Alexander Hamilton

[00:03.67] How does a bastard, orphan son of a whore

[00:07.18] And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean

[00:12.64] By providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[00:18.65] The 10 dollar

[00:19.72] Founding father without a father

[00:21.98] Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter

[00:26.70] By being a self-starter, by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter

[00:33.21] And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away

[00:37.95] Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up

[00:40.98] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of

[00:44.45] The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter

[00:48.22] Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

[00:52.50] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain

[00:56.00] Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain

[00:59.72] And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

[01:03.25] Well the word got around, they said

[01:05.47] "This kid is insane, man!"

[01:07.72] Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland

[01:11.23] "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came

[01:14.49] And the world's gonna know your name. What's your name man?"

[01:18.72] Alexander Hamilton

[01:22.22] My name is Alexander Hamilton

[01:25.73] And there's a million thing I haven't done

[01:28.97] But just you wait, just you wait

[01:33.22] When he was 10, his father split, full of it, debt ridden

[01:37.22] 2 years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden

[01:40.99] Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick

[01:45.49] And Alex got better but his mother went quick

[01:48.73] Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

[01:52.72] Left him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside

[01:56.50] A voice saying, "Alex you gotta fend for yourself"

[01:59.72] He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

[02:03.72] There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute

[02:06.72] He woulda been dead and destitute without a cent of restutition

[02:10.47] Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord

[02:13.96] Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford

[02:17.74] Scanning for every book he can get his hands on

[02:21.21] Planning for the future, see him now as he stands on

[02:24.97] The bow of a ship headed for a new land

[02:28.22] In New York you can be a new man

[02:34.50] Just you wait

[02:35.49] (In New York you can be a new man) Just you wait

[02:38.22] In New York you can be a new man

[02:42.24] In New York (New York)

[02:45.01] Just you wait!

[02:46.28] Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), we're waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)

[02:52.77] You could never back down, you never learned to take your time

[02:59.01] Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), when America sings for you

[03:06.97] Will they know what you overcame?

[03:10.06] Will they know you rewrote the game?

[03:13.26] The world will never be same, oh

[03:21.24] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him

[03:24.97] Another immigrant coming up from the bottom

[03:28.25] His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him

[03:31.99] We fought with him

[03:33.74] Me? I died for him

[03:35.48] Me? I trusted him

[03:37.25] Me? I loved him

[03:38.74] And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

[03:43.74] There's a million thing I haven't done

[03:45.74] But just you wait

[03:48.72] What's your name man?

[03:50.49] Alexander Hamilton!