 Genius Meanings
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Meet Me Inside
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If you needed reminding that Hamilton was barely out of his teens for the majority of the Revolution, here we have a very adolescent and daddy-issues-laden musical number.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Isaiah Johnson & Leslie Odom Jr.) – Meet Me Inside (2014 Workshop)
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Lee grunts in pain / [LEE] / Burr! / [HAMILTON] / Lee, do you yield? / [LEE] / You shot me in the side! / [BURR] / Yes, he yields! / [LAURENS] / I’m satisfied / [BURR] / Yo, we
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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo – That Would Be Enough
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In “That Would Be Enough,” we see contrast between Hamilton, who “will never be satisfied” despite his spectacular political accomplishments, and his wife Eliza, who is content
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Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Helpless
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Continuing on in the same vein as “The Schuyler Sisters,” Eliza here transforms into a full-fledged Beyoncé—frequently mimicking the superstar’s characteristic ways of singing
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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Hurricane
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Hamilton’s reflection on his tenuous situation derails him, and causes him to publish an admission to adultery.
This song has some of the most beautiful staging and lighting in
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Alexander Hamilton
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Hamilton does not have an overture. There are eleven notes of orchestral introduction in Hamilton: seven rhythmic orchestral notes in the rhythmic motif of “not throwing away my
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
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This song captures the events that occurred during the Battle of Yorktown, the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. These events are covered in Chernow’s biography on pages
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – My Shot
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After Alexander Hamilton moves to New York, he searches for a thing to be a part of. He soon joins the movement for United States independence where he meets some of the characters
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – The Room Where It Happens
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Here, Burr dramatically dishes on and reacts to the news of the “Dinner Table Bargain,” also known as the Compromise of 1790. 100% relatedly, this song has a terribly unsurprising
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Right Hand Man
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This song dramatizes many elements of George Washington’s troubled New York Campaign, which leads to his fateful meeting with one Alexander Hamilton.
The beat, particularly when
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – The World Was Wide Enough
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In “The World Was Wide Enough,” Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr meet for the duel set up in “Your Obedient Servant” and Burr kills Hamilton.
The title and final line come from
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Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Ten Duel Commandments
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Hamilton, Laurens, Burr, and Lee recite a versified version of the code duello while preparing for a duel.
Title and style pays homage to “Ten Crack Commandments” by The Notorious
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Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Say No to This
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Hamilton begins his disastrous affair with mega-vamp Maria Reynolds. For the first major sex scandal in the United States' political history, Lin-Manuel Miranda gives us a 90s slow
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan – Aaron Burr, Sir
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Alexander Hamilton meets Aaron Burr, and when they go to get a drink together, they meet John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan, and the Marquis de Lafayette at the tavern. These three
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Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – What'd I Miss
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Daveed Diggs’s Lafayette leaves for France in Act I, and he returns to the stage in Act II as Thomas Jefferson, who was absent for large swaths of the Revolution and the early
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Satisfied
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“Satisfied” — whose lines and title draw inspiration from an actual letter Angelica wrote to Hamilton — reinforces one of the most important themes of Hamilton, that our
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Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Washington On Your Side
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This song immediately follows Jefferson’s diss at the end of “Cabinet Battle #2.” It starts with Burr methodically talking almost as if he’s chanting, egging on Jefferson regarding
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Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan – Cabinet Battle #1
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These cabinet meeting scenes are staged and styled after live “rap battle” performances—like those in Style Wars, Scribble Jam or 8 Mile—where rappers freestyle, often with extreme
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Phillipa Soo) – That Would Be Enough (2014 Workshop)
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[ELIZA] / Look around, look around at how lucky we are / To be alive right now / Look around, look around… / [HAMILTON] / How long have you known? / [ELIZA] / A month or so / [
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – History Has Its Eyes on You
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In this song, Washington tells Hamilton what the show he’s starring in is all about. During this scene, Washington hands Hamilton a sword, a symbol of his promotion to his command
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Arianna Afsar, Julia Harriman, Lexi Lawson, Rachelle Ann Go & Shoba Narayan) – First Burn
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The fifth installment of the Hamildrops project, which released new Hamilton content once a month in 2018, “First Burn” is the original draft of Eliza’s second act solo, “Burn.”
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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom, Jr. – Dear Theodosia
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Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton both had children very soon after the Revolutionary War. Here they take a moment to coo, and to realize the human element of the country they are
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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The Story of Tonight (Reprise) by Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr. ... In “Meet Me Inside,” Hamilton makes ...
