"[radio] Yo, pull out them kiddie pools and call me up with your sizzling summer scandal." "tomorrow's the Fourth of July but we're kicking off the celebration tonight with fireworks at the marina!" "It's going to be a scorcher! Yo, that's my wall! 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," "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, 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.​" "[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 packing' 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" "'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—" "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 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.​ 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] 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] Yo, lemme get a— [USNAVI] Milky Way" "[BENNY] Yeah, lemme also get a— [USNAVI] Daily News—" "[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!" "[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, speaking on the phone] Nooo!" "No no nooo!" "No no nooo, no-no-no!" "[Keeps saying 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!" "[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, choking' 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] [USNAVI] In the Heights, I hang We came to work and to live my flag up on display 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'" "[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" "[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" "[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" "[ALL] En Washington Heights! [USNAVI] Yo, what did I say?" "Go fix the fridge" "[SONNY] Hells no, it was blowing fuses, sparking and shit!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Usnavi, send this boy to D.R. for summer." "Let him work on a farm so his Nikes can get real dirt on them." "[USNAVI] I ain't wasting' no plane ticket on this kid." "I'll be on Playa Rincon with arum and coke." "Sonny can stay here and sell Twinkies." "Sell?" "I'll give 'em away for free." "I'm the Robin Hood of El Barrio [USNAVI] Nina Rosario, what is up?" "!" "[NINA] Jetlag, I haven't slept all night" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] It's the watermelon of my heart!" "[NINA] Bendición, Abuela." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Congratulations, your first year at Stanford University!" "[NINA] It felt like ten" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] You just missed your parents" "[NINA] I'm here to see you guys" "[USNAVI] So, did you kick some college ass?" "[NINA] I got mine handed to me on a silver platter." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Please, you knew the ABC's when you were six months old." "[USNAVI] You registered half the block to vote!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] The future Mayor of Nuevayork!" "[SONNY] I wanna be your campaign manager" "Yo miss, recognize this face?" "[NINA] Look who's a grown man" "[SONNY] Check outs te goatee" "[USNAVI] That's fridge grease" "[SONNY] Why you so jealous of my skills?" "[USNAVI] Get back to work" "Stop by later Nina" "[NINA] Those recipies you sent were my survival kit" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] I had to make sure you remembered the flavor of home" "Bueno, come inside, I have your sandwichito ready!" "[NINA] I'll be there in just a second" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] I'll go put the fan on [PIRAGUA GUY] Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida Respira..." "[NINA] Breathe [COMMUNITY] Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga" "Respira" "[NINA] This is my street I smile at the faces" "I've known all my life They regard me with pride" "And everyone's sweet They say, "You're going places!"" "So how can I say that while I was away I had so much to hide!" ""Hey guys, it's me!" "The biggest disappointment you know."" "The kid couldn't hack it She's back and she's walkin' real slow" "Welcome home Just breathe..." "[COMMUNITY] Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida" "Respira—" "Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga" "Respira—" "[NINA] As the radio plays old forgotten boleros" "I think of the days when this city was mine I remember the praise" "[NINA] "Ay, te adoro, te quiero,"" "The neighborhood waved, and Said, "Nina, be brave and You're gonna be fine!"" "And maybe it's me But it all seems like lifetimes ago" "[NINA] So what do I say to these faces that I used to know?" ""Hey, I'm home?"" "[NEIGHBOR LADY] [NINA] Mira Nina Hey..." "[COMMUNITY] No me preocupo por ella" "[NINA] They're not worried about me" "[COMMUNITY] Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella!" "[NINA] They are all counting on me to succeed" "[COMMUNITY] Ella sí da la talla!" "[NINA] I am the one who made it out!" "The one who always made the grade" "But maybe I should have just stayed home..." "When I was a child I stayed wide awake" "Climbed to the highest place On every fire escape" "Restless to climb" "I got every scholarship Saved every dollar" "The first to go to college" "How do I tell them why I'm coming back home?" "With my eyes on the horizon" "[NINA] Just me and the GWB, asking," ""Gee Nina, what'll you be?" Straighten the spine Smile for the neighbors" "Everything's fine Everything's cool" "The standard reply:" ""Lots of tests, lots of papers."" "Smile, wave goodbye And pray to the sky, oh, god..." "And what will my parents say?" "Can I go in there and say" ""I know that I'm letting you down..."" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Nina... [NINA] Just breathe... [KEVIN] Chicos lo repito pa' que me entiendan ciento noventa y dos, en la esquina, al frente del McDonald's Atención, I know it's hot" "but I don't want to see any drivers without a tie." "Mija, how can you be so stressed when our muñeca is home" "[CAMILA] The mechanic called, he won't touch another engine till we pay for last month" "[KEVIN] Then I'll get a little engine grase on my hands" "[CAMILA] Why, so you can hurt your back again?" "[KEVIN] You used to think I was sexy when I fixed cars" "[CAMILA] before all that mileage..." "Mira, Uptown Investment Group..." "[KEVIN] Another developer" "It's not an offer, it's an insult" "[CAMILA] Regency Bank" "We're behind on all these payments" "We need an emergency loan" "[KEVIN] We'll go see the bank manager Monday" "[CAMILA] Papi this can't wait." "[KEVIN] The dispatcher called out" "[BENNY] Hey, boss, I'll cover the radio [KEVIN] You don't speak Spanish" "[BENNY] Five years with these drivers" "[KEVIN] You're not Latino" "[CAMILA] Excuse me?" "How much English did you speak when you started here?" "Benny is honorary Latino [BENNY] There's a new voice riding the heat wave today" "[KEVIN] Just get them from point A to B" "[BENNY] I got your back Check one two three..." "Check one two three..." "This is Benny on the dispatch." "Yo!" "Atención, yo, attention!" "It's Benny, and I'd like to mention I'm on the microphone this mornin'" "Honk ya horn if you want it!" "Okay, we got traffic on the west side Get off at 79th, and take the left side" "Of