Musical/ Broadway Lyrics

My Shot- 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 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

I'ma get a scholarship to Kings college 

I prob'ly shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish 

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 

I'm a diamond in the rough 

A shiny piece of coal 

Trying to reach my goal 

My power of speech: unimpeachable 

Only nineteen but my mind is older 

These New York city streets get colder 

I shoulder 

Every burden every 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 

A-L-E-X-A-N-D

E-R we are meant to be 

A colony that runs independently 

Meanwhile Britain keeps shittin on us endlessly 

Essentially the 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 

He says in parenthesis 

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me 

I will lay down my life if it sets us free 

Eventually you will see my ascendancy 

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 am not throwing away my shot

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 am not throwing away my shot

It's time to take a shot 

I dream of life without a monarchy 

The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy 

'Onarchy? How you say how you say 

Oh Anarchy 

When I fight I make the other side panicky