I can tell what you're all thinking: "'Hamilton'? The hip-hop musical about the man who created the American economic system as we know it? The one about one of the foremost Founding Fathers of the United States of America and the first Secretary of the Treasury? Powerful?"

Just trust me on this one.

I have noticed that this musical resonates most specifically with college students, and I believe this to be because of its themes of strife, struggle, and perseverance, along with its memorable lyrics created to be catchy and haunting.

Once you get past its witty one-liners and whimsical dialogue (although why would you ever want to get past those?),"Hamilton" packs an emotional punch wrapped up inside puns about, praise for, and digs at the one and only...

9. "I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry, and I’m not throwing away my shot." (My Shot)

"My Shot" is the third song in the first act of the musical, sung by Lin-Manuel Miranda (fun fact: Miranda also wrote the plot, music, and lyrics for "Hamilton"!) as Alexander Hamilton and used to set Hamilton up as a, well, "young and scrappy" man.

8. "Let me tell you what I wish I’d known when I was young and dreamed of glory, you have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" (Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story)

This song is the last of the musical, used to reflect back on the events and actions taken during the course of "Hamilton".

7. "There are moments that the words don’t reach, there is a grace too powerful to name. We push away what we can never understand, we push away the unimaginable." (It’s Quiet Uptown)

During this song, the Hamiltons (Alexander and his wife, Eliza) are mourning the death of their son, Philip. *cries*

6. "Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." (The World Was Wide Enough)

I mostly picked this line because it's one that really makes you stop and think; none of the Founding Fathers would have ever believed how far America has come as a country, complete thanks to them for creating it.

5. "My father wasn’t around, I swear that I’ll be around for you." (Dear Theodosia)

This song is meant to show the similarities between Aaron Burr and Hamilton -- from their shared backgrounds as orphans and the fact that they both had children quickly after the end of the Revolutionary War. They were a lot more alike than either of them would have admitted.

4. "Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now." (The Schuyler Sisters)

And we are, aren't we?

3. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. And when I meet Thomas Jefferson… I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!" (The Schuyler Sisters)

YASSS. WERK, ANGELICA. Fun fact: Angelica Church (née Schuyler) did, in fact, meet Thomas Jefferson, and they ended up becoming close friends.

2. "I am the one thing in life I can control, I am inimitable, I am an original." (Wait For It)

OH MY GOODNESS. This line gives me chills every single time I hear it. Leslie Odom Jr. sings this song as Aaron Burr, essentially telling himself to, in the words of Lin Manuel Miranda himself, "wait for it". Miranda states, "I think we’ve all had moments where we’ve seen friends and colleagues zoom past us, either to success, or to marriage, or to homeownership, while we lingered where we were—broke, single, jobless," and this is where Burr is himself, watching everyone around him rise to fame, leaving him in the dust.

1. "Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes, and we keep living anyway." (Wait For It)

Okay, so "Wait For It" is just one of those songs that moves you (read: me) to tears pretty much every time you (read: me) listen to it. Rightfully so, too; with its fast-paced, emotional melodies, this song isn't one you're soon likely to forget.