Disc: 1

In The Heights .......... Lin-Manuel Miranda, Company

Breathe .......... Mandy Gonzalez, Company

Benny's Dispatch .......... Christopher Jackson, Mandy Gonzalez

It Won't Be Long Now .......... Karen Olivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robin De Jesus

Inutil .......... Carlos Gomez

No Me Diga .......... Andrea Burns, Janet Dacal, Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez

96,000 .......... Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin De Jesus, Seth Stewart, Janet Dacal, Andrea Burns, Karen Olivo, Company

Paciencia Y Fe (Patience and Faith) .......... Olga Merediz, Company

When You're Home .......... Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, Company

Piragua .......... Eliseo Roman

The Club .......... Company

Blackout .......... Company

(Usnavi, Company)

USNAVI:
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.

PIRAGUA GUY:
Ice cold piragua! China.
Cherry. Strawberry. Just for
today, I got mamey!

USNAVI:
Yo, piraguero, como estas?

PIRAGUA GUY:
Como siempre, Senor Usnavi.

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 cuz I
Emigrated 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

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.
Cuz I'm not makin any profit
If the coffee isn't light and
Sweet!

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Ooo-oo!

USNAVI:
Abuela, my fridge broke. I got cafe but no "con leche."

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Try my mother's old recipe: one can of condensed milk.

USNAVI:
Nice.

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Ay! Paciencia y fe...

USNAVI:
That was Abuela, she's not
Really my "Abuela,"
But she practically raised me,
This corner is her escuela!
Now, You're probably thinkin,
"I'm up shit's creek
I 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

COMMUNITY:
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 cafe

USNAVI:
I serve cafe

COMMUNITY:
Cuz tonight seems like a
Million years away!
En Washington--

USNAVI:
Next up to bat, the Rosarios
They run the cab company,
They struggle in the barrio
See, their daughter Nina's off
At college, tuition is mad steep
So they can't sleep,
Everything they get is mad cheap!

KEVIN:
Good morning, Usnavi!

USNAVI:
Pan caliente, cafe con leche!

KEVIN:
Put twenty dollars on today's lottery.

CAMILA:
One ticket, that's it!

KEVIN:
Hey! A man's gotta dream

CAMILA:
Don't mind him, He's all excited
Cuz Nina flew in at 3am last night!

KEVIN:
Don't look at me, this one's
Been cooking all week!

CAMILA:
Usnavi, come over for dinner.

KEVIN/CAMILA:
There's plenty to eat!

DANIELA:
So then Yesenia walks in the room
She smells sex and cheap perfume!
It smells like one of those
Trees that you hang from the
Rear view!
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 Jose from the
Liquor store!

CARLA/USNAVI:
No me diga!

USNAVI:
Daniela and Carla, from the salon.

DANIELA/CARLA:
Thanks Usnavi!

USNAVI:
Sonny, you're late.

SONNY:
Chillax, you know you love me.

USNAVI:
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' maxipads and fuzzy
Dice for taxicabs and practically
Everybody's stressed, yes, but
They press through the mess
Bounce checks and wonder
What's next

COMMUNITY:
In the heights
I buy my coffee and I go
Set my sights
On only what I need to know.
In the heights
Money is tight
But even so
When the lights go down I
Blast my radio!

BENNY:
You ain't got no skills!

USNAVI:
Benny!

BENNY:
Lemme get a-

USNAVI:
Milky way.

BENNY:
Yeah, lemme also get a-

USNAVI:
Daily News-

BENNY:
And a-

USNAVI:
Post-

BENNY:
And most important, my-

USNAVI:
Boss' second coffee, one cream-

BOTH:
Five sugars-

BENNY:
I'm the number one earner-

USNAVI/SONNY:
What!

BENNY:
The fastest learner-

USNAVI/SONNY:
What!

BENNY:
My boss can't keep me on the
damn back burner!

USNAVI:
Yes he can.

BENNY: I'm makin' moves, I'm makin'
Deals, but guess what?

