Good evening.
Seven years ago, a young man came to a poetry ____ that Michelle and I held at the White House.
He took the mic and said that he was gonna perform a ____ from something he was working on
about the life of somebody who embodies ____:
America's first Treasury ____.
I confess, we all ____. But who's laughing now?
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Seven years later, "Hamilton" has become
not only a ____ hit, but a civics lesson
our kids can't get enough of.
One with fierce, youthful ____.
One where rap is the language of revolution
and hip-hop its ____ soundtrack.
It's a musical about the miracle that is ____.
A place of citizenship,
where we debate ideas with ____ and conviction.
A place of inclusiveness,
where we value our boisterous ____ as a great gift.
A place of opportunity, where no matter how humble our ____, we can make it if we try.
That's the story of America,
an ____ that is not yet finished,
a project that ____ to all of us.
America is what we, the people, ____ of it,
as long as we stay – just like our country –
____, scrappy, and hungry.
That's the story of "Hamilton," and you get to see it, ____ up.
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Ladies and gentlemen, rapper, actor, and Academy Award-winning composer, ____.
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In every art form, there are game-changers,
artists whose ____ voice and vision have a
significant impact on the way we think and create.
The next nominee for Best Musical not only changed the ____ for theatre here in New York,
it's become a cultural ____.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's ingenious rhymes and contemporary beats have ____ young and old to come to Broadway.
Simply put, it's one of the greatest
____ of art ever made.
Nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards tonight,
give it up for the company of "Hamilton."
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Let me tell you what I ____ 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 ____ in you.
But remember from here on in:
History has its eyes on you.
Oh-oh-oh
History has its eyes on you.
The battle of Yorktown.
1781.
Monsieur Hamilton.
Monsieur Lafayette.
In command, where you ____.
How you say, no sweat?
We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run.
Immigrants:
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So what happens if we win?
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance
We’ll be with you when you do
I'll see you on the other side.
Till we meet again, let’s ____!
I am not throwin’ ____ my shot!
I am not throwin’ ____ my shot!
Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, ____ and hungry
And I’m not throwin’ ____ my shot!
I am not throwin’ ____ my shot!
Till the ____ turns upside down…
Till the ____ turns upside down.
I imagine death so much it feels more like a ____
This is where it gets me:
on my feet, the ____ ahead of me
If this is the end of me, at least I have a ____ with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my ____ with me
Then I remember my Eliza’s ____ me...
Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting
So, we gotta go, gotta get the job ____
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my ____!
Take the bullets out your gun!
What?
What?
We move under cover and we move as one
Through the night, we have one shot to live another day
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the ____ and stay in it
It’s either that or meet the business end of a ____
The ____ word is "Rochambeau," dig me?
You have your orders now, go, ____, go!
And so the American ____ begins
with my friends all scattered to the winds.
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav’ry
We’ll never be free until we end ____!
When we finally drive the British ____
Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay.
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside. That’s right.
Hercules Mulligan!
A ____ 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 ____ against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no ____
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
Whoo!
Go!
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a ____
We lower our guns as he ____ waves a white handkerchief
And just like that, it’s ____.
We tend to our wounded, we count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike
if this really means freedom
Not yet.
We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Yorktown
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they’re singing…
The world turned upside down
The ____ turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down, down, down!
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
Down, down, down!
Gotta start a new nation!
Gotta meet my son!
Down, down, down!
We won! We won!
We won! We won!
The world turned upside down!
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