The Decemberists
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & Joyner Lucas & Royce da 5'9"
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Ben Platt & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Arianna Afsar & Julia Harriman & Lexi Lawson & Rachelle Ann Go & Shoba Narayan
The Regrettes
Mobb Deep
Andra Day
Ibeyi
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zion & Lennox, De La Ghetto, Ivy Queen, Pj Sin Suela & Lucecita Benitez
Sara Bareilles
John Kander & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Christopher Jackson & Barack Obama & BeBe Winans
This song describes the festivities and celebrations for Hamilton following New York’s ratification of the Constitution. As the supervisor and main contributor (he wrote the other fifty-one!) of the Federalist Papers, Hamilton was considered the reason New Yorkers voted to ratify. In the song, Hamil...
[Intro]
So they’re cheering for me now
In the streets, hear them cheering for me now
Right up Broadway, they’re cheering for me now
And one day, all the enemies I’ve made might hold their own parade
But not today
[Verse 1]
I came here with nothing
Like hundreds before me
And millions behind me
You know you can find me in New York
Where everyone’s different
But share the same island
Polluted and loud
But you’re safe in the crowd
Here in New York
[Bridge]
Today it’s my city
Tomorrow, who knows?
Today we’re a country
Let’s see how that goes
[Verse 2]
Upstate doesn’t trust us
They’re safe in their sameness
They’re scared of what’s strange
But each corner means change
Here in New York
Where else can you wander
And hear every language
We fight like a marriage
Then share the same carriage
We suffer the weather
We bind and we tether
This nation together
[Verse 3]
I’m just getting started
And time’s of the essence
I can’t say I’ve made it
But I’d never trade it
They’ve thrown a parade
Ha!
In my New York
[Outro]
Cheering for me now
Can you hear them cheering for me now?
Cheering for Me Now was written by John Kander & Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Cheering for Me Now was produced by Alex Lacamoire.
John Kander & Lin-Manuel Miranda released Cheering for Me Now on Tue Nov 20 2018.
“Chronologically, it goes right in the middle of Nonstop, after the Federalist Papers, when NY adopts the constitution. Which is why it could never be in the show. It’s an alternate timeline Act One closer.” – Lin via twitter