In The Heights Album Lyrics

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In The Heights

(Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Corey Hawkins, Gregory Diaz IV, Melissa Barrera)

Lights up on Washington Heights, up at the break of day
I wake up and I got this little punk I gotta chase away
Pop the grate at the crack of dawn
Sing while I wipe down the awning
Hey y'all, good morning

Ice cold piragua, parcha, china
Cherry, strawberry, and just for today, I got mamey!
(Oye, piragüero, ¿cómo 'tá'?)
Como siempre, Señor Usnavi

I am Usnavi and you prob'ly never heard my name
Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated
Exacerbated by the fact that my syntax
Is highly complicated 'cause I immigrated
From the single greatest little place in the Caribbean
Dominican Republic! I love it!
Jesus, I'm jealous of it, and beyond that
Ever since my folks passed on, I haven't gone back
Goddamn, I gotta get on that
¡Fo!
The milk has gone bad, hold up just a second
Why is everything in this fridge warm and tepid?
I better step it up and fight the heat
'Cause I'm not makin' any profit if the coffee isn't light and sweet!

(Ooo-oo!)
Abuela, my fridge broke
I got café but no con leche
Ay Dios
Try my mother's old recipe
One can of condensed milk
Nice
Oh wait, your lottery ticket
Paciencia y fe

That was Abuela, she's not really my "Abuela"
But she practically raised me, this corner is her escuela
Now, you're prob'ly thinkin: "I'm up shit's creek!
I've never been north of Ninety-Sixth Street!"
Well, you must take the A Train
Even farther than Harlem to northern Manhattan and maintain
Get off at 181st, and take the escalator
I hope you're writing this down, I'm gonna test ya later
I'm getting tested times are tough on this bodega
Two months ago somebody bought Ortega's
Our neighbors started packin' up and pickin' up
And ever since the rents went up
It's gotten mad expensive, but we live with just enough

In the Heights
I flip the lights and start my day
There are fights
And endless debts
And bills to pay

In the Heights
I can't survive without café
I serve café
'Cause tonight seems like a million years away!
En Washington

Next up, ding, Kevin Rosario
He runs the cab company, he struggles in the barrio
See, his daughter Nina's off at college, tuition is mad steep
So he can't sleep everything he gets is mad cheap

Good morning, Usnavi!
¡Pan caliente, café con leche!
Put twenty dollars on today's lottery
Okay, must be a lucky day
Gotta be

Oh my God, you're so excited
My Nina flew in at 3 A.M. last night!
Sweet, Abuela's been cooking all week!
Come by when I see you this weekend
Are we gonna eat?

So then Yesenia walks in the room
(Aha)
She smells sex and cheap perfume
(Oh no)
It smells like one of those trees
That you hang from the rear view!
(¡Ay, no!)

It's true!
She screams, "Who's in there with you, Julio?"
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door
He's in bed with José from the liquor store!

¡No me diga!

The salon ladies
Thanks, Usnavi!

Sonny
You're late

Chillax, you know you love me

Me and my cousin runnin'
Just another dime-a-dozen mom-and-pop stop-and-shop
And, oh my god, it's gotten too darn hot
Like my man Cole Porter said
People come through for a few cold waters and
A lottery ticket, just a part of the routine
Everybody's got a job, everybody's got a dream
They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk
The first stop as people hop to work
Bust it I'm like:
"One dollar, two dollars, one fifty, one sixty-nine
I got it, you want a box of condoms? What kind?
That's two quarters, two quarter waters
The New York Times
You need a bag for that? The tax is added"
Once you get some practice at it
You do rapid mathematics automatically
Sellin' maxi-pads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs, practically
Everybody's stressed, yes!
But they press through the mess
Bounce checks and wonder what's next

In the heights
I buy my coffee and I go
(I buy my coffee and I go)
Set my sights
On only what I need to know
(What I need to know)

In the heights
Money is tight
But even so
(Even so)
When the lights go down I blast my radio!

You ain't got no skills!
(Benny!)
Yo, lemme get a
(Milky Way)
Yup, and lemme also get a
(Daily News)
And a (Post)
And the most important, my
Boss' second coffee, one cream
Five sugars!
I'm the number one earner (What?!)
The fastest learner (What?!)
My boss can't keep me on the damn back burner!
(Yes, he can)
I'm makin' moves, I'm makin' deals, but guess what?
(What?)
You still ain't got no skills!
(Hardee-har)
Yo, Vanessa show up yet?
(Shut up!)
Hey little homie, don't get so upset
(Man)
Tell Vanessa how you feel, buy the girl a meal
On the real, or
You ain't got no skills

No!
No no no!
No no no, no-no-no!
No, no-no-no!
No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no!
Mr. Johnson, I got the security deposit
It's locked in a box in the bottom of my closet
It's not reflected in my bank statement
But I've been savin' to make a down payment and pay rent
No, no, I won't let you down
(Yo, here's your chance ask her out right now!)
I'll see you later, we can look at that lease!
(Yo, do somethin', make your move, don't freeze!)
(Hey!)

You owe me a bottle of cold champagne!
Are you moving?
Just a little credit check and I'm on that downtown train!
Well, your coffee's on the house
Okay!
Usnavi, ask her out
No way!
I'll see you later, so

Yo, smooth operator, aw, damn, there she goes!
Yo, bro, take five, take a walk outside!
You look exhausted, lost, don't let life slide!
The whole hood is struggling, times is tight
And you're stuck to this corner like a streetlight!

Yeah, I'm a streetlight, chokin' on the heat
The world spins around while I'm frozen to my seat
The people that I know all keep on rollin' down the street
But every day is different so I'm switchin' up the beat

'Cause my parents came with nothing, they got a little more
And sure, we're poor, but yo, at least we got the store
And it's all about the legacy they left with me, it's destiny
And one day I'll be on a beach with Sonny writing checks to me

In the Heights, I hang my flag up on display
We came to work and to live and we got a lot in common
It reminds me that I came from miles away
D.R., P.R., we are not stoppin'

In the Heights
Every day, paciencia y fe (ooh)
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options

In the Heights
I've got today!
And today's all we got, so we cannot stop
This is our block!