Riverside Drive, and ya might slide West End's ya best friend if you catch the lights" "And don't take the Deegan;" "Manny Ramirez is in town this weekend" "Sorry Dominicans, take Route Eighty-seven You ain't getting back in again" "Hold up a minute" "[BENNY] Nina, you're home today!" "[NINA] Any sign— [BENNY] ..." "Of your folks, they're on their way!" "[NINA] Anyway— [BENNY] It's good to see your face—" "[NINA] Anytime— [BENNY] Hold up a minute, wait!" "You used to run this dispatch, right?" "[NINA] Once or twice—" "[BENNY] Well check the technique!" "Yo!" "There's a traffic accident I have to mention" "At the intersection of 10th Ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center" "And check it, don't get stuck in the rubber-neckin'" "On a Hundred-Ninety-Second, there's a double-decker bus wreck!" "Now listen up, we got a special guest!" "Live and direct from a year out west!" "Welcome her back, 'cause she looks mad stressed!" "Nina Rosario, the barrio's best!" "Honk your horns..." "She's smiling... say hello!" "[NINA] Hello!" "Everybody!" "I better find my folks Thanks for the welcome wagon" "[BENNY] Anytime." "Anytime, Nina" "Wait here with me" "It's getting hot outside, turn up the A.C" "Stay here with me [USNAVI] Oye, you missed another doctor's appointment" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Mijo, would you take medical advice from a man named Dr. Gross?" "[USNAVI] As long as you're taking your medicine Abuela..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] It makes my heart work better, but in return it gives me headaches" "Imaginate, with what those pills cost, I'd get myself a good facelift" "Sácalo de aquí, mételo pacá" "Sácalo de aquí, mételo pacá" "Y pacá, y pacá" "[SONNY] Who- who hooked it up?" "Ice cold Country Club Cola Champagne!" "[USNAVI] Put that on your tab" "You owe me five thousand, three hundred" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Usnavi, I think he's trying to tell you that he fixed the Frididaire [SONNY] So let's talk about that raise" "Free sodas or I walk" "[USNAVI] Half price." "Diet." "Cola Champagne" "That's my final offer" "[SONNY] Ain't no Diminicans be drinking no diet soda!" "[VANESSA] Be thankful, at least someone around here is getting a raise!" "[SONNY] Know what?" "I'm starting a union" "Underage cousins of bodega workers unite [DANIELA] Excuse me, this isn't social hours" "[VANESSA] Sorry, it's Con Edison." "I gave my mom half my check to pay the bills..." "[DANIELA] Y que pasó?" "She drank it away?" "Vanessa, when are you going to get out of that toxic environment?" "[VANESSA] Hi ma'am?" "I get my check next week, I can pay then" "Yes, I'll hold." "Daniela, I know I still owe you from last time..." "Carla, what's my rule?" "[CARLA] She'll do anything for you but she won't support your mother's malfunction" "[DANIELA] Dysfunction" "[VANESSA] My lights are going to be out all week" "[CARLA] What would Jesus do?" "[DANIELA] Do I look like Jesus to you?" "[VANESSA] Yes, hello?" "Yes, I'm still here." "No, please don't transfer me!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "[DANIELA] Comay, it's time to take five and clear out that negative energy!" "Get some packing tape" "[VANESSA] Anything else while I'm at it?" "[DANIELA] a Pepsi" "Tough love, chacha [VANESSA] The elevated train by my window" "Doesn't faze me anymore" "The rattling screams don't disrupt my dreams It's a lullaby, in its way" "The elevated train drives everyone insane But I don't mind, oh no" "When I bring back boys they can't tolerate the noise And that's okay, 'cause I never let them stay" "And one day, I'm hoppin' that elevated train and I'm riding away!" "It won't be long now!" "The boys around the way holler at me when I'm walking down the street" "Their machismo pride doesn't break my stride—" "It's a compliment, so they say" "The boys around the way holler at me every day but I don't mind, oh no" "If I'm in the mood, it will not be with some dude" "Who is whistling 'cause he has nothing to say" "Or who's honking at me from his Chevrolet!" "And one day..." "I'm hoppin' in a limousine and I'm driving away!" "It won't be long now!" "(spoken) Ay, Usnavi, help!" "SOS!" "[USNAVI] Good morning, Vanessa!" "If it isn't the loveliest girl in the place..." "[VANESSA] You've got some schmutz on your face" "[USNAVI] Another late night, eh?" "Whoever you were with, he's got nothing on these biceps" "I bench press six gallons of milk and two cases on Goya beans" "[VANESSA] It was my mom." "Actually, they shut out our lights." "Again." "[USNAVI] Coffee, whole milk." "Very sweet." "Little bit of cinnamon" "[VANESSA] Mm." "Just like my abuela used to do" "[USNAVI] That's what all the ladies say." "I remind them of their grandma [SONNY] Good morning!" "[SONNY/USNAVI] Good morning!" "[USNAVI] Vanessa!" "[SONNY] Vanessa!" "[USNAVI/SONNY] Vanessa!" "[DANIELA, spoken] VANESSSSSAAAAAA!" "I'm thirsty, coño! [VANESSA, spoken] Can I get a Pepsi and some packing tape?" "[SONNY, spoken] Uh, my cousin over there with his tongue hanging out, he would like to know what a lady such as yourself is doing tonight?" "[VANESSA, spoken] Does your cousin dance?" "[SONNY, spoken] Like a..." "like a drunk Chita Rivera.​" "[VANESSA, spoken] Okay..." "So after Nina's dinner, we can hit a few clubs and check out the fireworks... [USNAVI] Oh snap!" "Who's that?" "Don't touch me, I'm too hot!" "Yes!" "Qué pasó?" "Here I go!" "So dope!" "Y tu lo sabes!" "No pare sigue sigue!" "Did you see me?" "Freaky freakit!" "What a way to begin the weekend Sonny, anything you want is free, man!" "And my dearly beloved Dominican Republic I haven't forgotten you!" "Gonna see this honey, make a little money And one day I'll hop Jet Blue!" "But until that fateful day, I'm grateful I got a destination" "I'm runnin' to make it home And home's what Vanessa's runnin' away from!" "I'm runnin' to make it home And home's what Vanessa's runnin' away from..." "[VANESSA] The neighborhood salon is the place I am working for the moment As I cut their hair, ladies talk and share—" "Every day, who's doin' who and why..." "The neighborhood salon doesn't pay me what I wanna be making but I don't mind" "As I sweep the curb I can hear those turbo engines blazing a trail through the sky" "I look up and think about the years gone by" "But one day—I'm walkin' to JFK and I'm gonna fly!" "It won't be long now!" "Any day... [BENNY] Roger." "Cómo?" "Uh... dónde estás?" "Slow down." "One momento." "Yo, cabrón, I'm trying to help you!" "Whoa, who taught you to speak Spanish?" "The drivers, dirty bastards [NINA] Ahá, dime" "He's going to the Cloisters, he's stuck on the Hudson" "[BENNY] Exit fourteen, tell him to follow the signs to Fort Tryon" "[NINA] The u-turn off exit fifteen is quicker" "[BENNY] It's also illegal" "[NINA] Salida quince, haz una media vuelta, sigue derecho" "[BENNY] You gave him your directions, didn't you?" "[KEVIN] Eyes on the dispatch, por favor" "[BENNY] Yes, sir [NINA] Dad!" "[KEVIN] You look more beautiful and even smarter!" "[NINA] It must be the bags under my eyes" "[CAMILA] Nena de mamá!" "Mija tan preciosa!" "Turn around, let me see my