(BURR) 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?
(LAURENS) 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
(JEFFERSON) 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
(MADISON) Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned 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
(BURR) Well, the word got around, they said, âThis kid is insane, manâ Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland âGet your education, donât forget from whence you came, and The world is gonna know your name. Whatâs your name, man?â
(HAMILTON) Alexander Hamilton My name is Alexander Hamilton And thereâs a million things I havenât 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 sittinÂŽ in their own sick, the scent thick
(COMPANY) And Alex got better but his mother went quick
(WASHINGTON) Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide Left him with nothinâ but ruined pride, something new inside A voice saying
âYou gotta fend for yourself.â He started retreatinâ and readinâ every treatise on the shelf
(BURR) There would have been nothinâ left to do For someone less astute He woulda been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workinâ, clerkinâ for his late motherâs landlord
Tradinâ sugar cane and rum and all the things he canât afford Scanninâ for every book he can get his hands on Planninâ 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
(COMPANY) In New York you can be a new manâ
(WOMEN) In New Yorkâ
(HAMILTON) Just you wait!
(COMPANY)
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) The ship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him Another immigrant Cominâ up from the bottom 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 & PEGGY/MARIA) Me? I loved him (BURR) And me? Iâm the damn fool that shot him
(COMPANY) Thereâs a million things I havenât done But just you wait!
(BURR) Whatâs your name, man? (COMPANY) Alexander Hamilton! Alexander Hamilton !
« Instruit toi, nÂŽoublie pas dâoĂč tu viens, et le monde connaĂźtra ton nom. Comment tu tÂŽappelles, mec ? »
(HAMILTON) Alexander Hamilton. Je mÂŽappelle Alexander Hamilton Et il y a un million de choses que je nÂŽai pas encore faites Mais attendez de voir, attendez de voir..