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âIn The Heightsâ
(with âIn The Heightsâ Original Broadway Company)
(from âIn The Heights: A New Musicalâ soundtrack)
[PIRAGUA GUY:]
Ice cold piragua! Parcha. China. Cherry. Strawberry. And just for today, I got mamey!
[USNAVI:]
Oye, piragĂŒero, como estas?
[PIRAGUA GUY:]
Como siempre, Señor Usnavi.
[USNAVI:]
I am Usnavi and you probâly never heard my name
Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated
Exacerbated by the fact that my syntax
Is highly complicated âcuz I emigrated
From the single greatest little place in the Caribbean:
Dominican Republic!
I love it!
Jesus, Iâm jealous of it
And beyond that
Ever since my folks passed on
I havenât gone back
Goddamn, I gotta get on thatâŠ
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
âCuz Iâm not makinâ any profit if the coffee isnât light and sweet!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Ooo-oo!
[USNAVI:]
Abuela, my fridge broke. I got cafĂ© but no âcon leche.â
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Try my motherâs old recipe: one can of condensed milk.
[USNAVI:]
Nice.
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Ay! Paciencia y feâŠ
[USNAVI:]
That was Abuela, sheâs not really my âabuela,â
But she practically raised me, this corner is her escuela
Now, youâre probâly thinkin:
âIâm up shitâs creek!
Iâve never been north of Ninety-Sixth Street!â
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 youâre writing this down, Iâm gonna test ya later
Iâm getting tested; times are tough on this bodega
Two months ago somebody bought Ortegaâs
Our neighbors started packinâ up and pickinâ up
And ever since the rents went up
Itâs gotten mad expensive
But we live with just enough
[COMMUNITY:]
In the heights
I flip the lights and start my day
There are fights
[WOMEN:]
And endless debts
[MEN:]
And bills to pay
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
I canât survive without cafĂ©
[USNAVI:]
I serve café
[COMMUNITY:]
âCuz tonight seems like a million years away!
En WashingtonâŠ
[USNAVI:]
Next up to bat, the Rosarios
They run the cab company,
They struggle in the barrio
See, their daughter Ninaâs off at college, tuition is mad steep
So they canât sleep
Everything they get is mad cheap!
[KEVIN:]
Good morning, Usnavi!
[USNAVI:]
Pan caliente, café con leche!
[KEVIN:]
Put twenty dollars on todayâs lottery
[CAMILA:]
One ticket, thatâs it!
[KEVIN:]
Hey! A manâs gotta dreamâŠ
[CAMILA:]
Donât mind him, heâs all excited
âCuz Nina flew in at 3 A.M. last night!
[KEVIN:]
Donât look at me, this oneâs been cooking all week!
[CAMILA:]
Usnavi, come over for dinner
[KEVIN/CAMILA:]
Thereâs plenty to eat!
[DANIELA:]
So then Yesenia walks in the roomâŠ
[CARLA:]
Aha..
[DANIELA:]
She smells sex and cheap perfume!
[CARLA:]
Uh oh..
[DANIELA:]
It smells like one of those trees
That you hang from the rear view!
[CARLA:]
Ah, no!
[DANIELA:]
Itâs true! She screams, âWhoâs in there with you, Julio?â
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door
Heâs in bed with JosĂ© from the liquor store!
[CARLA/USNAVI:]
No me diga!
[USNAVI:]
Daniela and Carla, from the salon.
[DANIELA/CARLA:]
Thanks, Usnavi!
[USNAVI:]
Sonny, youâre late.
[SONNY:]
Chillax, you know you love me.
[USNAVI:]
Me and my cousin runninâ just another dime-a-dozen
Mom-and-pop stop-and-shop
And, oh my god, itâs 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
Everybodyâs got a job, everybodyâs got a dream
They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk
The first stop as people hop to work
Bust it⊠Iâm like:
âOne dollar, two dollars, one fifty, one sixty-nine.
I got it. You want a box of condoms? What kind?
Thatâs two quarters.
Two quarter waters. The New York Times.