flaquita!" "[NINA] Mom!" "Please" "[CAMILA] Excuse me, you think you're all grown up?" "[NINA] I was hoping we could grab a few coffees and go home for a minute" "[KEVIN] No, we're celebrating!" "Caridad is still serving breakfast" "[NINA] I ate at Abuela Claudia's" "[CAMILA] So?" "I get to fatten you up, too!" "[KEVIN] We have to go by Daniela's everyone wants to see you [NINA] You guys!" "[NINA] Okay, I planned this whole speech on the plane... [KEVIN] Benny, give us a minute" "[BENNY] Nina if there's anything I can do to help" "[KEVIN] Go" "[CAMILA] Mija [NINA] I lost my scolarship" "[CAMILA] Did you get in some kind of trouble?" "[NINA] No" "[CAMILA] It's okay" "Just tell us what happened" "[NINA] My grades where bellow te cutoff so they put me on probation" "After the midterms they called me into the Dean's office and he was like, "We have to pul your scholarship"" "[CAMILA] But you were studying nonstop!" "[NINA] No I was working to help to pay for books I didn't have time to read" "Look, I ended up taking a leave of absence" "[CAMILA] Does leave of absence mean drop out?" "Nina, look at me. [NINA] I guess you could say I left school [KEVIN] What?" "[CAMILA] Oh my god, when?" "[NINA] I didn't know what to do" "When?" "March" "[CAMILA] Four months ago!" "?" "Where have you been since then?" "[NINA] Figuring out how to tell you." "Staying on a friend's couch" "[CAMILA] Like a beggar?" "You lied to me!" "Every time I called you!" "[NINA] I couldn't work two jobs and study for finals and finish my term papers" "[KEVIN] Two jobs?" "You said it was going to be one" "[NINA] It's expensive." "The scholarship only covers part of it" "[KEVIN] Then you pick up the phone and say, "Papy, I need some money."" "[NINA] You don't know what college is like!" "[KEVIN] I would have found a way!" "[CAMILA] I'm going to get started on dinner" "[NINA] Cancel tonight" "[CAMILA] You be home in an hour! [KEVIN] Why didn't you just ask me? [NINA] What could you have done? [KEVIN] This isn't happening" "Inútil!" "Useless Just like my father was before me:" "Inútil!" "Useless" "And every day He cut the cane" "He came home late and prayed for rain Prayed for rain And on the days When nothing came" "My father's face was lined with shame" "He'd sit me down beside him and he'd say,​ "My father was a farmer,​ His father was a farmer,​" "And you will be a farmer."" "But I told him, "Papi, I'm sorry, I'm going farther.​" "I'm getting on a plane.​ And I am gonna change the world someday!"" "And he slapped my face" "He stood there, staring at me, useless" "Today my daughter's home and I am... useless And as a baby she amazed me with the things she learned each day She used to stay on the fire escape" "While all the other kids would play" "And I would stand beside her and I'd say:" ""I'm proud to be your father" "'Cuz you work so much harder" "And you are so much smarter Than I was at your age."" "But I always knew that she would fly away" "And she was gonna change the world someday I will not be the reason" "That my family can't succeed" "I will do what it takes" "They'll have everything they need" "Or all my work, all my life" "Everything I've sacrificed will have been useless [SONNY] You ready?" "Let's go." "One, two, three, four What you got? What happened? [DANIELA] You know me, I don't like to talk about nobody" "[CARLA] Dani, don't!" "My pastor told me gossip is a sin" "[DANIELA] Jesus, perdóname" "Gladys went behind my back for ten dollar hairdo and guess what she found in her extensions? Una cucaracha" "[THEY SCREAM]" "One of the big ones, with wings" "[KEEP SCREAMING]" "[SCREAMS KEEPS GOING]" "[NINA] I've been calling you all morning" "[VANESSA] Well, guess how confiscated my phone? Next fall, put me in your suitcase and take me with you." "[NINA] Ladies, do you mind if I borrow Vanessa for a minute?" "[DANIELA] And what are we, chopped chuletas?" "[CARLA] Pobrecita, you need a makeover" "[NINA] I have to go help my mom..." "I'll see you guys at dinner?" "[DANIELA] I'll be packing." "Tomorrow we close that door forever" "[NINA] Oh no" "Alright, ten minutes" "[DANIELA] Can you believe the salon's moving to the Bronx?" "[VANESSA] Gettin' out the barrio, and heading' to the hood" "[DANIELA] What can I do?" "They keep raising the rent" "[NINA] Man,now who's going to mess up my highlights?" "[THEY CHEER]" "[DANIELA] Ungrateful!" "I mess up your highlights at a discount price" "And if you visit me in the Bronx, free eyebrow waxing" "[NINA] You're the only person who touches these brows" "[DANIELA] I see." "Tweezers!" "[CARLA] Ay, pero what happened to these curls?" "You need some hair gel mami" "[NINA] Do not make my hair all crunchy!" "[DANIELA] You have to accept hair gel into your life!" "[DANIELA] Gorgeous!" "[CARLA] Linda!" "[CARLA/DANIELA] Tell me something I don't know!" "[VANESSA] Vieja!" "[DANIELA] Sucia!" "[CARLA] Cabrona!" "[CARLA/VANESSA/DANIELA] Tell me something I don't know!" "[CARLA] A little off the top!" "[DANIELA] A little off the side!" "[NINA] A little bit of news you've heard around the barrio!" "[ALL] Tell me something I don't know!" "[DANIELA] Bueno" "You didn't hear it from me!" "But some little birdie told me" "Usnavi had sex with Yolanda!" "[NINA/CARLA] No me diga!" "[VANESSA] Ay, no!" "He'd never go out with a skank like that!" "Please tell me you're joking!" "[DANIELA] Okay!" "Just wanted to see what you'd say!" "[CARLA/NINA/DANIELA] Tell me something I don't know!" "Mmm-hmm-mmm..." "[VANESSA, spoken] What?" "I don't care!" "[ALL] Ay, bendito!" "[DANIELA] So, Nina, I hear you been talking to Benny" "[NINA] And what do you hear?" "[DANIELA] I hear plenty!" "They say he's got quite a big... taxi!" "[CARLA/VANESSA] No me diga!" "[NINA] Okay!" "I don't wanna know where you heard all that!" "[CARLA] I don't think I know what you mean..." "[DANIELA] Carla!" "He's packing a stretch limousine!" "[VANESSA/DANIELA/NINA] Tell me something I don't know!" "[CARLA] Long as he keeps it clean!" "[NINA/VANESSA/DANIELA] Ay dios mio! [DANIELA] Nina, seriously we knew you'd be the one to make it out!" "[VANESSA] I bet you impressed them all out west;" "You were always the best, no doubt!" "[CARLA] We want front row seats to your graduation—" "[DANIELA] They'll call your name—" "[DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA] And we'll scream and shout!" "[They cheer]" "[NINA, spoken] You guys, I dropped out" "[DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA, spoken] No me diga?" "!" "[NINA, spoken] I should go.​" "[DANIELA] That's a shitty piece of news.​" "[CARLA] That girl never quit anything.