My shot
[HAMILTON:]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
"Yasss, we will fight!!" Hercules shouted out, before being silenced by the others.
And I'm not throwing away my shot!
I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
"I'm pretty sure you can't brag when you haven't di
One anything yet son." "Still not your son."
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!
"That is not possible." "Shut up Jefferson."
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable
Only nineteen but my mind is older
"Yeah, it's about 260 years now."
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name
I am the
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS:]
A-L-E-X-A-N-D
E-R—we are—meant to be...
"Yep, that's my name."
[HAMILTON:]
A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!
[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS:]
(He says in parentheses)
"That was actually really clever." They all turned toward Jefferson. He just looked on forward.
[HAMILTON:]
Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me
They all laughed a bit as they realised that there had to be history books about them.
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy
[HAMILTON (LAURENS):]
And I am not throwing away
My shot (My shot)
I am not throwing away
My shot (My shot)
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot (And I'm not throwing away my shot)
[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE:]
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
It's time to take a shot!
[LAFAYETTE:]
I dream of life without a monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?
'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?'
"Was my English really that bad?" "YES!"
When I fight, I make the other side panicky
With my
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:]
Shot!
[MULLIGAN:]
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!
"Your pants where hot Herc."
I'm gonna take a
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:]
Shot!
[LAURENS:]
But we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in
On a stallion with the first black battalion
Have another
"Yes! Slavery is a total b-shit!"
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:]
Shot!
[BURR:]
Geniuses, lower your voices
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
You've got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
"You are no fun Burr"
[HAMILTON:]
Burr, check what we got
Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot
I think your pants look hot
Laurens, I like you a lot
"Aww, I like you too Alex." "Are you drunk." ".....no.."
"How did you get drunk?" They all stared at Laurens with big eyes.
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot...
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!
"Calm down son."
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
"Never!"
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
You don't need to make us proud, Alex. We love you."
[LAURENS:]
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE:]
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
[LAURENS (HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN):]
Ev'rybody sing:
Whoa, whoa, whoa (Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!)
Hey!
Whoa! (Whoa!)
Wooh!!
Whoa! (Whoa!)
Ay, let 'em hear ya!
(Yea!)
Let's go!
[LAURENS (COMPANY):]
(Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!)
I said shout it to the rooftops! (Whoa!)
Said, to the rooftops! (Whoa!)
Come on!
(Yea!)
Come on, let's go!
[LAURENS:]
Rise up!
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
"Hey, they added the women. That's amazing!"
[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE (COMPANY):]
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa!)
When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa!)
When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa!)
Rise up!
[HAMILTON:]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
When's it gonna get me?
"Not when I'm still around." Laurens and Washington mumbles at the same time. They looked at each other before chuckling.
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Where I come from some get half as many
"I'm very sorry son"
"I'm not--you know what? Thanks, father."
George smiled big and gave him a hug.
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with
Something to prove went?
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Apparently it did."
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is excitin'
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
I've been readin' 'n writin'
We need to handle our financial situation
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
I'm past patiently waitin'. I'm passionately
Smashin' every expectation
Every action's an act of creation!
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
"Wow, that was impressive."
[HAMILTON AND COMPANY:]
And I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN (ENSEMBLE):]
We're gonna rise up! (Not throwing away my shot) Time to take a shot!
We're gonna rise up! (Not throwing away my shot) Time to take a shot!
We're gonna (Rise up! Rise up!)
It's time to take a shot! (Rise up! Rise up!)
It's time to take a shot! (Rise up!)
It's time to take a shot! (Rise up!)
Take a shot! Shot! Shot!
A-yo it's time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot!
And I am not throwing away my
{COMPANY:] Not throwing away my shot!
They all sat still as the amazing song ended. "Wow-" "that was-" "AMAZING!!"
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