Lin-Manuel Miranda

Featuring: Phillipa Soo Anthony Ramos

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

[ENSEMBLE WOMEN] [HAMILTON] [DOCTOR] Stay alive… Where is my son? Mr. Hamilton, come in. They brought him here half an hour ago. Stay alive... Is he alive? He lost a lot of blood-
[DOCTOR]
Yes
But you have to understand
The bullet entered through his hip
And then it lodged into his left arm

[HAMILTON]
Can- Can I see him please?

[DOCTOR]
I’m doing ev’rything I can
But the wound was already infected
When he arrived—

[HAMILTON]
Philip

[PHILIP]
Pa
I did exactly as you said, Pop
I held my head up high

[HAMILTON] [PHILIP] I know, I know. Shh, I know, I know. Shh, High I know you did ev’rything just right Even before we got to ten— Shh I was aiming for the sky I know, I know. Shh, I was aiming for the sky I know, I know. I know Save your strength and [ELIZA] Stay alive... Nooooooooo!
[HAMILTON]
Eliza!

[ELIZA] [ENSEMBLE MEN] I was sitting with the children in the garden Stay alive...
[ELIZA]
Who did this?
Alexander, did you know?

[PHILIP]
Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me

[ELIZA]
My son—

[PHILIP]
We played piano

[ELIZA]
I taught you piano

[PHILIP]
You would put your hands on mine

[ELIZA]
You changed the melody every time

[PHILIP]
Ha. I would always change the line

[ELIZA]
Shh. I know, I know

[PHILIP]
I would always change the line

[ELIZA]
I know, I know

[ELIZA] [PHILIP] Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf Cinq six sept huit neuf Un deux trois
Quatre Cinq six sept
Huit neuf Un deux trois… Sept huit neuf— Sept…
[ELIZA]
Heartbreaking wail

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

Awards for musicals

more tracks from the album

Hamilton: An American Musical (2014 Workshop)

From the album

Hamilton: An American Musical (2014 Workshop) (2015)

Lin-Manuel Miranda popular songs

Stay Alive, Philip (2014 Workshop)Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton: An American Musical (2014 Workshop)