Hamilton

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How does a *******, orphan, son of a horse
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 had placed him in charge of a trading charter
and every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted across the waves
our Hamilton kept his guard up
inside he was longing for something to be apart of
the brother was ready to beg steal borrow and barter
then a hurricane came and devestation reigned and 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 word got around they said "This kid is insane man"
Took up a collection just to send him to the main land
get your education don't forget from whence you came, and the world's gonna know your name
what's your name son?
Alexander Hamilton
His name is Alexander Hamilton, and there's a million things he hasn't done
but just you wait
just you want
when he was 10 his father split full of it debt ridden two years later see alex and his mother bed ridden half dead sitting 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 nothing but ruined pride something new inside a voice saying alex you gotta fend for yourself he started retreated and reading and treaty on the shelf
there would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute he would have been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution
started working for his late mother's land lord trading sugarcane and rum and all the things he can't afford scamming for, every book he can get his hands on
planning 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. the ship is in the harbor now see if you can spot him
another immigrant coming up from the bottom. His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him
and me, I'm the damn fool that shot him.
Alexander Hamilton

-Lin Manuel Miranda