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<p>"<strong>Satisfied</strong>" is the eleventh song from Act 1 of the musical&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hamilton</em></a>, based on the life of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Hamilton</a>, which premiered on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadway</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2015</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a>&nbsp;wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song is sung by the character&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Schuyler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angelica Schuyler</a>, originally performed by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Elise_Goldsberry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Renée Elise Goldsberry</a>.</p><p>On Twitter,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a>&nbsp;posted a real letter from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Schuyler_Church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angelica</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Hamilton</a>&nbsp;that inspired the song's lyrics: "You are happy my dear friend to find consolation in 'words &amp; thoughts.' I cannot be so easily satisfied."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfied_(Hamilton_song)#cite_note-mic-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a>&nbsp;Miranda told&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em></a><em>,</em>&nbsp;"The lyrics...are some of the most intricate I've ever written. I can't even rap them, but&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Elise_Goldsberry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Renée Elise Goldsberry</a>, who plays Angelica — that's her conversational speed. That's how fast she thinks. You really get the sense that Angelica's the smartest person in the room, and she reads Hamilton within a moment of meeting him."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfied_(Hamilton_song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><p>"Satisfied" begins with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Schuyler_Church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angelica Schuyler</a>'s wedding toast for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Hamilton</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Schuyler_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eliza</a>&nbsp;(her sister), then proceeds to rewind and retell the events of the previous song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpless_(Hamilton_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helpless</a>," from her own perspective. She, who in "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Schuyler_Sisters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Schuyler Sisters</a>" had declared was looking for a "mind at work", has now found it in Hamilton yet is forced to give it up for the sake of her sister who she ‘Knows like Angelica's own mind’.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfied_(Hamilton_song)#cite_note-huffingtonpost.com-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a>&nbsp;<em>On Stage</em>&nbsp;explains: "in a truly inspired piece of staging that literally made my jaw drop, the scene rewinds around Angelica before your eyes, taking us back to the beginning of 'Helpless'—except now we're seeing that fateful first meeting of the Schuyler sisters and Hamilton from Angelica's point of view."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfied_(Hamilton_song)#cite_note-onstageblog.com-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p>