Hamilton: Rise to The History to Which You Are Called

[WASHINGTON]I was younger than you are nowWhen I was given my first commandI led my men straight into a massacreI witnessed their deaths firsthandI made every mistakeI felt the shame rise in meAnd even now I lie awake[WASHINGTON]Knowing history has its eyes on me[HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]History has its eyes on me. [LAURENS/MULLIGAN]Whoa...Whoa...Whoa...Yeah[COMPANY]Whoa...Whoa...Whoa...Yeah[WASHINGTON]Let me tell you what I …

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Still Striving: Not Yet Independence For All

​Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player OPEN KQEDOn Air Now DONATE Open Navigation Menu RACE What The Fourth Of July Meant To Those Enslaved In The U.S. July 3, 20205:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition LISTEN·6:586-Minute Listen Toggle more options History professor David Blight of Yale University talks with NPR's …

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Following, Hamilton Snippets …

So MUCH good lyric and beat and rhythm and history and story in those 46 songs that make “Hamilton”, The Musical, come alive. More than history coming to life, it’s an invitation for each of us to listen and learn and sing and watch the story unfold and churn, of an immigrant’s contribution and vision …

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Lyrics Post: “Alexander Hamilton”

[Aaron Burr:]How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and aScotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgottenSpot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalorGrow up to be a hero and a scholar? [John Laurens:]The ten-dollar Founding Father without a fatherGot a lot farther by working a lot harderBy being a lot smarterBy …

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“I am Not Worthy to Have You Under my Roof”

These words from the centurion in Capernaum speaking to Jesus give some pause. "I am Not Worthy to Have You Under my Roof." Should we think we are not worthy? In the account from the Book of Matthew it seems to say that the soldier leader was more being humble and deferring before Jesus. The …

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Lyrics Post: “Bravado”

Yet another RUSH song, yet more sounds and words the soak deep into me over and over again. It fortifies me. "Bravado" "If we burn our wingsFlying too close to the sunIf the moment of gloryIs over before it's begunIf the dream is wonThough everything is lostWe will pay the priceBut we will not count …

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