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?
Go listen to Hamilton. It’s actually the first few lines to it
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Anonymous#155w
It’s from the musical Hamilton. It’s pretty good.
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Anonymous#255w
Realllllllll
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Anonymous55w
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away, across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up
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Anonymous#455w
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
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Anonymous#555w
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned, our man saw his future drip dripping down the drain
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AnonymousOP55w
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it his brain, and his wrote his first refrain; a testament to his pain
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Anonymous#655w
Well, 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 is gonna know your name.
What's your name, man?"
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Anonymous#555w
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there’s a million things I haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait
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Anonymous#755w
When he was 10 his father split, full of it, debt ridden. Two year later, see Alex and his mother bed ridden, half dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick
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Anonymous#655w
And Alex got better but his mother went quick 😔💔
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Anonymous#455w
Moved in with his cousin the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside
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Anonymous55w
There would have been nothin left for someone less astute. He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution. Started workin, clerkin for his late mother’s landlord.
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Anonymous#1055w
Where!? I don’t see them
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Anonymous#1055w
Dumbass alert
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Anonymous#655w
Traded sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford