Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda)


[BURR]

            
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?


[LAURENS]

     
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


[JEFFERSON]

     
And every day 

while slaves w

ere being slau

ghtered and ca

rted
 
Away across th

e waves, he st

ruggled and ke

pt his guard u

p
  
Inside he was 

longing for so

mething to be 

a part of
             
The brother wa

              
s ready to beg

   
, steal, borro

w, or barter


[MADISON]

        
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


[BURR]

          
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." Wh

at's your name

, man?


[HAMILTON]


Alexander Hami

lton
            
My name is Ale

xander Hamilto

n
              
And there's a 


million things

 I haven't don

e
              
But just you w

             
ait, just you 

 
wait...


[ELIZA]

            
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


[COMPANY]

N.C.
And Alex got better but his mother went quick


[WASHINGTON]


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


[WASHINGTON]                     //    [COMPANY]

"You gotta fend for yourself"    //    "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"


[WASHINGTON]

              
He started ret

             
reatin' and re

             
adin' every tr


eatise on the 

shelf


[BURR]

     
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' sugarc

              
ane and rum an

  
d all the thin

gs he can't af

ford

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


[COMPANY]

  
In New York yo

u can   //  (H

AMILTON)

Be a new man          //  Just you wait
   
In New York yo

u can   // (HA

MILTON)

Be a new man          //  Just you wait
   
In New York yo

u can

Be a new man


[WOMEN]

   
In New York--


[MEN]

New York


[HAMILTON]

Just you wait!


[COMPANY]


Alexander Hami

lton (Alexande

r Hamilton)
        
We are waiting

 in the wings 

for you (waiti

ng in the wing

s for you)
           
You could neve

r back down
              
You never lear

              
ned to take yo

    
ur time
     
Oh, Alexander 

Hamilton (Alex

ander Hamilton

)
      
When America s

ings for you
           
Will they know

 what you over

came?
             
Will they know

              
 you rewrote t

   
he game?
         
The world will

       
 never be the 

     
same, oh


[BURR]

   
The ship is in

 the harbor no

w  //  (COMPAN

Y)

See if you can

 spot him     

   //  Just yo

u wait
 
Another immigr

ant
    
Comin' up from

 the bottom   

   //  Just yo

u wait
     
His enemies de

stroyed his re

p

America forgot

 him


[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]

   
We fought with

 him


[LAURENS/PHILLIP]

      
Me? I died for

 him


[WASHINGTON]

       
Me? I trusted 

#
him


[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]

       
Me? I loved hi

#
m


[BURR]

      
And me? I'm th

e damn fool th

at shot him


[COMPANY]

           
There's a mill

             
ion things I h

               
aven't done
             
But just you w


ait!


[BURR]


What's your na

me, man?


[COMPANY]


Alexander Hami

lton!