Chapter 4: My Shot
Okay, here's my shot! I am so sorry it took a while to release, I had to hand in my school laptop at the end of last year and I wrote this on my phone. TW: implications of abuse, implications of suicidal thoughts
Disclaimer: I'm an Australian 14 (almost 15) year old girl who is mean to her poor OC. Do I look like I'd own two really successful pieces of media?
"This one is called My shot, um, it's pretty repetitive?" Nova announced shakily.
[HAMILTON]
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 shot!
I'ma get a scholarship to King's College
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
"Do you even have brains?" Jefferson snorted.
"Clearly," Hamilton bragged, "If it's being mentioned in a musical about me!"
I gotta holler just to be heard
Madison groaned, "You speak loud enough, Hamilton."
With every word, I drop knowledge!
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable
Only nineteen but my mind is older
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name
"Why would you need to spell out your name if it's dark? Don't people know how to spell Alexander anyway?" Peggy asked, confused.
I am the—
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
A-L-E-X-A-N-D
E-R—we are—meant to be…
[HAMILTON]
A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly
"Very true," Washington had spoken for the first time since his introduction, "However, it didn't need to be worded like that."
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!
[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
(He says in parentheses)
[HAMILTON]
Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
"Hon, we need you," Eliza gestured to herself and Baby Philip, who babbled in his father's arms.
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy
[HAMILTON & LAURENS, BOTH]
And I am not throwing away
My shot (my shot)
I am not throwing away
My shot (my shot)
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
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 shot
It's time to take a shot!
"You weren't lying. It is fairly repetitive. Are all the songs like this?" Madison inquired, groaning.
"Hmmm… Not as bad as this one!" Nova remembered.
[LAFAYETTE]
I dream of life without a monarchy
The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?
"Mon dieu! My anglais was, how you say, horrible?"
'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?'
When I fight, I make the other side panicky
With my—
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Shot!
[MULLIGAN]
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
"I had my own tailor shop at this point," Mulligan pointed out, a bit miffed.
"As Nova said a bit earlier, things had to be changed, either for time or if the change was more interesting and made for a better rhyme," Denki explained, trying to calm Mulligan down.
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
"You'd do a better job than my father," Laurens chuckled, spiting his father with each word.
"A much better job than either Henry Laurens or James Hamilton Sr," Hamilton agreed.
I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!
I'm gonna take a—
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Shot!
[LAURENS]
But we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
"That's right," Laurens agreed with himself, glaring at Jefferson.
You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in
On a stallion with the first black battalion
"You do," Nova spoke up, "It's mentioned a bit later on."
Have another—
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Shot!
"You'll get alcohol poisoning if you don't stop," Angelica warned.
[BURR]
Geniuses, lower your voices
"Please do. I have a headache already," Madison coughed.
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
You've got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
"Foreshadowing?" Denki whispered to Nova, who nodded almost seriously.
[HAMILTON]
Burr, check what we got
Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot
"Merci, Merci. I'll be here all night," Lafayette bragged.
I think your pants look hot
"I made them myself," Mulligan nodded, grinning.
Laurens, I like you a lot
"Understatement of the century, Alexander," Laurens snorted.
"What?" Philip asked, confused.
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot...
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot?
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
"Yes," Jefferson said seriously, "Now shut up."
Sometimes I get over-excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
Hamilton was met with sad gazes from almost everyone in the room.
"Me neither," Nova mumbled, not wanting to be heard. Denki put a hand around Nova's shoulder comfortingly.
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
[LAURENS]
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd
Burr groaned.
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE]
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 shot
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 shot
"You weren't lying. It's almost too repetitive," Eliza remarked.
[LAURENS & HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]
Ev'rybody sing:
"Thank you, Laurens," Angelica said.
"It's not that bad?" Hamilton found himself liking it.
Angelica just glared.
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
"True," Hamilton said, lost in thought.
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
"Thank you for including women, at least," Angelica huffed, still angry at Hamilton.
[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE & COMPANY]
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Whoa
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Whoa
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
Whoa
Rise up! (Rise up!)
[HAMILTON]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Nova nodded again and mumbled, "J-just not for th-the same reasons…"
Denki's hug tightened. Almost all the adults spared pitying glances at this poor child.
When's it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?
"YOU RUN!" Laurens yelled at Hamilton.
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Where I come from some get half as many
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
"How much alcohol is in this?" Washington asked, concerned for his soldiers, his friends.
"Well, they drank a lot," Denki shrugged.
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with
Something to prove went?
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
"F-from 2016 t-to 2020, th-there was a tyr-rant president… H-he kind of c-continued th-the cycle? The-ere were also a b-bunch of hate cr-crimes against m-minorites…" Nova stuttered, trying to avoid any anger that might come from them.
I know the action in the street is excitin'
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
I've been readin' 'n writin'
"Of course you have," Peggy joked.
We need to handle our financial situation
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
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
"First time? Oh, Alex, honey," Eliza said, concerned.
[HAMILTON AND COMPANY]
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 shot
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE]
We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!
Not throwing away my shot
We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!
Not throwing away my shot
We're gonna
We're gonna
[HAMILTON & ENSEMBLE]
Time to take a shot! (Rise up)
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE]
Time to take a shot! (Rise up)
Time to take a shot! (Rise up)
Take a shot! Ri— ri— ri—
Shot!
Shot!
A-yo it's
Time to take a shot! (Time to take a shot!)
Time to take a shot! (Time to take a shot!)
And I am— (And I am)
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]
Not throwin' away my—
[COMPANY]
Not throwin' away my shot!
Jefferson groaned, "Finally! This one's over!"
"Though I loathe to agree with Jefferson, I am glad it's over," Angelica agreed.
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