This is an alternate reality where Ernesto is Alexander Hamilton. He doesn't become famous by singing and he doesn't die by the bell. Hector Rivera starts to sing. "How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
Spaniard, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in Mexico by providence, impoverished, in squalor. Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?" Asked Hector Rivera. Then John Hancock started to sing. "The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father got a lot farther by workin' a lot harder. By bein' a lot smarter, by bein' a self-starter. By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a music group." Said John Hancock. Then Sean McLoughlin starts to sing. "And every day while bands 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." Said Sean McLoughlin. Then Harry Potter started to sing. "Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned, our man saw his future drip, drippin' 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." Said Harry Potter. Hector Rivera sings again. "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?"" Said Hector Rivera. Ernesto de la Cruz starts to sing. "Ernesto de la Cruz. My name is Ernesto de la Cruz and there's a million things I haven't done. But just you wait, just you wait." Said Ernesto. Maddie de la Cruz starts to sing. "When he was ten, his father split, full of it, debt-ridden. Two years later, see Nesto and his mother, bed-ridden
Half-dead, sittin' in their own sick
The scent thick." Said Maddie. The town sings. "And Nesto got better but his mother went quick." Said the town. Serverus Snape and the town sings. "Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide. Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, somethin' new inside. A voice saying "(Nesto) you gotta fend for yourself." He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf." Said Serverus Snape and the town. Hector Rivera starts to sing with the town. "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 other 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 (oooh). The bow of a ship headed for a new land in New York you can be a new man." Said Hector Rivera and the town seeing Ernesto de la Cruz for the first time. He starts to sing with the town. "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." Said Ernesto with the town. The women and men of the town sing. "In New York. New York." Said the women and men of the town. Ernesto starts to sing. "Just you wait." Said Ernesto. The town starts singing to each other. "Ernesto de la Cruz (Ernesto de la Cruz). 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, Ernesto de la Cruz (Ernesto de la Cruz). 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." Said the town. Hector Rivera sees Ernesto's ship. "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." Said Hector Rivera. Sean, Harry, Thor Odinson, and Quasimodo start to sing. "We fought with him." Said Sean, Harry, Thor, and Quasimodo. John and Lafayette de la Cruz start to sing. "Me? I died for him." Said John and Lafayette. Serverus starts to sing. "Me? I trusted him." Said Serverus. Shyren Marquis de Lafayette, Maddie, and Belle Gold sing. "Me? I loved him." Said Shyren, Maddie, and Belle. Hector sings. "And me? I'm the damn fool that killed him." Said Hector. The town sings. "There's a million things I haven't done. But just you wait." Said the town. Hector sings to Ernesto. "What's your name, man?" Asked Hector. Ernesto and the town sings. "Ernesto de la Cruz!" Said Ernesto and the town.