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 is 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
Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room
Diametric'ly opposed, foes
They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were previously closed, bros
The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power: A system he can shape however he wants
The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital
And here's the pièce de résistance
No one else was in the room where it happened, the room where it happened, the room where it happened
No one else was in the room where it happened, the room where it happened, the room where it happened
No one really knows how the game is played. The art of the trade. How the sausage gets made
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in the room where it happens
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the show
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
To your union! (To the union!) (To the revolution!)
And the hope that you provide!
(Provide, to provide)
And may you always
(Always)
Be satisfied
Rewind
This is Hamilton
¡Alexander Hamilton!
