Alexander Hamilton
[00:03.19] Aaron Burr: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
[00:07.45] Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
[00:11.22] Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor
[00:15.73] Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[00:18.49] John Laurens: The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
[00:22.00] Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
[00:25.27] By being a lot smarter
[00:27.27] By being a self-starter
[00:29.27] By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
[00:33.53] Thomas Jefferson: And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
[00:37.04] Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
[00:41.06] Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
[00:44.82] The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
[00:48.58] James Madison: Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
[00:52.10] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
[00:56.26] Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
[00:59.88] And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
[01:03.39] Burr: Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man."
[01:07.40] Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
[01:11.16] "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and
[01:14.93] The world's gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
[01:18.69] Alexander Hamilton:Alexander Hamilton
[01:21.95] My name is Alexander Hamilton
[01:25.96] And there's a million things I haven't done
[01:29.22] But just you wait, just you wait...
[01:33.48] Eliza Hamilton: When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
[01:37.49] Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
[01:41.00] Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[01:45.26] Full Company except Hamilton (whispering): And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[01:49.03] George Washington (Company): Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
[01:52.80] Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
[01:56.56] A voice saying, "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself."
[01:59.82] He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
[02:03.58] Burr (Company): There would've been nothin' left to do
[02:05.34] For someone less astute
[02:06.60] He would've been dead or destitute
[02:08.35] Without a cent of restitution
[02:10.35] Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
[02:14.37] Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
[02:17.88] Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
[02:21.39] Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on (ooh...)
[02:24.89] The bow of a ship headed for a new land
[02:28.41] In New York you can be a new man
[02:31.92] Company (Hamilton): In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
[02:35.43] In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
[02:38.94] In New York you can be a new man
[02:42.45] Women: In New York
[02:43.45] Men: New York
[02:44.21] Hamilton: Just you wait!
[02:46.97] Company: Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
[02:49.22] We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
[02:52.74] You could never back down
[02:54.75] You never learned to take your time!
[02:59.26] Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
[03:03.28] When America sings for you
[03:07.03] Will they know what you overcame?
[03:10.55] Will they know you rewrote the game?
[03:13.57] The world will never be the same, oh
[03:21.59] Burr: The ship is in the harbor now
[03:23.35] See if you can spot him (Men: Just you wait)
[03:25.35] Another immigrant
[03:26.61] Comin' up from the bottom (Company: Just you wait)
[03:28.61] His enemies destroyed his rep
[03:30.37] America forgot him
[03:32.12] Mulligan/Madison and Lafayette/Jefferson: We fought with him
[03:33.89] Laurens/Philip: Me? I died for him
[03:35.63] Washington: Me? I trusted him
[03:37.15] Eliza and Angelica and Peggy/Maria: Me? I loved him
[03:38.91] Burr: And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
[03:43.68] Company: There's a million things I haven't done
[03:46.18] But just you wait!
[03:49.45] Burr: What's your name, man?
[03:50.71] Company: Alexander Hamilton!
