[HAMILTON] 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'mma get scholarship to King's 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 shiny piece of coal Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable Only nineteen, but my mind is older These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage I have learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished The 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—
[HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, LAURENS] A-L, E-X, A-N, D E-R—we are—meant to be
[HAMILTON] A colony that runs independently Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly Essentially, they tax us relentlessly Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree He ain't never gonna set his descendants free So there will be a revolution in this century ENTER ME!
[LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN] (He says in parentheses)
[HAMILTON] Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me I will lay down my life if it sets us free Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
[HAMILTON (LAURENS)] And I am not throwing away my shot (my shot) I am not throwing away my shot (my shot) Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy, and hungry [HAMILTON & LAURENS] And I'm not throwing away my shot
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE] 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 It's time to take a shot!
[LAFAYETTE] I dream of life without the monarchy The unrest in France will lead to \"onarchy\" \"Onarchy?\" How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy! When I fight I make the other side panicky With my [HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE] Shot!
[MULLIGAN] Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants I'm gonna take a [HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE] Shot!
[LAURENS] Eh, but we'll 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 Have another [HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE] 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've got to be carefully taught: If you talk, you're gonna 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 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
Oh, 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 I'll make y'all proud
[LAURENS] Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
[COMPANY] 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, scra