"Right Hand Man"
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 1,090, Words Counted Once: 398
Most common Words: "Hamilton" (34 times), "Washington" (29 times), "Burr" (21 times)
Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 994, Words Counted Once: 380
Most Common Words: "Buck" (13 times), "Boom" (10 times), "General" (10 times)
War starts! Alexander Hamilton starts off by realizing where he is and how this is his chance to rise up above his position in battle and go from nothing to a war hero. George Washington is introduced as the general in distress as the British have everything better than his solders. The music turns very hard with cannon fire like noises while everyone is fighting, Washington questions his team and Aaron Burr offers to assist, but Washington wants Alexander's help. He accepts and rallies the team with a new plan.
The idea of repetition continues to be strong, but this time because it is out of a frustrated beg that he does not have a team who is willing to win. As Washington tries tactics against the British, he explains why they keep losing because they lack the supplies and passionate people. It shows the desperation Washington is in and allows the audience to connect with Washington's struggles more and more. Once Alexander comes into the picture and helps turn things around, not only is the audience excited for the tides turning, but also how Alexander is takes an amazing shot; thus getting him a step closer to creating his fighting legacy.
As for the most common words for the first set of lyrics, it makes sense because most of the conversation happens being Hamilton and Washington even though Burr wishes he could have been able to take the offer as the general's right hand man. Until this point the audience never really saw how Hamilton and Burr act in a professional setting until now. Although Burr enters the situation thinking he is the superior person for the job, but that does not matter to Washington. However this song still is revolved around battle, so the fact that the other common words are "buck" (to imitate the fighting chants of the solders), "boom" (cannon fire) and "general" (Washington) are used to immerse the audience in the tensions and sounds of war. The music and lyrics are able to immerse the audience in the struggles even without any visuals to play off of. In turn it becomes extremely accessible to anyone who may not be able to see the show, instead they can listen to the words and feel like they are with the gang in the middle of war.
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