USNAVI:
What?

BENNY/SONNY:
You still ain't got no skills!

USNAVI:
Hardee-har

BENNY:
Vanessa show up yet?

USNAVI:
Shut up!

BENNY:
Hey little homie
Don't get so upset
Tell Vanessa how you feel,
Buy the girl a meal,
On the real, or you ain't got
No skills.

VANESSA:
Nooo!
No no nooo!
No no nooo, no no no!
Nooo, 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

BENNY:
Yo, here's your chance, ask
Her out right now!

VANESSA:
I'll see you later We can look
at that lease!

BENNY:
Do somethin', make your move,
Don't freeze-

USNAVI:
Hey!

VANESSA:
You owe me a bottle of cold champagne.

USNAVI:
Are you moving?

VANESSA:
Just a little credit check and
I'm on that downtown train!

USNAVI:
Well, your coffee's on the house.

VANESSA:
Okay!

BENNY:
Usnavi, ask her out.

SONNY:
No way!

VANESSA:
I'll see you later, so...

BENNY:
Ooh, smooth operator,
Aw damn, there she go!
Yo, bro, take five, take a walk outside!
You look exhausted, lost,
Don't let life slide!
The whole hood is struggling,
Times are tight,
And you're stuck to this
Corner like a streetlight!

USNAVI:
Yeah, I'm a streetlight,
Choking on the heat
The world spins around
While I'm frozen to my seat
The people that I know
All keep on rolling down the street
But every day is different
So I'm switchin' up the beat
Cuz my parents came here 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

COMMUNITY:
In the heights
I hang my flag up on display

USNAVI:
We came to work and to live
And we got a lot in common.

COMMUNITY:
It reminds me that I came
From miles away.

USNAVI:
DR, PR, We are not stoppin'.

COMMUNITY:
In the heights

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Every day, paciencia y fe.

USNAVI:
Until the day we go from
poverty to stock options.

COMMUNITY:
In the heights
I've got today.

USNAVI:
And today's all we got,
So we cannot stop,
This is our block

COMMUNITY:
In the heights
I hang my flag upon display

PIRAGUA GUY:
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le!

COMMUNITY:
It remind me that I came
From miles away!
My family came from miles away-
In the the heights
It gets more expensive every day
And tonight is so far away-

USNAVI:
But as for manana, mi pana,
Ya gotta just keep watchin'
You'll see the
Late nights,
You'll taste
Beans and rice
The syrups and
Shaved ice,
I ain't gonna
Say it twice.
So turn up the stage lights,
We're takin' a flight
To a couple of days
In the life of what it's like.

ALL:
En Washington Heights!

(Nina, Company)

PIRAGUA GUY:
Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida. Respira

NINA:
Breathe

COMMUNITY:
Y si pierdes mis huellas que
Dios te bendiga.
Respira.

NINA:
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...

COMMUNITY:
Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
Respira-

NINA:
Just breathe...

COMMUNITY:
Y si pierdes mis huellas que
Dios te bendiga.
Respira-

NINA:
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
The neighborhood waved and said
Nina, be brave and
You're gonna be fine,
And maybe it's me,
But iot all seems like lifetimes ago

COMMUNITY:
Te adoro
Te quiero
Respira!
Respira!

NINA:
So what do I say to these
Faces that I used to know?
"Hey, I'm home?"

NEIGHBOR LADY:
Mira Nina

NINA:
Hey...

COMMUNITY:
No me preocupo por ella

NINA:
They're not worried about me

COMMUNITY:
Mira, alli esta nuestra estrella

NINA:
They are all counting on me
To succeed
I am the one who made it out!
The one who always made the grade
But maybe I should have just
stayed home...

COMMUNITY:
Ella si da la talla...
Ah! Ah, aah
Mira Nina

NINA:
When I was a child I stayed
Wide awake, climbed to the
Highest place, on every fire
Escape, restless to climb

COMMUNITY:
Respira...

