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] I'ma get scholarship to kings college I probably shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish 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
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shining piece of coal Trying to reach my goal, my power of speech unimpeachable Only 19 but my mind is older These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder Every burden, every disadvantage I've learned to manage I don't have guns brandish, I walk these streets famished My plan is to fan this spark into a flame But damn, it's getting dark so let me spell out my name
I am the A-L, E-X, A-N, D, E-R, we are, meant to be A colony that runs independently Meanwhile Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly Essentially, the tax us relentlessly And King George turns around and runs a spending spree He ain't never gonna set his descendants free So there will be a revolution in this century
(Enter me) 'he says in parentheses' Don't be shocked when the history book mentions me I'll lay down my life if it sets us free Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
[Hook] And I'm 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'm 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 believe in life with out a monarchy The unrest in France will lead to anarchy Anarchy? How do you say, I oh Anarchy When I fight I make the other side panicky With my Shot!
[Hercules Mulligan] Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice And I gots y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis I'm joining the rebellion cause it gives me a chance To socially advance, instead of sewing some pants Go on and take a Shot!
[Laurens] Eh bro we'll never be truly free Unless those in bondage have the same rights as you and me You and I, Do or die wait till I gallop in on a stallion With the first black battalion Having made a 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 got to be carefully taught If you talk your going to get shot!
[Hamilton] Burr, check what we got Mr.Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot I think your pants look hot Laurens I like you a lot Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle calling the pot What are the odds the Gods would put us all on this spot I have sworn to conventional wisdom if you like it or not A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionist Give me a position show me where the ammunition is
Oh am I talking to loud 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
[Lafayette] Let's get this guy in front of a crowd
[Hook] 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
[Chorus] Everybody Sing Oh, oh, woooahhh Hey Wo-oh-oh Woo Wo-oh-oh Let 'em hear ya
Let's go W-woah, wooooaah Tell it to the roof tops Wo-oh-oh Tell it to the roof tops Wo-oh-oh Come on Come on, let's go
[Burr] Rise up When you're living on your knees You gotta Rise up Tell your brother that he's got to Rise Up Tell your sister that she's got to Rise Up When are these colonies gonna
[Chorus] Rise Up When are these colonies gonna Rise Up When are these colonies gonna Rise Up When are these colonies gonna Rise Up Rise Up
[Hamilton] I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory When's it's gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? If I see it coming, 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 Ask anybody why we living fast, and we laugh, reach for a flask We have to make this moment last, and that's plenty Scratch that: This is not a moment, it's a movement Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went Foes oppose us We taking on a stand and roll like Moses, claiming 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 exciting But Jesus, between all the bleedin' and fightin' I've been readin' and 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 waiting! 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 thinking past tomorrow
[Hook] And I am not throwin' away my... shot I am not throwin' away my... shot Hey, yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry And I'm not throwin' away my... shot
[Chorus] We gonna rise up Time to take a shot We gonna rise up Time to take a shot We gonna rise up, rise up Time to take a shot Rise up, rise up Time to take a shot Rise up, rise up Time to take a shot (W-Woah) Take a shot (Oh-Oh) Take a shot (Oh) Take a shot (Woah-oh) Take a shot (Woah-oh) Not throwing away my Not throwing away my shot!