After Alexander Hamilton moves to New York, he searches for a thing to be a part of. He soon joins the movement for United States independence where he meets some of the characters in the play and Hamilton’s real friends. It finishes with the call to “Rise Up!” against the British regime.

Miranda said he spent 2009 writing this song:

HAYES: This is what’s fascinating to me. What does it mean, spending a year writing a song?

MIRANDA: It means… Hamilton’s so much smarter than me. This is the song where Hamilton comes into the room and blows everyone away with the strength of his oratory. So every couplet has to be amazing.

He has also released an early demo version.