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How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a<br /> Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten<br /> Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor<br /> Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?<br /> The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father<br /> Got a lot farther by working a lot harder<br /> By being a lot smarter<br /> By being a self-starter<br /> By fourteen, they placed him in charge of the trading charter<br /> Alexander Hamilton<br /> My name is Alexander Hamilton<br /> And there's a million things I haven't done<br /> But just you wait, just you wait<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> I am the one thing in life I can control<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> Wait for it<br /> I am inimitable<br /> I am an original<br /> And if there's a reason I'm still alive<br /> When so many have died<br /> Then I'm willin' to&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> I'm willing to<br /> Work, work!<br /> Angelica!<br /> Work, work!<br /> Eliza!<br /> And Peggy&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> Look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!<br /> History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be<br /> In the greatest city<br /> In the greatest city in the world!The world turned upside down<br /> The world turned upside down<br /> The world turned upside down<br /> The world turned upside downYeah you'll blow us all awayOceans rise, empires fall<br /> We have seen each other through it all<br /> And when push comes to shove<br /> I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!<br /> Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da<br /> Da da dat dat da da ya da!No one else was in<br /> The room where it happened<br /> The room where it happened<br /> The room where it happened<br /> No one else was in<br /> The room where it happened<br /> The room where it happened<br /> The room where it happened<br /> No one really knows how the game is played<br /> The art of the trade<br /> How the sausage gets made<br /> We just assume that it happens<br /> But no one else is in the room where it happensWe are outgunned (What?)<br /> Outmanned (What?)<br /> Outnumbered<br /> Outplanned<br /> We gotta make an all out stand<br /> Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand manHamilton!<br /> Sir, he knows what to do in a trench<br /> Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> Hamilton!<br /> Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually<br /> What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> Hamilton!<br /> No one has more resilience<br /> Or matches my practical tactical brilliance&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> Hamilton!<br /> You wanna fight for your land back?<br /> Hamilton!<br /> I need my right hand man back!<br /> Uh, get ya right hand man back<br /> You know you gotta get ya right hand man back<br /> I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better<br /> To get your right hand man back!It must be nice, it must be nice<br /> To have Washington on your side<br /> It must be nice, it must be nice<br /> To have Washington on your side<br /> Look back at the Bill of Rights (Which I wrote)<br /> The ink hasn't dried<br /> It must be nice, it must be nice<br /> To have Washington on your side&acirc;&#128;&#148;<br /> Somebody has to stand up for the South!<br /> Somebody has to stand up to his mouth!<br /> If there's a fire you're trying to douse<br /> You can't put it out from inside the house<br /> I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in<br /> Watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it<br /> If Washington isn't gon' listen<br /> To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:<br /> This kid is outIn New York you can be a new manHow do you write like you're running out of time?<br /> Write day and night like you're running out of time?<br /> Ev'ry day you fight like you're running out of time<br /> Like you're running out of time<br /> Are you running out of time?Let me tell you what I wish I'd known<br /> When I was young and dreamed of glory<br /> You have no control<br /> Who lives, who dies, who tells your story<br /> I know that we can win<br /> I know that greatness lies in you<br /> But remember from here on in<br /> History has its eyes on you (Whoa...)And I am not throwing away my shot<br /> I am not throwing away my shot<br /> Hey yo, I'm just like my country<br /> I'm young, scrappy and hungry<br /> And I'm not throwing away my shot<br /> We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)<br /> We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)<br /> We're gonna rise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!)<br /> Rise up, rise up!<br /> And I am not throwing away my<br /> Not throwing away my shotThere's a million things I haven't done<br /> But just you wait (Just wait)<br /> What's your name, man?<br /> Alexander (Hamilton)<br /> Alexander (Hamilton)<br /> Alexander (Hamilton)<br /> Alexander<br /> Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.Lyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>