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Lights up on Washington Heights, up at the break of day |
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I wake up and I got this little punk I gotta chase away |
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Pop the grate at the crack of dawn, sing |
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While I wipe down the awning |
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Hey y’all, good morning |
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Ice cold piragua! Parcha. China. Cherry. Strawberry. |
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And just for today, I got mamey! |
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Oye, piragüero, como estas? |
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Como siempre, Señor Usnavi. |
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I am Usnavi and you prob’ly never heard my name |
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Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated |
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Exacerbated by the fact that my syntax |
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Is highly complicated 'cuz I emigrated |
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From the single greatest little place in the Caribbean: |
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Dominican Republic! |
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I love it! |
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Jesus, I’m jealous of it |
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And beyond that |
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Ever since my folks passed on |
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I haven’t gone back |
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Goddamn, I gotta get on that... |
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Fo! The milk has gone bad, hold up just a second |
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Why is everything in this fridge warm and tepid? |
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I better step it up and fight the heat |
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'Cuz I’m not makin' any profit if the coffee isn’t light and sweet! |
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Ooo-oo! |
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Abuela, my fridge broke. I got café but no "con leche." |
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Try my mother’s old recipe: one can of condensed milk. |
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Nice. |
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Ay! Paciencia y fe… |
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That was Abuela, she’s not really my “abuela,” |
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But she practically raised me, this corner is her escuela |
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Now, you’re prob’ly thinkin: |
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"I’m up shit’s creek! |
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I've never been north of Ninety-Sixth Street!” |
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Well, you must take the A Train |
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Even farther than Harlem to northern Manhattan and maintain |
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Get off at 181st, and take the escalator |
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I hope you’re writing this down, I’m gonna test ya later |
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I’m getting tested; times are tough on this bodega |
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Two months ago somebody bought Ortega’s |
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Our neighbors started packin’ up and pickin’ up |
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And ever since the rents went up |
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It’s gotten mad expensive |
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But we live with just enough |
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In the heights |
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I flip the lights and start my day |
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There are fights |
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And endless debts |
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And bills to pay |
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In the Heights |
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I can’t survive without café |
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I serve café |
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'Cuz tonight seems like a million years away! |
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En Washington- |
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Next up to bat, the Rosarios |
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They run the cab company, |
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They struggle in the barrio |
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See, their daughter Nina’s off at college, tuition is mad steep |
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So they can’t sleep |
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Everything they get is mad cheap! |
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Good morning, Usnavi! |
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Pan caliente, café con leche! |
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Put twenty dollars on today’s lottery |
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One ticket, that’s it! |
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Hey! A man’s gotta dream... |
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Don’t mind him, he’s all excited |
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‘Cuz Nina flew in at 3 A.M. last night! |
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Don’t look at me, this one’s been cooking all week! |
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Usnavi, come over for dinner |
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There’s plenty to eat! |
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So then Yesenia walks in the room- |
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Aha… |
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She smells sex and cheap perfume! |
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Uh oh… |
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It smells like one of those trees |
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That you hang from the rear view! |
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Ah, no! |
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It’s true! She screams, “Who’s in there with you, Julio?” |
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Grabs a bat and kicks in the door |
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He’s in bed with José from the liquor store! |
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No me diga! |
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Daniela and Carla, from the salon. |
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Thanks, Usnavi! |
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Sonny, you’re late. |
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Chillax, you know you love me. |
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Me and my cousin runnin’ just another dime-a-dozen |
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Mom-and-pop stop-and-shop |
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And, oh my god, it’s gotten |
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Too darn hot, like my man Cole Porter said |
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People come through for a few cold waters and |
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A lottery ticket, just a part of the routine |
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Everybody’s got a job, everybody’s got a dream |
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They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk |
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The first stop as people hop to work |
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Bust it- I’m like: |
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"One dollar, two dollars, one fifty, one sixty-nine. |
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I got it. You want a box of condoms? What kind? |
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That’s two quarters. |
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Two quarter waters. The New York Times. |
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You need a bag for that? The tax is added.?" |
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Once you get some practice at it |
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You do rapid mathematics automatically |
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Sellin’ maxipads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs and practically |