NINA:
I got every scholarship,
Saved every dollar,
The first to go to college,
How do I tell them why
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,
Ane pray to the sky, oh God...
And what will my parents say?

COMMUNITY:
Nina...

NINA:
Can I go in there and say,

COMMUNITY:
Nina...

NINA:
"I know that I'm letting you down..."

COMMUNITY:
Nina...

NINA: Just breathe...

(Benny, Nina)

BENNY:
Check one two three. Check one two three.
This is Benny on the dispatch. Yo.
Atencion, Yo, Attention,
It's Benny, and I'd like to mention
I'm on the microphone this mornin'
Honk ya horn if ya want it.

Okay, we got traffic on the west side
Get off at 79th, and take the left side
Of Riverside drive, and ya might slide
West End's ya best friend if
you catch the lights
And don't take the Deegan
Manny Ramirez is in town this weekend
Sorry Dominicans, take route 87,
You ain't getting back in again...
Hold up a minute...

NINA:
Benny, hey-

BENNY:
Nina, you're home today!

NINA:
Any sign-

BENNY:
Of your folks, they're on their way!

NINA:
Anyway-

BENNY:
It's good to see your face-

NINA:
Anytime-

BENNY:
Hold up a minute, wait!
You used to run this dispatch, right?

NINA:
Once or twice-

BENNY:
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 192cd, There's a double-decker
Bus wreck
Now listen up, we got a special guest!

Live and direct from a year out west!
Welcome her back,
Cause she looks mad stressed!
Nina Rosario, the Barrio's best!

Honk you horns...
She's smiling...say hello!

NINA:
Hello... Good morning!
I better find my folks.
Thanks for the welcome wagon.

BENNY:
Anytime. Anytime, Nina.

Wait here with me.
It's getting hot outside,
Turn up the AC,
Stay here with me.

(Vanessa, Usnavi, Sonny)

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 it's 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 ok, cuz 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 cuz 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!

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

VANESSA:
You got some schmutz on your face.

SONNY:
Good morning!

SONNY/USNAVI:
Good morning!

USNAVI/SONNY:
Vanessa...

DANIELA:
Vanesssssaaaaaaa! I'm thirsty, cono!

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!
Que paso? He 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:
Gotta 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 gratefule
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 is 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 doing 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 walking to JFK
And I'm gonna fly!
It won't be long now!
Any day.

(Kevin)

KEVIN:
This isn't happening.
Inutil. Useless.
Just like my father was before me.
Inutil. Useless.
And every day
He cute the cane.
He came home late and prayed
For rain. Prayed for rain.

And on the days
When nothing came
My father's face was lined
With shame.
He'd sit me down beside him
And he'd say,
"My father was a farmer.
His father was a farmer,
And you will be a farmer."
But I told him, "Papi, I'm
Sorry, I'm going farther.
I'm getting on a plane.
And I am gonna change the
World someday."
And he slapped my face.
He stood there, staring at me,
Useless.
Today my daughter's home
And I am useless.

And as a baby she amazed me
With the things she learned
Each day.
She used to stay on the fire escape
While all the other kids
Would play.
And I would stand beside he
And I'd say:

"I'm proud to be your father,
Cuz you work so much harder
And you are so much smarter
Than I was at your age."
And I always knew that she
Would fly away.
That she was gonna change
The world someday.

I will not be the reason
That my family can't succeed
I will do what it takes,
They'll have everything they need
Or all my work, all my life
Everything I've sacrificed will
Have been useless.

(Daniela, Carla, Vanessa, Nina)

DANIELA:
Gorgeous!

CARLA:
Linda!

CARLA/DANIELA:
Tell me something I don't know!

VANESSA:
Vieja!

DANIELA:
Sucia!

CARLA:
Cabrona!

CARLA/VANESSA/DANIELA:
Tell me something I don't know!

CARLA:
A little off the top-

DANIELA:
A little on the side-

NINA:
A little bit of news you've
Heard around the barrio!

ALL:
Tell me something I don't know!

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

NINA/CARLA:
No me diga!

