Alexander Hamilton - Leslie Odom 百老汇音乐剧《汉密尔顿》

Alexander Hamilton-Leslie Odom&Jr.&Anthony Ramos&Daveed Diggs&Okieriete Onaodowan&Lin-Manuel Miranda&Phillipa Soo &Christopher Jackson &Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton How does a bastard, ophan son of a whore and Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean By providence, impoverish and squaler, up to be a hero and a scholar? The 10 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, And everyday 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, devastation reigned, A 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, said "This kid is insane, man!" Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland Get your education, but don't forget from whence you came And the world's gonna know your name what's your name man? Alexander Hamilton My name is Alexander Hamilton And there's a million thing I haven't done But just you wait, just you wait When he was 10 his father split full of it, debt ridden 2 years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick Alex got better but his mother went quick Moved in with his cousin the cousin committed suicide left him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside voice saying "Alex you gotta fend for yourself" He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute he woulda been dead and destitute without a cent of restutition Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford Scanning for every book he can get his hands on Planning 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) Just you wait, (in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait, (in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait, (in New York) Just you wait Alexander Hamilton,Alexander Hamilton, we were waiting in the weeds for you we were waiting in the weeds for you You never back down, you never learned to take you time Oh, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton while America sings for you will they know what you overcame? will they know you can own the game? The world will never be same, oh Ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him Another immigrant coming 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 Me, I'm the damn fool that shot him There's a million thing I haven't done But just you wait What's your name man? Alexander Hamilton!