[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…
[Hamilton]
I imagine death so much
It feels more like a memory
When's it's gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it coming,
Do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Where I come from some get half as many
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh,
Reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last,
That's plenty
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land
And if we win our independence?
'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin'
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
I've been readin' 'n writin'
We need to handle our financial situation
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
I'm past patiently waitin'
I'm passionately smashin' every expectation
Every action's an act of creation
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
[Burr]
Geniuses, lower your voices
You keep out of trouble, and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
You've got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
[Hamilton]
Burr, check what we got
Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
I think your pants look hot
Laurens, I like you a lot
Let's hatch a plot
Blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom,
like it or not
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
[Lafayette]
I dream of life without the monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy"
"Onarchy?" How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy!
When I fight I make the other side panicky
With my
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Shot!
[Mulligan]
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm joining the rebellion
Cuz I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants
I'm gonna take a
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Shot!
[Laurens]
Eh, but we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion
With the first black battalion
Have another
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Shot!
[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
[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]
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…
[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?