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

DANIELA:
Okay!
Just wanted to see what you'd say!

CARLA/NINA/DANIELA:
Woooooooooooooooo!
Tell me something I don't know!
Mmm-hmm-mmm...

VANESSA:
What? I don't care!

ALL:
Ay, bendito!

DANIELA:
So, Nina, I hear you been
Talking to Benny.

NINA:
And what do you hear?

DANIELA:
I hear plenty.
They say he's got quite a big
...Taxi!

CARLA/VANESSA:
No me diga!

NINA:
Okay! I don't wanna know
Where you heard all that!

CARLA:
I don't think I know what you mean...

DANIELA:
Carla! He's packing a stretch limousine!

VANESSA/DANIELA/NINA:
Tell me something I don't know!

CARLA:
Long as he keeps it clean!

NINA/VANESSA/DANIELA:
Ay dios mio...

DANIELA:
Nina, seriously, we knew you'd
Be the one to make it out!

VANESSA:
I'll bet you impressed them
All out west; You were always
The best, no doubt!

CARLA:
We want front row seats to
Your graduation-

DANIELA:
They'll call you name-

DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA:
And we'll scream and shout!

NINA:
You guys, I dropped out.

DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA:
No me diga?!

NINA:
I should go.

DANIELA:
That's a shitty piece of news.

CARLA:
That girl never quit anything.

VANESSA:
What the hell happened?

DANIELA:
I don't know...

DANIELA/CARLA:
I don't know.

DANIELA:
I don't know!

CARLA/VANESSA:
Tell me something I don't know!

ALL:
Que se yo?

Usnavi:
Ninety six thousand

Sonny/benny
Damn...

Usnavi:
Ninety six thousand

Sonny:
Dollars? HOLLER!

Usnavi:
Ninety six thousand

Benny:
Somebody won?

Usnavi:
Ninety six thousand

Benny:
Yo.
if i won the lotto
tomorrow
well i know
i wouldn't bother goin' on no
spendin' spree
I'd pick a business school and
pay the entrance fee!
I'll be a businessman, richer than nina's daddy!
Donald trump and I on the
Links and he's my caddy!
Money's makin' money, I'm
goin' from po' to mo' dough
Keep the bling, i want the
Brass ring, like frodo!

Usnavi:
Oh no, here comes mr.
Braggadocio
Next thing you know, he's
lying like pinocchio-

Benny:
Well if you're scared of the
Bull, stay out of the rodeo!

Graffiti Pete:
Yo, I got more hoes than a
phone book in tokyo!

Usnavi:
ooh, you better stop rappin'
you're not ready
It's gonna get hot and heavy,
and you're already sweaty-

Graffiti Pete:
y-y-yo-yo-

Usnavi:
Yo, I'm sorry was that an answer?
Shut up
go home
and pull ya damn pants up!
As for you Mr. Frodo of the shire -
96 G's aint enough to retire

Benny:
I'll have enough to knock
You're ass off it's axis.

Usnavi:
You'll have a knapsack full
of jack after taxes!

Claudia:
Ay, Alabanza!

Sonny:
Ninety six thousand!

Daniela/Carla:
No me diga!

Sonny:
Ninety six thousand

Vanessa:
I never win shit...

Sonny:
Ninety six thousand

Benny:
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 when we can
breathe, take it easy...

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

Carla:
Check one, two, three
What would you do with 96 g's?

Daniela:
Esa pregunta es TRICKY

Carla:
I know

Daniela:
With ninety six g's
I'd start my life with a brand
new lease
Atlantic city with a
Malibu breeze

Carla:
And a brand new weave-

Daniela:
Maybe just bleach.

Vanessa:
Ya'll are freaks.

Usnavi:
yo, i'm just sayin'.
It's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals.
you really want some bread
then go create a set of goals
and cross them off the list
and you pursue em'
and with those ninety six i know preciselly what i'm doin.

Vanessa:
What you doin'?