In the Heights
I hang my flag up on display
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le
It reminds me that I came from miles away
My family came from miles away

In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day!
Every day!
And tonight is so far away

But as for mañana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchin' (in the Heights)
You'll see the late nights
You'll taste beans and rice (in the Heights)
The syrups and shaved ice
I ain't gonna say it twice (in the Heights)
So turn up the street lights (ah)
We're takin' a flight
To a couple of days
In the life of what it's like
En Washington Heights!

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Benny's Dispatch

(Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace)

Check one, two, three
Check one, two, three
This is Benny on the dispatch, yo
Atención, yo, attention
It's Benny, and I'd like to mention
I'm on the microphone this mornin'
Honk ya horn if you want it

Okay, we got traffic on the west side
Get off at 79th and take the left side
Of Riverside Drive and you might slide
West End's ya best friend if you catch the lights
And don't take the Deegan
Big Papi is in town this weekend
Sorry, Dominicans, take Route 87
You ain't gettin' back in again

Hold up a minute!
Benny, hey
Nina, you're home today!
Any sign
Of your dad? He's on his way
Anyway
It's good to see your face
Anytime
Hold up a minute, wait!
You used to run this dispatch, right?
Once or twice

Well check the technique, yo!
There's a traffic accident
I have to mention at the intersection
Of 10th Ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center
And check it, don't get stuck in the rubber-neckin'
On 192nd, there's a double-decker bus wreck
Now listen up, we got a special guest! (Benny)
Live and direct from a year out west (Benny)
Welcome her back, 'cause she looks mad stressed
Nina Rosario, the barrio's best

Woo!
Honk your horns
She's smiling
Say hello, say hello!

Hello (woo, let's go!)
Good morning
I ought to let you work
Thanks for the welcome wagon

Anytime, anytime, Nina
Wait here with me
It's gettin' hot outside
Turn up the AC
Stay here with me

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Breathe

(Leslie Grace)

(feat. Ruben Blades and Doreen Montalvo)

Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
Respira (breathe)

Y si pierdes mis huellas que Dios te bendiga
Respira

This is my street
I smile at the faces
I've known all my life
They regard me with pride
And everyone's sweet
They say, "You're going places"
So how can I say that, while I was away
I had so much to hide?
"Hey guys, it's me
The biggest disappointment you know"
The kid couldn't hack it
She's back and she's walkin' real slow

Welcome home
Just breathe

Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
Respira
Just breathe
Y si pierdes mis huellas que Dios te bendiga
Respira

As the radio plays old forgotten boleros
I think of the days when this city was mine
I remember the praise

"Ay, te adoro, te quiero" (te adoro)
The neighborhood waved
And said, "Nina, be brave (te quiero)
And you're gonna be fine!" (Respira)
And maybe it's me (respira)
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
So what do I say to these faces that I used to know?
"Hey, I'm home?"

Mira, Nina (hey)
No me preocupo por ella
They're not worried about me
Mira, allí está nuestra estrella
They are all counting on me to succeed
Ella sí da la talla

I am the one who made it out (ah)
The one who always made the grade
But maybe I should have just stayed home (mira, Nina)
When I was a child I stayed wide awake
Climbed to the highest place
On every fire escape
Restless to climb (respira)
I got every scholarship
Saved every dollar
The first to go to college
How do I tell them why (respira)
I'm coming back home?
With my eyes on the horizon
Just me and the GWB
Asking, "Gee Nina, what'll you be?"

Straighten the spine
Smile for the neighbors
Everything's fine
Everything's cool
The standard reply, "Lots of tests, lots of papers"
Smile, wave goodbye and pray to the sky, oh, God
How do I dare to say? (Nina)
Can I go in there and say (Nina)
"I know that I'm letting you down?"

(Nina)

Just breathe

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No Me Diga

(Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera)

Gorgeous!
¡Linda!
Tell me something I don't know!
¡Vieja!
¡Sucia!
¡Cabrona!
Tell me something I don't know!
A little off the top!
A little on the side!
A little bit of news you've heard around the barrio
Tell me something I don't know!

Bueno
You didn't hear this from me!
But some little birdie told me
Usnavi had sex with Yolanda!

¡No me diga!

¡Ay, no!
He'd never go out with a skank like that!
Please, tell me you're joking!

Okay!
Just wanted to see what you'd say! (Jaja)

(¡Ay, pero tú si eres mala!)

Tell me something I don't know!
Mmm-hmm-mmm
(What? I don't care!)
¡Ay, bendito!

So, Nina, I hear you been talking to Benny
And what do you hear?
I hear plenty!
They say he's got quite a big taxi!

¡No me diga!

Okay
I don't wanna know where you heard all that!
I don't think I know what you mean (¡Carla!)
He's packing a stretch limousine

Tell me something I don't know!
Long as he keeps it clean (oh, God)
¡Ay dios mío!

Nina, seriously, we knew you'd be the one to make it out
I'll bet you impressed them all out west
You were always the best, no doubt!

We want front row seats to your graduation
They'll call your name
And we'll scream and shout! (Woo)

Guys!
I dropped out

¡¿No me diga?!

I should go

Well, that's a shitty piece of news
What the hell happened?

I don't know
I don't know
I don't know

Tell me something I don't know!

¿Qué sé yo?

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It Won't Be Long Now

(Melissa Barrera Anthony Ramos Gregory Diaz IV)

[VANESSA:]
The elevated train by my window
Doesn't faze me anymore
The rattling screams don't disrupt my dreams
It's a lullaby, in its way
The elevated train drives everyone insane
But I don't mind, oh no
When I bring back boys they can't tolerate the noise
And that's okay, 'cause I never let them stay
And one day, I'm hoppin' that elevated train and I'm riding away!
It won't be long now!

