Hamilton: An American Musical is a rap musical about the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was sung by Stewie Griffin in the episode "Send in Stewie, Please".
Lyrics[]
How does a bastard orphan,
Son of a whore and a Scotsman,
Dropped in the middle of a forgotten Spo-[hic]-ot,
In the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor,
Grow up to be a hero and a [hic]-scholar?
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-[hic].
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-[hic], he struggled and kept his guard up.
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of,
The brother was ready-[hic] to beg, steal, borrow, or barter.
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned.
Our man saw his future drip-[hic], 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.
[Pauses to remember the song]
Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man."
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland-[hic]
"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.-[hic]
My name is Alexander Hamilton,
And there’s a million things I haven’t done,
But just you wait, just you wait-[hic].
When he was ten his father spli-[hic]-it, 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,
And Alex got better but his mother went quick.
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
Left him with nothin'-[hic] 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.
There would have be-[hic]-en nothin' left to do for someone less astute.
He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution.
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord.
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford.
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on.
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on.-[hic]
The bow of a ship headed for the new land.
In New York you can be a new man.
In Ne-[hic]-ew York you can be a new man.
Just you wait.
In New York you can be a new man.
Just you wai-[hic]-ait.
In New York you can be a new man.
In New York, New York.-[hic]-
Just you wait.
Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander Hamilton.
We are waiting in the wings for you.
Waiting in the wings for you.
You could never back down.
You never learned to take your time.
Oh, Alexander Hamilton.
Alexa-[hic]-ander Hamilton.
When America sings for you.
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote your game?
The world will never be the same, oh.
The ship is in the harbor now.
See if you can spot him.
Just you wait.
Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom.
Just you wait.-[hic]
His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him.
We, fought with him.
Me, I died for him.-[hic]
Me, I trusted him.
Me, I loved him.
And me, I'm the damn fool that shot him.
Shot him, shot hi-[hic]-him.
There's a million things I haven't done,
But just you wait.
What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton.
[hic]