Karaoké Hurricane 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 and 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

I'll write my way out write everything down far as I can see

I'll write my way out overwhelm them with honesty

This is the eye of the hurricane

This is the only way

I can protect my legacy

The Reynolds Pamphlet