Alexander Hamilton (song)

"" is the opening song from the 2015 musical Hamilton.

History
Stewie Griffin once performed a rendition of the song to child psychologist Cecil Pritchfield.

Lyrics

 * How does a bastard, orphan, son of [hiccups] 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? [hiccups]'''


 * 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 [hiccups]'''


 * 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, [hiccups] he struggled and kept his guard up


 * Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of


 * The brother was ready [hiccups] to beg, steal, borrow or barter


 * ''Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned


 * Our man saw his future drip, [hiccups] 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 [continued sniffles, hiccups]'''


 * Well, the word got around, and they said, "This kid is insane, man"


 * Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland [hiccups]'''


 * "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 [hiccups]'''


 * My name is Alexander Hamilton


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


 * But just you wait, just you wait... [hiccups]'''