The boys around the way holler at me when I'm walking down the street
Their machismo pride doesn't break my stride...
It's a compliment, so they say
The boys around the way holler at me every day but I don't mind, oh no
If I'm in the mood, it will not be with some dude
Who is whistling 'cause he has nothing to say
Or who's honking at me from his Chevrolet!
And one day... I'm hoppin' in a limousine and I'm driving away!
It won't be long now!

Ay, Usnavi, help! SOS!

[USNAVI:]
Good morning, Vanessa!
If it isn't the loveliest girl in the place...

[VANESSA:]
You've got some schmutz on your face

[SONNY:]
Good morning!

[SONNY/USNAVI:]
Good morning!

[USNAVI:]
Vanessa!

[SONNY:]
Vanessa!

[USNAVI/SONNY:]
Vanessa!

[DANIELA:]
VANESSSSSAAAAAA! I'm thirsty, coño!

[VANESSA:]
Can I get a Pepsi and some packing tape?

[SONNY:]
Uh, my cousin over there with his tongue hanging out, has been meaning to ask you...

[VANESSA:]
Yes?

[SONNY:]
What a lady such as yourself might be doing tonight?

[VANESSA:]
Does your cousin dance?

[SONNY:]
Like a drunk Chita Rivera.

[VANESSA:]
Okay.. After Nina's dinner, we can hit a few clubs and check out the fireworks...

[USNAVI:]
Oh snap! Who's that?
Don't touch me, I'm too hot! Yes!
Qué pasó? Here I go!
So dope! Y tu lo sabes!
No pare

[SONNY/USNAVI:]
Sigue sigue!

[USNAVI:]
Did you see me?

[SONNY/USNAVI:]
Freaky freakit!

[USNAVI:]
What a way to begin the weekend
Sonny, anything you want is free, man!
And my dearly beloved Dominican Republic
I haven't forgotten

[SONNY/USNAVI:]
You!

[USNAVI:]
Gonna see this honey, make a little money
And one day I'll hop Jet

[SONNY/USNAVI:]
Blue!

[USNAVI:]
But until that fateful day, I'm grateful
I got a destination
I'm runnin' to make it home
And home's what Vanessa's runnin' away from!
I'm runnin' to make it home
And home's what Vanessa's runnin' away from...

[VANESSA:]
The neighborhood salon is the place I am working for the moment
As I cut their hair, ladies talk and share...
Every day, who's doin' who and why...
The neighborhood salon doesn't pay me what I wanna be making but I don't mind
As I sweep the curb I can hear those turbo engines blazing a trail through the sky
I look up and think about the years gone by
But one day...I'm walkin' to JFK and I'm gonna fly!
It won't be long now!
Any day...

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96,000

(Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Gregory Diaz IV, Noah Catala, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Melissa Barrera)

Ninety-six thousand!
Damn!
Ninety-six thousand!
Dollars? Holler!
Ninety-six thousand!
That's a lotta spray cans
Ninety-six thousand!

Yo
If I won the lotto tomorrow
Well, I know I wouldn't bother goin' on no spendin' spree
I pick a business school and pay the entrance fee
And maybe if you're lucky, you'll stay friends with me
I'll be a businessman, richer than Nina's daddy
Tiger Woods and I on the links, and he's my caddy
My money's makin' money, I'm goin' from po' to mo' dough
Keep the bling, I want the brass ring, like Frodo!

Oh no, here goes Mr Braggadocio
Next thing you know, you're lying like Pinocchio
Yo, if you're scared of the bull, stay out the rodeo!
Yo, I got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobio

Ooh, you better stop rappin', you not ready
It's gonna get hot and heavy
And you already sweaty

Yo-yo-yo!

Yo, yo! I'm sorry was that an answer?
Shut up, go home and pull ya damn pants up! (Oh)
As for you, Mr Frodo of the Shire (What?)
Ninety-six G's ain't enough to retire
Oh come on, I have enough to knock your ass off its axis!
You'll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes

Ninety-six thousand!
¡Ay, alabanza!
Ninety-six thousand!
¡No me diga!
Ninety-six thousand!
I never win shit!
Ninety-six thousand!

For real, though
Imagine how it would feel goin' real slow
Down the highway of life with no regrets
And no breakin' your neck for respect or a paycheck
For real, though
I'll take a break from the wheel and we'll throw
The biggest block party, everybody here
A weekend where we can breathe, take it easy

Yo! Ma, it's me, check my tickets!

Check one two three
What would you do with ninety-six G's (Who me?)
I mean if it's just between you and me
Esa pregunta es tricky
I know!

With ninety-six G's
I'd start my life with a brand new lease
Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze
And a brand new weave!
Or maybe just bleach
Y'all are freaks

Yo, I'm just sayin'

It's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread?
Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross them off the list as you pursue 'em
And with those ninety-six
I know precisely what I'm doin'

What'chu doin'?

What'm I doin? What'm I doin?
It takes half of that cash
Just to save my ass from financial ruin
Sonny can keep the coffee brewin'
I'll spend a few on you
'Cause the only room with a view
Is a room with you in it
And I could give Abuela Claudia the rest of it
Just fly me down to Puerto Plata
I'll make the best of it!
You really love this business? (No!)
Tough, Merry Christmas
You're now the youngest tycoon in Washington Hiznits!

Yo! With ninety-six thousand, I'd finally fix housin'
Give the barrio computers and wireless web browsin'
Your kids are livin' without a good edjumication
Change the station, teach 'em about gentrification
The rent is escalatin' (what?!)
The rich are penetratin' (what?!)
We pay our corporations
When we should be demonstratin' (what?!)
What about immigration? (what?!)
Politicians be hatin' (what?!)
Racism in this nation's gone from latent to blatant (oh!)
I'll cash my ticket and picket, invest in protest
Never lose my focus till the city takes notice
And you know this man! I'll never sleep
Because the ghetto has a million promises for me to keep!
(Oh!)

