How does a bastard orphan son of a w***e

And a Scotsman

Dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean

Grow up to be a hero and a scholar

The 10 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

And everyday 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 devastation reigned

A 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

And 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

There's a million thing I haven't done

But just you wait just you wait

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 retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

There woulda been nothing left to do

For someone less astute

He woulda been dead and destitute

Without a cent of restitution

Started working clerking for his late mother's landlord

Trading sugar cane 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

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

Just you wait

In 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 you time

Oh 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 d**n fool that shot him

There's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name man

Alexander Hamilton