How does a , orphan, son of 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 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 

 Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide 
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside voice saying 
Alex, you gotta fend for yourself 

He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf 

 There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute 
He woulda 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 the bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man

In New York you can be a new man
In New York you can be a new man 
 
In New York you can be a new man
In New York you can be a new man	 
 
Just you wait

 Alexander Hamilton

We are waiting in the wings for you

You could never back down
You never learned to take your time

Oh, Alexander Hamilton

When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote your game?
The world will never be the same, oh

The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him

 Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom 

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  fool that shot him

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

What’s your name, man?

 Alexander Hamilton