You're so cute

I was just thinking off the top of my head

Ninety-six K
Go

If I win the lottery, you'll never see me again
Damn, we only jokin', stay broke then
I'll be downtown
Get a nice studio
Get out of the barrio
(For real, though) If I win the lottery
(Imagine how it would feel goin' real slow)
(Down the highway of life with no regrets)
You'll wonder where I've been
(And no breakin' your neck for respect or a paycheck)

I'll be downtown
See you around!
Once I win the lottery
You won't see a lot of me!
I'll be downtown
See you around!

Around!

Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa! (I'll be downtown)
Who-oaa!

Who-oaa! (we can pay all the debts we owe)
Who-oaa! (we can tell everyone we know)
Who-oaa! (I could get on a plane and go)
Who-oaa! (we'd be swimming in dough, yo)
Who-oaa! (no tip toein')
(We'll get the dough an')
(Once we get goin')
(We're never gonna)

Stop tip-toein'
We'll get the dough an'
Once we get goin'
We're never gonna

Ninety-six thousand (whoa!)
No more tip-toein' (whoa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)
We'll get the dough an'
Ninety-six thousand (whoa!)
Once we get goin' (whoa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)
Let the world know it (whoa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)
Ninety-six thousand (who-oaa!)

Ninety-six thousand
We'll get the dough 'n'
Once we get goin'
We're never gonna stop!

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Piragua

(Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Oh, ¡qué calor, qué calor, qué calor, qué calo-o-or!
Oh, piragua, piragua
New block of ice, piragua
Piragua, piragua
So sweet and nice, piragua

Tengo de mango
Tengo de parcha
De piña y de fresa
Tengo de china, de limón
De peso y de peseta, hey!

Piragua, piragua
New block of ice, piragua
Piragua, piragua
So sweet and nice, piragua

It's hotter than the islands are today
And Mister Softee's trying to shut me down
But I keep scraping by till I can say
"Hey pana, I run this town"

Piragua, piragua
Keep scraping by, piragua
Piragua, piragua
Keep scraping by, piragua

Keep scraping by, keep scraping by
Lai lo le lo lai! Lai lo le lo lai!

Keep scraping by, keep scraping by
Lo le lo lai!

Keep scraping by

Oh, ¡qué calor, qué calor, qué calor, qué calor, qué calor!

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When You're Home

(Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins)

I used to think we lived at the top of the world
When the world was just a subway map
And the one-slash-nine
Climbed a dotted line to my place

There's no nine train now

Right
I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky
When the world was just a subway map
And my thoughts took shape
On that fire escape

Can you remind me of what it was like
At the top of the world?

Come with me

We begin July
With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
You would open it every summer
I would bust it with a wrench
Till my face got drenched
Till I heard the sirens
And then I ran like hell!
You ran like hell!
Yeah, I ran like hell!
Yeah, I remember well!

To your father's dispatch window
"Hey, let me in, yo!
They're coming to get me!"
You were always in constant trouble

Then your dad would act all snide, but he'd let me hide
You'd be there inside
Life was easier then
Nina, everything is easier
When you're home
The street's a little kinder when you're home
Can't you see
That the day seems clearer
Now that you are here or
Is it me?
Maybe it's just me

We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
The sun is setting and the light is getting low
Are we going to Castle Garden?
Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
I got a perfect shady spot
A little ways away that oughta
Cool us down
Cool us down
Welcome back to town (hey!)

Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
And Usnavi would bring his radio
As I walked home from Senior Studies
I'd see you rapping with your buddies
With the volume high
I walked on by
Yeah, you walked on by

¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare sigue!

When you're home
The summer nights are cooler
When you're home
Now that you're here with me
And that song you are hearing is the
Neighborhood just cheering you along
Don't say that
What's wrong?
Don't say that!

When I was younger, I'd imagine what would happen
If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico
Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan
If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people
My people!

I feel like all my life, I've tried to find the answer
Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford
But I'd stare out at the sea
Thinking, where'm I supposed to be?
So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way

Then can I say
I couldn't get my mind off you all day
Now listen to me!
That may be how you perceive it
But Nina please believe
That when you find your way again
You are gonna change the world and then
We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when, yeah

This was your home
I'm home
Welcome home
When you're here with me
Welcome home
I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!

Welcome home
I'm home
You're finally home (I'm home)

I'm home

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The Club

(Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Corey Hawkins)

(Hey!)

Vanessa!

Damn, this is nice
I really like what they've done with the lights
So, the hot club in Washington Heights
You might be right, this music's tight
Yo, did I mention that you look great tonight?
Because you do you really

Usnavi, relax!
Relax, qué relaxed? I'm relaxed
¡Wepa! ¡Vanessa!

So you've been here before
I don't go out, I get so busy with the store
Y cada día it's a brand new chore
My arms are sore, no time for the dance floor
But maybe you and me should hang out some more
I'm such a dork, but I
Let's go get a drink
Something sweet
You know me, a little bit of cinnamon
¡Wepa! ¡Vanessa!

Here's to getting fired!
To killing the mood!
¡Salud!
Without so much as a "Thank you!"
After all these years
Cheers!
To finally getting Vanessa!
Boy, fix your collar
Holler!
To doing shots on a weekend!
As long as you buy 'em, l'chaim!

Hey you!
Who? You! Who, me?
You wanna dance?
Naw, man
Okay, I took my chance
It's cool, it's cool, hey, if you want to
You don't mind?
I'm fine! I'm fine!
Yo! Yo!
Who's Vanessa talkin' to?
Some dude!
Some dude?!
That's messed up, she's tryin' to make you jealous!
Jealous, I ain't jealous, I can take all these fellas, whatever!

Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

Bartender!
Let me get an amaretto sour for this ghetto flower!
How are you so pretty?
You complete me
You had me at "Hello," you know you need me
Truly, madly, deeply, let's get freaky
Oh I get it you're the strong and silent type
Well, I'm the Caribbean island type
And I can drive you wild all night!
But I digress!
Say something so I don't stress

No hablo inglés
Yes!

