01I am not throwing away my shot!↗02I am not throwing away my shot!↗03Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗04I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗05And I'm not throwing away my shot!↗06I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College↗07I probroly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish↗08The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish↗09I gotta holler just to be heard↗10With every word, I drop knowledge!↗11I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal↗12Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable↗13Only nineteen but my mind is older↗14These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder↗15Every burden, every disadvantage↗16I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish↗17I walk these streets famished↗18The plan is to fan this spark into a flame↗19But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name↗20I am the—↗21A-L-E-X-A-N-D↗22E-R—we are—meant to be…↗23A colony that runs independently↗24Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly↗25Essentially, they tax us relentlessly↗26Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree↗27He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free↗28So there will be a revolution in this century↗29Enter me!↗30(He says in parentheses)↗31Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me↗32I will lay down my life if it sets us free↗33Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy↗34And I am not throwing away↗35My shot↗36I am not throwing away↗37My shot↗38Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗39I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗40And I'm not throwing away my shot↗41I am not throwing away my shot!↗42I am not throwing away my shot!↗43Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗44I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗45And I'm not throwing away my shot!↗46It's time to take a shot!↗47I dream of life without a monarchy↗48The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?↗49'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?'“↗50When I fight, I make the other side panicky↗51With my—↗52Shot!↗53Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice↗54And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis↗55I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance↗56To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!↗57I'm gonna take a—↗58Shot!↗59And but we'll never be truly free↗60Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me↗61You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sallying↗62On a stallion with the first black battalion↗63Have another—↗64Shot!↗65Geniuses, lower your voices↗66You keep out of trouble and you double your choices↗67I'm with you, but the situation is fraught↗68You've got to be carefully taught:↗69If you talk, you're gonna get shot!↗70Burr, check what we got↗71Mr Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot↗72I think your pants look hot↗73Laurens, I like you a lot↗74Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot...↗75What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot↗76Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not↗77A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?↗78Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!↗79Oh, am I talkin' too loud?↗80Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth↗81I never had a group of friends before↗82I promise that I'll make y'all proud↗83Let's get this guy in front of a crowd↗84I am not throwing away my shot!↗85I am not throwing away my shot!↗86Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗87I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗88And I'm not throwing away my shot!↗89I am not throwing away my shot!↗90I am not throwing away my shot!↗91Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗92I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗93And I'm not throwing away my shot!↗94Ev'rybody sing:↗95Whoa, whoa, whoa↗96Hey!↗97Whoa!↗98Wooh!!↗99Whoa!↗100Shou(ld) let 'em hear ya!↗101Let's go!↗102I said shout it to the rooftops!↗103Said, to the rooftops!↗104Come on!↗105Come on, let's go!↗106Rise up!↗107When you're living on your knees, you rise up↗108Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up↗109Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up↗110When are these colonies gonna rise up?↗111When are these colonies gonna rise up?↗112When are these colonies gonna rise up?↗113When are these colonies gonna rise up?↗114Rise up!↗115I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory↗116When's it gonna get me?↗117In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?↗118If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?↗119Is it like a beat without a melody?↗120See, I never thought I'd live past twenty↗121Where I come from some get half as many↗122Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask↗123We have to make this moment last, that's plenty↗124Scratch that↗125This is not a moment, it's the movement↗126Where all the hungriest brothers with↗127Something to prove went?↗128Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand↗129We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land↗130And? If we win our independence?↗131Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?↗132Or will the blood we shed begin an endless↗133Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?↗134I know the action in the street is exciting↗135But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin↗136I've been readin' 'n writin↗137We need to handle our financial situation↗138Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?↗139I'm past patiently waitin'. I'm passionately↗140Smashin' every expectation↗141Every action's an act of creation!↗142I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow↗143For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow↗144I am not throwing away my shot!↗145I am not throwing away my shot!↗146Hey yo, I'm just like my country↗147I'm young, scrappy and hungry↗148And I'm not throwing away my shot!↗149We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!↗150We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!↗151We're gonna↗152Time to take a shot!↗153Time to take a shot!↗154Time to take a shot!↗155Take a shot!↗156Shot!↗157Shot!↗158A-yo it's↗159Time to take a shot!↗160Time to take a shot!↗161And I am—↗162Not throwin' away my—↗163Not throwin' away my shot!——↗ ＋ 写一段解读称呼（可选）你的歌词解读无需登录，内容审核后公开。请勿留下联系方式。提交解读 一起聊聊0 条主评论 第一段感受，也许就来自你。 可以直接提交评论与回复。启用 JavaScript 后，可收起回复或每次查看更多 10 条；以下链接可翻阅主评论。 称呼（可选）分享你的理解与感受无需登录，内容审核后公开。请勿留下联系方式。提交评论 ↗