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

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 10 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 everyday 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 thing I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait

When he was 10, his father split, full of it, debt ridden
2 years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead, sitting 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 nothing but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying, "Alex you gotta fend for yourself"
He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute
He would've been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord
Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Scanning for every book he can get his hands on
Planning 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're 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
Another immigrant coming 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 thing I haven't done
But just you wait
What's your name man?
Alexander Hamilton!