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Everybody’s stressed, yes! |
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But they press through the mess, |
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Bounce checks and wonder what’s next |
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In the heights |
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I buy my coffee and I go |
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I buy my coffee and- |
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Set my sights |
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On only what I need to know |
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What I need to know |
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In the heights |
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Money is tight |
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But even so |
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Even so |
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When the lights go down I blast my radio! |
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You ain’t got no skills! |
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Benny! |
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Yo, lemme get a- |
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Milky Way |
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Yeah, lemme also get a- |
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Daily News- |
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And a- |
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Post- |
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And most important, my- |
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Boss’ second coffee, one cream- |
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Five sugars |
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I’m the number one earner- |
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What?! |
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The fastest learner- |
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What?! |
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My boss can’t keep me on the damn back burner! |
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Yes, he can |
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I’m makin’ moves, I’m makin’ deals, but guess what? |
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What? |
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You still ain’t got no skills! |
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Hardee-har |
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Yo, Vanessa show up yet? |
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Shut up! |
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Hey little homie, don’t get so upset |
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Man... |
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Tell Vanessa how you feel, buy the girl a meal |
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On the real, or you ain’t got no skills |
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Nooo! |
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No no nooo! |
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No no nooo, no-no-no! |
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Nooo, no-no-no! |
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No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no! |
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Mr. Johnson, I got the security deposit |
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It’s locked in a box in the bottom of my closet |
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It’s not reflected in my bank statement |
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But I’ve been savin’ to make a down payment and pay rent |
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No, no, I won’t let you down- |
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Yo, here’s your chance; ask her out right now! |
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I’ll see you later, we can look at that lease! |
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Do somethin’, make your move, don’t freeze! |
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Hey! |
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You owe me a bottle of cold champagne! |
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Are you moving? |
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Just a little credit check and I’m on that downtown train! |
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Well, your coffee’s on the house |
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Okay! |
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Usnavi, ask her out |
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No way! |
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I’ll see you later, so… |
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Oooh... Smooth operator, aw, damn, there she goes! |
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Yo, bro, take five, take a walk outside! |
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You look exhausted, lost, don’t let life slide! |
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The whole hood is struggling, times are tight |
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And you’re stuck to this corner like a streetlight! |
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Yeah, I’m a streetlight, chokin' on the heat |
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The world spins around while I’m frozen to my seat |
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The people that I know all keep on rollin' down the street |
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But every day is different so I’m switchin’ up the beat |
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'Cuz my parents came with nothing, they got a little more |
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And sure, we’re poor, but yo, at least we got the store |
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And it’s all about the legacy they left with me, it’s destiny |
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And one day I’ll be on a beach with Sonny writing checks to me |
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In the Heights, I hang my flag up on display |
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We came to work and to live and we got a lot in common |
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It reminds me that I came from miles away |
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D.R., P.R., we are not stoppin’ |
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In the Heights |
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Every day, paciencia ye fe |
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Until the day we go from poverty to stock options |
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In the Heights |
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I’ve got today |
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And today’s all we got, so we cannot stop |
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This is our block! |
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In the Heights |
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I hang my flag up on display |
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Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le! |
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It reminds me that I came from miles away |
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My family came from miles away- |
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In the Heights |
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It gets more expensive every day |
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Every day |
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And tonight is so far away- |
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But as for mañana, mi pana |
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Ya gotta just keep watchin’ |
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You’ll see the |
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late nights |
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You’ll taste |
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beans and rice |
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The syrups and |
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shaved ice |
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I ain’t gonna |
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say it twice |
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So turn up the stage lights |
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We’re takin’ a flight |
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To a couple of days |
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in the life of what it’s like |
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En Washington Heights! |