​" "[DANIELA] Muchacha never got a B" "[VANNESA] She got a C in gym once" "I had to talk her off the fire scape" "[DANIELA] Maybe the pressure cooker couldn't take it and PAH the lid flew off" "[VANESSA] But what the hell happened?" "[DANIELA] I don't know..." "[DANIELA/CARLA] I don't know" "[DANIELA] I don't know..." "[CARLA/VANESSA] Tell me something I don't know!" "[ALL] Qué sé yo? [BENNY] Yo" "Does my tie look straight?" "[USNAVI] Benny, you look the same as you do every day man" "Quit tying to impress Nina" "[SONNY] Whoo, you need to impress some Old Spice under those arms." "[BENNY] Shut up." "My boss put me on dispatch today," "I need to look professional" "[SONNY] "My boss, my boss"" "You're paving the way to somebody else's dream" "Man, you need to strike out on your own" "[BENNY] I'm learning on someone else's dime" "The day I open up Benny's Car Service" "I'll know my trade inside and out" "[USNAVI] Either one of you Rockefellers wanna take this business off my hands?" "[SONNY] Heck no [BENNY] Naw, I'm cool" "[USNAVI] Yeah, I didn't think so" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What's up, what's up what's uuuuup" "Yo, c'mon, buy my t-shirt" "[USNAVI] That's your sales pitch?" "Men, get the hell out of here" "[GRAFFITI PETE] C'mon, today's special, two for twenty" "[USNAVI] How about I give you nothing and you scrub your initials off my awning?" "[SONNY] whoo, men" "Look, Sonny's Secret Recipe" "[USNAVI] Ah?" "One dollar twenty five" "[GRAFFITI PETE] C'mon, let's trade" "I got some roman candles, bottle rockets." "Third of July party starts tonight! [USNAVI] Contraband." "Vandalism." "You got three seconds before I call the cops 9. 1" "[SONNY] Usnavi, usnavi, double check this" "[USNAVI] Take Five Lotto Hold up, whe sold a winner yesterday?" "[BENNY] Somebody won?" "[SONNY] Yo, I want a cut of your cut!" "[USNAVI] I don't get a cut" "Yup, the numbers match" "[BENNY] Yo, what's the payout?" "!" "Don't tell me no five hundred dollars [USNAVI] Ninety-six thousand!" "[SONNY/BENNY] Damn!" "[USNAVI] Ninety-six thousand!" "[SONNY] Dollars?" "Holler!" "[USNAVI] Ninety-six thousand!" "Danm!" "That's a lot of spray cans" "[USNAVI] Ninety-six thousand!" "[BENNY] Yo,​ If I won the lotto tomorrow" "Well, I know I wouldn't bother goin' on no spending' spree" "I pick a business school and pay the entrance fee!" "Then maybe if you're lucky, you'll stay friends with me!" "I'll be a businessman, richer than Nina's daddy!" "Donald Trump and I on the links, and he's my caddy!" "My money's makin' money, I'm goin' from po' to mo' dough!" "Keep the bling, I want the brass ring, like Frodo!" "[USNAVI] Oh no, here goes Mr. Braggadocio" "Next thing you know, you're lying like Pinocchio—" "[BENNY] Yo, if you're scared of the bull, stay out the rodeo!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Yo, I got more hoes than a phone book in Tokyo!" "[USNAVI] Ooh, you better stop rappin', you not ready" "It's gonna get hot and heavy And you already sweaty—" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Yo-yo-yo!" "Yo!" "[USNAVI] Yo!" "I'm sorry is that an answer?" "Shut up, go home and pull ya damn pants up!" "As for you, Mr. Frodo of the Shire— 96 G's ain't enough to retire" "[BENNY] C'mon, I'll have enough to knock your ass off its axis!" "[USNAVI] You'll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes!" "[SONNY] Ninety-six thousand!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken] Ay, alabanza!" "[SONNY] Ninety-six thousand!" "[DANIELA/CARLA, spoken] No me diga" "[SONNY] Ninety-six thousand!" "[VANESSA, spoken] I never win shit!" "[SONNY] Ninety-six thousand!" "[BENNY] For real, though, imagine how it would feel goin' real slow" "Down the highway of life with no regrets" "And no breaking' your neck for respect or a paycheck" "For real, though, I'll take a break from the wheel and we'll throw" "The biggest block party, everybody here" "It's a weekend when we can breathe, take it easy [NEIGHBORS] Yo!" "Ma, it's me, check my tickets!" "[CARLA] Check one two three What would you do with ninety-six G's—" "[DANIELA] Who me?" "[CARLA] I mean if it's just between you and me—" "[DANIELA] Esa pregunta es tricky!" "[CARLA] I know" "[DANIELA] With ninety-six G's" "I'd start my life with a brand new lease Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze" "[CARLA] And a brand new weave!" "[DANIELA] Or maybe just bleach..." "[VANESSA] Y'all are freaks.​" "[USNAVI, spoken] Yo, I'm just sayin'... (sung) It's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals" "You really want some bread?" "Then go ahead create a set of goals" "And cross them off the list as you pursue 'em" "And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'" "What'm I doin?" "What'm I doin?" "It takes most of that cash just to save my ass from financial ruin" "Sonny can keep the coffee brewin' I'll spend a few on you" "'Cause the only room with a view is a room with you in it" "And I could give Abuela Claudia the rest of it" "Just fly me down to Puerto Plata, I'll make the best of it!" "You really love this business?" "[SONNY] No" "Tough, Merry Christmas You're now the youngest tycoon in Washington Hiznits! [SONNY] Yo!" "With ninety-six thousand, I'd finally fix housin'" "Give the barrio computers with wireless web browsin'" "Your kids are livin' without a good edjumication" "Change the station, teach 'em about gentrification" "The rent is escalatin' [GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "!" "The rich are penetratin' [GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "!" "We pay our corporations when we should be demonstratin'" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "!" "What about immigration?" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "!" "Politicians be hatin' [GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "!" "Racism in this nation's gone from latent to blatant" "[COMMUNITY] Oooooh!" "[SONNY] I'll cash my ticket and picket, invest in protest" "Never lose my focus 'til the city takes notice" "You know this!" "I'll never sleep" "Because the ghetto has a million promises for me to keep!" "[VANESSA, spoken] You are so cute!" "[SONNY, spoken] I was just thinking off the top of my head, I mean [USNAVI, spoken] Ninety-six K:" "Go" "[VANESSA] If I win the lottery, you'll never see me again you'll never see me again" "[USNAVI] Damn, we only jokin', stay broke then" "[VANESSA] I'll be downtown" "Get a nice studio, I'll get out of the barrio" "[VANESSA] If I​win the ​​lottery" "You'll wonder where I've been" "[EACH CHARACTER VERSE MIX TOGETHER]" "[IT'S BEAUTIFUL]" "[IMPRESSIVE]" "[VANESSA] I'll be downtown!" "[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY] We could pay off the debts we ​owe!" "[VANESSA/CARLA/DANIELA] We could tell everyone we ​know!" "[USNAVI] I could get on a plane and ​go!" "[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY] We be swimmin' in dough,​ ​yo!" "[EVERYONE] No tip-toein' We'll get the dough 'n'" "Once we get goin' We're never gonna Stop tip-toein'" "We'll get the dough an' Once we get goin' We're never gonna—" "[CHORUS]" "[COMMUNITY] We'll get the dough 'n'" "Once we get goin' We're never gonna stop! [WHISPERING] Ninety-six ​thousand" "Ninety-six ​thousand" "Ninety-six ​thousand [ABUELA CLAUDIA] Ay, que calor." "Usnavi, ooo-oo!" "[USNAVI] Something's wrong, you were off-pitch" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] It's the heat." "Toma, your ham and cheese" "[USNAVI] Thanks." "You know, you already brought me one" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] De verdad?" "My memory goes two miles an hour" "I'm taking a walk, I need some air" "[USNAVI] Breadcrumbs for your birds" "Stay in the shade, okay?" