In the Heights - In the Heights - Piano Accompaniment/Rehearsal Track
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- This is an instrumental rehearsal track for "In the Heights" from In the Heights. Full piano accompaniment. It features a better piano sound than the other video on this channel. Not recommended for use in performance, but great for practicing on your own or using in rehearsal in a pinch. Visit musicalpractice... for more videos!
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Love all the comments with the lyrics ❤️
it's crazy to me how much of the personality is in the lyrics alone, and how different things sound when it's just the backing tracks
[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.
[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...
PLEASE NOTE: Abuela and Usnavi's conversation near the beginning is different than the cast album.
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
Ooo-oo!
[USNAVI, spoken]
Abuela, do we have milk at home?
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
No, que paso?
[USNAVI, spoken]
It's my fridge. I got café but no "con leche."
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
Try my mother’s old recipe: one can of condensed milk.
[USNAVI, spoken]
Nice. Your lottery tickets.
[Usnavi give Abuela Claudia her lottery tickets, which she kisses and holds up to the sky.]
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
Ay! Paciencia y fe…
[Song continues as normal]
Anyone else know absolutely every word to this?😂 I just did the whole thing (because quarantine) and I'm so out of breath ahhhh
1:21
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 ya'll good morning
PIRAGUA GUY
Ice cold piragua! Parcha. China. Cherry. Strawberry. Just for today, I got mamey!
USNAVI
Oye, 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
(He sniffs the milk carton) Foh!
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 making any profit if the coffee isn't light and sweet!
ABUELA CLAUDIA
Ooo-ooo!
USNAVI
Abuela, my fridge broke. I've 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 prob'ly thinkin
"I'm up on shit's creek
I never been north of 96th street"
Well you must take the A train
Even farther than Harlem
To norther Manhattan and maintain
Get off at 181st and take the escalator
I hope your writing this down I'm gonna test you later
I'm getting tested times are tough on this bodega
Two months ago somebody bought Ortega's
Our neighborhood 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 my lights and start my day
There are fights
(Girls) And endless debts
(Boys) 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 just flew in at 3 AM 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 walk 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-
1 dollar, 2 dollar, 1.50, 1.69
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
5 sugars
BENNY
I'm the #1 earner
The fastest learner
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
(on the phone) NO! NO NO NO!
NO NO NO NO!
NO 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
(to Usnavi) Yo, here's your chance ask her out right now.
VANESSA
I'll see you later we can look at that lease. (She hangs up.)
BENNY
(to Usnavi) 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
(under his breath to Usnavi)
Usnavi, ask her out
USNAVI
No way
VANESSA
I'll see you later, so...(she exits)
BENNY
Ooh, smooth operator, aw damn there she go!
Yo, bro, take 5, 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 (exits)
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 rolling down the street
But every day is different
So I'm switchin up the beat
Cuz 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
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 heoghts
I hang my flag up on display
PIRAGUA GUY
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le
COMMUNITY
It reminds that I came from miles away
USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/OTHERS
My family came from miles away
COMMUNITY
In the heights
It gets more expensive every day
And tonight is so far away-
USNAVI
But as for manana, mi pana
Ya gotta keep watchin
You'll see the late night
You'll taste beans and rice
The syrups and shaved ice,
I ain't gotta say it twice
So turn up the stage lights
We're takin a flight
To a couple days
In the life of what it's like
ALL
En Washington 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:]
Ice cold piragua! Parcha. China. Cherry. Strawberry. And just for today, I got mamey!
[USNAVI:]
Oye, piragüero, como estas?
[PIRAGUA GUY:]
Como siempre, Señor 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...
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
'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 café 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 prob'ly thinkin:
"I'm up shit's creek!
I've 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
[WOMEN:]
And endless debts
[MEN:]
And bills to pay
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
I can't survive without café
[USNAVI:]
I serve café
[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, café 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 3 A.M. 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...
[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:]
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 José 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, fuzzy dice for taxicabs and practically
Everybody's stressed, yes!
But they press through the mess,
Bounce checks and wonder what's 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 and...
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 ain't 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:]
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:]
Yo, Vanessa show up yet?
[USNAVI:]
Shut up!
[BENNY:]
Hey little homie, don't get so upset
[USNAVI:]
Man...
[BENNY:]
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:]
Oooh... Smooth operator, aw, damn, 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 are 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
'Cuz 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
[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 stoppin'
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
Ooh..
