Hamilton

[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
We are — meant to be

[Hamilton]
A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't never gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
ENTER ME!

[Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
(He says in parentheses)

[Hamilton]
Don't be shocked when your history book
Mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy

And 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!

[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

[Hamilton]
I wanted to do what you did.
Graduate in two, then join the revolution.
He looked at me like I was stupid, I’m not stupid

So how’d you do it?
How’d you graduate so fast?

[Burr]
It was my parents’ dying wish
Before they passed

[Hamilton]
You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan
God, I wish there was a war!
Then we could prove that we’re worth more
Than anyone bargained for…

[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!

[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…

[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.

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.

[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.

[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...

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?

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.