Graduate in two, then join the revolution. I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. Oh sure Sir, I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service Sir. See if you can spot him ( Just you wait)Ĭomin' up from the bottom ( Just you wait) Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on (ooh.) Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new insideĪ voice saying, 'Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.' Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thickĪnd Alex got better but his mother went quick Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden What's your name, man?'Īnd there's a million things I haven't done 'Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland Well, the word got around, they said, 'This kid is insane, man.'

Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brainĪnd he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of Got a lot farther by working a lot harderīy fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charterĪnd every day while slaves were being slaughtered and cartedĪway across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a 16 Part 16: Dear Theodosia / Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us.13 Part 13: History Has its Eyes on You.10 Part 10: Stay Alive / Ten Duel Commandments / Meet Me Inside.

9 Part 9: The Story of Tonight (reprise) / Wait for it.

4 Part 4: The Schuyler Sisters / Farmer Refuted.

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