Alexander hamilton

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[BURR]
Like a bastard, orphan, motherfucker
And a Scotsman, fallen in the middle of a forgotten place
In the caribbean by impoverished providence
In misery, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[LAURENS]
The fatherless ten dollar founding father
I got a lot further working a lot harder
Being much smarter
Being an entrepreneur
At fourteen, he was put in charge of a business letter

[JEFFERSON]
And every day as the slaves were slaughtered and transported
Across the waves, he fought and kept his guard up
Inside I yearned for something to be a part of
The brother was willing to beg, steal, borrow, or exchange

[MADISON]
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned
Our man watched his future drip, drip down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connect him to his brain
And he wrote his first chorus, testimony to his pain

[BURR]
Well word got out, they said, this kid's crazy man
He made a collection just to send it to the mainland
Get your education, don't forget where you come from
And the world will know your name
What's your name man?

[HAMILTON]
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things that I haven't done
But just wait
Just wait

[ELIZA]
When he was ten, his father split up, full of it, in debt
Two years later, he sees Alex and his mother bedridden
Half dead sitting on his own sick, thick smell

[ELIZA AND ENSEMBLE, WHISPERING]
And Alex got better but his mother left fast

[WASHINGTON]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
I leave him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice that says,

[WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE]
"Alex, you have to fend for yourself"

[WASHINGTON]
He began to withdraw and read all the tracts on the shelf

[BURR]
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less cunning
I would have been dead or homeless without a penny of restitution
He started working as a clerk for his late mother's owner
Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford

[BURR AND ENSEMBLE]
Scammer

[BURR]
For every book you can get your hands on

[BURR AND ENSEMBLE]
Planning

[BURR]
For the future, watch him now while he's standing
The bow of a ship heading to the new land
In New York you can be a new man

[ENSEMBLE]
In New York you can be a new man (just wait)
In New York you can be a new man (just wait)
In New York you can be a new man
In New York, New York

[HAMILTON]
Just wait

[ENSEMBLE]
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting for you in the wings
Waiting in the wings for you
You could never turn back
You never learned to take your time
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote your game?
The world will never be the same again, oh

[BURR]
The ship is in port now
See if you can see it

[ENSEMBLE]
Just wait

[BURR]
Another immigrant comes from below

[ENSEMBLE]
Just wait

[BURR]
His enemies destroyed his reputation America forgot him

[MULLIGAN AND LAFAYETTE]
We fight with him

[LAURENS/PHLIP]
I died for him

[WASHINGTON]
I trusted him

[MARIA, ELIZA, ANGELICA]
I loved him

[BURR]
And me, I'm the damn fool who shot him

[ENSEMBLE]
There are a million things that I haven't done
But just wait

[BURR]
What's your name, man?

[ALL]
Alexander Hamilton

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