Alexander Hamilton

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?
 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 14, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
 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
 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
 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
 My name is Alexander Hamilton
 And there's a million things I haven't done
 But just you wait, just you wait
 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
 Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
 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
 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
 (In New York, you can be a new man) Just you wait!
 (In New York, you can be a new man) Just you wait!
 In New York, you can be a new man
 In New York! (New York)
 Just you wait!
 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
 The ship is in the harbor now
 See if you can spot him (just you wait)
 Another immigrant
 Comin' up from the bottom (just you wait)
 His enemies destroyed his rep
 America forgot him
 We fought with him
 Me? I died for him
 Me? I trusted him
 Me? I loved him
 And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
 There's a million things I haven't done
 But just you wait!
 What's your name, man?
 Alexander Hamilton!