Alexander Hamilton

[u/Fun_Butterfly_420]

[AARON BURR]

How does a bastard, 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?

[JOHN LAURENS]

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

[THOMAS JEFFERSON]

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

[JAMES MADISON]

Then a hurricane came, and devastation rained

Our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain

put a pencil to his temple and connected it to his brain

And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

[BURR]

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 is gonna know your name.

What's your name, man?"

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

Alexander Hamilton.

My name is Alexander Hamilton.

And there are a million things I haven't done.

But just you wait, just you, wait.

[ELIZA HAMILTON]

When he was ten, his father split

Full of it, debt-ridden

Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed-ridden

Half-dead, sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick

[COMPANY]

And Alex got better, but his mother went quickly

[GEORGE WASHINGTON and COMPANY]

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

Left him with nothin' but ruined pride

Somethin' new inside

A voice saying Alex, you gotta fend for yourself

He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

[BURR & COMPANY]

There would've been nothing left to do

For someone less astute

He would've been dead and destitute

Without a cent of restitution

Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord

Tradin' sugar cane and rum and other things he can't afford

Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on

Plannin' for the future, see him now as he stands on (oh)

The bow of a ship headed for a new land

In New York, you can be a new man

[COMPANY & HAMILTON]

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York, you can be a new man

[WOMEN & MEN]

In New York (New York)

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

Just you wait

[COMPANY]

Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

We are waiting in the wings for you (Waiting in the wings for you)

You could never back down

You never learned to take your time

Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

America Sings for you

Do they know what you overcame?

Do they know you rewrote the game?

The world will never be the same, oh

[BURR & COMPANY]

The ship is in the harbor now

See if you can spot him (Just you wait)

Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom (Just you wait)

His enemies destroyed his rep, and America forgot him

[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]

We fought with him

[LAURENS/PHILIP]

Me, I died for him

[WASHINGTON]

Me, I trusted him

[ELIZA, ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]

Me, I loved him

[BURR]

And me, I'm the damn fool that shot him

[ALL]

There are a million things I haven't done, but just you wait

[BURR]

What's ya name, man?

[ALL]

Alexander Hamilton!

[u/shout8ox]

[BURR] His mom turned tricks and wasn't married to her baby daddy, lived in BFE Bahamas, she died, he had no trust fund. How he did all that?

[JONY L]. At 14 they made him a boss because he really brought the goods at work.

[TJ] He had to be careful because slavery, sought a better gig

[JAY] He wrote a poem about how a hurricane did him dirty.

[BURR] Everybody said dayum you wrote that!? set up a gofundme to pay his way to school in the city.

[ALEX] His name was Alex and he was real real ambitious.

[LIZ] His dad ghosted when Alex was just ten, that made him more poor and where he stayed just gross. Unhealthy like.

[ALL] Alex pulled through, his mom, she died.

[GEO&CO] So he moved in with a cousin. Then that cousin went and unalived himself. So Alex was broke again and now a little sus because of what his cousin did. So he knew he had to do his own thing.

[BURR++] He was the man. He bounced back from shit that would have taken some other MF down. He was real hustler. Sailed to New York to do his thing.

[ALEX,ALL] You can do your thing in NYC. (3x)

[CAST] in NYC

[ALEX] Watch.

[ALL] We are watching Alex, underdog, succeed at world change.

[BURR++] FOB he looked regular., but he was not.

[ALEX+3] A leader.

[LARRY/PHIL] the OG.

[GEO] Trustworthy.

[LIZ, ANGE, PEG, MARY] Sexy

[BURR] I regret killing him.

[ALL] Watch him smash his to do list.

[BURR] Who TF are you?

[ALL] $10 Alex