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Ah!" "I should stop by Padre Carlos's church and light a few candles" "[USNAVI] Light one for my broken grate" "I gotta go call the mechanic about that thing" "Mi amor, is like you always say, patience and faith" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Paciencia y fe Calor... calor... calor..." "Calor... calor... calor..." "Ay Mamá!" "The summer's hottest day!" "Paciencia y fe!" "Paciencia y fe! Ay, carajo, it's hot!" "But that's okay!" "Mamá would say, "Paciencia y fe!"" "It was hotter at home in La Vibora" "The Washington Heights of Havana!" "A crowded city of faces the same as mine!" "Back as a child in La Vibora" "I chased the birds in the plaza" "Praying, Mamá, you would find work" "Combing the stars in the sky for some sort of sign!" "Ay, Mamá, so many stars in Cuba..." "En Nueva York we can't see beyond our streetlights..." "To reach the roof you gotta bribe the supa..." "Ain't no Cassiopeia in Washington Heights..." "But ain't no food in La Vibora..." "I remember nights, anger in the streets, hunger at the windows" "Women folding clothes, playing with my friends in the summer rain..." "Mamá needs a job, Mamá says we're poor, one day you say, "Vamos a Nueva York..."" "And Nueva York was far But Nueva York had work and so we came..." "And now, I'm wide awake A million years too late" "I talk to you, imagining what you'd do" "Remembering what we went through!" "Nueva York!" "Ay Mamá!" "It wasn't like today, you'd say "Paciencia y fe"" "[NEW YORKERS] "Paciencia y fe"" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] "Paciencia y fe!"" "Fresh off the boat in America Freezing in early December" "A crowded city in Nineteen Forty-Three!" "Learning the ropes in America" "In español, I remember" "Dancing with Mayor La Guardia" "All of society welcoming mami and me!" "Ha!" "[EMPLOYERS] You better clean this mess!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Paciencia y fe..." "[EMPLOYERS] You better learn inglés!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Paciencia y fe..." "[EMPLOYERS] You better not be late..." "You better pull your weight..." "Are you better off than you were with the birds of La Vibora?" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Sharing double beds, trying to catch a break, struggling with English" "Listening to friends, finally got a job working as a maid" "So we cleaned some homes, polishing with pride" "Scrubbing the whole of the Upper East Side" "The days into weeks, the weeks into years, and here I stayed" "[NEW YORKERS] Paciencia y fe..." "Paciencia y fe..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] And as I feed these birds" "My hands begin to shake" "And as I say these words" "My heart's about to break" "And ay Mamá What do you do when your dreams come true?" "I've spent my life Inheriting dreams from you." "And what do I do with this winning ticket?" "What can I do but pray?" "I buy my loaf of bread" "Continue with my day" "And see you in my head" "Imagining what you'd say" "The birds, they fly away Do they fly to La Vibora?" "(spoken) Alright, Mamá." "Okay" "(sung) Paciencia y fe" "[NEIGHBORS] Calor, calor, calor! [SONNY] Uh, well, well, well." "Nina Rosario" "I think we both know what time it is" "[NINA] Your bedtime?" "[SONNY] No, no, no, not yet" "I think it's time you open that wounded soul up to Sonny" "[NINA] It's tempting" "[SONNY] Know what?" "You need a welcome home slushee" "Two parts blue raspberry, one part cherry cola, and check this out" "I mix some nerds in it... delicious!" "[BENNY] Domingo, it's all you" "[NINA] Can I get a rain check on that slushee?" "[SONNY] but" "[BENNY] Yo, Sonny" "[SONNY] You know, one day, you both are gonna need my sympathy and will I be there?" "Probably" "[BENNY AND NINA LAUGH]" "[BENNY] Whould you like a seat" "[NINA] Did you learn some more curse words?" "[BENNY] I'm trying but it's like two different languages you got" "Dominican Spanish and Puerto Rican Spanish" "[NINA] I hear you" "They spoke a different kind of English at Standford" "[BENNY] Really?" "[NINA] "Weekend," Verb" "To go skiing at your cabin on Lake Tahoe" ""Cabin," Noun" "A blasé word for "mansion"" "[BENNY] tsk, you need to teach them some local vocabulary" "[NINA] Oh I did." "Every day in the cafeteria, I was like," ""Oye, you need some fries with that?" [BENNY] To not knowing the language [NINA] I used to think we lived at the top of the world" "When the world was just a subway map" "And the one-slash-nine Climbed a dotted line to my place" "[BENNY] There's no nine train now" "[NINA] Right" "I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky" "When the world was just a subway map" "And my thoughts took shape" "[NINA/BENNY] On that fire escape..." "[NINA] Can you remind me of what it was like" "At the top of the world?" "[BENNY] Come with me We begin July With a stop at my corner fire hydrant" "[NINA] You would open it every summer!" "[BENNY] I would bust it with a wrench" "Till my face got drenched Till I heard the sirens" "Then I ran like hell!" "[NINA] You ran like hell!" "[BENNY] Yeah, I ran like hell!" "[NINA] I remember well!" "[BENNY] To your father's dispatch window "Hey, let me in, yo!" "They're coming to get me!"" "[NINA] You were always in constant trouble—" "[BENNY] Then your dad would act all snide, but he'd let me hide" "You'd be there inside—" "[NINA] Life was easier then" "[BENNY] Nina, everything is easier" "When you're home..." "The street's a little kinder when you're home" "Can't you see That the day seems clearer" "Now that you are here or Is it me?" "Maybe it's just me..." "We gotta go I wanna show you all I know" "The sun is setting and the light is getting low" "[NINA] Are we going to Castle Garden?" "[BENNY] Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot I got a perfect shady spot" "A little ways away that oughta Cool us down" "[NINA] Cool us down— [BENNY] Welcome back to town..." "[NINA] Now, back in high school when it darkened" "You'd hang out in Bennett Park and" "[BENNY] Usnavi would bring his radio..." "[NINA] As I walked home from Senior Studies I'd see you rapping with your buddies" "[BENNY] With the volume high [NINA] I walked on by" "[BENNY] You walked on by— [RAPPERS] No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "No pare" "[BENNY/COMMUNITY] When you're home" "[BENNY] Oh, the summer nights are cooler When you're home!" "[NINA] Now that you're here with me..." "[BENNY] And that song you are ​hearing is the neighborhood just ​cheering you along" "[NINA] Don't say that [BENNY] What's wrong?" "[NINA] Don't say that!" "When I was younger, I'd imagine what would happen" "If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico" "Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan" "If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people My people!" "I feel like all my life, I've tried to find the answer" "Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can" "I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford" "But I'd stare out at the sea" "Thinking, where'm I supposed to be?" "So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way [BENNY] Then can I say:" "I couldn't