In The Heights

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 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