You need a bag for that? The tax is added.â
Once you get some practice at it
You do rapid mathematics automatically
Sellinâ maxipads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs and practically
Everybodyâs stressed, yes!
But they press through the mess,
Bounce checks and wonder whatâs next
[COMMUNITY 1:]
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
[COMMUNITY 2:]
In the heights
I buy my coffee andâŠ
Set my sights
What I need to know
In the heights
Money is tight
Even so
[COMMUNITY:]
When the lights go down I blast my radio!
[BENNY:]
You ainât got no skills!
[USNAVI:]
Benny!
[BENNY:]
Yo, 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:]
Bossâ second coffee, one cream..
[BOTH:]
Five sugars
[BENNY:]
Iâm the number one earner..
[USNAVI/SONNY:]
What?!
[BENNY:]
The fastest learner..
[USNAVI/SONNY:]
What?!
[BENNY:]
My boss canât keep me on the damn back burner!
[USNAVI:]
Yes, he can
[BENNY:]
Iâm makinâ moves, Iâm makinâ deals, but guess what?
[USNAVI:]
What?
[BENNY/SONNY:]
You still ainât got no skills!
[USNAVI:]
Hardee-har
[BENNY:]
Yo, Vanessa show up yet?
[USNAVI:]
Shut up!
[BENNY:]
Hey little homie, donât get so upset
[USNAVI:]
ManâŠ
[BENNY:]
Tell Vanessa how you feel, buy the girl a meal
On the real, or you ainât 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
Itâs locked in a box in the bottom of my closet
Itâs not reflected in my bank statement
But Iâve been savinâ to make a down payment and pay rent
No, no, I wonât let you downâŠ
[BENNY:]
Yo, hereâs your chance; ask her out right now!
[VANESSA:]
Iâll see you later, we can look at that lease!
[BENNY:]
Do somethinâ, make your move, donât freeze!
[USNAVI:]
Hey!
[VANESSA:]
You owe me a bottle of cold champagne!
[USNAVI:]
Are you moving?
[VANESSA:]
Just a little credit check and Iâm on that downtown train!
[USNAVI:]
Well, your coffeeâs on the house
[VANESSA:]
Okay!
[BENNY:]
Usnavi, ask her out
[SONNY:]
No way!
[VANESSA:]
Iâll see you later, soâŠ
[BENNY:]
Oooh⊠Smooth operator, aw, damn, there she goes!
Yo, bro, take five, take a walk outside!
You look exhausted, lost, donât let life slide!
The whole hood is struggling, times are tight
And youâre stuck to this corner like a streetlight!
[USNAVI:]
Yeah, Iâm a streetlight, chokinâ on the heat
The world spins around while Iâm frozen to my seat
The people that I know all keep on rollinâ down the street
But every day is different so Iâm switchinâ up the beat
âCuz my parents came with nothing, they got a little more
And sure, weâre poor, but yo, at least we got the store
And itâs all about the legacy they left with me, itâs destiny
And one day Iâll 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:]
D.R., P.R., we are not stoppinâ
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
Ooh..
In the Heights
Iâve got today!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Every day, paciencia y fe
[USNAVI:]
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options
[USNAVI:]
And todayâs all we got, so we cannot stop
This is our block!
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
I hang my flag up on display
[PIRAGUA GUY:]
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le!
[COMMUNITY:]
It reminds me that I came from miles away
[USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/NEIGHBORS:]
My family came from miles awayâŠ
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day
[USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/WOMEN/MEN:]
Every day
[COMMUNITY:]
And tonight is so far awayâŠ
[USNAVI:]
But as for mañana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchinâ
[USNAVI:]
Youâll see the
late nights
Youâll taste
beans and rice
The syrups and
shaved ice
I ainât gonna
say it twice
[BENNY/GRAFFITI PETE/MEN:]
Late nights!
Beans and rice!
Shaved ice!
Say it twice!
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights!
In the Heights!
In the Heights!
[USNAVI:]
So turn up the stage lights
Weâre takinâ a flight
To a couple of days
in the life of what itâs like
[ALL:]
En Washington Heights!
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