[LAURENS] Ooh Who are you? [MULLIGAN] Who are you? [LAFAYETTE] Who are you? [LAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Ooh, who is this guy? Whats he gonna do? [HAMILTON] I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And Im not throwing away my shot! Im a get a scholarship to Kings College I probly shouldnt brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish The scholars say I got a lot of brains but no polish I gotta holler just to be heard With every word, I drop knowledge! Im a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal Tryin to reach my goal. My power of speech unimpeachable Seventeen years old but my mind is older These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder Evry burden, evry disadvantage I have learned to manage, I dont have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished The plan is to fan this spark into a flame But damn, its getting dark, so let me spell out the name I am the [HAMILTONLAFAYETTEMULLIGANLAURENS] ALEXAND ERwe aremeant to be [HAMILTON] A colony that runs independently Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin on us endlessly Essentially, they tax us relentlessly Then King George turns around and runs a spending spree He aint ever gonna set his descendants free So there will be a revolution in this century Enter me! [LAFAYETTEMULLIGANLAURENS] He says in parentheses [HAMILTON] Dont be shocked when your histry book mentions me I will lay down my life if it sets us free Eventually, youll see my ascendancy [HAMILTON] And I am not throwing away [LAURENS] My shot My shot! I am not throwing away My shot My shot! Hey yo Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And I am not throwing away my shot! My shot! [HAMILTONMULLIGANLAURENSLAFAYETTE] I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey yo, Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And Im not throwing away my shot Its 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? When I fight, I make the other side panicky With my [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Shot! [LAURENS] But well 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 Time to take a [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Shot! [MULLIGAN] Yo, Im a tailors apprentice And I got yall knuckleheads in loco parentis Im joining the rebellion cuz I know its my chance To socially advance, instead of sewin some pants! Im gonna take a [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Shot! [BURR] Geniuses, lower your voices If you keep out of trouble then you double your choices Im with you, but the situation is fraught Youve got to be carefully taught If you talk, youre gonna get shot![HAMILTON] Burr, check what we got Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot I think your pants look hot Laurens, I like you a lot Lets 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![LAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] lot! Hot! Lot Callin the pot! Odds the gods[HAMILTON] Shit, am I talkin too loud? Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth I never had a group of friends before I promise that Ill make yall proud [LAURENS] Lets get this guy in front of a crowd [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGANENSEMBLE] I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey yo, Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And Im not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey yo, Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And Im not throwing away my shot [LAURENS] [HAMILTONLAFAYETTE Evrybody sing MULLIGAN] Whoa, whoa, whoa Woah! Woah Woah! Whoo! Woah! Ay, let em hear ya! Woah! Ay, let em hear ya! Yeah! Lets go! Woah! Woah Woah! I said shout it to the rooftops! Woah! To the rooftops! Woah! Lets go! Yeah! [LAURENS] Rise up! [ENSEMBLE] Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up [HAMILTONLAURENS LAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Wont this shit make my people wanna Yeah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Rise up [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGANENSEMBLE] Rise up! Rise up! [HAMILTON] I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory Whens it gonna get me? 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 Id live past twenty Where I come from some get half as many Ask anybody why we livin fast and we laugh, reach for a flask We have to make this moment last, thats plenty Scratch that This is not a moment, its a 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? 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 Ive been readin n writin We need to handle our financial situation Are we a nation of states? Whats the state of our nation? Im past patiently waitin. Im passionately Smashin every expectation Every actions an act of creation! Im laughin in the face of casualties and sorrow For the first time, Im thinkin past tomorrow [HAMILTON AND COMPANY] And I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot Hey yo, Im just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry And Im not throwing away my shot [LAURENS] Rise up! [ENSEMBLE] Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah... Rise up [HAMILTONLAURENS LAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] Wont this shit make my people wanna Yeah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Woah! Rise up Wont this shit make my people wanna Rise up [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGANENSEMBLE] Rise up! [COMPANY] Just like my country Im young, scrappy and hungry [HAMILTONLAURENSLAFAYETTEMULLIGAN] And Im not throwing away my [COMPANY] Not throwing away my shot!
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