Hamilton ALEXANDER HAMILTON:

Lin-Manuel Miranda Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton
AARON BURR: And there’s a million things I haven’t done
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore But just you wait, just you wait
and a
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten ELIZA HAMILTON:
Spot in the Caribbean by Providence, When he was ten, his father split, full of it,
impoverished, in squalor debt-ridden
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed-
ridden
JOHN LAURENS: Half-dead, sittin’ in their own sick
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father The scent thick
Got a lot farther by workin’ a lot harder
By bein’ a lot smarter COMPANY:
By bein’ a self-starter And Alex got better but his mother went quick
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
trading charter GEORGE WASHINGTON and (COMPANY):
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed
THOMAS JEFFERSON: suicide
And every day while slaves were being Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride,
slaughtered and carted somethin’ new inside
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept A voice saying "(Alex) you gotta fend for
his guard up yourself"
Inside, he was longing for something to be a He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise
part of on the shelf
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or
barter BURR and (COMPANY):
There would’ve been nothin’ left to do
JAMES MADISON: For someone less astute
Then a hurricane came, and devastation He would’ve been dead or destitute
reigned Without a cent of restitution
Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ down the Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s
drain landlord
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and other things
brain he can’t afford
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to (Scammin’) for every book he can get his
his pain hands on
(Plannin’) for the future, see him now as he
BURR: stands on (oooh)
Well the word got around, they said, “This kid The bow of a ship headed for a new land
is insane, man!” In New York you can be a new man
Took up a collection just to send him to the
mainland COMPANY and (HAMILTON):
“Get your education, don’t forget from whence In New York you can be a new man (Just you
you came, and wait)
The world’s gonna know your name! What’s In New York you can be a new man (Just you
your name, man?" wait)
In New York you can be a new man
 But just you wait
WOMEN:
In New York BURR:
MEN: What’s your name, man?
New York
HAMILTON & COMPANY:
HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton!
Just you wait ANGELICAAAA
AARON BURR:
COMPANY and (COMPANY): How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) and a
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
the wings for you) Spot in the Caribbean by Providence,
You could never back down impoverished, in squalor
You never learned to take your time Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When America sings for you JOHN LAURENS:
Will they know what you overcame? The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Will they know you rewrote the game? Got a lot farther by workin’ a lot harder
The world will never be the same, oh By bein’ a lot smarter
By bein’ a self-starter
BURR and (COMPANY): By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can trading charter
spot him
(Just you wait) THOMAS JEFFERSON:
Another immigrant comin’ up from the bottom And every day while slaves were being
(Just you wait) slaughtered and carted
His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot Away across the waves, he struggled and kept
him his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a
MULLIGAN/MADISON AND part of
LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON: The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or
We fought with him barter

LAURENS/PHILLIP: JAMES MADISON:

Me? I died for him Then a hurricane came, and devastation
reigned
WASHINGTON: Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ down the
Me? I trusted him drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his
ANGELICA SCHUYLER, ELIZA, MARIA brain
REYNOLDS: And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to
Me? I loved him his pain

BURR: BURR:
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him Well the word got around, they said, “This kid
is insane, man!”
COMPANY: Took up a collection just to send him to the
There’s a million things I haven’t done mainland
“Get your education, don’t forget from whence In New York you can be a new man (Just you
you came, and wait)
The world’s gonna know your name! What’s In New York you can be a new man (Just you
your name, man?" wait)
In New York you can be a new man
ALEXANDER HAMILTON:
Alexander Hamilton WOMEN:
My name is Alexander Hamilton In New York
And there’s a million things I haven’t done MEN:
But just you wait, just you wait New York

ELIZA HAMILTON: HAMILTON:

When he was ten, his father split, full of it, Just you wait
debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed- COMPANY and (COMPANY):
ridden Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
Half-dead, sittin’ in their own sick We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in
The scent thick the wings for you)
You could never back down
COMPANY: You never learned to take your time
And Alex got better but his mother went quick Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When America sings for you
GEORGE WASHINGTON and (COMPANY): Will they know what you overcame?
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed Will they know you rewrote the game?
suicide The world will never be the same, oh
Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride,
somethin’ new inside BURR and (COMPANY):
A voice saying "(Alex) you gotta fend for The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can
yourself" spot him
He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise (Just you wait)
on the shelf Another immigrant comin’ up from the bottom
(Just you wait)
BURR and (COMPANY): His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot
There would’ve been nothin’ left to do him
For someone less astute
He would’ve been dead or destitute MULLIGAN/MADISON AND
Without a cent of restitution LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON:
Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s We fought with him
landlord
Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and other things LAURENS/PHILLIP:
he can’t afford Me? I died for him
(Scammin’) for every book he can get his
hands on WASHINGTON:
(Plannin’) for the future, see him now as he Me? I trusted him
stands on (oooh)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land ANGELICA SCHUYLER, ELIZA, MARIA
In New York you can be a new man REYNOLDS:
Me? I loved him
COMPANY and (HAMILTON):
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?

HAMILTON & COMPANY:

Alexander Hamilton!