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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) • 2015
Say No to This
Jasmine Cephas-Jones
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Sydney James Harcourt
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
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Lyrics of Say No to This by Jasmine Cephas-Jones,Leslie Odom, Jr.,Lin-Manuel Miranda,Sydney James Harcourt,Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
intro
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
verse
I hadn't slept in a week
I was weak, I was awake
You've 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
verse
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
verse
She said
verse
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
verse
So I offered her a loan
I offered to walk her home, she said
(You're too kind, sir)
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said
(This one's mine, sir)
verse
Then I said, "Well, I should head back home"
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said
(Stay?)
Hey
(Hey)
That's when I began to pray
chorus
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"
chorus
No, show me how to say no to this (Whoa)
I don't know how to say no to this
In my mind, I'm trynna go (Go, go, go!)
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say (No! No!)
verse
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
No! No!
Say no to this!
verse
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
verse
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
verse
Fu—
verse
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
verse
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed "How could you?" in her face
She said
(No, sir!)
Half dressed, apologetic
A mess, she looked pathetic
She cried
(Please don't go, sir!)
verse
So was your whole story a setup?
(I don't know about any letter!)
Stop crying goddamnit, get up!
(I didn't know any better!)
I am ruined
(Please don't leave me with him)
I am helpless (I am helpless)
How could I do this?
verse
Just give him what he wants and you can have me (I don't want you)
Whatever you want (I don't want you)
If you pay you can stay (I don't-)
chorus
Lord, show me how to say no to this (Tonight)
I don't know how to say no to this
But the situation's helpless (Helpless)
And her body's screaming "hell, yes"
verse
No, show me how to say no to this! (Whoa!)
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!)
verse
Yes!
Yes... (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes... (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes... (Say no to this)
(No!) Yes!
Yes! (Say no to this!)
outro
Say no to this, I don't say no to this
There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)
outro
So?
outro
Nobody needs to know
Writer(s): Lin-manuel Miranda
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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Album • 2015 • 49 tracks
1
Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
2
Aaron Burr, Sir
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos
3
My Shot
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
4
The Story of Tonight
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
5
The Schuyler Sisters
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
6
Farmer Refuted
Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
7
You'll Be Back
Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
8
Right Hand Man
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
9
A Winter's Ball
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
10
Helpless
Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
11
Satisfied
Lin-Manuel Miranda
12
The Story of Tonight - Reprise
Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr.
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