Hamilton Lyrics

𝕄𝕪 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕥

ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟: 

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 shot. I'ma get a scholarship to King's College. I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 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. Tryna 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 my 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, they tax us relentlessly. Then King George turns around, runs a spendin' spree. He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free. So there will be a revolution in this century. (Enter me.)

𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤, 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕃𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖: 

He says in parentheses.

ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟:

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me. I will lay down my life if it sets us free. Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy and I am not throwin' away my shot. I am not throwin' away my shot. 

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

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

𝕃𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖:

I dream of life without a monarchy. The unrest in France will lead to anarchy? Anarchy how you say, how you, oh, anarchy? When I fight, I make the other side panicky. With my, shot!

𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟:

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice and I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis (loco parentis). I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants (woo). I'm gonna take a shot!

𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤:

And 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 'til I sally in on a stallion. With the first black battalion! Have another shot!

𝔹𝕦𝕣𝕣:

Geniuses, lower your voices. You keep out of trouble and you double your choices. I'm with you, but the situation is fraught. You've got to be carefully taught. If you talk, you're gonna get shot!

ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟:

Burr, check what we got. Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot. I think your pants look hot. Laurens, I like you a lot. Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot. What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot? Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not. A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is. Oh, am I talkin' too loud? Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth. I never had a group of friends before. I promise that I'll make y'all proud.

𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤:

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

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 shot! 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 shot!

𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤:

Everybody sing! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Ayy, whoa (woo), whoa! Should let 'em hear ya (yeah). Let's go! Whoa, whoa, whoa. I said shout it to the rooftops! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Said, to the rooftops! Whoa, whoa, whoa. A-come on (yeah). Come on, let's go! Rise up. When you're living on your knees, you rise up. Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up. Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up.

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa, whoa) When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa) When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa) When are these colonies gonna rise up?Rise up!

ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕠𝕟:

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory. When's it gonna get me? In my sleep, seven feet ahead of me? If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat without a melody? See, I never thought I'd live past twenty. Where I come from some get half as many. Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask. We have to make this moment last, that's plenty. Scratch that this is not a moment, it's the movement. Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went? Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand. We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land. And? If we win our independence? Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? Or will the blood we shed begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants? I know the action in the street is excitin'. But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin', I've been readin' 'n' writin'. We need to handle our financial situation. Are we a nation of states what's the state of our nation? I'm past patiently waitin' I'm passionately mashin' every expectation! Every action's an act of creation! I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow! For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow!

ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪:

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 shot! We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot) I am not throwin' away my shot. We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot) I am not throwin' away my shot! We're gonna, rise up, rise up. It's time to take a shot! Rise up, rise up. It's time to take a shot! Rise up, it's time to take a shot. Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot! It's time to take a shot, time to take a shot. And I am not throwin' away my, not throwin' away my shot!