---

Blackout

(Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, Noah Catala, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco)

¿Oye, qué pasó?
Blackout, blackout!
Vino el apagón, ¡ay dios!
¿Oye, qué pasó?
Blackout, blackout!
Vino el apagón, ¡ay dios!

We are powerless (oh no)
We are powerless (oh no)
We are powerless (oh no)
We are powerless (oh no)

We are powerless
(Somebody better open these goddamn doors!)
We are powerless
(Somebody better open these goddamn doors!)
We are powerless
(Somebody better open these goddamn doors!)
We are powerless
And I can't find Usnavi
Powerless

Vanessa (Nina where'd you go?)
(Has anyone seen Benny?) Vanessa (Nina where'd you go?)
(Benny) Vanessa (Nina where'd you go?)
(Usnavi) I gotta go (I can't find you!)

It's getting hotter in the street!
Everybody is nervous
Hey yo, we gotta be at Usnavi's
Street-light out of service
Because we're powerless our hour is at hand
It's you and me
You know what we gotta do?
Illuminate the community
When the sparks ignite, we got' light up the night
Bottle rockets don't go locus everybody let's focus
Gather round, these are free
Grab your ammo and stack up
Give me a light, 'till the power comes
Back up! Back up! Back up!

Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky (light up the night sky)
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky (light up the night sky)

We are powerless (oh god, so much panic!)
(Mira, mi amor, hazme un favor)
We are powerless (the crowd is manic, with everybody)
(Despierta la abuela y a lo mejor ella tiene una vela!)
We are powerless (screaming and shoving and shouting and slapping)
(Estuve bailando cuando vino el apagón) (And everyone's frantic!)
We are powerless(What's happening with you?) (aquí hay gente pero, ¡no sé quienes son!)

Usnavi
Yeah, Vanessa
You abandoned me
Yo, what are you talking about?
Usnavi all night, you barely even danced with me
Don't make me laugh, I've been trying all night
You've been shaking your ass for like half of the Heights
Real nice
You barely gave me a chance all evening
What?
Do I get another dance?
I'm leaving

Vanessa
I gotta go
Don't walk away from us tonight
I don't need anything tonight
I can find my way home
Keep running away from home
Without you
Without you

Look at the fireworks
Abuela are you alright?
Light up the night sky
The stars are out tonight!
Look at the fireworks
You're not alone tonight
Light up the night sky
You're not alone tonight

Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky
En Washington
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky

---

Paciencia Y Fe

(Olga Merediz)

Calor, calor, calor
Calor, calor, calor

Ay Mamá
The summer's hottest day
Paciencia y fe
Paciencia y fe

It was hotter at home in La Víbora
The Washington Heights of Havana
A crowded city of faces the same as mine
Back as a child in La Víbora
I chased the birds in the plaza
Praying, mamá, you would find work
Combing the stars in the sky for some sort of sign
Ay, mamá, so many stars in Cuba
En Nueva York we can't see beyond our streetlights
To reach the roof you gotta bribe the supa
Ain't no Cassiopeia in Washington Heights
But ain't no food in La Víbora

I remember nights
Anger in the streets
Hunger at the windows
Women folding clothes
Playing with my friends in the summer rain
Mamá needs a job
Mamá says we're poor
One day you say, "Vamos a Nueva York"
And Nueva York was far
But Nueva York had work and so we came
And now, I'm wide awake
A million years too late
I talk to you, imagining what you'd do
Remembering what we went through

¡Nueva York!
¡Ay Mamá!
It wasn't like today, you'd say
"Paciencia y fe"
("Paciencia y fe")
"Paciencia y fe"
("Paciencia y")

Fresh off the boat in America
Freezing in early December
A crowded city in 1943!
Learning the ropes in America
En español, I remember
Dancing with Mayor La Guardia
All of society welcoming mami and me!
Ha!

You better clean this mess!
Paciencia y fe
You better learn inglés!
Paciencia y fe
You better not be late
You better pull your weight
Are you better off than you were
With the birds of La Víbora?

Sharing double beds
Trying to catch a break
Struggling with English
Listening to friends
Finally got a job working as a maid
So we cleaned some homes
Polishing with pride
Scrubbing the whole of the Upper East Side
The days into weeks
The weeks into years
And here I stayed

(Paciencia y fe)
(Paciencia y fe)
(Paciencia y fe)

And as I feed these birds
My hands begin to shake
And as I say these words
My heart's about to break (and ay mamá)
And ay mamá
What do you do when
Your dreams come true? (And ay mamá)
I've spent my life
Inheriting dreams from you

I made it through
I survived, I did it
Now do I leave or stay?

Alright, mamá
Okay
Paciencia y fe

¡Calor, calor, calor!

---

Alabanza

(Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Noah Catala, Melissa Barrera, Corey Hawkins, Gregory Diaz IV, Dascha Polanco, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz)

She was found and pronounced
At the scene
She was already lying in bed
The paramedics said
That her heart gave out
I mean, that's basically what they said
They said
A combination of the stress and the heat
Why she never took her medicine, I'll never understand
I'd like to think she went out in peace
With pieces of bread crumbs in her hand
Abuela Claudia had simple pleasures
She sang the praises of things we ignore
Glass Coke bottles, bread crumbs, and a sky full of stars
She cherished these things, she'd say: "Alabanza"
Alabanza means to raise this
Thing to God's face
And to sing, quite literally: "Praise to this"
When she was here, the path was clear
And she was just here
She was just here

Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza
Alabanza

Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza
Alabanza

Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza
Alabanza

Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza
Alabanza

Alabanza (ah)
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza (ah-ah-ah)
Alabanza
Paciencia y fe

Alabanza
Paciencia y fe
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor (paciencia y fe)

Alabanza (alabanza a Doña Claudia)
Alabanza (alabanza)
Alabanza
Alabanza
Alabanza
Alabanza

Alabanza

---

Carnaval Del Barrio

(Daphne Rubin-Vega Stephanie Beatriz Dascha Polanco Melissa Barrera Anthony Ramos Lin-Manuel Miranda Corey Hawkins Gregory Diaz IV Leslie Grace)

[DANIELA]
Hey! Hey!
What's this tonterÍa that I'm seeing on the street?
I never thought I'd see the day...
Since when are Latin people scared of heat?
When I was a little girl
Growing up in the hills of Vega Alta
My favorite time of year was Christmas time!
Ask me why!

