BURRHow does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreand a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of aforgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence,impoverished, in squalor,grow up to be a hero and a scholar?LAURENSThe ten-dollar founding father without a fathergot 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 atrading charter.JEFFERSONAnd every day while slaves were being slaughtered and cartedaway 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.MADISONThen 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.BURRWell, 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, andthe world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”HAMILTONAlexander Hamilton.My name is Alexander Hamilton.And there’s a million things I haven’t done,but just you wait, just you wait...See, I never thought I’d live past twenty.Where I come from some get half as many.Ask anybody why we livin’ fast and we laugh, reach for a flask,we have to make this moment last, that’s plenty.Scratch that,this is not a moment, it’s the movementwhere all the hungriest brothers withsomething to prove went?Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand,we roll like Moses, claimin’ our promised land.And? If we win our independence?‘Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?Or will the blood we shed begin an endlesscycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?I know the action in the street is excitin’,but Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’.We need to handle our financial situation.Are we a nation of states? What’s the state of our nation?I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionatelysmashin’ every expectation,every action’s an act of creation!I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow,for the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow,HAMILTON AND COMPANYAnd I am not throwing away my shot.I am not throwing away my shot.Hey yo, I’m just like my country,I’m young, scrappy and hungryand I’m not throwing away my shot.HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGANWe’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!We’re gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!We’re gonnaHAMILTONTime to take