Lyric
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How
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does
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a
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bastard,
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orphan,
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son
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of
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a
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whore
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And
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a
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Scotsman,
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dropped
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in
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the
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middle
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of
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a
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forgotten
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spot
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In
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the
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Caribbean
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by
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providence
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impoverished
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In
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squalor,
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grow
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up
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to
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be
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a
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hero
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and
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a
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scholar?
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The
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ten-
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dollar
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founding
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father
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without
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a
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father
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Got
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a
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lot
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farther
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by
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working
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a
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lot
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harder
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By
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being
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a
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lot
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smarter
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By
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being
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a
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self-
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starter
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By
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fourteen,
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they
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placed
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him
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in
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charge
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of
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a
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trading
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charter
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And
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every
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day
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while
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slaves
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were
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being
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slaughtered
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and
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Lyric
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carted
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away
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Across
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the
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waves,
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he
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struggled
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and
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kept
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his
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guard
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up
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Inside,
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he
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was
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longing
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for
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something
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to
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be
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a
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part
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of
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The
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brother
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was
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ready
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to
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beg,
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steal,
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borrow,
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or
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barter
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Then
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a
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hurricane
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came,
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and
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devastation
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reigned
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Our
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man
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saw
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his
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future
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drip-
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dripping
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down
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the
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drain
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Put
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a
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pencil
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to
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his
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temple,
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connected
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it
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to
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his
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brain
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And
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he
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wrote
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his
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first
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refrain,
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a
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testament
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to
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his
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pain
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Well,
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the
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word
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got
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around,
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they
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said,
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"This
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kid
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is
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insane,
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man"
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Lyric
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Took
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up
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a
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collection
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just
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to
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send
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him
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to
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the
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mainland
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Get
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your
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education,
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don't
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forget
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from
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whence
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you
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came
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And
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the
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world's
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gonna
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know
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your
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name
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What's
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your
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name,
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man?
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Alexander
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Hamilton
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My
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name
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is
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Alexander
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Hamilton
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And
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there's
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a
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million
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things
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I
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haven't
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done
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But
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just
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you
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wait,
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just
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you
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wait
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When
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he
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was
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ten
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his
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father
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split,
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full
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of
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it,
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debt-
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ridden
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Two
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years
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later,
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see
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Alex
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and
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his
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mother
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bedridden
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Half-dead
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sittin'
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in
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their
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own
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sick,
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the
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scent
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thick
|
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Lyric
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And
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Alex
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got
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better
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but
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his
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mother
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went
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quick
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Moved
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in
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with
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a
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cousin,
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the
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cousin
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committed
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suicide
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Left
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him
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with
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nothin'
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but
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ruined
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pride,
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something
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new
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inside
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A
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voice
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saying,
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"Alex,
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you
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gotta
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fend
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for
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yourself"
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He
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started
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retreatin;
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and
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readin'
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every
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treatise
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on
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the
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shelf
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There
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would
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have
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been
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nothin'
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left
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to
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do
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for
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someone
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less
|
astute
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He
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would've
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been
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dead
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or
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destitute
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without
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a
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cent
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of
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restitution
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Started
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workin',
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clerkin'
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for
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his
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late
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mother's
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landlord
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Tradin'
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sugar
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cane
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and
|
rum
|
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Lyric
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and
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all
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the
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things
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he
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can't
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afford
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Scammin'
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for
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every
|
book
|
he
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can
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get
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his
|
hands
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on
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Plannin'
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for
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the
|
future
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see
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him
|
now
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as
|
he
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stands
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on
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The
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bow
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of
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a
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ship
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headed
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for
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a
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new
|
land
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In
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New
|
York
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you
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can
|
be
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a
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new
|
man
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In
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New
|
York
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you
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can
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be
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a
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new
|
man
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(just
|
you
|
wait)
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In
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New
|
York
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you
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can
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be
|
a
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new
|
man
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(just
|
you
|
wait)
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In
|
New
|
York
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you
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can
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be
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a
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new
|
man
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In
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New
|
York,
|
|
Lyric
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New
|
York
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Just
|
you
|
wait
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Alexander
|
Hamilton
|
Alexander
|
Hamilton
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We
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are
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waiting
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in
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the
|
wings
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for
|
you
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Waiting
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in
|
the
|
wings
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for
|
you
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You
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could
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never
|
back
|
down
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You
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never
|
learned
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to
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take
|
your
|
time
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Oh,
|
Alexander
|
Hamilton
|
Alexander
|
Hamilton
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When
|
America
|
sings
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for
|
you
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Will
|
they
|
know
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what
|
you
|
overcame?
|
Will
|
they
|
know
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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
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