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 (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 (Just you wait!)
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
(Eva eva)
Raise a glass to the four of us (Four of us)
Tomorrow there'll be more of us (More of us)
Telling the story of-
(Work! Work!)
Angelica!
(Work! Work!)
Eliza!
And Peggy!
The Schuyler sisters!
Eliza, I'm looking for a mind at work
Hey! Hey! Hey! (Yeah!)
In greatest city, in the greatest city in the world! (In the world!)
Oceans rise, empires fall!
We have seen each other through it all
And when push comes to shove
I will send a fully armed battalion
To remind you of my love
Da da da da da, da da da daya da da da da
We are out gunned! (What?) Out manned! (What?)
Out numbered, out planned!
We gotta make an all out stand!
And I'm gonna need a right hand man
Ooo! I do! I do! I do! I do!
Oh boy you got me helpless (Got me so helpless)
Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit
I'm-! (Down for the count and I'm drowning in 'em)
To your union! (To the union! To the revolution!)
And the hope that you provide! (You provide, you provide)
May you always (Always)
Be satisfied (Satisfied, satisfied)
Life doesn't discriminate, between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it take and it takes
We can live it anyway we rise and fall and we make mistakes
And if there's a reason I'm still alive, when so many have died
Then I'm willing to-
(One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine)
Wait for it
Wait for it
(One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine)
Wait for it
It's a ten duel commandment!
Ohh, let me be a part of the narrative
In the story they will write someday
Let this moment be the first chapter
When you would decide to stay (stay, stay, stay!)
And that would be enough!
(Lafayette!)
I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
(Lafayette!)
And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em
Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m
(Lafayette!)
Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!
Enragin’ em! I’m—
(Lafayette!)
I go to France for more funds
(Lafayette!)
I come back with more guns
Alexander Hamilton (And ships)
I have soldiers that will yield for you
If we manage to get this right (Manage to get this right)
They'll surrender by early light
The world will never be the same!
(The world turned upside down)
Look around! Isn't this enough?
He will never be satisfied (Would it be enough?)
He will never be satisfied, satisfied, satisfied
(History has its eyes on you!)
(Look around look around!)
(How do you write like your running out of time?)
(Soon that attitude may be your doom)
(Satisfied!)
(How do you write like you running out of time?)
(How do you write like-)
History has it's eyes on you!
What did I miss? (Ahhhh)
Thomas, that was a real nice declaration
Welcome to the present we're running a real nation
Would you like to join us, or stay mellow
Doing what ever the hell it is you do in Monticello!
Take a break and get away
Run away with us for the summer
Let's go and stay where we can stay
(We can all go stay with our father, if you take a break)
Look around look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
(Close your eyes and dream) We can go when the night gets dark
(Don't say no)
No, show me how to say no to this!
How can I say no to this?
There is nowhere I can go
Help!
When her body’s on mine I don't say- (No!)
No one else was in the room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
(My god) In god we trust, but never really knew what got discussed
Click boom then it happened
But no one else was in the room where it happened
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
(Washington on your, Washington on your side)
History has its eyes on you!
(Washington's going home)
(La da da da da)
We both know what we know
(I'll write my way out)
Alexander Hamilton
Had a torrid affair
And he wrote it down right there (Highlights!)
I know my sister like I know my own mind
You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
(I love my sister more than anything in this life, I will choose her happiness over mine every time)
Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
Put what we had aside (When you broke her heart)
I'm standing at her side
You could never be satisfied
God I hope you're satisfied (Watching it burn!)
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven-
It's quite uptown (Forgiveness)
Can you imagine? (Forgiveness)
Can you imagine?
If you see him in the street
Walking by her side, talking by her side
Have pity... They are going through the unimaginable
(Now I'm the villain in your history)
(I imagined death so much it feels more like a memory)
(One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine)
(This is were it gets me)
(I should've known)
(I've gotta throw away my shot)
(My love take your time, I'll see you on the other side)
(Will they tell your story?)
Who lives who dies who tells your story
