HAMILTON MY SHOT - Alfred Music

Arranged byALAN BILLINGSLEY

Lively Hip-Hop, swing 16ths (q = ca. 91)

Lively Hip-Hop, swing 16ths (q = ca. 91)

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“My Shot” contains elements of “Shook Ones Pt. II” written by Albert Johnson and Kejuan Waliek Muchita,published by Universal Music - Careers obo itself and P. Noid Publishing (BMI)/ Universal Music - MGB Songs obo itself and Juvenile Hell (ASCAP);

and “Going Back To Cali” written by Osten Harvey, Jr., Roger Troutman and Christopher Wallace,published by EMI April Music Inc., BIG Poppa Music, Justin Combs Publishing Company Inc. (ASCAP).

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and�“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” from�South Pacific.� Music by Richard Rodgers.� Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.�This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: an Imagem Company,�www.rnh.com.��

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From HAMILTON

Words and Music byLIN-MANUEL MIRANDA

with Albert Johnson, Kejuan Waliek Muchita,Osten Harvey, Jr., Roger Troutman and Christopher Wallace

MY SHOTfor S.S.A. voices and piano

with optional SoundTrax CD*

Performance time: approx. 5:40

SOLO/SMALL GROUP

SOLO/SMALL GROUP

SOPRANO ISOPRANO II

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HAMILTON:

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*Also available for S.A.T.B. (45663) and S.A.B. (45664). SoundTrax CD also available (45666).

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not throw ing- a way- my shot! I am not throw ing- a way- my shot! Hey yo, I’m

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just like my coun try,- I’m young, scrap py,- and hun gry,- and I’m

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not throw ing- a way- my shot! I’m ’a get a schol ar- ship- to King’s Col lege.- I prob ’ly- should n’t- brag, but

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dag, I a maze- and a ston- ish.- The prob lem- is I got a lot of brains but no pol ish.- I got ta- hol ler- just to

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be heard. With ev e- ry- word, I drop knowl edge!- I’m a

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dia mond- in the rough, a shin y- piece of coal tryin’ to reach my goal. My pow er- of speech: un im- peach- a- ble.-

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On ly- nine teen- but my mind is old er.- These New York Cit y- streets get cold er,- I shoul der- ev ’ry-

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bur den,- ev ’ry- dis ad- van- tage- I have learned to man age,- I don’t

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have a gun to bran dish,- I walk these streets fam ished.- The plan is to fan this spark in to- a flame. But,

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dang,

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it’s get ting- dark, so let me spell out the name, I am the A L- E- X- A- N- D- -

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E R.- We are meant to be a col o- ny- that runs in de- pen- dent- ly.- Mean while-

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Brit ain- keeps spit tin’- on us end less- ly.- Es sen- tial- ly,- they tax us re lent- less- ly,- then King

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George turns a round,- runs a spend ing- spree. He ain’t

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ev er- gon na- set his de scen- dants- free, so there will be a rev o- lu- tion- in this cen tu- ry.- En -

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ter me! Don’t be shocked when your his t’ry- book men tions- me. I will

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not throw ing- a way- my shot.

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I am not throw ing- a way- my shot. I am

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MULLIGAN/LaFAYETTE:

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time to take a shot. I

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dream of life with out- a mon ar- chy.-

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The un rest- in France will lead to ’on ar- chy?- ’On ar- chy?- How you say, how you say, “An ar- chy?”-

When I fight, I make the oth er- side pan ick- y- with my shot! Yo,

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I’m a tai lor’s- ap pren- tice- and I

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HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN:

Shot!

Shot!

Shot!

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got y’all knuck le- heads- in lo co- par en- tis.- I’m join in’- the re bel- lion- ’cause I know it’s my chance to so cial-

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ly ad vance,- in stead- of sew in’- some pants. I’m gon na- take a shot! But

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we’ll nev er- be tru ly- free un-

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Shot!

Shot!

Shot!

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til those in bond age- have the same rights as you and me, you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sal ly- in on a

stal lion- with the first black bat tal- i- on.- Have an oth- er- shot! Gen

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ius- es,- low er- your voic es.- You

HAMILTON/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN:

Shot!

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keep out of trou ble- and you dou ble- your choic es.- I’m with you, but the sit u- a- tion- is fraught. You’ve

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got to be care ful- ly- taught; If you talk, you’re gon na- get shot! Burr,

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check what we got. Mis ter-

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La fay- ette,- hard rock like Lan ce- lot,- I think your pants look hot, Laur ens,- I like you a lot. Let’s hatch a

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plot black er- than the ket tle- cal lin’- the pot. What are the

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odds the gods would put us all in one spot, pop pin’- a

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squat on con ven- tion- al- wis dom,- like it or not, a bunch of

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rev o- lu- tion- ar- y- man u- mis- sion- ab o- li- tion- ists?-

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Give me a po si- tion,- show me where the am mu- ni- tion- is!

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am I talk in’- too loud? Some times- I get o ver- ex- cit- ed,- shoot off at the mouth. I nev er-

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had a group of friends be fore,- I prom ise- that I’ll make y’all proud.

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not throw ing- a way- my shot! Ev

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’ry- bod- y- sing:

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I said, shout it to the roof tops!-

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Said, to the roof tops!- Come on! Come on, let’s go!

Whoa! Yeah!

Whoa! Yeah!

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Rise

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up! When you’re liv ing- on your knees, you rise up. Tell your broth er- that he’s got ta-

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rise up? When

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are these col o- nies- gon na- rise up? When are these col o- nies- gon na-

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rise up? When are these col o- nies- gon na- rise up? Rise

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death so much it feels more like a mem o- ry.- When’s it gon na-

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get me? In my sleep? Sev en- feet a head- of me? If I see it com in’,- do I run or do I let it be?

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it like a beat with out- a mel o- dy?- See, I nev er- thought I’d live past twen ty.- Where I come from

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some get half as man y.- Ask an y- bod- y- why we liv in’- fast and we laugh, reach for a flask,

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we have to make this mo ment- last, that’s plen ty.- Scratch

Slowly growing in intensity

that, this is not a mo ment,- it’s the move ment-

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where all the hun gri- est- broth ers- with some thing- to prove went?

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Foes op pose- us, we take an hon est- stand, we roll like Mo ses,- claim in’- our prom ised- land.

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Or will the blood we shed be gin- an end less- cy cle- of ven - geance and death with no de fen- dants?-

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I know the ac tion- in the street is ex cit- in’,- but Je sus,-

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be tween- all the bleed in’- ’n’ fight in’- I’ve been read in’- ’n’ writ in’.-

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We need to han dle- our fi nan- cial- sit u- a- tion.- Are we a na tion- of states? What’s the state of our na tion?-

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I’m

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past pa tient- ly- wait in’.- I’m pas sion- ate- ly- smash in’-

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ev ’ry- ex pec- ta- tion,- ev ’ry- ac tion’s- an act of cre a- tion.-

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I’m laugh in’- in the face of ca sual- ties- and sor row,- for the

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first time, I’m think in’- past to mor- row,- and I am

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rise up! Time to take a shot! We’re gon na—-

HAMILTON:

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time to take a shot!

rise up! Time to take a shot! We’re gon na—-

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Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Rise up!

Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Rise up!

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Take a shot! Shot! Shot! A yo,- it’s time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! And

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