[Verse 1]
            
How does a bas

tard, orphan, 

son of a whore

 and a

Scotsman, drop

ped in the mid

dle of a
           
Forgotten spot

 in the Caribb

ean by provide

nce
              
Impoverished, 

     
in squalor
              
Grow up to be 

  
a hero and a s

cholar?

[Verse 2]
     
The ten-dollar

 founding fath

er without a f

ather
       
Got a lot fart

her by working

 a lot harder
            
By being a lot

 smarter

By being a self-starter
             
By fourteen, t

              
hey placed him

     
 in charge of 

a trading char

ter

[verse 3]
     
And every day 

while slaves w

ere being slau

ghtered and ca

rted
 
Away across th

e waves, our H

amilton kept h

is guard up
  
Inside he was 

longing for so

mething to be 

a part of
             
The brother wa

              
s ready to beg

   
, steal, borro

w, or barter

[Verse 4]
        
Then a hurrica

ne came, and d

evastation rei

gned
     
Our man saw hi

s future drip,

 dripping down

 the drain
       
Put a pencil t

o his temple, 

connected it t

o his brain
             
And he wrote h

              
is first refra

        
in, a testamen

         
t to his pain

[verse 5]
          
Well the word 

got around, th

ey said, "This

 kid is insane

, man"

Took up a coll

ection just to

 send him to t

he mainland

"Get your educ

ation, don't f

orget from whe

nce you came
             
and the world 

              
is gonna know 

     
your name. Wha

t's your name,

 man?"

[Refrain]

Alexander Hami

lton
            
His name is Al

exander Hamilt

on
              
And there's a 


million things

 he hasn't don

e
              
But just you w

             
ait, just you 

 
wait...

[Verse 6]
            
When he was te

n his father s

plit, full of 

it, debt-ridde

n
            
Two years late

              
r, see Alex an

              
d his mother b

              
ed-ridden half

  
-dead

Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
N.C.
And Alex got better but his mother went quick

[Verse 7]

Moved in with 

a cousin, the 

cousin committ

ed suicide

Left him with 

nothin' but ru

ined pride, so

mething new in

side
  
A voice saying

 "Alex, you go

tta fend for y

ourself"
              
He started ret

             
reatin' and re

             
adin' every tr


eatise on the 

shelf

[Verse 8]
     
There would ha

ve been nothin

g left to do

For someone less astute, he woulda been

Dead or destit

ute without a 

sense of resti

tution
         
Started workin

', clerkin' fo

r his late mot

her's landlord
             
Tradin' sugar 

              
cane and rum a

   
nd all the thi

ngs he can't a

fford

Scammin' for e

very book he c

an get his han

ds on

Plannin' for t

he future see 

him now as he 

stands on
    
The bow of a s

hip headed for

 a new land
             
In New York yo

      
u can be a new

 man

[Bridge]
   
The ship is in

 the harbor no

w

See if you can

 spot him
 
Another immigr

ant
    
Comin' up from

 the bottom
     
His enemies de

stroyed his re

p

America forgot

 him
      
And me? I'm th

e damn fool th

at shot him

[Refrain]

Alexander Hami

lton
        
We are waiting

 in the wings 

for you
           
You could neve

r back down
              
You always had

              
 to speak your

   
 mind

[Refrain]
     
And Alexander 

Hamilton
           
They'll never 

take your deed

s from you.
       
In our cowardi

ce and our sha

me
             
We will try to

              
 destroy your 


name
         
The world will

       
 never be the 

      
same, Alexande

r...

[Outro]
              
Yeah, I'm the 

              
damn genius th

             
at shot him.