My shot

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[HAMILTON:]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry

"Yasss, we will fight!!" Hercules shouted out, before being silenced by the others.

And I'm not throwing away my shot!
I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
"I'm pretty sure you can't brag when you haven't di
One anything yet son." "Still not your son."
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard
With every word, I drop knowledge!

"That is not possible." "Shut up Jefferson."

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable
Only nineteen but my mind is older

"Yeah, it's about 260 years now."

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name
I am the

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS:]
A-L-E-X-A-N-D
E-R—we are—meant to be...

"Yep, that's my name."

[HAMILTON:]
A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS:]
(He says in parentheses)

"That was actually really clever." They all turned toward Jefferson. He just looked on forward.
[HAMILTON:]
Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me
They all laughed a bit as they realised that there had to be history books about them.
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

[HAMILTON (LAURENS):]
And I am not throwing away
My shot (My shot)
I am not throwing away
My shot (My shot)
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot (And I'm not throwing away my shot)

[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE:]
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
It's time to take a shot!

[LAFAYETTE:]
I dream of life without a monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?
'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?'

"Was my English really that bad?" "YES!"

When I fight, I make the other side panicky
With my

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:]
Shot!

[MULLIGAN:]
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!
"Your pants where hot Herc."
I'm gonna take a

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:]
Shot!

[LAURENS:]
But we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in
On a stallion with the first black battalion
Have another

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