Usnavi:
What'm i doin? What'm I doin'?
It takes most of that cash just to save
my ass from finacial ruin.
Sonny can keep the coffee
brewin', And I'll spend a few on you
'Cuz the 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 Puerta
plata, I'll make the best of it
you really love this business?

Sonny:
No.

Usnavi:
Tough, merry christmas.
you're now the youngest
tycoon in washington hiznits.

Sonny:
Yo!
With ninety six thousand, id
finally fix housin'
give the barrio computers
and wireless web browsin',
your kids are livin' without a
good edumacation,
change the station, teach em'
about gentrification.
the rent is escalatin'

Graffiti Pete:
what?

Sonny:
The rich are penetratin'

Graffiti Pete:
WHat?

Sonny:
we pay our corporations
when we should be
demonstratin'

Graffiti pete:
what?!

Sonny:
What about immigration?

Graffiti pete:
What?

Sonny:
Politicians be hatin'

Graffiti Pete:
What?

Sonny:
Racism in this nation's gone
from latent to balatent!

Community:
OOOH!

Sonny:
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!

Vanessa:
You are so cute!

Sonny:
I was just thinkin' off the top of my head.

Usnavi:
96k. go.

Vanessa:
If I win the lottery
you'll never see me again.

Usnavi:
Damn, we're ony jokin
Stay broke, then!

Vanessa:
I'll be downtown
get a nice studio
get out of the barrio
If I win the lottery
You'll wonder where
I've been

***Usnavi, Vanessa, Benny together. Benny2X Usnavi2X***

Benny:
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 -

Vanessa:
I'll be downtown,
see you around
If I win the lottery,
you won't see a lot of me!

Usnavi:
I'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 listas you
pursue em', and
with those

Ninety six I
know preciselly
What I'm doing!

Community:
96,000

Carla:
No me diga

community:
96,000

Carla:
No me diga

Daniela:
Novent'y-seis mil!

Sonny/Daniela
No me diga

Community:
Why-hoo!

Women:
Check one two three
Men:
And with the Dollah
Dollah
WOmen:
with 96 g's
Men:

We get to hollah
hollah
Women:
Between you and me
Men:
We rock the hot impala

***all three: Vanessa, Benny, Usnavi***
Vanessa:
I'll be downtown,
See you around!
Around!

Benny:
For real though,
I'll take a break
from the wheel
And we'll throw,
The biggest block
party, Every-body
here
A weekend when we can breathe
Take it easy
ooh, whoa, ho!

Community:
Why-hoo!
with 96 g's

Men:
We movin' on
Tomorrah

Women:
A brand new lease

Men:
We rock beyond
manana,

Women:
A malibu breeze

Men:
We drop the mama,
drama
We stop at the
bahamas!

Women:
Why-oh!

Men:
We drink pina coladas
shop until we bumba
clot

Women:
Why-oh!

Men:
Drop it like it's hot!

Community:
Who-aoo!
who-aoo!

Vanessa:
I'll be downtown!

Usnavi/Benny/Sonny
We could pay off the debts
we owe!

Community:
WHo-aoo!

Vanessa/Carla/Daniela:
We could tell every one
we know!

Community:
who-aoo!

Usnavi:
I could get on a plane and go

Community:
Who-aoo!

Benny/sonny:
We'd be swimmin in dough

community:
Who-aoo!

Neighbors:
No tip-toin
We'll get the dough 'n'

Community:
Who-aoo
Once we get goin
we never gonna stop
tip-toin'
We'll get the dough n'
once we get goin',
we're never goin',
We're never gonna

Ninety six thousand!
we'll get the dough 'n
ninety six thousand
once we get goin'
ninety six thousand!

Usnavi/Sonny/Graffiti Pete:
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
WHAT?!

Company:
We'll get the dough 'n'
once we get the goin'
we're never gonna stop!

