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feministhistorian: 18thcenturylove: HAPPY FREAKIN BIRTHDAY TO THE ORIGINAL GANGSTA. Thought I’d leave this here:Alexander Hamilton Rap: Original Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreAnd a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot In the Carribbean, by Providence impoverished, to squalor Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father Got a lot farther By workin’ a lot harder By bein’ a lot smarter By bein’ a self-starter By fourteen they had placed him in charge of the trade and charter And every day while slaves were being slaughtered And carted away across the waves Our Hamilton 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 and Our man saw his future drip drippin’ 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 When the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man!” Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland Getcha education, don’t forget from whence you came And the world is gonna know your name! What’s your name, man? Alexander Hamilton. His name is Alexander Hamilton And there’s a million things he hasn’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 Alexander’s mother, bed-ridden Half-dead, sittin’ 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 nothin’ but ruined pride Somethin’ new inside, a voice Saying Alex, you gotta fend for yourself He started retreatin’ And readin’ Every treatise on the shelf There would’ve been nothin’ left to do For someone less astute He would’ve been dead and destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workin’ Clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and other things he can’t afford Scannin’ for every book he can get his hands on Plannin’ 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 The ship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him Another immigrant comin’ up from the bottom His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him Alexander Hamilton We were waiting in the weeds for you You could never back down You always had to speak your mind But Alexander Hamilton, we could never take your deeds from you In our cowardice and our shame We will try to destroy your name The world will never be the same, Alexander! Yeah, I’m the damn genius that shot him” lyrics to the video I just posted. Tori, did you ever memorize this?

feministhistorian:

18thcenturylove:

HAPPY FREAKIN BIRTHDAY TO THE ORIGINAL GANGSTA.

Thought I’d leave this here:
Alexander Hamilton Rap: Original Lyrics 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 Carribbean, by Providence impoverished, to squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a lot farther
By workin’ a lot harder
By bein’ a lot smarter
By bein’ a self-starter
By fourteen they had placed him in charge of the trade and charter
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered
And carted away across the waves
Our Hamilton 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 and
Our man saw his future drip drippin’ 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
When the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man!”
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
Getcha education, don’t forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name!
What’s your name, man?

Alexander Hamilton. His name is Alexander Hamilton
And there’s a million things he hasn’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 Alexander’s mother, bed-ridden
Half-dead, sittin’ 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 nothin’ but ruined pride
Somethin’ new inside, a voice
Saying Alex, you gotta fend for yourself
He started retreatin’
And readin’
Every treatise on the shelf
There would’ve been nothin’ left to do
For someone less astute
He would’ve been dead and destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin’
Clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord
Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and other things he can’t afford
Scannin’ for every book he can get his hands on
Plannin’ 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
The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him
Another immigrant comin’ up from the bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him

Alexander Hamilton
We were waiting in the weeds for you
You could never back down
You always had to speak your mind
But Alexander Hamilton, we could never take your deeds from you
In our cowardice and our shame
We will try to destroy your name
The world will never be the same, Alexander!

Yeah, I’m the damn genius that shot him”

lyrics to the video I just posted.

Tori, did you ever memorize this?

1 month ago

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