hope, revolution, and love,

a story as relevant now as it was back then.

Here is me and The Roots performing "Helpless"

with some instruments around the house,

plus Lin-Manuel Miranda

and the original Broadway cast of "Hamilton."

Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ I do, I do, I do, I dooo ♪

♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ I do, I do, I do, I dooo ♪

-♪ Hey ♪ -♪ 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" ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ My sister made her way across the room to you ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ And I got nervous, thinking, "What's she gonna do?" ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin', "I'm through" ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ Then you look back at me, and, suddenly, I'm helpless! ♪

♪ Oh, look at those eyes ♪

-♪ Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit ♪

♪ I'm helpless ♪ -♪ I know ♪

-♪ Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ Helpless ♪ -♪ I am so into you ♪

-♪ Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit ♪

♪ 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 'cause 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 stone-faced

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 ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ My father makes his way across the room to you ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ I panic for a second, thinking, "We're through" ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ But then he shakes your hand and says, "Be true" ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

-♪ And you turn back to me, smiling ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪

♪ Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit ♪

♪ I'm helpless ♪

♪ Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

♪ Helpless ♪ -♪ That boy is 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 buck-wild ♪

♪ 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 dooo ♪

-♪ Eliza ♪ -♪ Helpless ♪

-♪ I never felt so ♪

-♪ Helpless ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah, ♪

-♪ Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em ♪

-♪ My life is only fine 'cause 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 ♪

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Hey. -Hey.

-♪ Boy, you got me helpless ♪