MY SHOT I am not throwin' away my shot
(from Hamilton) I am not throwin' away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
I am not throwin' away my shot And I'm not throwin' away my shot
I am not throwin' away my shot It's time to take a shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry I dream of life without a monarchy
And I'm not throwin' away my shot The unrest in France will lead to
anarchy?
I'ma get a scholarship to King's College Anarchy how you say, how you, oh,
I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, I anarchy?
amaze and astonish When I fight, I make the other side
The problem is I got a lot of brains but panicky
no polish With my, shot
I gotta holler just to be heard
With every word, I drop knowledge Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco
piece of coal parentis (loco parentis)
Tryna reach my goal my power of I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know
speech, unimpeachable it's my chance
Only nineteen but my mind is older To socially advance, instead of sewin'
These New York City streets get colder, some pants (woo)
I shoulder I'm gonna take a shot
Every burden, every disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don't have And but we'll never be truly free
a gun to brandish Until those in bondage have the same
I walk these streets famished rights as you and me
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame You and I
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me Do or die
spell out my name Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion
I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R we are With the first black battalion
meant to be Have another shot
A colony that runs independently Geniuses, lower your voices
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us You keep out of trouble and you double
endlessly your choices
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
Then King George turns around, runs a You've got to be carefully taught
spendin' spree If you talk, you're gonna get shot
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants Burr, check what we got
free Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot
So there will be a revolution in this I think your pants look hot
century Laurens, I like you a lot
Enter me, he says in parentheses Let's hatch a plot blacker than the
Don't be shocked when your history kettle callin' the pot
book mentions me What are the odds the gods would put
I will lay down my life if it sets us free us all in one spot
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy Poppin' a squat on conventional
wisdom, like it or not
And I am not throwin' away my shot A bunch of revolutionary manumission
I am not throwin' away my shot abolitionists?
Hey yo, I'm just like my country Give me a position, show me where the
I'm young, scrappy and hungry ammunition is
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
Oh, am I talkin' too loud? Is it like a beat without a melody?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
at the mouth Where I come from some get half as
I never had a group of friends before many
I promise that I'll make y'all proud Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we
laugh, reach for a flask
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd We have to make this moment last,
I am not throwin' away my shot that's plenty
I am not throwin' away my shot Scratch that this is not a moment, it's
Hey yo, I'm just like my country the movement
I'm young, scrappy and hungry Where all the hungriest brothers with
And I'm not throwin' away my shot something to prove went?
I am not throwin' away my shot Foes oppose us, we take an honest
I am not throwin' away my shot stand
Hey yo, I'm just like my country We roll like Moses, claimin' our
I'm young, scrappy and hungry promised land
And I'm not throwin' away my shot And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our
Everybody sing descendants?
Whoa, whoa, whoa Or will the blood we shed begin an
Ayy, whoa (woo), whoa endless cycle of vengeance and death
Should let 'em hear ya (yeah) with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin'
Let's go But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n'
fightin'
Whoa, whoa, whoa
I've been readin' 'n' writin'
I said shout it to the rooftops
We need to handle our financial
Whoa, whoa, whoa
situation
Said, to the rooftops
Are we a nation of states what's the
Whoa, whoa, whoa
state of our nation?
A-come on (yeah) I'm past patiently waitin' I'm
Come on, let's go passionately mashin' every expectation
Every action's an act of creation
Rise up I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and
When you're living on your knees, you sorrow
rise up For the first time, I'm thinkin' past
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up tomorrow
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
And I am not throwin' away my shot
When are these colonies gonna rise up? I am not throwin' away my shot
(Whoa, whoa) Hey yo, I'm just like my country
When are these colonies gonna rise up? I'm young, scrappy and hungry
(Whoa) And I'm not throwin' away my shot
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
(Whoa) We're gonna rise up (time to take a
When are these colonies gonna rise up? shot)
I am not throwin' away my shot
Rise up We're gonna rise up (time to take a
I imagine death so much it feels more shot)
like a memory I am not throwin' away my shot
When's it gonna get me? We're gonna, rise up, rise up
In my sleep, seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it It's time to take a shot
be? Rise up, rise up
It's time to take a shot
Rise up, it's time to take a shot
Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot
It's time to take a shot, time to take a
shot
And I am not throwin' away my
Not throwin' away my shot
