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Part 3 I guess. If you don't know the drill I made a few Hamilton Kidzbops. Enough intros, let's go into this mediocre one.
I am not throwin' away my shot, I am not throwin' 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.
Ima get a scholarship to King's College. I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 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 shining piece of coal, Tryna' reach my goal, My power's speech, Unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older. These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder every burden, every disadvantage, I have learned to manage, I don't have a house to brandish, I walk these streets famished. (what) The plan is to man this ship into the fame. But dang it's tryna' sink, so let me spell out my name. I am A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R we are meant to be...
... A colony that runs independently. Meanwhile, Britan has written on us endlessly. Essentially, they tax us relentlessly. Then King George turns around and runs a spending spree. He ain't never gonna set his descendants free, so there will be a revolution in this century. (Enter Me) (He says in parenthesis) Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me, I will lay down my money if it sets us free. Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy.
And I am not throwing' way my shot, I am not throwing away my shot Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry and I am not throwing away my shot.
[DRUNK NOISES]
I dream of life without a monarchy. The unrest in France will lead to anarchy. Anarchy, how you, oh, anarchy? When I fight I make the other side panicky With my COKE! Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice and I got yall bullies in a loco parentis. I'm joining the rebellion cause I know it's my chance to socially advance instead of sewing some pants. I'm gonna drink a COKE! And but we'll never be truly free until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me. cows and bulls, do or duel, Wait til I sally on a stallion with the first black battalion. Have another COKE!
Geniuses, lower your voices. You keep out of trouble and you double your choices. I'm with you, but the situation's been wrote. You got to carefully note. Sit down, have another COKE!
Burr, check what we got, Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot. I think your pants look hot ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Laurens, I like you a lot, Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle calling the pot. What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot? Poppin a squat of 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 talking too loud? sometimes I get excited, shoot off at the mouth. i never had a group of friends before, I promise that ill make yal proud. Let's get this guy in front of a crowd.
[DRUNK REVOLUTIONARY SCREECHES]
I imagine war so much it feels more like a memory. When's it gonna get me? In my sleep, an enemy ahead of me? If I see it coming do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat without a melody? See I never thought I'd score past 20. Where I'm from some get half as many. Ask anybody why we living fast and we choke, reach for a coke, we have to make this moment note-worthy. Scratch that, this is not the 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, claiming our promised land. And? if we win our independence? is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants. Or will the money we spend begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants? I know the action in the streets is exciting but between all this running and gunning I've been Reading and Writing. we need to handle our financial situation. Are we a nation of states or in the state of our nation. I'M PAST PATIENTLY WAITING I'M PASSIONATELY MASHING EVERY EXPECTATION. Every action's an act of creation. I'm laughing at the face of anger, guilt, and sorrow. For the first time, I'm thinking past tomorrow.
[MORE COKE SOUNDS]