[AARON BURR]
How does a ba########rphan, son of a wh#####nd 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
[T#######E##########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
[J######A########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?”
[A##########A#########A##########a########My name is Al#######################here’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait...
[#######A#########When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-#####################tin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON (whispering)]
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[GEORGE WASHINGTON]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin co#########u#######Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying
[#############“You gotta fend for yourself.” [COMPANY]
“Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.”
[W############He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf
[BURR]
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 ru###nd all the things he can’t afford
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
[COMPANY]
Scammin’
Plannin’
Oooh...
[COMPANY]
In New York you can
Be a new man—
In New York you can
Be a new man— [HAMILTON]
Just you wait!
Just you wait!
[COMPANY]
In New York you can be a new man—
[WOMEN]
In New York—
[MEN]
New York—
[HAMILTON]
Just you wait!
[COMPANY]
Ale######################### waiting in the wings for you
You could never back down
You never learned to take your time!
Oh, Al#########a########
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
Comin’ up from the bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep
America forgot him
[COMPANY]
Ale##############################the wings for you
You never learned to take your time!
Oh, Al#########a########A##########a#########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
Comin’ up from the bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep
America forgot him
[COMPANY]
Ale##############################the wings for you
You never learned to take your time!
Oh, Al#########a########A##########a#########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
[MEN]
Just you wait
[COMPANY]
Just you wait
[################## LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
We fought with him
[LAURENS/PHILIP]
Me? I died for him
[WA#############? 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]
########## #########
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