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alexander: wow burr, tell us what you really think

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?

alexander: wow burr. just wow.

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

alexander: is this supposed to be laurens

peggy: i still ship it

eliza: peggy we've been dead for 150 years

peggy: ...

peggy: i still ship it

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

lafayette: look its me!

jefferson: no thats me

lafayette: um excuse you thats me

jefferson: nO THATS-

alexander: shut up its neither of you

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

eliza: you okay, alex?

alexander: i dont get hurt by the mere mention of "hurricane", my love

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

angelica: which one?

Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”

jefferson: he is, though

alexander: shut it, jefferson

Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
“Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and

The world's gonna know your name.

eliza: thats true. now everyone knows who he is.

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...

alexander: i could have done more iF SOMEONE didn't shoot me over some childish political bickering

burr: excuse me

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: i am so sorry for all you've been through, son

alexander: when the hell did you even get here

Moved in with the cousin, the cousin committed suicide

alexander: yeesh memories

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

peggy: no one even likes sugar cane anymore

eliza: what

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

alexander: facts.

In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
In New York you can be a new man

In New York

New York

Just you wait!

alexander: welp

mulligan: alex you talk too much

alexander: oh you're here too?

mulligan: no i'm dead

laurens: news flash; we all are.

Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

jefferson: does anyone else get tired of hearing his name or

alexander: shUT-

We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could never back down

You never learned to take your time!

angelica: facts.

alexander: puh-lease

Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

jefferson: if they say his name one more time, i'm gonna scream

alexander: if you don't shut up, i'm gonna scream

lafayette: if you don't stop bickering like two immature brats, i'm gonna start throwing hands

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

alexander: yeah thanks for that by the way

America forgot him

alexander: appreciated.

We fought with him

lafayette: t'was a pain in the ass but-

alexander: yeah love you too laf

Me? I died for him

laurens: no i didn't

laurens: what

laurens: pfftt

alexander: shUT-

philip: i did though

peggy: philip do you ship it

eliza: maRGARITA-

Me? I trusted him.

washington: i did

jefferson: look where that got you lmao

alexander: jefferson i will fucking kill you

jefferson: already dead though

alexander: i'll do it again watch me

Me? I loved him

angelica: keyword; loved

maria: what she said

eliza: i still love alexander though

laurens: same

eliza: what

laurens: what

alexander: what

And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him.

alexander: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fuck you

burr: sweet jesus

There's a million things I haven't done

laurens: i'm one of them

eliza: joHN-

alexander: sTOP-

But just you wait!

jefferson: waiting

What's your name man?

Alexander Hamilton!

alexander: wow what a trip down memory lane

jefferson: pft

alexander: shut it. you're just jealous cause no one wrote a musical about your crusty ass.