This ambition ballad is a song from the hip-hop musical Hamilton, which tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The soliloquy, which is sung by the show's villain Aaron Burr midway through the first act of the show, explores his unyielding determination in the face of Hamilton's rise to power. Burr believes his time to shine will come soon.
The show's creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, had the idea for the song's "Wait For It" chorus while taking the subway to a friend's party. He recalled to The New Yorker: "I sang the melody into the iPhone, then I went to the guy's party for 15 minutes, and wrote the rest of the song on the train back home."
Leslie Odom, Jr. played Aaron Barr in the original Broadway production of Hamilton. He won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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