[Hamilton] In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky
When I was seventeen a hurricane Destroyed my town I didn't drown I couldn't seem to die
I wrote my way out Wrote everything down far as I could see I wrote my way out I looked up and the town had its eyes on me
They passed a plate around Total strangers Moved to kindness by my story Raised enough for me to book passage on a Ship that was New York bound
I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution I was louder than the crack in the bell I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well And in the face of ignorance and resistance I wrote financial systems into existence And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance
In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky
I was twelve when my mother died She was holding me We were sick and she was holding me I couldn't seem to die
[Burr] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it
[Burr And Ensemble] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it
[Hamilton] I'll write my way out Write ev'rything down, far as I can see I'll write my way out Overwhelm them with honesty
[Washington Eliza Angelica Maria] History has its eyes on you
[Hamilton] This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only Way I can protect my legacy
[Company (Except Hamilton) ] Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait