My Shot Song

• 'My Shot' is the third song from Act 1 of the musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.
• When I fight, I make the other side panicky With my, shot Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants I'm gonna take a shot But we'll never be truly free Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me You and I.

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'My Shot' is the third song from Act 1 of the musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.

Synopsis[edit]

Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz & Nate Ruess) - Rise Up Remix - song by The Roots, Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, Nate Ruess Spotify Oooops, something went wrong. Check out My Shot Explicit by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. ' Thats my shot ' is a a term that means that you are really good or a natural talent. It can also mean a song or an activity that you enjoy. ' Hey that food came out good '. Yeah, thats my shot.

Alexander Hamilton wows several other young revolutionaries with his verbal skills, speaking about his hopes for the future, his disillusionment with the British and his desire to be remembered, even if it means dying. 'I am not throwin' away my shot' is used almost entirely throughout the song.

The other revolutionaries in the song, who rap about their own hopes for and reservations about the future, are:

• Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who does not want to live under a monarch's rule. He mentions his fighting abilities and the possibility of a revolution in France, after Alexander hints at the imminent American revolution.
• Hercules Mulligan, a tailor's apprentice who wants to socially advance by joining the revolution.
• John Laurens, an abolitionist who will not be satisfied until all men have equal rights. He dreams of riding into battle with America's first all-black regiment.
• Aaron Burr, who reminds all of the men to keep quiet because loyalists may be among them ('You've got to be carefully taught. If you talk, you're gonna get shot.').^[2] Despite Burr's warnings, the men continue rapping about the rebellion and encouraging other Americans to rise up with them against the British, while Burr remains silent.

The number contains interpolations of lyrics from the rap songs 'Shook Ones (Part II)' by Mobb Deep and 'Going Back to Cali' by The Notorious B.I.G.. It also contains a lyric from You've Got to Be Carefully Taught, from South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein. These sources are credited in the credits of the 2020 filmed version Hamilton.

Analysis[edit]

Vibe described the backing as 'reminiscent of the '90s'.^[3] The tune is reprised during the songs 'Right Hand Man', 'Yorktown',^[3] and 'Non-Stop'.^[4]The Los Angeles Times said the song had 'Eminem combustion'.^[5]Vulture said the song was reminiscent of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself'.^[6]

TapInto notes that this song becomes ironic by the end of the musical because Hamilton does, indeed, throw away his shot in the fatal duel with Aaron Burr.^[7]Deadline notes that 'I am not throwing away my shot' becomes Hamilton's mantra.^[8]

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Critical reception[edit]

TapInto deemed it a 'ferocious song'.^[7]The Huffington Post suggested the song would make a good opening number to the musical.^[9]

Popular culture[edit]

The song was one of many performed at the White House in March 2016.

A parody of the song^[10] was performed by Miranda as his opening monologue^[11] on the October 8, 2016, episode of Saturday Night Live.

The song was parodied and performed by The Roots during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon's 'Football Raps' segment on August 3, 2017.

Certifications[edit]

Mixtape version[edit]

'My Shot (Rise Up Remix)' is a song recorded by The Roots featuring Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, and Nate Ruess from The Hamilton Mixtape. The song peaked at number 16 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart.^[13] It was featured in the credits of the filmed version of the musical on Disney+.

References[edit]

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1. ^https://lumiere-a.akamaihf.net/v1/documents/hamilton_credits_51acd41a.pdf
2. ^'Geniuses, lower your voices / You keep out of trouble and you double your choices'. Genius. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
3. ^ ^ab'Going H.A.M.: A Track-By-Track Review Of The 'Hamilton' Soundtrack'. Vibe.
4. ^'I am not throwin' away my shot'. Genius. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
5. ^Los Angeles Times (4 November 2015). 'Review: 'Hamilton' is a watershed musical that sets a Founding Father's tale to hip-hop - LA Times'. latimes.com.
6. ^'Talib Kweli Analyzes Hamilton -- Vulture'. Vulture.
7. ^ ^ab'The Mommy's Review - In the Room Where Hamilton Happens'. TAPinto.
8. ^Jeremy Gerard. ''Hamilton' Opens On Broadway, Bigger And Better Than Ever: Review - Deadline'. Deadline Hollywood.
9. ^'I Have an Opinion on Every Song in 'Hamilton''. The Huffington Post. 1 October 2015.
10. ^Robbins, Caryn. 'Check Out Full Lyrics to Lin-Manuel Miranda's SNL 'My Shot' Remix!'. BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
11. ^'Lin-Manuel Miranda Monologue - SNL'. NBC Saturday Night Live's YouTube channel. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
12. ^'British single certifications – Miranda/Ramos/Diggs/Onaodowan – My Shot'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
13. ^'R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales: November 11, 2016'. Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2019.

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