Alexander Hamilton

[00:01.98] How does a bastard, orphan son of a whore

[00:06.75] And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean

[00:12.23] By providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[00:16.98] The 10 dollar

[00:19.49] Founding father without a father

[00:21.75] Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter

[00:25.48] By being a self-starter, by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter

[00:30.48] And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away

[00:36.98] Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up

[00:40.48] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of

[00:43.98] The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter

[00:48.23] Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

[00:52.24] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain

[00:55.49] Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain

[00:59.23] And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

[01:02.98] Well the word got around, they said

[01:04.99] "This kid is insane, man!"

[01:06.98] Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland

[01:10.73] "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came

[01:14.24] And the world's gonna know your name. What's your name man?"

[01:18.23] Alexander Hamilton

[01:21.98] My name is Alexander Hamilton

[01:25.74] And there's a million thing I haven't done

[01:28.99] But just you wait, just you wait

[01:30.73] When he was 10, his father split, full of it, debt ridden

[01:37.23] 2 years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden

[01:41.01] Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick

[01:44.75] And Alex got better but his mother went quick

[01:48.23] Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

[01:51.98] Left him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside

[01:56.48] A voice saying, "Alex you gotta fend for yourself"

[01:58.99] He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

[02:02.98] There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute

[02:06.48] He woulda been dead and destitute without a cent of restutition

[02:09.98] Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord

[02:13.98] Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford

[02:17.49] Scanning for every book he can get his hands on

[02:21.23] Planning for the future, see him now as he stands on

[02:24.24] The bow of a ship headed for a new land

[02:27.74] In New York you can be a new man

[02:31.22] Just you wait

[02:34.73] (In New York you can be a new man) Just you wait

[02:38.73] In New York you can be a new man

[02:41.98] In New York (New York)

[02:44.00] Just you wait!

[02:45.73] Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), we're waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)

[02:52.48] You could never back down, you never learned to take your time

[02:56.73] Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), when America sings for you

[03:06.48] Will they know what you overcame?

[03:09.98] Will they know you rewrote the game?

[03:13.23] The world will never be same, oh

[03:20.98] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him

[03:24.73] Another immigrant coming up from the bottom

[03:27.73] His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him

[03:31.48] We fought with him

[03:33.48] Me? I died for him

[03:35.23] Me? I trusted him

[03:36.97] Me? I loved him

[03:38.50] And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

[03:42.99] There's a million thing I haven't done

[03:45.75] But just you wait

[03:48.48] What's your name man?

[03:50.49] Alexander Hamilton!