In the Heights
I've got today!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Every day, paciencia y fe
[USNAVI:]
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options
[USNAVI:]
And today's 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 away...
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day
[USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/WOMEN/MEN:]
Every day
[COMMUNITY:]
And tonight is so far away...
[USNAVI:]
But as for mañana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchin'
[USNAVI:]
You'll see the
late nights
You'll taste
beans and rice
The syrups and
shaved ice
I ain't 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
We're takin' a flight
To a couple of days
in the life of what it's like
[ALL:]
En Washington Heights!
Wow I just bought lyrics then went to the comment section
you PURCHASED lyrics? in 2020?
is it just me or i sing this on my own
"In The Heights"
(with 'In The Heights' Original Broadway 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! Parcha. China. Cherry. Strawberry. And just for today, I got mamey!
[USNAVI:]
Oye, piragüero, como estas?
[PIRAGUA GUY:]
Como siempre, Señor 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...
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
'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 café 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 prob'ly thinkin:
"I'm up shit's creek!
I've 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
[WOMEN:]
And endless debts
[MEN:]
And bills to pay
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
I can't survive without café
[USNAVI:]
I serve café
[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, café 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 3 A.M. 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...
[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:]
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 José 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, fuzzy dice for taxicabs and practically
Everybody's stressed, yes!
But they press through the mess,
Bounce checks and wonder what's 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 and...
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 ain't 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:]
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:]
Yo, Vanessa show up yet?
[USNAVI:]
Shut up!
[BENNY:]
Hey little homie, don't get so upset
[USNAVI:]
Man...
[BENNY:]
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:]
Oooh... Smooth operator, aw, damn, 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 are 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
'Cuz 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
[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 stoppin'
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
Ooh..
In the Heights
I've got today!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA:]
Every day, paciencia y fe
[USNAVI:]
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options
[USNAVI:]
And today's 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 away...
[COMMUNITY:]
In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day
[USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/WOMEN/MEN:]
Every day
[COMMUNITY:]
And tonight is so far away...
[USNAVI:]
But as for mañana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchin'
[USNAVI:]
You'll see the
late nights
You'll taste
beans and rice
The syrups and
shaved ice
I ain't 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
We're takin' a flight
To a couple of days
in the life of what it's like
[ALL:]
En Washington Heights!
I want to learn to play this
I love it, but the snare drum in the beginning is mildly annoying.
Wait where do you live elijah A. What state of America
[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.
[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...
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
'Cuz 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]
Try my mother’s old recipe: one can of condensed milk.
[USNAVI, spoken]
Nice.
[Usnavi give Abuela Claudia her lottery tickets, which she kisses and holds up to the sky.]
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
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 prob’ly thinkin:
"I’m up shit’s creek!
I've 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
[WOMEN]
And endless debts
[MEN]
And bills to pay
[COMMUNITY]
In the Heights
I can’t survive without café
[USNAVI]
I serve café
[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, café 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 3 A.M. 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-
[CARLA, spoken]
Aha…
[DANIELA]
She smells sex and cheap perfume!
[CARLA, spoken]
Uh oh…
[DANIELA]
It smells like one of those trees
That you hang from the rear view!
[CARLA, spoken]
Ah, no!
[DANIELA]
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 José from the liquor store!
[CARLA/USNAVI]
No me diga!
[USNAVI, spoken]
Daniela and Carla, from the salon.
[DANIELA/CARLA]
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’ maxipads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs and practically
Everybody’s stressed, yes!
But they press through the mess,
Bounce checks and wonder what’s 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 and-
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 ain’t 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]
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]
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 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]
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]
Oooh... Smooth operator, aw, damn, 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 are 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
'Cuz 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
[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 stoppin’
[COMMUNITY]
In the Heights
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
In the Heights
I’ve got today!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
Every day, paciencia y fe
[USNAVI]
Until the day we go from poverty to stock options
[USNAVI]
And today’s 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 away-
[COMMUNITY]
In the Heights
It gets more expensive every day
[USNAVI/PIRAGUA GUY/WOMEN/MEN]
Every day
[COMMUNITY]
And tonight is so far away-
[USNAVI]
But as for mañana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchin’
[USNAVI]
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
[BENNY/GRAFFITI PETE/MEN]
Late nights!
Beans and rice!
Shaved ice!
Say it twice!
[COMMUNITY]
In the Heights!
In the Heights!
In the Heights!
Ah
Ah
Ah
Ah!
[ALL]
En Washington Heights!
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