Say No To This

[Burr]

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

[Hamilton]

I hadn't 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

I'm 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 don't 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]

No, show me how to

[Hamilton Ensemble]

Say no to this

[Hamilton]

I don't know how to

[Hamilton and 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 endeavour I received a letter

From a Mister 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

[Hamilton]

I am helpless, how could I do this?

I don't want you

(Whatever you want)

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 situation's 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

(Go! Go! Go!)

When her body's on mine I do not say

No!

[Maria and Hamilton]

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 (Don't say no this)

There is nowhere I can go

[Ensemble]

Go go go

[James]

So?

[Hamilton]

Nobody needs to know