How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished,
In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away
Across the waves, 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 a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, 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 the mainland
Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name
What’s your name, man?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON!
And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished,
In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away
Across the waves, 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 a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, 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 the mainland
Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name
What’s your name, man?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON!
by HAMILTON RULEZZZ November 09, 2020
Why search it up when you can be watching it right now?
A beautiful musical that should be treated like Hamilton
A beautiful musical that should be treated like Hamilton
by ッ February 17, 2020
Music that inherently possesses ancestral powers in the rhythm that subconsciously makes (esp. black people) wanna get up and shake their booties.
"Aye bruh, y'all heard that new HSPRTY song? It's definetely bati sanka vibes."
Person 1: Y'all going to the next HSPRTY event?
Person 2: Depends. What type of music they playing?
Person 1: Bati sanka music, duh!
Person 2: Say no mo!
Person 1: Y'all going to the next HSPRTY event?
Person 2: Depends. What type of music they playing?
Person 1: Bati sanka music, duh!
Person 2: Say no mo!
by Bati Sanka Gang May 22, 2022
The type of music that calms you and listen in the dark at 3 am when your in your feels. Artists including Jhene Aiko, Bryson tiller and Giveon produce this type of music.
You: I can’t sleep and it’s 3am
*im gonna play some urban contemporary music to put me in my feels*
You: I’m gonna play my in my feels playlist
*im gonna play some urban contemporary music to put me in my feels*
You: I’m gonna play my in my feels playlist
by Urban contemporary music December 02, 2020
by WiningsEnglishClass September 27, 2010
Refers to a somewhat-"tame"/boring and/or repetitive musical composition that is "okay", but definitely nothing special or "memorable" --- it would merely be something that you might wanna half-listen to while waiting for someone to pick up/get back to you on the phone, be serenaded with over a store's PA system while shopping, or have for soothing your impatience when riding a slow elevator.
The NYC Greyhound station plays light-classical music over the ceiling-speakers to help its patrons to while away the long boring hours during bus-layovers; I appreciate it that they don't simply toss "music on hold"-grade tunes at you for extended periods.
by QuacksO March 26, 2019