Singing Hamilton

[Robin Sedai she/her]

♪ Dun dadadadun DUN DUN ♪ (my best approximation of Alexander Hamilton's opening)

Edited February 19, 2022 by Robin Hatter

[Robin Sedai she/her]

36 minutes ago, Tani said:

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman 

Dropped in a forgotten spot

[Szeth's Facepalm]

In the Caribbean by providence impoverished

[Robin Sedai she/her]

in squalor,

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[Robin Sedai she/her]

The ten-dollar, founding father without a father

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Got a lot farther by workin' a lot harder

[Robin Sedai she/her]

By being a lot smarter

[Szeth's Facepalm]

By being a self-starter

[Robin Sedai she/her]

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter

[Guest]

And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away,

[Robin Sedai she/her]

across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of

[Robin Sedai she/her]

The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain

[Quivil]

1 hour ago, Robin Hatter said:

Our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain

Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain

[Robin Sedai she/her]

3 hours ago, Tani said:

Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain

And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Well, the word got around, they said "this kid is insane, man!"

Edited January 30, 2022 by Szeth's Facepalm

[Robin Sedai she/her]

14 minutes ago, Szeth's Facepalm said:

Well, word got around, they said "this kid is insane, man!"

(I think it's the word.)

Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Fixed it 

Get your education, don't forget from whence you came

[Robin Sedai she/her]

And the world's gonna know your name! What's your name, man?

[Quivil]

On 1/29/2022 at 9:25 PM, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

and took a chance with is pants making it rain. (I dunno first thing I thought of, don't blame me for my mind's inner workings.)

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We're writing down songs that already exist, not making up songs one line at a time.

 

Alexander Hamilton.

Edited January 31, 2022 by Tani

[Robin Sedai she/her]

My name is Alexander Hamilton

[Szeth's Facepalm]

There's a million things i haven't done