get my mind off you all day" "Now listen to me!" "That may be how you perceive it" "But Nina please believe" "That when you find your way again" "You're gonna change the world and then" "We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when..." "This was your home" "[NINA] I'm home— [BENNY] Welcome home—" "When you're here with me— Welcome home—" "I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!" "I'm home!" "I'm home!" "You're finally home!" "I'm home!" "You're home! [PIRAGUA GUY] Oh, qué calor, qué calor, qué calor, qué calo-o-or! Piragua, piragua" "New block of ice, piragua" "Piragua, piragua" "So sweet and nice, piragua" "Tengo de mango Tengo de parcha" "De piña y de fresa!" "Tengo de china, de limón" "De peso y de peseta, hey!" "Piragua, piragua" "New block of ice, piragua" "Piragua, piragua" "So sweet and nice, piragua It's hotter than the islands are tonight" "And Mister Softee trying to shut me down" "But I keep scraping by the fading light" "Hey pana, this is my town" "Piragua, piragua" "Keep scraping by, piragua" "Piragua, piragua" "Keep scraping by, piragua" "Keep scraping by, keep scraping by..." "Lai lo le lo lai!" "Lai lo le lo lai!" "Keep scraping by, keep scraping by..." "Lai lo le lo lai!" "Keep scraping by..." "Oh, qué calor, qué calor, qué calor qué calo-o-or! [VANESSA] Yo, tomorrow's the fourth of July, It's time to party!" "Come on, let me teach you some new moves" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Vamos, but no bump and grind! [CAMILA] It's my song" "[NINA] We really don't have to" "[CAMILA] Yes we do." "I dance best when I'm angry [ABUELA CLAUDIA] It's to much nalgas" "Be subtle" "Pretend you're dancing on a tiny brick" "[VANESSA] Uh-uh, abuela, I shake my ass! [BOLERO SINGER (RECORD)] Seguiras en mis recuerdos para siempr- para siempr- para siempr" "[THEY LAUGH] [CAMILA] The scratch in the record is my favourite part!" "[USNAVI] Damn, did we miss the record scratch?" "[BENNY] Put the music back on!" "[CAMILA] Bueno, but no encores!" "Show up late, you miss the hot stuff!" "[USNAVI] New Zealand Shiraz." "Vintage 2008 [BENNY] Some pastel de guave for dessert" "[USNAVI] Bendición" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Qué Dios te bendiga!" "Alabanza to the day!" "We have to talk later al right..." "[USNAVI] So, West Village, do I owe you a bottle of Champagne?" "[VANESSA] When the landlord saw my credit application, he laugh" "Out loud" "[NINA] Screw him." "That wasn't the right place for you" "[VANESSA] No, there brick was exposed on purpose, not because the walls were all busted" "[NINA] Don't worry about that." "We should all go dancing later..." "[BENNY] If there's AC, I'm there." "Usnavi?" "[USNAVI] Actually, Vanessa and I already have plans" "[VANESSA] But you guys should come too." "The more friends the better, right?" "[USNAVI] You know it, friend!" "[BENNY] Boss!" "[KEVIN] The west side highway was bumper to bumper!" "[EVERYONE GREETS]" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Mira pa'lla." "Who's this handsome man?" "[KEVIN] It's my beautiful princesa" "[NINA] Hey, dad..." "[KEVIN] Excuse me, you're the princess, Claudia is the queen" "[CAMILA] And what does that make me?" "[KEVIN] The dictator" "[EVERYONE LAUGHS]" "[CAMILA] Damn straight One day I'm gonna open my restaurant The Boricua" "Until then, you're all my guinea pigs!" "Serve yourselves, plates are in the kitchen" "[KEVIN] Ah, ah, listen up everyone." "Atención!" "[CAMILA] Later honey, let's serve first, the food is gonna get cold" "[KEVIN] Cami, the pernil can wait five minutes Twenty seven years ago in Arecibo, Puero Rico" "I threw down my shovel, hitched a ride into town, and bought two plane tickets to Nuevayork" "I showed up at Camila's house with a suitcase and said vamos" "[CAMILA] That whole plane ride I was trying not to cry, verdad?" "[KEVIN] The whole plane ride you were drinking Bacardi" "[MORE LAUGHS]" "[CAMILA] Sin vergüenza!" "[KEVIN] We were Nina's age" "And now look at you" "You make me proud to be a Rosario" "So I today I threw down my shovel again" "Hitched a ride into town and took another leap of faith Nina, I sold the business to pay your titution" "[NINA] What?" "[KEVIN] I sold Rosario's You're going back o Standford" "[CAMILA] Kevin, this had better be a joke" "[KEVIN] Uptown Investment takes over in two weeks" "[CAMILA] Uptown?" "Oh my god, they offered us nothing!" "[KEVIN] It was enough, mi vida" "[NINA] Wait." "Dad." "I'll find a job." "I'll take night classes!" "[KEVIN] What, so you can end up, just another girl stuck in el barrio?" "[VANESSA] Hey!" "Why you gotta look at me when you say that [BENNY] Yo, did I just lose my job?" "[CAMILA] Of course not" "I do the payroll, the banking, your chaotic papers" "We worked twenty years to build this company" "I worked!" "[KEVIN] For what, Cami?" "Twenty years for what?" "[NINA] What about your employees?" "[BENNY] You can't just kick us to the curb" "[USNAVI] Your drivers are half my customers" "[KEVIN] I'm not a welfare office!" "Family comes first, above everything" "[BENNY] The day you hired me you said I was family" "[KEVIN] That's business." "This is my daughter" "[CAMILA] You are all my family, and you have my word:" "we are not selling Rosario's" "[KEVIN] I'm making the damn deal" "[CAMILA] This is our business" "[KEVIN] It was in my name!" "[CAMILA] Dinner is over!" "[NINA] Mom! [VANESSA] Well, excuse me" "I'm not good enough to sit with the bourgeoisie" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Con permiso" "[USNAVI] Vente abuela [NINA] Benny, I'll fix this, I promise- [KEVIN] Nina, stay away from him!" "[BENNY] I'll stay out of your way [NINA] You know I will never touch that money" "[KEVIN] So help me god, you are flying back to California" "Nina! [CLUBBERS] Vanessa! [USNAVI] Damn, this is nice I really like what they've done with the lights" "So, the hot club in Washington Heights" "You might be right, this music's tight" "Yo, did I mention that you look great tonight Because you do you really—" "[VANESSA] Usnavi, relax!" "[USNAVI] Relax, qué relaxed?" "I'm relaxed" "[HOT COUPLE] Wepa!" "Vanessa!" "[USNAVI] So you've been here before" "I don't go out;" "I get so busy with the store" "Y cada día it's a brand new chore" "My arms are sore; no time for the dance floor" "But maybe you and me should hang out some more I'm such a dork, but I—" "[VANESSA] Let's go get a drink" "[USNAVI] Something sweet" "[VANESSA] You know me, a little bit of cinnamon" "[CLUBBERS] Wepa!" "Vanessa!" "[CHEERS] [BENNY] Here's to getting fired!" "[USNAVI] To killing the mood!" "[BOTH] Salud!" "[BENNY] Without so much as a "thank you!" [USNAVI] After five long years" "[BOTH] Cheers!" "[BENNY] To finally getting Vanessa!" "Man, fix your collar..." "[USNAVI] Holler!" "[BENNY] To doing shots on a weekend!" "[USNAVI] As long as you buy 'em, I'chaim!" "[JOSE] Hey you!" "[VANESSA] Who me?" "[JOSÉ] You wanna dance?" "[VANESSA] Naw, man..." "[JOSE] Okay, I took my chance..." "[USNAVI] It's cool, it's cool, hey, if you want to..." "[VANESSA] You don't mind?" "[USNAVI] I'm fine!" "I'm fine!" "[BENNY] Yo!" "Who's Vanessa talkin' to?" "[USNAVI] Some dude!" "[BENNY] Some