HAMILTON:
I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Eacker: This is going to be repetitive.
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 a scholarship to King's College
I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
Jefferson: That's bragging.
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.
Eacker: Arguable.
Phillip: *Glares*
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
Madison: Not to be rude or another, but why are you spelling your name out if it's dark?
Phee: That's actually a good question. I don't know.
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
King George: I DO NOT!
He ain't never gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
ENTER ME!
Eliza: WHAT? What does that mean?
LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN:
(He says in parentheses)
Eliza: Oh. Nevermind.
HAMILTON:
Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
John: Please don't.
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
HAMILTON and (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!
Lee: Very repetitive.
Seabury: *Slightly nods*
Maria: I like it!
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
Everyone: *Laughs at Laf's bad English*
Lafayette: *blushes and shrinks in his seat*
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
John: THAT'S RIGHT!
Alex: YEAH!
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!
Alex: Very bold of you to say that
Burr: I'm sorry!
HAMILTON:
Burr, check what we got
Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
I think your pants look hot
Laurens, I like you a lot
John: *smiles*
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
Hercules: You-You've never had friends before?
Alex: *shakes head*
John: We're your friends now! *Hamilsquad hug, along with Angelica, Eliza, Peggy, Washington, and Phillip*
Alex: *Small smile*
Everyone: *Awkwardly dies*
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, 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
Lee: This is getting repetitive. My boyfr- Sammy's songs are much better than this.
Seabury: *blushes and hides his face in Lee's arm*
LAURENS and (HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN):
Everybody sing
Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
Hey
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Wooh!!
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Sing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)
LAURENS and (COMPANY):
Let's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops
(Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops
(Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on
(Yeah)
Now come on, let's go
LAURENS:
Rise up
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
Tell your brother that he's got to rise up
Tell your sister that she's got to rise up
John: Am I about to kiss the guy I'm talking to?
Alec: Maybe.
Peggy: *Looks at Angelica and Eliza* RISE UP!
Everyone: *Laughs*
LAURENS & ENSEMBLE and (COMPANY)
When are these colonies gonna rise up
(Whoa, woah)
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
Rise up
John, Hercules, Lafayette, Burr: Woah, we're frozen!
Phee: It's called standing still, but okay.
HAMILTON:
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Lafayette: WHY? MON AMI? WHY?
Alex: Because?
Alec: Mood.
Phee: *looks concerned*
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?
John: You RUN Alex. You RUN!
Alec: You could lay down on the floor?
John: *Looks concerned*
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
Eliza: That's sad.
Alex: It's life. *Shrugs*
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
Alex: Did the person who wrote this musical read my thoughts?
Phee: Actually, no, it's from thousands of research, AND reading secret letters from your time.
Burr: Privacy invaders!
Phee: Doesn't matter.
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land
And? If we win our independence?
'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
Washington: Huh, we've never thought of that. Very smart son.
Alex: Thank you sir. And also, I'm not your son.
I know the action in the street is excitin'
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
I've been readin' 'n 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 waitin'! 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 thinkin' past tomorrow
HAMILTON & COMPANY:
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
Eacker: IT'S SO REPITIVE! IT'S HURTING MY BRAIN!
Phillip: If you even have one *scoffs*
Eacker: :(
Eliza: Phillip-
Eacker: :(
Phillip: Sorry mom!
Eacker: *lowkey pouting*
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
We gonna rise up; time to take a shot
(Not thrown' away my shot)
We gonna rise up; time to take a shot
(Not throwin' away my shot)
We gonna (rise up, rise up)
HAMILTON:
It's time to take a shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
(Rise up, rise up)
It's time to take a shot (rise up, rise up)
(Wo-oah) Time to take a shot (rise up)
Take a shot, a shot, a shot, (Oh-Oh, oh)
A-yo, it's time to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)
Time to take a shot (Woah-oh)
And I am (And I am)
Not throwing away my
COMPANY:
Not throwing away my shot!
Alec: How was it?
Everybody: *Feeling empowered*