son of a w**re 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?
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The $10 dollar foundin father without a father got a lot farther by bein a lot smarter by bein a self startin by 14 was placed in charge a traiting 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
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Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple and connected to his brain
And 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?”
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Alexander Hamilton, My name is Alexander Hamilton and there´s a millon things i havent 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
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
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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 mothers landlord
Tradin´ sugar cane and rum and all the things he cant afford
Scammin for every book he can get his hands on
Planin for a future see him now as he stands on
The bow of a ship headed for new land
In New York you can be a new man