(Abuela Claudia, Company)

ABUELA CLAUDIA
Calor! Calor! Calor!
Calor! Calor! Calor!
Ay Mama!
The summer's hottest day
Paciencia y fe
Paciencia y fe
Ay carajo, it's hot!
But that's okay
Mama would say,
"Paciencia y fe"
It was hotter at home in La Vibora
The Washington Heights of Havana
A crowded city of faces the same as mine
Back as a child in La Vibora
I chased the birds in the plaza
Praying, Mama, you would find work
Combing the stars in the sky for some sort of sign
Ay, Mama, 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 cassiopia in Washington Heights
But ain't no food in La Vibora
I remember nights, anger in the streets, hunger at the windows
Women folding clothes, playing with my friends in the summer rain
Mama needs a job, Mama 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, imagine what you'd do
Remembering what we went through
Nueva York! Ay Mama!
It wasn't like today, you'd say,
"Paciencia y fe

NEW YORKERS
Paciencia y fe

ABUELA CLAUDIA
Paciencia y fe."

NEW YORKERS
Paciencia y -

ABUELA CLAUDIA
Fresh off the boat in America
Freezing in early December
A crowded city in 1943
Learning the ropes in America
En espanol I remember
Dancing with Mayor Laguardia
All of society welcoming Mami and me! Ha!

EMPLOYERS
You better clean this mess!

ABUELA CLAUDIA
Paciencia y fe...

EMPLOYERS
You better learn ingles!

ABUELA CLAUDIA
Paciencia y fe...

EMPLOYERS
You better not be late
You better pull your weight
Are you better off then you were with the birds of La Vibora?

ABUELA CLAUDIA
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

NEW YORKERS
Paciencia y fe...
Paciencia y fe...
Paciencia y fe...

ABUELA CLAUDIA
And as I fed these birds
My hands begin to shake
And as I say these words
My heart's about to break
And ay Mama
What do you do when your dreams come true?
I've spent my life inheriting dreams from you
What do I do with this winning ticket?
What can I do but pray?
I buy my loaf of bread
Continue with my day
And see you in my head
Imagining what you'd say
The birds, they fly away
Do they fly to La Vibora?
Alright, Mama, Okay.
Paciencia y fe!

NEIGHBORS
Calor! Calor Calor!

(Nina, Benny, Company)

NINA
I used to think we lived at the top of the world
When the world was just a subway street map
And the 1 slash 9 climbed a dotted line to my place

BENNY
There's no 9 train now

NINA
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

NINA/BENNY
On that fire escape

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

BENNY
Come with me
We begin July with a stop at my corner fire hydrant

NINA
You would open it every summer

BENNY
I would bust it with a wrench till my face got drenched
Till I heard the sirens
Then I ran like hell

NINA
You ran like hell

BENNY
Yeah I ran like hell

NINA
I remember well

BENNY
To your father's dispatch window,
"Hey, let me in, yo
They're coming to get me!"

NINA
You were always in constant trouble-

BENNY
Then your dad would act all snide
But he let me hide
You'd be there inside

NINA
Life was easier then

BENNY
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 gotta show you all I know
The sun is setting and the light is getting low

NINA
Are we going to Castle Garden?

BENNY
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

NINA
Cool us down-

BENNY
Welcome back to town

NINA
Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and

BENNY
Usnavi would bring his radio...

NINA
As I walked home from Senior Studies
I'd see you rapping with your buddies

BENNY
With the volume high

NINA
I walked on by

BENNY
You walked on by-

RAPPERS
No pare, sigue sigue! (x7)

BENNY/COMMUNITY
When you're home

BENNY
Oh, the summer night are cooler

BENNY/COMMUNITY
When you're home

NINA
Now that you're here with me

BENNY
And that song you're hearing is the neighborhood just cheering you along

NINA
Don't say that

BENNY
What's wrong?

NINA
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 answers out at Stanford
But I'd stare out at the sea
Thinking, Where am I supposed to be?
So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way

BENNY
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're gonna change the world and then
We're all gonna brag and say
We knew her when
This was your home

NINA
I'm home-

BENNY
Welcome home-

NINA
When you're here with me-

BENNY
Welcome home-

NINA
I used to think we lived at the top of the world

BENNY
Welcome home-

NINA
I'm home-

(at the same time)
BENNY
You're finally home-
You're home!

