"Guns and Ships"
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 383, Words Counted Once: 196
Most common Words: "Lafayette" (17 times), "Hamilton" (14 times), "Company" (10 times)
Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 1,130, Words Counted Once: 413
Most Common Words: "Hamilton" (14 times), "Right" (8 times), "Hand" (6 times)
Aaron Burr provides some background about how the solders are not doing great, but thanks to the powerful Marquis De Lafayette, there is a about to be a shift when he brings back supplies ("guns and ships"). However in order to win, Lafayette and Washington know that they need Alexander back.
This has to be the fastest song in the whole musical and that makes sense because of the haughty personality of Lafayette; naturally he would have to show off his rapping skills. It makes sense that "Lafayette" is one of the most common words because he is the main subject of this song while the ensemble/ "company" act as background to act as the hype men to the fast paced Lafayette. However even though most of the song involves Lafayette's battle plan of bringing weaponry and ships, "Hamilton" ends up being one of the main subjects of the conversation when George Washington enters the picture. This song acts as background to life without Alexander and the audience hears Washington's famous phrase about having a "right hand man" aka Hamilton.
A fast-pasted rap song like "Guns and Ships" is fun to listen to and contributes to the popularity of the musical because it is a prime example of the strange combination of historical figures rapping. As someone who loves a challenge like rapping, it is a goal to be able to rap this song, because it is just fun and the audience is left in awe of the actor’s talent and writers words.
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