Hamilton

Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep living anyway. We rise and we fall, and we break, and we make our mistakes. And if there's a reason I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died, I'm willing to wait for it.

[Burr] Can I buy you a drink?

[Hamilton] That would be nice

[Burr] While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice
Talk less

[Hamilton] What?

[Burr] Smile more

[Hamilton] Ha

[Burr] Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for

[Hamilton] You can’t be serious

[Burr] You wanna get ahead?

[Hamilton] Yes

[Burr] Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

[Washington]
It’s alright you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr.

[Hamilton]
Yes.

[Washington]
Dying is easy, young man; living is harder.

[Hamilton] I may not live to see our glory!

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] I may not live to see our glory!

[Hamilton] But I will gladly join the fight!

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] But I will gladly join the fight!

[Hamilton] And when our children tell our story…

[Lafayette/Mulligan/Laurens] And when our children tell our story…

[Seabury]
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
And I present “Free Thoughts on the
Proceedings of the Continental Congress!”
Heed not the rabble
Who scream revolution
They have not your interests at heart.

[Mulligan]
Oh my God. Tear this dude apart.

[Seabury]
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
Don’t let them lead you astray
This Congress does not speak for me.

[Burr]
Let him be.

[Seabury]
They’re playing a dangerous game
I pray the king shows you his mercy
For shame, for shame…

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?

[Burr]
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?»

[Hamilton]
Alexander Hamilton.
My name is Alexander Hamilton.
And there’s a million things I haven’t done,
But just you wait, just you wait...

[Eliza]
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.

[Washington]
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.

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.

[Burr]
His enemies destroyed his rep,
America forgot him

[Mulligan/Madison, Lafayette/Jefferson]
We fought with him.

[Laurens/Philip]
Me? I died for him.

[Washington]
Me? I trusted him.

[Eliza/Angelica/Maria]
Me? I loved him.

[Burr]
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him.

[Hamilton]
Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

[Burr]
That depends who’s asking

[Hamilton]
Oh, well, sure, sir
I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, sir
I have been looking for you

[Burr]
I’m getting nervous

[Hamilton]
Sir…

[Hamilton]
I heard your name at Princeton.
I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours.
I may have punched him. It’s a blur, sir.
He handles the financials?

[Burr]
You punched the bursar

[Hamilton]
Yes!