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and my old Hamiltots book that I killed off
Aaron:
How does the "Bad kid," orphan, son of the poor
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:
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
When he was a kid, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
Laf:
And every day while kids were being worked 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
Herc:
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:
Well, the word got around, they said, this kid is insane, man
Won an essay contest just to send him to the mainland
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name
What's your name, man?
Alex:
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
Eliza:
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
(Whispered): And Alex got better but his mother went quick
Mr. Washington:
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying, "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
Aaron:
There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute
He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution
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Hamilton in Eighth Grade!
Fanfiction"In New York you can become a man" The Hamilsquad in one of the worst times to be a human: 8th grade I'll have more details inside but that's pretty much all you need to know other than I'm writing this from the first day of school to the last day o...
