Am not throwing away my shot i am not throwing away my shot hey yo, i’m just like my country i’m young, scrappy and hungry and i’m not throwing away my shot i’m ‘a get a scholarship to king’s college i prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, i amaze and astonish the problem is i got a lot of brains but no polish i gotta holler just to be heard with every word, i drop knowledge i’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal tryin’ to reach my goal my power of speech, unimpeachable only nineteen but my mind is older these new york city streets get colder, i shoulder what song is this from hamilton