My Shot Lyrics - Joell Ortiz

[HAMILTON] 

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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot! 

I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College 

I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish 

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish 

I gotta holler just to be heard 

With every word, I drop knowledge! 

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal 

Tryin' to reach my goal my power of speech: unimpeachable 

Only nineteen but my mind is older 

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder 

Every burden, every disadvantage 

I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish 

I walk these streets famished 

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame 

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name 

I am the — 

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We are meant to be 

[HAMILTON] 

A colony that runs independently 

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly 

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly 

Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree 

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free 

So there will be a revolution in this century 

Enter me! 

He says in parentheses 

[HAMILTON] 

Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me 

I will lay down my life if it sets us free 

Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy 

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And 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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE] 

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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

It's time to take a shot! 

[LAFAYETTE] 

I dream of life without a monarchy 

The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy? 

'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?' 

When I fight, I make the other side panicky 

With my — 

Shot! 

[MULLIGAN] 

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice 

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis 

I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance 

To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants! 

I'm gonna take a — 

Shot! 

But we'll never be truly free 

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me 

You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in 

On a stallion with the first black battalion 

Have another — 

Shot! 

[BURR] 

Geniuses, lower your voices 

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices 

I'm with you, but the situation is fraught 

You've got to be carefully taught 

If you talk, you're gonna get shot! 

[HAMILTON] 

Burr, check what we got 

Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot 

I think your pants look hot 

Laurens, I like you a lot 

Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot 

What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot 

Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not 

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? 

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is! 

Oh, am I talkin' too loud? 

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth 

I never had a group of friends before 

I promise that I'll make y'all proud 

[LAURENS] 

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd 

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE] 

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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE] 

Everybody sing 

Whoa, whoa, whoa 

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa 

Ay, let 'em hear ya 

Let's go 

Whoa, whoa, whoa I said shout it to the rooftops 

Whoa, whoa, whoa said, to the rooftops 

Whoa, whoa, whoa come on 

Come on, let's go 

[LAURENS] 

Rise up 

When you're living on your knees, you rise up 

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up 

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up 

[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE] 

When are these colonies gonna rise up? 

When are these colonies gonna rise up? 

When are these colonies gonna rise up? 

When are these colonies gonna rise up? 

Rise up! 

[HAMILTON] 

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory 

When's it gonna get me? 

In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? 

If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be? 

Is it like a beat without a melody? 

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 movement 

Where all the hungriest brothers with 

Something 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? 

Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? 

Or will the blood we shed begin an endless 

Cycle 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 passionately 

Smashin' 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 COMPANY] 

And 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 hungry 

And I'm not throwing away my shot 

We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot) 

We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot) 

We're gonna, rise up, rise up 

It's time to take a shot 

Rise up, rise up, it's time to take a shot 

Rise up, it's time to take a shot 

Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot 

It's time to take a shot, time to take a shot 

And I am not throwing away my shot 

Not throwing away my shot!