How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
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 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, 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 is 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...
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
“You gotta fend for yourself.”(“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
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
(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!
[00:03.79]How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
[00:14.30]Impoverished, in squalor
[00:16.46]Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[00:18.64]
[00:19.25]The ten-dollar founding father without a father
[00:22.53]Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
[00:25.90]By being a lot smarter
[00:27.73]By being a self-starter
[00:29.55]By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
[00:32.83]Trading charter
[00:34.04]
[00:34.60]And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
[00:37.58]Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
[00:41.46]Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
[00:44.98]The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
[00:48.37]
[00:49.03]Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
[00:52.32]Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
[00:56.37]Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
[00:59.97]And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
[01:03.06]
[01:03.86]Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”
[01:07.65]Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
[01:11.39]“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and
[01:15.22]The world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”
[01:17.95]
[01:18.90]Alexander Hamilton
[01:22.66]My name is Alexander Hamilton
[01:26.44]And there’s a million things I haven’t done
[01:29.48]But just you wait, just you wait...
[01:33.63]
[01:34.02]
[01:37.99]Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
[01:41.30]Half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick
[01:44.86]
[01:45.12]And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[01:49.25]
[01:49.46]Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
[01:52.80]Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, something new inside
[01:56.43]A voice saying
[01:57.23]
[01:57.48]“You gotta fend for yourself.”(“Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.”)
[01:59.85]
[02:00.20]He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf
[02:03.73]
[02:03.92]There would have been nothin’ left to do
[02:05.52]For someone less astute
[02:06.87]He woulda been dead or destitute
[02:08.49]Without a cent of restitution
[02:10.26]Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord
[02:14.24]Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford
[02:17.69]Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on
[02:21.22]Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on
[02:24.72]The bow of a ship headed for a new land
[02:28.30]In New York you can be a new man
[02:31.23]
[02:31.65]In New York you can
[02:34.21]Be a new man— (Just you wait!)
[02:34.99]In New York you can
[02:37.05]Be a new man— (Just you wait!)
[02:38.72]In New York you can be a new man—
[02:42.30]In New York—
[02:43.52]New York—
[02:44.22]
[02:44.52]
[02:44.94]Just you wait!
[02:46.14]
[02:46.36]Alexander Hamilton(Alexander Hamilton)
[02:49.33]We are waiting in the wings for you(Waiting in the wings for you)
[02:52.91]You could never back down
[02:54.63]You never learned to take your time!
[02:58.88]
[02:59.89]Oh, Alexander Hamilton
[03:03.48]When America sings for you
[03:06.97]Will they know what you overcame?
[03:10.38]Will they know you rewrote the game?
[03:13.68]The world will never be the same, oh
[03:21.01]
[03:21.21]The ship is in the harbor now
[03:24.13](Just you wait)
[03:24.85]Another immigrant
[03:26.30]Comin’ up from the bottom
[03:27.58](Just you wait)
[03:28.23]His enemies destroyed his rep
[03:29.81]America forgot him
[03:32.01]
[03:32.43]We fought with him
[03:33.33]
[03:33.69]Me? I died for him
[03:35.05]
[03:35.36]Me? I trusted him
[03:36.46]
[03:37.01]Me? I loved him
[03:38.38]
[03:38.74]And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him
[03:42.27]
[03:43.08]There’s a million things I haven’t done
[03:45.69]But just you wait!
[03:49.39]
[03:49.74]What’s your name, man?
[03:51.27]Alexander Hamilton!