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How does a bastard orphan

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman/Dropped in the middle/Of a...

Hamilton • 2020

Aaron Burr: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and 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?
John Laurens: 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 14, they placed him in charge of a trading charter.
Marquis de Lafayette: 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.
Hercules Mulligan: 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.
Aaron Burr: 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?
Alexander Hamilton: Alexander Hamilton/My name is Alexander Hamilton/And there's a million things I haven't done/But just you wait/Just you wait

Full Transcript

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How does a bastard orphan

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Son of a whore and a Scotsman

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Dropped in the middle of A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

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By providence Impoverished in squalor

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Grow up to be a hero and a scholar

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The ten dollar founding father Without a father

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Got a lot farther

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By working a lot harder

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By being a lot smarter

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By being a self starter

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By 14 they placed him In charge of a trading charter

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And every day while slaves Were being slaughtered

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And carted away across the waves

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He struggled and kept his guard up

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Inside he was longing For something to be a part of

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The brother was ready to beg Steal borrow or barter

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Then a hurricane came And devastation reigned

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Our man saw his future Drip dripping down the drain

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Put a pencil to his temple Connected it to his brain

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And he wrote his first refrain A testament to his pain

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Well the word got around They said This kid is insane man

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Took up a collection Just to send him to the mainland

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Get your education Don't forget from whence you came

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And the world's gonna know your name

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What's your name man

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Alexander Hamilton

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My name is Alexander Hamilton

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And there's a million things I haven't done

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But just you wait

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Just you wait

Duration

94 seconds

Views

231

Timestamp in Movie

00:01:09

Uploaded

Jun 01, 2025

Genres

biography, drama, history

Production

RadicalMedia,5000 Broadway Productions,Nevis Productions,Old 320 Sycamore

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Movie Summary

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.