歌词
How does a whippersnapper, student of rap
这个还在学rap的狂妄小子
And a Latin trapped in a middle of a Manhattan flat
一个曼哈顿小公寓里的拉丁裔
When Broadway accolades while other writers kiss the corporate dollars
这正是百老汇掌声连连，剧作者拥抱资本的时候
Grow up to be a hip-hop opera scholar?
他怎么就成为了一个说唱剧作的专家呢？
This blue collar shining beacon Puerto Rican got a lot farther
这个蓝领的“波多黎各之光”的事业线还有很长很长
By being a lot smarter
他有聪明才智
By stretching rhymes harder
他会雕琢韵脚
By being a trend starter
他将引领潮流
By fourteen, they placed him in a school with a music charter
十四岁，他进了一所音乐人才辈出的学校
And every day while shows were being slaughtered on Broadway they played
每天都有无数剧目被砍，百老汇却有一个接一个的演出
He stayed away
他远离了这些
He struggled but in an odd way
他的努力在我们眼中有点奇怪
Inside, he was longing to build a better Broadway
他心中一直想着重建一个更好的百老汇
The brother was ready to cut, cleaning a Sweeney Todd way
这个大兄弟蓄势待发，要像陶德那样带着刀开辟条新路
His first hurricane came
他生命中第一场风暴来到了
And In the Heights the name
名为“身在高地”
Our man wrote his future hit sitting on a train
我们的男主角在火车上写出了日后大火的曲目
Put a pencil to his temple and stuck it into his brain
耳边别着铅笔，一插就进了大脑
And he wrote his first refrain
就这么写出了他的第一首副歌
While hollering out in pain
同时发出惨烈的尖叫
Well the word got around; they say this kid is insane man
消息散播得很快；人说这个新人不可小觑
On closer inspection he`s a salsa hip-hop main man
细看他却是一个会跳莎莎舞还会说唱的主
Broadway`s been less crappy since the happy day you came
他降临的那天，拯救了下沉的百老汇
And the world is gonna know your name
你将举世闻名
What's your game man?
搞什么名堂呢，朋友？
Lin Manuel as Hamilton
“林漫威出演汉密尔顿”
That`s me, I`m Lin Manuel as Hamilton
“对啦，是我，我是林漫威，饰演汉密尔顿
And there`s a million songs I haven't trashed
还有成千上万首歌还没被我摧残
But just you wait, just you wait
但你等着，你等着，总会等到的”
When he was ten, he saw Camelot, it was hot but laden
十岁时他去看了《卡美洛》，那是一种沉重的热烈情怀
Ten years later saw Spamalot and when Broadway was heading half-dead
再过十年他看到了《火腿骑士》，这时百老汇正走向僵化
But the camp so thick, it looked sick
人工炮制的艺术到处都是，用病态污染了环境
He swore he would fix it but it wasn`t so quick
他立誓作出改变，但这不是挥挥魔法棒（fix-it）就能完成的
He saw Little Mermaid; it made him think of suicide
他去看了《小美人鱼》，看完就好想自杀
Disney was nothing but goo inside, he felt blue inside
迪士尼的内里一片空虚，有的全是粘稠造作的垃圾，他感觉人生好难（蓝）
A voice saying, you gotta rap for yourself
一个声音说，你要为自己，RAP
He started snapping and rapping every record on the shelf
他就暴躁地打碎架子上每一张唱片然后开始说唱
Then he started taping and making mixes quite astute
开始制作录音作品，做了一些眼光敏锐的混录
After he read a book of great repute about the Constitution
接着看了一部广受称赞的讲宪法的书
Started working, perking a hip-hop mix-tape
开始奋力工作，一张说唱混音带即将诞生
He mixed up history and himself and now he can`t escape
他把历史和个人体验糅合在一起，他自己也沉迷于此
He`s half history book, half error gone-by on
他曾是历史教科书和本应在时空中消逝的错误
Now, he`s the future, he`s a theater icon
现在他是未来，是戏剧界的新星
He`s half Hamilton, half a can of cold spam
他是半个汉密尔顿了，半盒冷掉的午餐肉
But in New York he can be a real ham
把他带到纽约还有救，他会变成真正的火腿汉姆的！
In New York you can be a real ham (Just you wait)
在纽约你会变成真的火腿（等着瞧）
Or you can be a can of cold spam (Just you wait)
或者你就是半盒冷午餐肉（等着瞧）
It`s your choice, Hamilton, Hamlet, or ham
你来定，是汉密尔顿，汉姆雷特，还是火腿汉姆？
In New York-
纽约——
Just you wait-
你等着瞧——
Lin-Manuel as Hamilton
林漫威出演汉密尔顿
He`s the ham in Spamilton
他就是《火腿密尔顿》里的汉姆火腿
Fame is waiting in the wings for you!
名利正向你挥舞腾风的双翼！
You may have left town
你可能已经远离中心了
You must have needed some down time
你一定需要点独处的时间
You left the show as Hamilton
你离开这部剧时还是汉密尔顿
You left the show as Hamilton
你离开这部剧时还是汉密尔顿
But Spamilton clings to you
但你永远甩不掉《火腿密尔顿》的
Do you know we misquote your name?
你知道我们叫错了你的名字吗？
Do you know we rewrote your fame?
你知道我们篡改了你的名声吗？
Your score will never be the same-
你的原声带永远带着我们篡改的印迹
The tiny doll we got from prop is coming can you spot`em
我们把道具里的小娃娃拿上来了 你们能看见吗
Forgive the flimsy plastic bone; our budget is at the bottom
原谅它的塑料质感，穷剧组预算实在不够
The Barbie Lin-Manuel just failed!
林·曼尼·芭比失败了！
Thanks God! Somebody caught him!
谢天谢地！有人接住他了
Me? I save his ass!
我？我救了这个蠢货
Me? I give him sass!
我？我教他说骚话
Me? I`m full of cast!
我？我的卡司最多了
Me? I`m the damn fool who slays`em.
我？我就是那个毙掉这群人的傻X
Me? I`m the damn fool who plays him!
我？我就是那个玩弄他的傻X
There`s a dozen songs we haven`t trashed, but just you wait!
敬请期待我们来改编剩下的十几首歌吧！
Who is buffoon, man?
这里谁是小丑啊？
Lin-Manuel as Hamilton!
林漫威，或者是汉密尔顿！
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