Alexander Hamilton - Anthem Lights (国歌灯)

Lyrics by：Lin-Manuel Miranda

Composed by：Lin-Manuel 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 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 fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter

And every day 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

Put a pencil to his temple

Connected it to his brain

And he wrote his first refrain

A testament to his pain

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's gonna know your name

What's your name man

Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there's a million things I haven't done

Just you wait 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

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

Coming up from the bottom

His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him

There's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name man

Alexander Hamilton