[00:00.00]Wait for It - Leslie Odom Jr./Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
[00:10.79]Theodosia writes me a letter ev'ry day
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[00:15.96]I'm keeping her bed warm while her husband
[00:17.86]Is away
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[00:20.88]He's on the British side in Georgia
[00:23.21]He's tryin' to keep the colonies in line
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[00:25.86]But he can keep all of Georgia
[00:28.08]Theodosia she's mine
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[00:30.69]Love doesn't discriminate
[00:32.41]Between the sinners
[00:33.20]And the saints
[00:34.03]It takes and it takes and it takes
[00:35.75]And we keep loving anyway
[00:37.66]We laugh and we cry and we break
[00:39.55]And we make our mistakes
[00:40.91]And if there's a reason I'm by her side
[00:43.37]When so many have tried
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[00:45.27]Then I'm willing to wait for it
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[00:47.88]I'm willing to wait for it
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[00:51.45]My grandfather
[00:52.29]Was a fire and brimstone
[00:53.97]Preacher preacher preacher preacher
[00:56.55]But there are things that the homilies and hymns
[00:58.74]Won't teach ya teach ya teach ya teach ya
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[01:01.96]My mother was a genius genius
[01:04.08]My father commanded respect respect respect
[01:06.96]When they died they left no Instructions
[01:09.41]Just a legacy to protect
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[01:11.45]Death doesn't discriminate
[01:13.29]Between the sinners and the saints
[01:14.90]It takes and it takes and it takes
[01:16.65]And we keep living anyway
[01:18.42]We rise and we fall and we break
[01:20.49]And we make our mistakes
[01:21.62]And if there's a reason I'm still alive
[01:24.27]When everyone who loves me has died
[01:26.37]I'm willing to wait for it wait for it
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[01:28.78]I'm willing to wait for it
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[01:32.11]Wait for it wait for it
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[01:34.72]I am the one thing in life I can control
[01:37.20]Wait for it wait for it
[01:38.46]Wait for it wait for it
[01:39.85]I am inimitable I am an original
[01:42.35]Wait for it wait for it
[01:43.59]Wait for it wait for it
[01:44.85]I'm not falling behind or running late
[01:47.79]Wait for it wait for it
[01:48.85]Wait for it wait for it
[01:50.07]I'm not standing still
[01:51.44]I am lying in wait wait
[01:53.74]Wait wait
[01:55.24]Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb climb climb climb
[02:00.24]He has something to prove he has nothing to lose
[02:03.55]Lose lose lose lose
[02:05.76]Hamilton's pace is relentless
[02:07.42]He wastes no time time time time
[02:10.47]What is it like in his shoes
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[02:16.49]Hamilton doesn't hesitate
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[02:18.99]He exhibits no restraint
[02:20.93]He takes and he takes and he takes
[02:23.09]And he keeps winning anyway
[02:25.40]He changes the game
[02:26.82]He plays and he raises the stakes
[02:28.77]And if there's a reason
[02:30.26]He seems to thrive when so few survive
[02:32.61]Then goddamn it I'm willing to wait for it wait for it
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[02:35.81]I'm willing to wait for it
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[02:39.00]Life doesn't discriminate
[02:40.66]Between the sinners and the saints
[02:42.15]It takes and it takes and it takes
[02:44.09]We rise and we keep living anyway
[02:46.01]We rise and we fall and we break
[02:47.92]We fall and we make our mistakes
[02:49.67]And if there's a reason I'm still alive
[02:51.65]When so many have died
[02:53.56]Then I'm willin' to then
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