NINA
I'm home
I'm home

Song: Piragua

PIRAGUA GUY
Ohh!
Que calor, que calor, que calor, que calo-o-or!
Piragua, Piragua
New block of ice, Piragua
Piragua, Piragua
So sweet and nice, Piragua
Tengo de mango
Tengo de parcha
De pina y de fresa
Tengo de china, de limon
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 tonight
And Mr. Softee's trying to shut me down
But I keep scraping by the fading light
Mi 'pana, this is my 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
Lai lo le lo lai
Keep scraping by
Que calor, que calor, que calor, que calo-o-or!

Song: Siempre (Always)

BOLERO SINGER
No te vayas
Si me dejas
Si te alejas de mi
Seguiras en mis recuerdos
Para siempre
Para siempre
Para siempre...

[Thanks to Hilary Klapholz for lyrics]

CLUBBERS
Vanessa!

USNAVI
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 is tight
Yo, did I mention that you look great tonight?
Because you do you really-

VANESSA
Usnavi, relax!

USNAVI
Relax? Que relax? I'm relaxed.

HOT COUPLE
Wepa Vanessa!

USNAVI
So you've been here before
I don't go out I get so busy with the store
Y cada dia 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-

VANESSA
Let's go get a drink

USNAVI
Something sweet

VANESSA
You know me, a little bit of cinnamon

CLUBBERS
Wepa, Vanessa!

BENNY
Here's to getting fired!

USNAVI
To killing the mood!

BOTH
Salud!

BENNY
Without so much as a thank you

USNAVI
For 5 long years

BOTH
Cheers

BENNY
To finally getting Vanessa, man, fix your collar-

USNAVI
Holler!

BENNY
To doing shots on a weekend

USNAVI
As long as you buy 'em
L'chaim!

JOSE
Hey you

VANESSA
Who?

JOSE
You

VANESSA
Who me?

JOSE
You wanna dance?

VANESSA
Nah, man

JOSE
Okay, I took my chance

USNAVI
It's cool, it's cool, hey, if you want to

VANESSA
You don't mind?

USNAVI
I'm fine, I'm fine

BENNY
Yo!

USNAVI
Yo!

BENNY
Who's Vanessa talking to?

USNAVI
Some dude

BENNY
Some dude?!
That's messed up, she's tryin to make you jealous

USNAVI
Jealous, I ain't jealous, I can take all these fellas
Whatever

NINA
Benny, can we take a walk outside?

BENNY
And there she is

NINA
I'm so sorry, I didn't know

BENNY
Who let you in? This is the girl who cost us our jobs today

NINA
I'm gonna make it right

BENNY
A toast to the end of all I know

NINA
You've had enough

BENNY
Says the girl who has it all

NINA
That's not fair

BENNY
Well why don't you run home to Daddy?
He loves to remind me that I'll never be good enough for your family
For you

NINA
You don't know me

BENNY
Poor you

NINA
I thought you were different

BENNY
Salud

MEN
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

USNAVI
Bartender!
Let me get an Armaretto 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

YOLANDA
No hablo ingles.

USNAVI
Yes!

(Dance break)

PIRAGUA GUY:
Oye, que paso?

USNAVI:
Blackout, Blackout!

PIRAGUA GUY:
Vino el apagon, ay dios!

MEN:
Oh, no!
Oye, que paso?

USNAVI:
Blackout, blackout!

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no!

MEN:
Vino el apagon, ay dios!

BENNY:
Hold up, wait
Hold up, wait!

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no

BENNY:
Nina, where'd you go?
I can't find you
Nina, take it slow
I'm behind you--

USNAVI:
Yo! I can't see
Quit moving, fothermucker
It's an oven
And we gotta
Back out
This is a blackout!
Chill, for real
Or we gonna get killed

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no

SONNY:
What's going on?
What's going on?
Suddenly I find
The electricity is gone.
What's going on?
What's going on?

