slickslytherins

How does a #######, 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?
          
          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
          
          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

notabel25

@LaneBoyBrendon   Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
            Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ 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
            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?"
            Alexander Hamilton
            My name is Alexander Hamilton
            And there’s a million things I haven’t done
            But just you wait, just you wait
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