[AARON 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?
[JOHN 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
[THOMAS 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
[JAMES 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, “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's gonna know your name. What's your name, man?”
[ALEXANDER 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...
[ELIZA HAMILTON:]
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
[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON (whispering):]
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[GEORGE WASHINGTON (COMPANY):]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying: "You gotta fend for yourself." ("Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.")
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
[BURR (COMPANY):]
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
Scammin' (scammin') for every book he can get his hands on
Plannin' (plannin') for the future see him now as he stands on (oooh...)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man
[COMPANY (HAMILTON):]
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
[WOMEN:] In New York
[MEN:] New York
[HAMILTON:] Just you wait!
[COMPANY:]
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
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!
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (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 ([MEN:] Just you wait)
Another immigrant
Comin' up from the bottom ([COMPANY:] Just you wait)
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? I'm the damn fool that shot him
[COMPANY:]
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait!
[BURR:]
What's your name, man?
[COMPANY:]
Alexander Hamilton!
PENCE WENT TO HAMILTON AND GOT SCHOOLED! POWNED!
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I tried to get tickets for this show when I was in New York but it was sold out till February. Lame. Well i know nothing of Hamilton other than he is on the 10 dollar bill and he looks funny. I guess all dudes looked funny wearing white wigs. Why white? If you wanna look cool make the hair any color other than white. But American men have always loved white. Sad. Maybe if they wore black wigs we would not now have trump leading the country into hell. Shit. Well maybe Hamilton was a good guy. Seems like he was dealt a shit hand in his youth and good things anyway. But he should have worn a black wig. Lame. Lame. Sad that you don't know who the owner of groats is. You ate there everyday. Sad you don't care about other people
Yes we discovered the same thing last summer when we thought we would run down to New York when we were in Toronto. No dice. Then we tried again when we were in Baltimore. Again no dice. The British still wear wigs now and then and they look very silly. Hamilton was a good dude I guess. He got his ass shot by a friend who he pissed off. Then the friend married a rich widow and spent all her money and ran off to Europe leaving her destitute. Guess that will teach her to be a widow.
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