dude?" "!" "That's messed up, she's tryin' to make you jealous!" "[USNAVI] Jealous, I ain't jealous, I can take all these fellas, whatever! [NINA] Benny, can we take a walk outside?" "[BENNY] And there she is" "[NINA] I'm so sorry, I didn't know" "[BENNY] Who let you in?" "Yo, this is the girl who cost us our jobs today!" "[NINA] I'm going to make it right!" "[BENNY] A toast to the end of all I know!" "[NINA] You've had enough!" "[BENNY] Says the girl who has it all" "[NINA] That's not fair" "[BENNY] Well why don't you run home to daddy?" "He loves to remind me that I'll never be good enough for your family... for you..." "[NINA] You don't know me" "[BENNY] Poor you..." "[NINA] I thought you were different [BENNY] Salud [MEN] Vanessa, let me get the next one!" "Vanessa, let me interject some!" "The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor" "It makes me want you more!" "Vanessa, let me get the next one!" "Vanessa, let me interject some!" "The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor" "It makes me want you more! [USNAVI] Bartender!" "Let me get an amaretto sour for this ghetto flower!" "How are you so pretty?" "You complete me" "You had me at "hello," you know you need me" "Truly, madly, deeply, let's get freaky" "Oh I get it you're the strong and silent type" "Well, I'm the Caribbean island type And I can drive you wild all night!" "But I digress!" "Say something so I don't stress" "[YOLANDA] No hablo inglés [USNAVI] Yes!" "[EVERYONE'S HAVING FUN]" "[A LOT OF AMAZING DANCING]" "[AMAZING DANCING KEEPS GOING] [A FIGHT STARTS]" "[CONFUSED SCREAMS]" "[PIRAGUA GUY] ¿Oye, qué pasó?" "[USNAVI] Blackout, blackout!" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Vino el apagón ¡ay dios!" "¿Oye, qué pasó?" "Blackout, blackout!" "Vino el apagón ¡ay dios!" "[USNAVI] Yo!" "I!" "Can't!" "see!" "Quit shoving' you son-of-a" "It's an oven And we gotta back out" "This is a blackout!" "Chill, for real or we're gonna get killed!" "[KEVIN] Calling all ​taxis!" "Everyone ​relax ​please" "Calling all ​taxis!" "[KEVIN / USNAVI] Everyone ​relax ​please" "[BENNY] Somebody better open these goddamn doors!" "[SONNY] What's going on?" "What's going on?" "[VANESSA] Somebody better open these goddamn doors!" "[BENNY] Somebody better open these goddamn doors!" "[VANESSA / SONNY] I can't find Usnavi..." "[USNAVI] Vanessa." "Vanessa [SONNY] tell him what is going on" "[BENNY AND NINA CALL FOR EACH OTHER] [USNAVI AND VANESA CALL FOR EACH OTHER]" "[KEVIN] Please find Nina!" "And find Camila!" "If you see my family bring them home!" "[VANESSA] Usnavi help me" "[SONNY] We are powerless." "We are powerless [VANESSA] You left me alone!" "[SONNY/NEIGHBORS] We are powerless We are powerless!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Yo!" "Yo!" "They throwing' bottles in the street!" "People looting' and shootin'" "Sonny, they wanna see a robbery We gotta keep movin'!" "[SONNY] Naw, man, I can't leave We gotta guard the store!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] They gonna bombard the store Until you ain't got a store no more!" "[SONNY] I got a baseball bat on a rack in the back" "[GRAFFITI PETE] I got a couple of Roman candles We can distract the vandals!" "[SONNY] Hey yo I see some thugs comin' Man, we gonna get jacked up!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Gimme a light, I'll be right back." "Back up—" "[GRAFFITI PETE/SONNY] Back up!" "Back up! [NEIGHBORS] Look at the fireworks..." "Look at the fireworks fly!" "Light up the night sky..." "Look at the fireworks..." "Look at the fireworks fly!" "Light up the night sky!" "[SONNY] It's late and this grate won't come down Come down!" "[SONNY] It's late and this ​grate won't ​come down!" "[CARLA] Oh god ​so much ​panic!" "The crowd was manic" "[SONNY/MEN] We are ​powerless." "We are ​powerless With everybody screaming and shoving and shouting and slapping" "We are ​powerless." "We are- And everyone's frantic!" "What's happening with you?" "[EVERYONE] ​powerless!" "​powerless!" "[COMMUNITY] Look at the fireworks..." "[USNAVI] Abuela are you alright?" "[COMMUNITY] Light up the night sky..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] The stars are out tonight!" "[COMMUNITY] Look at the fireworks..." "[USNAVI] You're not alone tonight..." "[COMMUNITY] Light up the night sky..." "[USNAVI] You're not alone tonight..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] I'm not alone tonight..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Usnavi, please promise me" "You'll guard this with your life" "[USNAVI] Abuela, I've never seen—" "[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA] This much money in my life!" "[BENNY] Nina there you are!" "[NINA] I've gotta go!" "[BENNY] I'll get you out of here tonight!" "[NINA] I don't need anything tonight!" "I can find my way home" "[BENNY] Find your way home!" "[NINA/BENNY] Without you! [NEIGHBORS] Look at the fireworks..." "Look at the fireworks..." "Light up the night sky..." "[ALL] En Washington..." "Look at the fireworks..." "Look at the fireworks..." "Light up the night sky... [ALL] En Washington Heights! [END OF FIRST ACT] [NINA] Are you ready again?" "[BENNY] I think I'm ready" "[NINA] Ok, here we go" "[NINA] Esquína [BENNY] Corner" "Tienda Store" "Bombilla Lightbulb" "You're sure?" "I'm... sure" "[NINA] Three out of three, you did alright!" "[BENNY] Well teach me a little more..." "[NINA] Calor [BENNY] Heat" "Anoche Last night" "Dolor Pain" "[NINA] That's right" "[NINA] Llámame [BENNY] Call me" "Azul Blue" "Ámame Love me" "[NINA] Perhaps I do— [BENNY] Well, how do you say "kiss me"?" "[NINA] Bésame" "[BENNY] And how do you say "hold me"?" "[NINA] Abrázame" "Al amanecer." "At sunrise" "[NINA/BENNY] Anything at all can happen just before the sunrise" "[NINA] Al amanecer" "[BENNY] Al amanecer [NEIGHBORS] Sunrise" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida" "[CARLA / VANESSA / DANIELA] Sunrise" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Respira" "[DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA/SONNY] Sunrise" "[KEVIN] Nina... [BENNY] I don't know [NINA] Yo no sé" "What to do Qué hacer" "[BENNY] Now that I've found you" "[NINA] Ahora que te encontré" "[BENNY] What will he say?" "[NINA] Qué dirá?" "[BENNY] When he sees me around you? So how do you say "help me"?" "[NINA] Ayúdame" "[BENNY] And how do you say "promise me"?" "[NINA] Prométeme" "[NINA/BENNY] Promise me you'll stay beyond the sunrise" "I don't care at all what people say beyond the sunrise [NINA] Promise me you'll stay" "[BENNY] I'll stay [NEIGHBORS] Sunrise" "[BENNY] And how do you say "kiss me"?" "[NINA] Bésame" "[BENNY] Bésame" "[NINA] Bésame" "[BENNY] And how do you say "always"?" "[NINA] Para siempre..." "[BENNY] Para siempre..." "[NINA] Al amanecer" "[BENNY] Al amanecer" "[COMMUNITY] Al amanecer" "[NINA/BENNY] I will be there..." "Al amanecer [DANIELA] Whoever did this, I'm gonna put a jinx on their head" "[CARLA] Dito, Usnavi, let us help you clean up" "[USNAVI] Thanks but I'd like to be alone with my broken window [SONNY] I got most of the glass up" "[USNAVI] Recognize this? [SONNY] Bodega's first