Hamilton Remembered

My Shot

I am not throwin' away my shot

"How does that answer the question?" "What?" Eliza turned in her seat. "In the song before, it ended with 'what's he gonna do?' and you answered with-"

I am not throwin' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry

"Scrappy?"

And I'm not throwin' away my shot
I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

"Good for you."

I probably shouldn't brag, 

"Then don't."

but dang, I amaze and astonish

"There he goes."

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

"Nice analogy."

Tryna reach my goal my power of speech, unimpeachable
Only nineteen but my mind is older

"Wait. How old are you?"

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

"Hey, you could have told us you wanted Mac and Cheese!" "I don't like-" "Have some Mac and Cheese."

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R we are meant to be

"How do you know his name? Where you eavesdropping?" "Um, yes? He he."

A colony that runs independently

All the men in the room shouted.

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

"What?"

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spendin' spree

"I do not!" "Yes you do." "I do not! "Yes you do." Everyone says. Well except for Seabury, who pats his king on the back as if to say, there there. But his reassurance was, of course, not very reassuring.

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!

"Ha. What good will you do?" "A lot of good. And shut up, you didn't even fight in the war, Jefferson."

he says in parentheses

"Wow, you really do have good faith in me, don't you?"

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free

"Oh, no!" "Don't worry Eliza."

Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

"Oh gosh, make it stop!" Lee groaned, bashing his head against his armrest like a mad man. Which he was. "You're over reacting." "ARGH NO IT"S TAKING OVER MY MIND I"M BEING BRAINWASHED HELP MEEEEEEEE" 

And I am not throwin' away my shot
I am not throwin' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shotI am not throwin' away my shot
I am not throwin' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
It's time to take a shot