Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton lyrics

• How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore 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?

  The ten-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 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

  Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
  Our 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

  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?"

  Alexander Hamilton
  My name is Alexander Hamilton
  And there's a million things I haven't 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

  And Alex got better but his mother went quick

  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

  There would've been nothin' left to do
  For someone less astute
  He would've been dead or destitute
  Without a cent of restitution
  Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
  Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
  Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
  Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on (ooh...)
  The bow of a ship headed for a new land
  In New York you can be a new man

  In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
  In New York you can (just you wait) be a new man
  In New York you can be a new man
  [Women:] In New York
  [Men:] New York
  [Hamilton:] 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 your time!
  Oh, Alexander Hamilton (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 ([Men:] Just you wait)
  Another immigrant
  Comin' up from the bottom ([Company:] 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 damn fool that shot him

  There's a million things I haven't done
  But just you wait!

  What's your name, man?

  Alexander Hamilton!

• Who is the author of the song Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton?
  The song Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton was written by Alexander Hamilton.

• Who sings the song Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton?
  The song Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton is performed by Alexander Hamilton.