KEVIN:
Calling all taxis...

MEN:
Oh, no
Oh, no

KEVIN/USNAVI:
Everyone relax, please!

SONNY:
What's going on?
I gotta guard the store
Make sure nothing's
Going wrong!

KEVIN:
Calling all taxis...

MEN:
Oh, no
Oh, no

KEVIN/USNAVI:
Everyone relax, please!

BENNY:
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

SONNY:
What's going on?
What's going on?

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no

VANESSA:
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

SONNY:
Gotta find Usnavi
Tell him what is going on

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no

BENNY:
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

SONNY:
Nothing is on!
Nothing is on!

NEIGHBORS:
Oh, no

VANESSA:
And I can't find Usnavi!

SONNY:
And I can't find Usnavi!

NEIGHBORS:
No, no, no!

USNAVI:
Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go.

BENNY:
Nina, where'd you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
I can't find you!

NINA:
Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny...

VANESSA:
Usnavi, help me!

USNAVI:
Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go.

BENNY:
Nina, where'd you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
I can't find you!

NINA:
Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny...

VANESSA:
Usnavi, help me...

KEVIN:
Please find Nina
Find Camilla

VANESSA:
... Find my way home

KEVIN:
If you see my family
Bring them home.

VANESSA:
Usnavi, help me.

SONNY:
We are powerless!
We are powerless!

VANESSA:
You left me alone!

SONNY/NEIGHBORS:
We are powerless!
We are powerless!

GRAFFITI PETE:
Yo, yo!
They throwin' bottles in the street
People lookin' and shootin'
Sonny, they wanna see a robbery
We gotta keep movin'!

SONNY:
Naw, man, I can't leave
We gotta guard the store.

GRAFFITI PETE:
They gonna bombard the store
Until you ain't got a store no more.

SONNY:
I got a baseball bat
And a rack in the back...

GRAFFITI PETE:
(Opening a book bag.)
I got a couple roman candles
We can distract the vandals

SONNY:
Hey, yo, I see some thugs comin',
Man, we gonna get jacked up

GRAFFITI PETE:
Gimme a light,
I'll be right back
Back up--

GRAFFITI PETE/SONNY:
Back up, back up!

(We hear an explosion.)

COMMUNITY:
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!

SONNY:
It's late and this grate won't
Come down
Come down!

CARLA:
Oh God
So much panic!
The crowd is manic
With everyone
Screaming and
Shoving and
Shouting and
Slapping and
Everyone's frantic
What's happening with you?
We are powerless!

SONNY:
It's late and this grate won't
Come down!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!

Daniela:
Mira, mi amor
___ un favor
Despierta la abuela
Y a lo mejor ella
___ una vela
Estuve bailando
Cuando vino el
Apagon
Aqui may gente pero
No se queme's son
(?)

NEIGHBORS:
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
Powerless!

CARLA:
We are powerless!

SONNY:
We are powerless!
Powerless!

COMMUNITY:
Look at the fireworks...

USNAVI:
Abuela, are you alright?

COMMUNITY:
Light up the night sky...

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
The stars are out tonight!

COMMUNITY:
Look at the fireworks...

USNAVI:
You're not alone tonight.

COMMUNITY:
Light up the night sky...

USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA:
You're/I'm not alone tonight.

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Usnavi, please promise me
You'll guard this with your life.

USNAVI:
Abuela, I've never seen---

USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA:
This much money in my life!

BENNY:
Nina, there you are!

NINA:
I've gotta go.

BENNY:
I'll get you out of here tonight.

NINA:
I don't need anything tonight! I can find my way home--

BENNY:
Then find your way home!

NINA:
Without you--

NINA/BENNY:
Without you...

COMMUNITY:
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky...
En Washington--
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky...

(BENNY finds NINA, grabs her. They kiss, illuminated by fireworks.)

COMMUNITY:
En Washington Heights!