Hamilton Lyrics

𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟

𝔸𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕟 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 in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟 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.

𝔾𝕚𝕝𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥 𝕕𝕦 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕣, 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖:

And every day 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.

ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟:

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 is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?

𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 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.

𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕙 𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕪𝕝𝕖𝕣:

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

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

And Alex got better but his mother went quick.

𝔾𝕖𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟:

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide. Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside. A voice saying, "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself." He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf.

𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕣:

There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute. He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution. Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord          Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford. Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on. Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on the bow of a ship headed for the new land. In New York you can be a new man.

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

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.

𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣:

Just you wait.

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton. We are waiting in the wings for you. Waiting in the wings for you. You could never back down. 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, oh.

𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕣:

The ship is in the harbor now. See if you can spot him (just you wait). Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom (just you wait). His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him.

𝕃𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟:

We, fought with him.

 𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕡 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟:

Me, I died for him.

𝕎𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟:

Me, I trusted him.

𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕪𝕝𝕒𝕣, 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕒, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒 ℝ𝕖𝕪𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤:

Me, I loved him.

𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕣:

And me, I'm the damn fool that shot him (shot him, 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