | Ensemble | James
BURR
Theres nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
Theres trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexander's by himself. Ill let him tell it
HAMILTON
I hadnt 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
That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:
MARIA
I know you are a man of honor
Im so sorry to bother you at home
But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone
HAMILTON
She said:
MARIA
My husband’s doin me wrong
Beatin me, cheatin me, mistreatin me...
Suddenly he’s up and gone
I dont have the means to go on
HAMILTON
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said
MARIA
You’re too kind, sir
HAMILTON
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said:
MARIA
This one’s mine, sir
HAMILTON
Then I said, well, I should head back home,
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said:
MARIA
Stay?
HAMILTON
Hey
MARIA
Hey
HAMILTON
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
MARIA
Whoa...
HAMILTON
Nooo, show me how to
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE
Say no to this
HAMILTON
I don’t know how to
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE
Say no to this
HAMILTON
In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go
ENSEMBLE
Go! Go! Go!
HAMILTON
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say
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
Fuuuu
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 seein my whore wife
If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife
HAMILTON
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed How could you?! in her face
She said:
MARIA
No, sir!
HAMILTON
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
Pathetic, she cried:
MARIA
Please don’t go, sir!
HAMILTON
So was your whole story a setup?
MARIA
I don’t know about any letter!
HAMILTON
Stop crying
Goddamnit, get up!
MARIA
I didn’t know any better
HAMILTON
I am ruined...
MARIA
Please don’t leave me with him helpless
Just give him what he wants and you can have me
Whatever you want,
HAMILTON
I am helpless how could I do this?
I don’t want you
I don’t want you
MARIA
If you pay
You can stay
Tonight
Helpless
Whoa!
How can you
Say no to this?
HAMILTON
I don’t
Lord, show me how to
Say no to this
I don’t know how to
Say no to this
Cuz the situations helpless
And her body’s screaming, Hell, yes
No, show me how to
Say no to this
How can I
Say no to this?
There is nowhere I can go
When her bodys on mine I do not say
ENSEMBLE
Say no to this!
Say no to this!
Say no to this!
Say no to this!
Go! Go! Go!
No!
HAMILTON
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes.
MARIA
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
ENSEMBLE
Say no to this!
No!
Say no to this!
No!
Say no to this!
No!
Say no to this!
HAMILTON
Say no to this
I don’t say no to this
There is nowhere I can go.
MARIA
Don’t say no to this
ENSEMBLE
Go go go...
JAMES
So?
HAMILTON
Nobody needs to know