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – One Last Time
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This song tells the story of Hamilton writing George Washington’s “Farewell Address,” his famous last statement of political thoughts published upon his decision to step down from
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Alessia Cara – How Far I'll Go
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“How Far I’ll Go” by Alessia Cara is the pop single from the Disney animated film Moana, written by Tony Award-winner and Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In the film version
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin de Jesús, Seth Stewart, Janet Dacal & Andrea Burns – 96,000
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Usnavi learns that his bodega sold a winning lottery ticket—someone in the barrio has won $96,000! This sets the neighborhood to dreaming about what they would do with the money.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – The Story of Tonight
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A leitmotif that repeats throughout the first act to unite Hamilton and his Revolutionary friends.
Thematically, this song is reminiscent of those other Revolutionary bros, Les
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Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry – The Schuyler Sisters
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Referred to as the Destiny’s Child number of the musical, “The Schuyler Sisters” explosively introduces two of Hamilton’s major female players, Angelica and Eliza Schuyler… as well
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan) – Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) (2014 Workshop)
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[COMPANY] / The battle of Yorktown. 1781 / [LAFAYETTE] / Monsieur Hamilton / [HAMILTON] / Monsieur Lafayette / In command where you belong / [LAFAYETTE] / How you say, no sweat / [
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Emily Blunt, Joel Dawson, Leeries, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nathanael Saleh, Pixie Davies & Tarik Frimpong) – Trip a Little Light Fantastic
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Jack leads his fellow lamplighters in a dance routine reminiscent of the “Step in Time” number from the original Mary Poppins.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos & Leslie Odom Jr.) – Hurricane (2014 Workshop)
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In the Hamiltome, known more formally as Hamilton: An American Revolution, Lin gives some further insight into the song. He says that it’s only plausible for Hamilton to come to
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Your Obedient Servant
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The title and refrain of this song are a reference to the real-life correspondence between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton that led to their famous duel. Each letter was signed:
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Phillipa Soo – Burn
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In “Burn,” Eliza delivers her heartbroken response to the “Reynolds Pamphlet,” Hamilton’s public account of his affair. Eliza takes center stage with no ensemble backing and only
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Ciara Renee, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry & Sydney James Harcourt) – Say No to This (2014 Workshop)
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This is an early version of what would becoming “Say No To This” in the Broadway production of Hamilton.
In the Off-Broadway version, Maria is villainized much more. For example
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Guns and Ships
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“Guns and Ships” holds the honor of being the fastest song in the fastest-paced musical theater production of all time (the whole show fits 20,000 words into 2.5 hours). According
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Leslie Odom Jr.) – Dear Theodosia (2014 Workshop)
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[BURR] / Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? / You have my eyes. You have your mother’s name / When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart / I’m dedicating every
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Phillipa Soo & Renée Elise Goldsberry) – Helpless (2014 Workshop)
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[ELIZA] / [ALL WOMEN] / Ohh, I do I do I do I / Hey hey hey hey / Dooo! Hey! / Hey hey hey hey / Ohh, I do I do I do I / Hey hey hey hey / Dooo! Boy you got me / Hey hey hey / [
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Gloria Estefan – Inside Your Heart
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At last, the song that Andres (voiced by Juan de Marcos Gonzalez) wrote for Marta (voiced by Gloria Estefan) decades ago is performed by her at her farewell concert in Miami.
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – A Winter's Ball
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“A Winter’s Ball” serves as a brief transition between Hamilton participating in the New York Campaign in “Right Hand Man,” and meeting his future wife Eliza Schuyler in “Helpless
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Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – You'll Be Back
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This song, framed as a letter from King George to the colonists, is a kind of extended double entendre. It addresses the grievances of the colonists and asserts George’s authority
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Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Blow Us All Away
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Philip, just fully grown, confronts George Eacker, a man who publicly maligned his father. The dispute escalates into a duel, and before anyone knows it, Philip has been mortally
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Renée Elise Goldsberry) – Congratulations (2014 Workshop)
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Taking place between “The Reynolds Pamphlet” and “Burn” in the Off-Broadway version of Hamilton, “Congratulations” was cut from the final version. However, several lines appear
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Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Wait For It
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This soliloquy is sung by Aaron Burr midway through the first act of the show.
The beat on the first half of the song closely resembles dancehall reggae; you can compare the
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Karen Olivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Robin de Jesús – It Won't Be Long Now
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Vanessa knows Washington Heights well, but dreams of having the money to escape. She prepares to move to a small apartment in the West Village and visits Usnavi’s store to buy
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Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo – Schuyler Defeated
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Multiple motifs from “The Schuyler Sisters”—both Burr’s part and the sisters'—recur here in an arch reprise. Instead of the Schuyler family being on the pulse of politics, they’re
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Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Take a Break
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Philip reveals he’s got revolutionary potential, while Alexander, Angelica, and Eliza explore the possibility of spending some time together—their individual desires and
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