[CARLA, spoken]
Why?

[DANIELA]
There wasn't an ounce of snow
But oh, the coquito would flow!
As we sang the Aguinaldo
The carnaval would begin to grow!
Business is closed, and we're about to go...
Let's have a carnaval del barrio!

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Wepa!

[DANIELA]
¡Carnaval del barrio!
¡Carnaval del barrio!
Carnaval...


[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Carnaval!

[DANIELA]
Del barrio...

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Barrio!

[DANIELA]
Carnaval...

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Carnaval!

[DANIELA]
Del barrio...

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Barrio!

[DANIELA]
We don't need electricidad!
Get off your butt, ¡avanza!
Saca la maraca, bring your tambourine
Come and join the parranda
Hey!


[DANIELA/CARLA/
PIRAGUA GUY/GROUP 1]
Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

[DANIELA/CARLA/
PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY/GROUP 1]
Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

[GROUP 2]
¡Carnaval!

¡Barrio!

¡Carnaval!


Barrio!




Carnaval!

Barrio!

¡Carnaval!

¡Del barrio!

[CARLA]
Oh, me, me, me! Dani I have a question
I don't know what you're cantando

[DANIELA]
Just make it up as you go!
We are improvisando!
Lai le lo lai lo le lo lai!
You can sing anything!

[CARLA]
Wait, what?

[DANIELA]
Carla, whatever pops into your head
Just so long as you sing!

[CARLA]
Uh... My mom is Dominican-Cuban
My dad is from Chile and P.R. which means:
I'm Chile-Domini-Curican...
But I always say I'm from Queens!

[DANIELA]
Hey!

[DANIELA/CARLA/
PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY/GROUP 1]
Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

[COMMUNITY]

¡Carnaval!

¡Barrio!

¡Carnaval!

¡Del barrio!

[VANESSA]
Why is everyone so happy?
We're sweating and we have no power!
I gotta get out of here soon
This block's getting worse by the hour!
You can't even go to a club with a friend
Without having somebody shove you!

[DANIELA]
Ay, por favor
Vanessa, don't pretend that Usnavi's your friend

[?]
We all know that he looooove you!

[COMMUNITY]
Ohhhh!!

[CARLA]
Wow, now that you mention that sexual tension is easy to see!

[VANESSA]
Yo, this is bogus!

[DANIELA]
Haven't you noticed you get all your coffee for free?

[Community cheers]

[DANIELA/CARLA/
PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY]
Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

Carnaval...

¡Del barrio!

[COMMUNITY]
¡Carnaval!

¡Barrio!

¡Carnaval!
¡Del barrio!


[NEIGHBOR]
Here comes Usnavi!

[USNAVI]
Yo! Yo! Yo, y-y-yo-yo!
Now, now, everyone gather 'round
Sit down, listen, I got an announcement
Wow, there's nothing here holding me down
The word is out, tell the whole town I'm bouncin'
Atención, I'm closin' shop!
Sonny, grab everybody a soda-pop!
Twist off the bottle, kiss it up to God
I miss Abuela Claudia, it's time to fly though
Daniela, Carla, pack up the carro
I'm bookin' a flight for D.R. tomorrow!

[COMMUNITY]
Oh my gah!

[COMMUNITY (EXCEPT VANESSA & SONNY)]
Alza la bandera
¡La bandera Dominicana!
Alza la bandera
¡La bandera Puertoriqueña!
Alza la bandera
¡La bandera Mexicana!
Alza la bandera
¡La bandera Cubana!

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Pa'ribba esa bandera!

¡Álzala donde quiera!

¡Recuerdo de mi tierra!

[PIRAGUA GUY/USNAVI]
¡Me acuerdo de mi tierra!

¡Esa bonita bandera!

¡Contiene mi alma entera!

Y cuando yo me muera
¡Entiérrame en mi tierra!

[Dance break]

[DANIELA]
Hey, Mr. Benny: have you seen any horses today?

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[BENNY]
What do you mean?

[DANIELA]
I heard you and Nina went for a roll in the hay!

[ALL]
Hey! Ohhhh...


[WOMEN]
Benny and Nina

Sitting in a tree!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

¡Qué bochinche!

Nina and Benny!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

[MEN]
Benny and Nina

Sitting in a tree!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

¡Qué bochinche!

Nina and Benny!
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!


[SONNY]
Hold up

[SONNY/GRAFFITI PETE]
Wait a minute!

[SONNY]
Usnavi's leavin' us for the Dominican Republic?
And Benny went and stole the girl
That I'm in love with?
She was my babysitter first!
Listen up, is that
What y'all want?
We close the bodega
The neighborhood is gone!
They selling the dispatch
And they closing the salón
And they'll never turn the lights back on, 'cause-

[SONNY/VANESSA]
We are powerless, we are powerless!

[SONNY]
And y'all keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'
And it's gettin' late and this place disintegratin'

[SONNY/VANESSA]
We are powerless, we are powerless!

[USNAVI]
Alright, we're powerless, so light up a candle
There's nothing going on here that we can't handle
Maybe you're right, Sonny, call in the coroners
Maybe we're powerless, a corner full of foreigners
Maybe this neighborhood's changing forever
Maybe tonight is our last night together, however!
How do you want to face it?
Do you wanna waste it, when the end is so close you can taste it?
Y'all could cry with your head in the sand
I'm a fly this flag that I got in my hand!

