Standards
Leslie Odom Jr.
3:29Theodosia writes me a letter every day, day I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away, way He's on the British side in Georgia He's trying to keep the colonies inline Well he can keep all of Georgia Theodosia, she's mine Love doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints It takes and it takes We keep loving anyway We laugh and we cry and we If there's a reason I'm by her side When so many have tried Then I'm willing to wait for it I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher But there are things that the Homilies and hymns won't teach ya, teach ya My mother was a genius My father commanded respect, respect When they died they left no instructions Just a legacy to protect Death doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints And we keep living anyway We rise and we fall If there's a reason I'm still alive When everyone who loves me has died I'm willing to wait for it I'm willing to wait for it Gonna wait for it I am the one thing in life I can control I am inimitable I am an original I'm not falling behind or running late I'm not standing still I am lying in wait Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb He has something to prove He has nothing to lose Hamilton's pace is relentless He wastes no time Oh what is it like in his shoes? Hamilton doesn't hesitate He exhibits no restraint He takes and he takes and he takes And he keeps winning anyway He changes the game He plays and he raises the stakes And if there's a reason He seems to thrive when so few survive, then goddamnit I'm willing to wait for it I'm willing to wait for it Life doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints And we keep living anyway We rise and we fall And if there's a reason I'm still alive When so many have died I'm willin' to- Yeah I'm going to wait for it I'm going to wait for it