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Lin-Manuel Miranda - The Hamilton

  1. How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
  2. And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot
  3. In the Carribbean, by Providence impoverished, to squalor
  4. Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
  5. The ten dollar Founding Father without a father
  6. Got a lot farther
  7. By workin' a lot harder
  8. By bein' a lot smarter
  9. By bein' a self starter
  10. By fourteen they had placed him in charge of the trade and charter
  11. And every day while slaves were being slaughtered
  12. And carted away across the waves
  13. Our Hamilton kept his guard up
  14. Inside he was longing for something to be a part of
  15. The brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter
  16. Then a hurricane came and
  17. Devastation reigned and
  18. Our man saw his future drip drippin' down the drain
  19. Put a pencil to his temple
  20. Connected it to his brain
  21. And he wrote his first refrain
  22. A testament to his pain
  23. When the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man!"
  24. Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
  25. Getcha education, don't forget from whence you came
  26. And the world is gonna know your name!
  27. What's your name, man?
  28.  
  29. Alexander Hamilton. His name is Alexander Hamilton
  30. And there's a million things he hasn't done
  31. But just you wait. Just you wait
  32.  
  33. When he was 10, his father split
  34. Full of it, debt ridden
  35. Two years later, see Alexander's mother, bed ridden
  36. Half dead, sittin' in their own sick
  37. The scent thick
  38. And Alex got better but his mother went quick
  39. Moved in with a cousin. The cousin committed suicide
  40. Left him with nothin' but ruined pride
  41. Somethin' new inside, a voice
  42. Saying Alex, you gotta fend for yourself
  43. He started retreatin'
  44. And readin'
  45. Every treatise on the shelf
  46. There would've been nothin' left to do
  47. For someone less astute
  48. He would've been dead and destitute
  49. Without a cent of restitution
  50. Started workin'
  51. Clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
  52. Tradin' sugar cane and rum and other things he can't afford
  53. Scannin' for every book he can get his hands on
  54. Plannin' for the future, see him now
  55. As he stands on the bow of a ship headed for a new land
  56. In New York you can be a new man
  57. The ship is in the harbor now
  58. See if you can spot him
  59. Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom
  60. His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
  61. And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
  62.  
  63. Alexander Hamilton
  64. We were waiting in the weeds for you
  65. You could never back down
  66. You always had to speak your mind
  67. But Alexander Hamilton, we could never take your deeds from you
  68. In our cowardice and our shame
  69. We will try to destroy your name
  70. The world will never be the same, Alexander!
  71.  
  72. Yeah, I'm the damn genius that shot him

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