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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 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
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
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 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
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