Notes

how does a bastard orphan son of 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. 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 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 and devastation reigned. our man saw his future drip dripping down the drain. he put a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain. he wrote his first refrain a testament to his pain. Well word got around and they said this kid is insane man. took up a collection just to send him to a new land. get your education don't forget from where you cam from and the worlds gonna know your name whats your name man. Alexander Hamilton. my name is Alexander Hamilton. and there's a million things i haven't done but just you wait just you wait. when he was ten father split full of it debt ridden two years later see Alex and his mother bed ridden. half dead sitting in their sick the stench stick. and Alex got better but his mother wet quick. moved in with his cousin the cousin committed suicide. left him with nothing but ruined pride something new inside a voice saying Alex you gotta fend for yourself he started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf. there would've been nothing left to do for someone less astute would've been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution. starting working clerking for his ate mothers landlord. trading sugarcane and rum and all the things you cant afford. scamming for every book he could 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 just you wait. in New York you can just wait in New York just you wait Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton well be waiting in the wings for you. you never backed down you never learned to take your time oh Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton america sings for you will they 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. another immigrant coming up from the bottom. his enemies destroyed his rep america forgot about him. we fought with him. me i died for him. me i trusted him. me i loved him. and me i'm the damn fool that killed him. there's a million things you haven't done but just you wait. whats your name man. Alexander Hamilton.