Hợp âm Alexander Hamilton Parody
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How does a
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random peasant, some elder sonOf a
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woodsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
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spot in the Central Region by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
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Grow up to be a
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hero and a martyr?
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The no-collar home defender without a honor
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Got a lot fartherBy workin’ a lot harder
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By bein’ a lot smarterBy bein’ a self-starter
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By thirties, they had placed him in
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charge of the trade with China
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At middle age, while men were being slaughtered and carted away
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across the waves, He struggled and kept his guard up
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At site he was hunting for someone who was a part ofThe robbers arriving to
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beg, steal, borrow
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or
barter
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Then the slanderers came andReputation reigned
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Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ drown the drain
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Put an ink brush to his templeConnected it to his brain
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And he wrote his first refrain
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A testament to his pain
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When the word got around, they said, “This guy is insane, man!”
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Broke up Thai’s invasion and added more to the mainland
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Getcha recognition, don’t forget from whence you came
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And the king is giving you a name!
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What’s your name, man?”
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Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
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They say that Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
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And there’s a million things he hasn’t done
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But just you wait,
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just you wait
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In ’58, arrived the shipsFull of shit, French-ridden
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Few days later, see Alexander and his soldiers panicking,
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Half-dead, losing to the French super-weapons, And he tried everythin’ but the nation fell quick
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Fighting with his brother, the brother committed suicide
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Left him with nothin’ but ruined prideSomethin’ new inside
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A voice saying “Alexander, protect for yourseft”
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He started retreatin’ and readin’ every
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treatise on the shelf
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There would’ve been nothin’ left to doFor someone less astute
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He would’ve been dead or destituteWithout a cent of restitution
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Started leadin’, fightin’ the bandits on the far North
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Tradin’ blood and sweat and tears for all
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the peace he can afford
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Standing for every thief he can get his stance through
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lannin’ for the future, see him now as he heads to
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The town of New York ready for a new man
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In New York you can
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be a new man
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In New York you can be a new man
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In New York you can be a new man
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In New York you can be a new man
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In New York
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Alexander Hamilton the general,
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We are waiting at the front for you
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You should never back down You always shouldn’t waste your time
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Oh,
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Alexander Hamilton the general
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When we siege your old capital
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Will you win and reclaim your fame?
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Will you win and leave us
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to shame?
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Vietnam will never
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be
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the same
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,
oh
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France’s looking for him now
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See if you can spot him
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A fearless general comin’
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up from the bottom
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His enemies destroyed his son,
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their rifles pointed at him
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And then? I’m the
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damn fool who shot him
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Alexander Hamilton the general,
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He was dyin’ but he wanted to
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My men had to back downHe didn’t let them save his
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life
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Alexander Hamilton the general,
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He would never take a hand from me
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The courageous, he’d rather die
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So his name ends up
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in a shrine
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NY will
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never be
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the same
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when he falls!
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Yeah, I’m the
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damn French that shot him.
