Alexander Hamilton

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by HamStandingBy

by HamStandingBy

[Burr]

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore, and a scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence, impoverished, and squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[Laurens]

The ten dollar, founding father without a father, got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter by being a self-starter. By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter.

[Jefferson]

And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away, across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up. Inside he was longing for something to be a part of. The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter.

[Madison]

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned. Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain. Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain. And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.

[Burr]

Well the word got around. They said, "This kid is insane man." Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland. Get your education, don't forget from whence you came. And the world's gonna know your name. What's your name man?

[Hamilton]

Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton.

And there's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait. Just you wait.

[Eliza]

When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden. Two years later see Alex and his mother bed-ridden, half dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.

[Company]

And Alex got better but his mother went quick.

[Washington]

Moved in with a cousin. The cousin commited suicide. Left him with nothing but ruined pride. Something new inside, a voice saying, "Alex you gotta fend for yourself." He started retreating and reading every treatises on the shelf.

[Burr]

There would've been nothing left to do for someone less astute. He would've been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution. Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord. Trading sugarcane and rum and all the things he can't afford. Scamming for every book he can get his hands on. Planning for the future. See him now as he stands on the bow of a ship, headed for a new land. In New York you can be a new man.

[Company]          [Hamilton]
In New York you can be a new man.       Just you wait
In New York you can be a new man.       Just you wait
In New York you can be a new man.
In New York (New York)       Just you wait!
Alexander Hamitlon (Alexander Hamilton)
We are waiting in the wings for you (Waiting in the wings for you).
You never backed down. You never learned to take your time!
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When America sings for you.
Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world, will never be the same.

[Burr] [Company]
Ship is in the harbor now. See if you can spot him. Just you wait
Another immigrant coming up from the bottom. Just you wait
His enemies destroyed his rep. America forgot him.

[Mulligan and Lafayette/Madison and Jefferson]
We fought with him.

[Laurens/Philip]
Me? I died for him.

[Washington]
Me? I trusted him.

[Angelica, Eliza, and Mariah]
Me? I loved him.

[Burr]
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him.

[Company]
There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait!

[Burr]
What's your name man?

[Company]
Alexander Hamilton!