Lyrics for Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton lyrics
How does a b**tard
orphan, son of a w**re
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 workin'
a lot harder, by bein' a lot
smarter, by bein' 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
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
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
and Alex got better but
his mother went quick
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 retreatin' and
readin' every treatise
on the shelf
There would've been
nothin' left to do for
someone less astute he
would've been dead or
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 the bow of a ship
headed for a new land
In New York
you can be a new man
in New York
you can be a new man
in New York
you can be a new man
In New York
you can be a new man
in New York
New York
just you wait
Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting
in the wings for you
You never back down
you never learned
to take your time
oh Alexander Hamilton
When America
sings for you
will they know
what you overcame?
Will they know
you re-wrote the game?
The world
will never be the same oh
The ship is in
the harbour now
see if you can spot him
Another immigrant
comin' up from the bottom
his enemies
destroyed his rep
America forgot him
We fought with him
me I died for him
me I trusted him
me I loved him
and me
I'm the damn fool
that shot him
There's a million things
I haven't done
but just you wait
What's your name man?
Alexander Hamilton!
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