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The 10 Best Songs From 'Hamilton'

History just got a whole lot more interesting.

Apr 19, 2016

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The 10 Best Songs From 'Hamilton'

Joan Marcus

Ever since "Hamilton" premiered Off-Broadway in February 2015, fans have been flocking to the rap-musical inspired by the life of Alexander Hamilton. It is ever history nerds dream. Lin-Manuel Miranda took things in history that may seem not super interesting, put them to rap music and now they are events that will be hard to forget. It is nearly impossibly to pick the top 10 songs, but here are some of the best:

1. Alexander Hamilton

"Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there’s a million things I haven’t don't

But just you wait, just you wait..."

2. 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!"

3. The Schuyler Sisters

“'We hold these truths to be self-evident

That all men are created equal'

And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!"

4. Helpless

"Helpless! Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit

I'm helpless! Down for the count and I'm drownin' in

'em I'm helpless!"

5. Wait For It

"Love doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners

And the saints

It takes and it takes and it takes"

6. The Room Where It Happens

"No one really knows how the

Parties get to yesssss

The pieces that are sacrificed in

Ev’ry game of chesssss

We just assume that it happens

But no one else is in

The room where it happens."

7. Cabinet Battle #2

"Lafayette’s a smart man, he’ll be fine

And before he was your friend, he was mine

If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop

Where do we draw the line?"

8. One Last Time

"If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on

It outlives me when I’m gone"

9. Burn

"You and your words flooded my senses

Your sentences left me defenseless

You built me palaces out of paragraphs

You built cathedrals"

10. It's Quite UpTown

"Forgiveness. Can you imagine?

Forgiveness. Can you imagine?

If you see him in the street, walking by her

Side, talking by her side, have pity

They are going through the unimaginable"

Enjoy the beauty that is "Hamilton," and if you want to hear the sickest a cappella cover of most of the songs check this out:

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