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The HamilTEN Megamix (Live at the 2025 Tony Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City)
Lyrics
After the war I went back to New York
A-After the war I went back to New York
I finished up my studies and I practiced law
I practiced law, Burr worked next door
Even though we started at the very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is ——
Non-stop!
I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College
I probroly 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!
Yo , 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
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——
Not throwing away my shot!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we
Just happen to be in the greatest city in the world！
In the greatest city in the world!
Work, work!
Angelica!
Work, work!
Eliza!
And Peggy!
Work, work!
The Schuyler Sisters!
Work, work!
We’re looking for a mind at
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest city
In the greatest city
In the greatest city in the world！
Lafayette!
I'm takin this horse by the reins makin'
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
Lafayette!
And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em
Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm——
Lafayette!
Watch me engagin' em!
Escapin' em!
Enragin' em! I'm——
Lafayette!
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance
Really?
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da dat
Da da ya da
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Everybody!
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da ya da
A spy on the inside. That’s right
Hercules Mulligan!
A tailor spyin’ on the British government
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it
Up
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!
See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the **** now, somebody's gotta shovel it
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the back up again！
The world turned upside ——
I
I wanna be in
The room where it happens
The room where it happens
I
I wanna be in the room
Oh
Oh, oh
I wanna be
I wanna be in
I've got to be
I've got to be
In the room
In that big ol' room
We dream of a brand new start
But we dream in the dark, for the most part
Dark as a tomb where it happens
I've got to be
I've got to be
In the room!
I wanna be in the room where it happens
Click-boom!
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control——
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I know that we can win
I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in
History has its eyes on you
Look around , look around
He will never be satisfied
Isn't this enough?
Satisfied
That would be enough
Satisfied
History has its eyes on you
Satisfied
Why do you fight like——
History has its eyes on you…
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
（Just you wait）
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
（Just you wait）
I am——
Alexander Hamilton!
（Hamilton）
Just you wait
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
A-After the war I went back to New York
I finished up my studies and I practiced law
I practiced law, Burr worked next door
Even though we started at the very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is ——
Non-stop!
I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College
I probroly 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!
Yo , 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
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——
Not throwing away my shot!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we
Just happen to be in the greatest city in the world！
In the greatest city in the world!
Work, work!
Angelica!
Work, work!
Eliza!
And Peggy!
Work, work!
The Schuyler Sisters!
Work, work!
We’re looking for a mind at
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Hey!
Work, work!
Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest city
In the greatest city
In the greatest city in the world！
Lafayette!
I'm takin this horse by the reins makin'
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
Lafayette!
And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em
Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm——
Lafayette!
Watch me engagin' em!
Escapin' em!
Enragin' em! I'm——
Lafayette!
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance
Really?
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da dat
Da da ya da
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Everybody!
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da ya da
A spy on the inside. That’s right
Hercules Mulligan!
A tailor spyin’ on the British government
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it
Up
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!
See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the **** now, somebody's gotta shovel it
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the back up again！
The world turned upside ——
I
I wanna be in
The room where it happens
The room where it happens
I
I wanna be in the room
Oh
Oh, oh
I wanna be
I wanna be in
I've got to be
I've got to be
In the room
In that big ol' room
We dream of a brand new start
But we dream in the dark, for the most part
Dark as a tomb where it happens
I've got to be
I've got to be
In the room!
I wanna be in the room where it happens
Click-boom!
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control——
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I know that we can win
I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in
History has its eyes on you
Look around , look around
He will never be satisfied
Isn't this enough?
Satisfied
That would be enough
Satisfied
History has its eyes on you
Satisfied
Why do you fight like——
History has its eyes on you…
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
（Just you wait）
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
（Just you wait）
I am——
Alexander Hamilton!
（Hamilton）
Just you wait
I am not throwin’ away my shot!