[PIRAGUA GUY]
¡Pa'rriba esa bandera!

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA]
¡Álzala donde quiera!

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[USNAVI]
Can we raise our voice tonight?
Can we make a little noise tonight?

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA]
¡Esa bonita bandera!

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA]
¡Contiene mi alma entera!

[COMMUNITY]
Hey!

[USNAVI]
In fact, can we sing so loud and raucous
They can hear us across the bridge in East Secaucus?

[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/
CARLA/SONNY/MEN]
¡Pa'rriba esa bandera!
¡Álzala donde quiera!

[COMMUNITY]
¡Carnaval del
Barrio!

[USNAVI]
From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo
Wherever we go, we rep our people and the beat go...

[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/
CARLA/MEN]
¡Esa bonita bandera!
¡Contiene mi alma entera!

[COMMUNITY]
Carnaval del
Barrio

[USNAVI]
Vanessa, forget about what coulda been
Dance with me, one last night, in the hood again

[DANIELA/CARLA]
¡Wepa!

[Vanessa and Usnavi slowly begin to dance.]

[COMMUNITY]
¡Carnaval del barrio!
¡Carnaval del barrio!

[DANIELA]
¡Pa'rriba esa bandera!
¡Oye!
Y cuando yo me muera
Entiérrame en mi tierra
¡Del barrio!



Alza la bandera!


Adios!
Adios!
Adios!

[COMMUNITY]
¡Carnaval del barrio!

¡Carnaval del barrio!
¡Del barrio!

Alza la bandera
La bandera Dominicana!
Alza la bandera
¡La bandera
Puertoriqueña!

Alza la bandera
¡La bandera Mexicana!

[COMMUNITY]
Alza la bandera
La bandera
La bandera
La bandera
La bandera

¡Alza la bandera!
Hey!

---

When The Sun Goes Down

(Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace)

When the sun goes down
You're gonna need a flashlight
You're gonna need a candle
I think I can handle that

When you leave town
I'm gonna buy you a calling card
'Cause I'm falling hard for you

I go back on Labor Day
And I will try to make my way
Out west to California

So we've got this summer
And we've got each other
Perhaps even longer

When you're on your own
And suddenly without me
Will you forget about me?
I couldn't if I tried

When I'm all alone
And I close my eyes
That's when I'll see your face again

And when you're gone
You know that I'll be waiting when you're gone
But you're here with me right now

We'll be working hard
But if we should drift apart
Benny
Let me take this moment just to say
No, no
You are gonna change the world some day
I'll be thinking of home
And I'll think of you every night
At the same time

When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down

---

Champagne

(Melissa Barrera, Anthony Ramos)

So I got you a present
I went next door to get it
Doing anything tonight?

Cleaning
You done for the day
No way
'Cause we got a date
Okay
Before you board that plane
I owe you a bottle of cold champagne

No
Yeah, cold champagne
Damn, the bottle's all sweaty and everything
You went and got this
Pop the champagne
I don't know if we have coffee cups
Or plastic cups, I already packed the cups

Tonight we're drinking straight from the bottle

Usnavi?
Yeah?
Daniela told me what you did for me
And it's honestly
The sweetest thing anyone ever did for me
Now, what can I say
Or do to possibly repay you for your kindness?
How do you get this gold shit off?

Usnavi!
Yeah!
Before you go leave town
Before the corner changes
And the signs are taken down
Let's walk around the neighborhood and say our goodbyes
Usnavi, are you alright?

I'm fine, I'm tryna open this champagne
You see the twisty thing is broken
But I'm gonna open this damn champagne!

Let me see it
No, I got it!
Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne!
I mean you went to all this trouble to get us a little bubbly
And it's gonna be okay
I'm sorry, it's been a long day

You oughta stay
What?
You can stay uptown, maybe save this place
Ha ha, very funny
And it's not like Sonny's got role models
Role models? Stepping up to the plate
Yo, what are you talking about?
I'm just saying, I think your vacation can wait
Vacation? Vanessa, you left us too
And I moved down to West Fourth Street, you can take the A
What are you trying to say?
You're leaving the country
And we're never gonna see you again
Yo, what are you trying to say?
You get everyone addicted to your coffee and off you go
Vanessa, I don't know why you're mad at me
I wish I was mad

I'm just too late

---

Finale

(Doreen Montalvo, Anthony Ramos, Stephanie Beatriz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco, Jimmy Smits, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Grace & Melissa Barrera)

[BOLERO SINGER]
No te vayas
Si me dejas
Si te alejas de mí
Seguirás en mis recuerdos para siempre
Para siempre, para siempre
Para siem-
Para siem-
Para siempre

[USNAVI]
Lights up on Washington Heights
And now the crack of dawn
I pack as life goes on and on and on

[BOLERO SINGER]
Para siempre

[USNAVI]
Time to go, but I'm doing the math
On this cash money to have Sonny stay on his path

[BOLERO SINGER]
Para siempre

[USNAVI]
Abuela really wanted me up on a beach
With margaritas in my reach, and
Soon that's how it's gonna be


[BOLERO SINGER]
Para siempre

[USNAVI]
And look at me, leavin' today
On a seven-forty-seven boardin' JFK

[CARLA]
The hydrants are open
Cool breezes blow

[CARLA/DANIELA]
The hydrants are open
Cool breezes blow

[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, & CARLA/DANIELA]
Piragua!
Good morning
The hydrants are open
Piragua!
New block of ice, piragua!
Cool breezes blow
So sweet and nice, piragua!
Piragua!
Piragua!


[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, CARLA/DANIELA & (NINA)]
Piragua!
Good morning (Siempre)
The hydrants are open
Piragua!
New block of ice, piragua!
Cool breezes blow
So sweet and nice, piragua! (Seguirás en mis recuerdos)
Piragua! (Para siempre)
Piragua!

