Hamilton

hey yo i'm just like my country, i'm young, scrappy and hungry

A shiny peice of coal

Only 19 but my mind is older

These New York gettin colder I shoulder

Every burden every disadvantage I have learned to manage

I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished

The plan is, to fan these sparks into a flame

But damn it’s getting dark so let me spell out the name

I AM THE AL-EX-AN-D-ER WE ARE meant to be

A colony that runs independently

While Britain keeps sh*tting on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly, then King George turns around, runs a spending spree.

So there will be a revolution in this century

ENTER ME

He ain't never gonna set his decendants free

He ain't never gonna set his decendants free

A shiny piece of gold

a shiny piece of coal tryin to reach my goal my power of SPEECH UNIMPEACHABLE

Only 19 but my mind is older

I'm not throwing away my SHOT

I am not throwing away my SHOT

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

im young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my SHOT

i'ma get a scholarship to King's College

I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish

I gotta holler just to be heard

With every word, I drop knowledge

I'm a diamond in the rough

(gonna let someone else continue)