Leslie Odom Jr. feat Anthony RamosDaveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo & Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Alexander Hamilton Lyrics

Lyrics Alexander Hamilton - Lin-Manuel Miranda , Daveed Diggs , Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton , Phillipa Soo , Anthony Ramos , Christopher Jackson , Leslie Odom Jr.



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?
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 14, 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, dripping 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, something new inside
A voice saying, Alex, you gotta fend for yourself
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
There would have been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
He woulda been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the 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) Just you wait!
(In New York, you can be a new man) Just you wait!
In New York, you can be a new man
In New York! (New York)
Just you wait!
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)
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh
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
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!



Writer(s): MIRANDA LIN-MANUEL


Leslie Odom Jr. feat Anthony RamosDaveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo & Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1 Aaron Burr, Sir
2 Burn
3 Satisfied
4 What Comes Next?
5 Dear Theodosia
6 That Would Be Enough
7 My Shot
8 Wait For It
9 One Last Time
10 Meet Me Inside
11 Cabinet Battle #1
12 History Has Its Eyes On You
13 Cabinet Battle #1
14 Right Hand Man
15 One Last Time
16 Guns and Ships
17 Alexander Hamilton
18 Alexander Hamilton
19 That Would Be Enough
20 Non-Stop
21 The Story Of Tonight
22 Best of Wives and Best of Women
23 Farmer Refuted
24 Helpless
25 History Has Its Eyes On You
26 Non-Stop
27 Right Hand Man
28 Guns and Ships
29 My Shot
30 The Election of 1800
31 We Know
32 Blow Us All Away
33 The Schuyler Sisters
34 It's Quiet Uptown
35 Stay Alive (Reprise)
36 A Winter's Ball
37 Your Obedient Servant
38 The World Was Wide Enough
39 The Room Where It Happens
40 The Story of Tonight
41 Take a Break
42 Ten Duel Commandments
43 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
44 Cabinet Battle #2
45 Hurricane
46 Wait For It
47 You'll Be Back
48 Schuyler Defeated
49 Best of Wives and Best of Women
50 Washington On Your Side
51 Satisfied
52 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
53 Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
54 The Adams Administration
55 Helpless
56 The Election of 1800
57 Cabinet Battle #2
58 Your Obedient Servant
59 Say No To This
60 Stay Alive
61 Farmer Refuted
62 Aaron Burr, Sir
63 The Schuyler Sisters
64 The Room Where It Happens
65 My Shot
66 Right Hand Man
67 You'll Be Back
68 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
69 A Winter's Ball
70 Stay Alive
71 The Story of Tonight - Reprise
72 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
73 Ten Duel Commandments
74 Cabinet Battle #1
75 Washington On Your Side
76 Take A Break
77 Schuyler Defeated
78 Washington On Your Side
79 Blow Us All Away
80 We Know
81 Hurricane
82 Blow Us All Away
83 The Election Of 1800
84 Stay Alive - Reprise
85 It's Quiet Uptown
86 The World Was Wide Enough
87 What'd I Miss
88 I Know Him
89 The Reynolds Pamphlet



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