[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, CARLA/DANIELA, VANESSA & (NINA)]
Piragua!
I'll be downtown (Siempre)
Piragua!
New block of ice, piragua!
(Seguirás en mis recuerdos)
It won't be long now (Para siempre)

[USNAVI]
There's a breeze off the Hudson
And just when
You think you're sick of living here the memory floods in
The morning light off the fire escapes
The nights at Bennett Park blasting Big Pun tapes
I'm 'a miss this place, to tell you the truth
Kevin dispensin' wisdom from his dispatch booth
And at dawn, Vanessa at the salon, we gotta move on
But who's gonna notice we're gone?
When our job's done
As the evening winds down to a crawl, son
Can I ease my mind when we're all done?
When we've resigned in the long run
What do we leave behind?
Most of all, I'll miss Abuela's whispers
Doin' the Lotto Pick Six every Christmas
In five years, when this whole city's rich folks and hipsters
Who's gonna miss this raggedy little business?


[VANESSA, spoken]
Hey, you

[USNAVI, spoken]
Hey

[VANESSA, spoken]
Do you have two minutes? You said you wanted to see the world through my eyes, right?

[USNAVI, spoken]
Yeah

[VANESSA, spoken]
Come with me

Usnavi sees Graffiti Pete's mural

[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken]
He hates it.

[SONNY, spoken]
Shh. He's forming an artistic opinion.

[USNAVI]
You did this last night?

[VANESSA, spoken]
Yeah.

[USNAVI]
There goes my flight.

[SONNY]
What?

[USNAVI]
Graffiti Pete you're gonna need some new cans
Here's some money, finish up
There's been a slight change of plans!

[GRAFFITI PETE]
Nice!

[USNAVI]
Listen up guys, you got a job, I'm not playin'
You gotta go now, tell the whole block I'm stayin'!
Go ahead, tell everyone we know!
Sonny...
Alright, go!

Yeah, I'm a streetlight!
Chillin' in the heat!
I illuminate the stories of the people in the street
Some have happy endings
Some are bittersweet
But I know them all and that's what makes my life complete

[NINA]
We're home!

[USNAVI]
And if not me, who keeps our legacies?
Who's gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?
Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memories
But Sonny's gotta eat, this corner is my destiny

[SONNY/NINA/CARLA/DANIELA]
We're home!

[USNAVI]
Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we
Keep pressin' and yes indeed, you know I'll never leave
If you close your eyes that hydrant is a beach
That siren is a breeze, that fire escape's a leaf on a palm tree!

[CARLA/DANIELA/NINA/CAMILA/
VANESSA/SONNY/PIRAGUA GUY/KEVIN]
We're home!

[USNAVI]
Abuela, I'm sorry
But I ain't goin' back because I'm telling your story
And I can say goodbye to you smilin', I found my island
I been on it this whole time
I'm home!

[COMMUNITY 1 & COMMUNITY]
We're home!
The hydrants are open
Cool breezes blow!

[USNAVI]
It's a wonderful life that I've known
"Merry Christmas you ole' Building and Loan!"
I'm home!

[COMMUNITY 1 & COMMUNITY]
We're home!
The hydrants are open
Cool breezes blow!

[USNAVI]
Abuela, that ain't a stoop, that's your throne
Long after ya birds have all flown

[USNAVI]
I'm home!
Where the coffee's non-stop
And I drop this hip-hop
In my mom and pop shop
I'm home!
Where people come
People go
Let me show all of these people what I know
There's no place like home!
And let me set the record straight!
I'm steppin' to Vanessa
I'm gettin' a second date
I'm home!
Where it's a hundred in the shade
But with patience and faith
We remain unafraid
I'm home!
You hear that music in the air?
Take the train to the top of the world
I'm there
I'm home!

---

Home All Summer

(Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace)

(feat. Marc Anthony)

Uptown, uptown, uptown, hey
(Come back)
(Come back)
(Come back home)

I, I'm missing the view from my old hometown
So I climb way up to the heights
And I won't come down

Now you, you always remind me where I belong
So come through
Yeah find me and play me my favourite song
So

Saca lo' domino'
Let all the homies know
Tell everyone we know
Yo, she coming home
Eh, sube el volumen
Until the base is moving
And to the places moving
Until the faces in the room are me and you
What to do

I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
If you're gonna be around (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
If you're gonna be around (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)

I, I know the view from the corner store
So I, I wake up longing for so much more
Then you, you're back in town
You hold me down
You are my wandering star
Come through
I'm not alone
Thank you for showing me home
Is where you are, so

Saca lo' domino'
Let all the homies know
Tell everyone we know
Yo, she coming home
Eh, sube el volumen
Until the base is moving
And to the places moving
Until the faces in the room are me and you
What to do

I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
If you're gonna be around (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
If you're gonna be around (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)
Ladies and gentlemen
Mark Anthony
Let's go!

(Oh, yeah)
You can always come back home
You can always come back home
(Let's go!)
(Oh, yeah)
You can always come back home
You can always come back home
Oh, welcome home

When the sun goes down
Turn the music up (turn it up, turn it up)
I will hold you down (turn it up, turn it up)
I will lift you up (turn it up, turn it up)
When the cloud goes down (turn it up, turn it up)
When the rain goes up (turn it up, turn it up)
We'll survive uptown (turn it up, turn it up)
I will lift you up
(Oh-oh-oh) (eh)

I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I'll be home all summer (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
If you're gonna be around (if you're gonna be around)
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)
I'll be home all summer (I'll home all summer)
I'll be home all summer (I'll home all summer)
You can always come back home
If you're gonna be around
You can always come back home
You can find me uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)
Oh, welcome home
Uptown, uptown, uptown, hey
Uptown, uptown, uptown, hey

Yeah-yeah, yeah

I'll be home all summer
I'll be home all summer
If you're gonna be around (gonna be around)
Around (oh)
If you're gonna be around (if you're gonna be around)
You can find me uptown, uptown (uptown, uptown, uptown, hey)