Lirik & Kunci Gitar Alexander Hamilton
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
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Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
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Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor
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Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[Verse 2]
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The ten-dollar founding father without a father
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Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
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By being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter
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By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
[Verse 3]
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And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
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Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
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Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
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The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
[Verse 4]
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Then a hurricane came, and devastation rained
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Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
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