Helpless是音乐剧《汉密尔顿》的插曲,由Lin-Manuel Miranda作词作曲。《汉密尔顿》根据美国第一任财政部长、美国开国元勋之一的亚历山大•汉密尔顿本人经历改编。该部音乐剧严格遵照历史,讲述了美国开国元勋、美国第一任财政部长、十美元纸币上的头像——亚历山大•汉密尔顿政治生涯中的几件大事。他的战友和政敌、他与妻子伊莉莎和长子菲利普的深厚感情以及他犯下的错误。历史人物乔治•华盛顿、托马斯•杰斐逊、詹姆斯•麦迪逊等在剧中轮流出场。剧中音乐以嘻哈为主,穿插了爵士,节奏布鲁斯, 叮砰巷等多种风格的歌曲。来自不同国家不同肤色的演员们将几位开国元勋的历史通过嘻哈说唱等更能让年轻人接受的音乐形式传播出来。
Helpless歌词:
Ohh I do I do I do I dooo hey
Ohh I do I do I do I dooo boy you got me
Helpless
Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless
Down for the count and I'm drownin' in em
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room
Then you walked in and my heart went
Boom
Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
Grab my sister and whisper
Yo this one's mine oooh
My sister made her way across the room to you oooh
And I got nervous thinking
What's she gonna do oooh
She grabs you by the arm I'm thinkin'
I'm through oooh
Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm
Helpless
Look into your eyes oh look at those eyes
And the sky's the limit oh
I'm helpless I know
Down for the count
And I'm drownin' in em
I'm helpless I'm so into you
Look into your eyes I'am so
And the sky's the limit into you
I'm helpless I know
I'm down for the count
And I'm drownin'in em
One week later
I'm writin' a letter nightly
Now my life gets better
Every letter that you write me
Laughin' at my sister cuz she wants to form a harem
I'm just sayin' if you really loved me
You would share him
Ha two weeks later
In the living room stressin'
My father's stonefaced
While you're asking for his blessin'
I'm dying inside as you wine and dine
And I'm tryin' not to cry cause
There's nothing that your mind can't do oooh
My father makes his way across the room to you oooh
I panic for a second thinking
We're through oooh
But then he shakes your hand and says
Be true oooh
And you turn back to me smiling and I'm
Helpless
Look into your eyes
And the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless
Hoo down for the count
And I'm drownin' in em I'm
Helpless
He's mine that boy is mine
Look into your eyes
And the sky's the limit I'm
Helpless helpless
Down for the count and I'm drownin'in em
Eliza I don't have a dollar to my name
An acre of land a troop to command
A dollop of fame
All I have's my honor a tolerance for pain
A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
Insane your family brings out a different side of me
Peggy confides in me angelica tried to take a bite of me
No stress my love for you is never in doubt
We'll get a little place in harlem and we'll figure it out
I've been livin' without a family since I was a child
My father left my mother died I grew up buckwild
But I'll never forget my mother's face that was real
And long as I'm alive eliza swear to god you'll never feel so
Helpless I do I do I do I do
Eliza helpless
I do I do I do I do
I've never felt so
Helpless hey yeah yeah
Down for the count and
I'm drownin' in em down for the count I'm
My life is gon' be fine cuz eliza's in it
I look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm helpless
Down for the count
And I'm drownin' in em
In New York you can be a new man
In New York you can be a new man
In New York you can be a new man
Helpless