In The Heights

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 spoken：
Ice cold piragua Parcha China Cherry Strawberry
And just for today I got mamey
USNAVI spoken：
Oye piragüero como estas
PIRAGUA GUY spoken：
Como siempre Señor Usnavi
Ice cold piragua Parcha
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
God d**n 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
ABUELA CLAUDIA spoken：
Ooo oo
USNAVI spoken：
Abuela my fridge broke I got café but no "con leche"
ABUELA CLAUDIA spoken：
Ay Dios try my mother's old recipe：one can of condensed milk
USNAVI spoken：
Nice Oh wait your lottery ticket
ABUELA CLAUDIA spoken：
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 ****'s creek"
WOMAN：
I've never been north of Ninety Sixth Street
USNAVI：
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
ENSEMBLE：
In the heights
I flip the lights and start my day
There are fights
WOMEN：
Endless debts
MEN：
And bills to pay
ENSEMBLE：
In the Heights
I can't survive without café
USNAVI：
I serve café
ENSEMBLE：
'Cause tonight seems like a million years away
In Washington
USNAVI：
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
KEVIN：
Good morning Usnavi
USNAVI：
Pan caliente café con leche
KEVIN：
Put twenty dollars on today's lottery
USNAVI：
Okay must be a lucky day
KEVIN：
Gotta be
USNAVI：
Oh my God you're so excited
KEVIN：
My Nina flew in at 3 A M last night
USNAVI：
Sweet Abuela's been cooking all week
KEVIN：
Come by when I see you this weekend
KEVIN/USNAVI：
Are we gonna eat
DANIELA：
So then Yesenia walks in the room
CARLA spoken：
Aha
DANIELA：
She smells s*x and cheap perfume
CARLA spoken：
Ooh Ooh
DANIELA：
It smells like one of those trees
That you hang from the rear view
CARLA spoken：
Ai no
DANIELA
USNAVI
It's true She screams "Who's in there with you Julio"
Daniela
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door
Carla
He's in bed with José from the liquor store
CARLA/USNAVI/CUCA：
No me diga
USNAVI spoken：
And that's Cuca the salon ladies
DANIELA/CARLA/CUCA：
Thanks Usnavi
USNAVI spoken：
Sonny you're late
SONNY spoken：
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' maxi pads fuzzy dice for taxicabs
Practically everybody's stressed yes
But they press through the mess bounce checks
And wonder what's next
ENSEMBLE：
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
BENNY：
You ain't got no skills
USNAVI：
Benny
BENNY：
Yo lemme get a
USNAVI：
Milky Way
BENNY：
Yup and lemme also get a
USNAVI：
Daily News
BENNY：
And a
USNAVI：
BENNY：
And the most important my
USNAVI：
Boss' second coffee one cream
five sugars
BENNY：
I'm the number one earner
USNAVI：
What
BENNY：
The fastest learner
USNAVI：
What
BENNY：
My boss can't keep me on the d**n back burner
USNAVI：
Yes he can
BENNY：
I'm makin' moves I'm makin' deals but guess what
USNAVI：
What
BENNY：
You still ain't got no skills
USNAVI：
Hardee har
BENNY：
Yo Vanessa show up yet
USNAVI：
Shut up
BENNY：
Hey little homie don't get so upset
USNAVI spoken：
Man
BENNY：
Tell Vanessa how you feel buy the girl a meal
On the real or
BENNY/SONNY：
You ain't got no skills
VANESSA speaking on the phone：
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 singing quietly：
Yo here's your chance ask her out right now
VANESSA：
I'll see you later we can look at that lease
BENNY：
Yo 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：
Yo smooth operator aw d**n 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
USNAVI：
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
ENSEMBLE：
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
ENSEMBLE：
It reminds me that I came from miles away
USNAVI：
D R P R we are not stoppin'
ENSEMBLE：
In the Heights
ABUELA CLAUDIA：
Every day paciencia y fe
Ooh
USNAVI：
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options
ENSEMBLE：
In the Heights
I've got today
USNAVI：
And today's all we got so we cannot stop
This is our block
ENSEMBLE：
In the Heights
I hang my flag up on display
PIRAGUA GUY：
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le
ENSEMBLE：
It reminds me that I came from miles away
USNAVI PIRAGUA GUY/NEIGHBORS：
My family came from miles away
ENSEMBLE：
In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day
USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/WOMEN/MEN：
Every day
ENSEMBLE：
And tonight is so far away
USNAVI
ENSEMBLE
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
ALL：
In Washington Heights