Alexander Hamilton (From "Hamilton")歌詞

作詞 : L.-M.Miranda
作曲 : L.-M.Miranda
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 10 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 fourteen 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, devastation reigned,
A 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
And the word got around, they said
"This kid is insane, man!"
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
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
My name is Alexander Hamilton
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
When he was 10 his father split
full of it, debt ridden
two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead, sitting 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 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 woulda been nothing left to do
for someone less astute
he woulda been dead and destitute
without a cent of restitution
Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord
Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Scamming for every book he can 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 be a new man
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York) 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 you time
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame
Will they know you rewrote the 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)
His enemies destroyed his rep，America forgot 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 shot him
There’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait!
What’s your name, man
Alexander Hamilton