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Most of the chapters are really crack fics

How does a b******, orphan son of a w****

And a Gothamite, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in gotham

By providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

The brawler

Orphan without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter

By being a self-starter, by 7 they placed him in charge of stealing tires

And everyday while villains were being defeated and carted away

Across the city, he struggled and kept his guard up

Inside he was longing for something to be a part of

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

Then the villains came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain

Put a knife to his temple, a thought connected to his brain

And he threw it away, a testament to his pain

Well the word got around, they said

"This kid is insane, man!"

Took up a collection just to send him to school

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

And the world's gonna know your name. What's your name man?"

Jason Todd

My name is Jason Todd

And there's a million thing I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait

When he was 5, his father split, full of it, debt ridden

2 years later, see Jason and his mother bed-ridden

Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick

And Jason got better but his mother went quick

Moved in with a best friend, the friend committed suicide

Left him with nothing but ruined pride, something new inside

A voice saying, "Jason you gotta fend for yourself"

He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf

There woulda been nothing left to do for someone less astute

He woulda been dead and destitute without a cent of restitution

Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord

Trading books and tires and all the things he can't afford

Scanning for every book he can get his hands on

Planning for the future, see him now as he sits in

The batmobile headed for a new home

In Gotham you can be a new man

Just you wait

(In Gotham you can be a new man) Just you wait

In Gotham you can be a new man

In Gotham (Gotham)

Just you wait!

Jason Todd (Jason Todd), we're waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)

You could never back down, you never learned to take your time

Oh, Jason Todd (Jason Todd), when Gotham sings for you

Will they know what you overcame?

Will they know you rewrote the game?

The world will never be same, oh

The hood is in the city now, see if you can spot him

Another orphan coming up from the bottom

His enemies destroyed his rep, his family forgot him

We fought with him (the outlaws)

Me? I died for him (Catherine)

Me? I trusted him (Batman)

Me? I loved him (Whoever you ship with him, for me kara)

And me? I'm the dam fool that killed him (Joker)

There's a million thing I haven't done

But just you wait

What's your name man?

Jason Todd!