customer" "[USNAVI] First dollar my dad ever made here Bueno, take whatever batteries and candles we have and take them to the church on Audubon" "[SONNY] You don't need no backup?" "[USNAVI] For what?" "[SONNY] For your soul, man [SONNY] Dr Phill says that denial is the first stage of grief" "[USNAVI] It's just a stolen register a ripped up awning, al right, It's just things [VANESSA] I heard" "[USNAVI] I still got a gas range, you want some coffee" "[VANESSA] Nah, you got real stuff to worry about [USNAVI] Listen... about last night," "Sonny was calling, abuela was alone..." "[VANESSA] My phone didn't ring once" "Nobody cared if I was ok" "[USNAVI] I tried calling" "[VANESSA] I'm sorry about your bodega" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Yo, Sonny!" "Sonny, you come check this wall!" "I painted that shit by candlelight!" "[SONNY] Shhh, man's having female troubles" "[GRAFFITI PETE] My bad... [USNAVI] You got a new canvas" "Tag up the whole store, have a blast" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "Anybody's bugging around here" "[KEVIN] Thank god" "Where have you been?" "[CAMILA] Waiting here since three in the morning for you and Nina" "[KEVIN] You should check your messages," "I've been combing the streets all night looking for the two of you!" "[NINA] My phone died." "She went dancing." "I tried to find her after the blackout" "[KEVIN] She followed your lead She walked out the doors, same as you" "[CAMILA] Pero, carajo, who opened that door?" "[KEVIN] Camila!" "[CAMILA] Later, papi." "Right now we find our daughter [USNAVI] Abuela!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Are you OK?" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA/USNAVI] Paciencia y fe!" "Paciencia y fe!" "[USNAVI] Let me see it again!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] We kept it safe" "[USNAVI] So we survived the night;" "What happens today?" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] A third for you" "[USNAVI] Uh huh, uh huh!" "Uh huh, uh huh!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] A third for me!" "[USNAVI] No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] The rest for Sonny—" "And with our share of the money" "Dream of the seaside air!" "See me beside you there!" "Think of the hundreds of stories we will share!" "You and I!" "[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA] Ayy..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Now you can sell your store!" "Open a bar by the shore!" "I've told you hundreds of stories" "About home; make some more" "[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA] More..." "[USNAVI] Yo!" "I know just where to go!" "There's a little beach named Playa Rincón" "With no road, you need a rowboat or motorbike" "To reach this beach, it's just a stone's throw From home" "My folks' home" "Before I was born Before they passed on" "And left me on my own, in New York, with the grocery store" "They would talk about home, I listened closely for" "The way they whispered to each other" "'Bout the warmer winter weather" "Inseparable, they even got sick together" "They never got better... passed away that December" "And left me with these memories like dyin' embers" "From a dream I can't remember..." "Ever since then it's like" "Another day deeper in debt with different dilemmas" "The bodega's a mess, I'll be seeing less of Vanessa" "Abuela I don't know how I can keep it together! [ABUELA CLAUDIA] Remember the story of your name..." "It was engraved on a passing ship on the day your family came" "Your father said "Usnavi,​" "That's what we'll name the baby." [USNAVI] It really said "U.S. Navy," but hey..." "I worked with what they gave me okay..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] They'd be so proud of you today!" "[USNAVI] Then by the end of July" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Uh huh, uh huh!" "Uh huh, uh huh!" "[USNAVI] Out where the sea meets the sky!" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] No pare!" "Sigue, sigue!" "[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA] Think of the hundreds of stories We'll create" "You and I!" "Ay..." "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] We'll find your island—" "[USNAVI] I'll find my island sky" "[ABUELA CLAUDIA] Ay, find your island—" "[USNAVI] But whatever we do it's—" "[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA] You and I! [KEVIN] I went down to the park, nothing Any word here?" "[CAMILA] Mostly voice mails, half of people's phones are out..." "I got to the letter M... [KEVIN] Mira, alli está" "[NINA] Mom, dad" "[KEVIN] Start talking" "[CAMILA] Where the hell have you been?" "[NINA] I should have called, I know" "[KEVIN] Answer your mother!" "Where were you?" "[BENNY] Boss..." "[NINA] It's okay dad" "[BENNY] Mr Rosario, can I have a minute? [KEVIN] Think very hard about what you say to me" "[NINA] Just hear him out [KEVIN] Actually, no" "I'll say this nicely" "Please stay away from my daughter" "[BENNY] Sir, I've worked here since I was practically a kid" "You know me" "[KEVIN] Do you think you're anywhere CLOSE to her level?" "[BENNY] Of course not!" "Sir." "No one is" "[NINA] Please stop calling him "sir"!" "[KEVIN] You stay out of this!" "[NINA] Jesus, Dad! [KEVIN] I taught you how to drive" "I taught you how to tie a goddamn tie!" "[BENNY] And now I tie the same Windsor knot around my collar as you" "We're not that different!" "[KEVIN] You know nothin about our- [BENNY] This bullshit again" "[CAMILA] Kevin, cálmate" "[KEVIN] You will never be part of this family, entiendes?" "[BENNY] Loud and clear [NINA] Benny!" "[BENNY] Why learn the language if they still won't hear you? [KEVIN] Sin vergüenza!" "Are you trying to shame me?" "[NINA] Yes, dad, that's exactly what I'm trying to do!" "[KEVIN] Well you've succeeded!" "Congratulations, you succeed at everything" "[NINA] I'm sorry I embarras you!" "[CAMILA] Oh, my god, enought" "Now you listen to me..." "[NINA] Mom..." "[CAMILA] Carajo, I said enough!" "I'm sick of all this fighting!" "[KEVIN] Cami..." "[CAMILA] Yapapapapa!" "I think you've said enough" "Now listen to what I say" "What I say goes!" "Papi, you've pushed us all away" "[KEVIN] I'm trying to..." "[CAMILA] I don't wanna hear it!" "We make decisions as a family" "And throwing Benny out like that?" "You sound just like your father!" "We both know what a sonofabitch he was!" "You think it all comes down to you..." "[KEVIN] Cami, let's talk about it..." "[CAMILA] No no no no no!" "No no no no no!" "No, you don't!" "When you have a problem you come home" "You don't go off and make matters worse on your own" "One day you're gonna come back home" "And you're not gonna find me waiting any more [KEVIN, spoken] I'm sorry..." "[CAMILA] Huh." "Damn right you're sorry.​" "So you stayed out all night" "[NINA] Mom..." "[CAMILA] I'm talking now!" "You scared us half to death, you know that right?" "[NINA] I'm sorry— [CAMILA] Don't apologize to me" "You save it for your father" "[NINA, spoken] What?" "[CAMILA] Look at your father" "He doesn't sleep when you're gone" "He's worked his whole life to help you go farther" "And he can't admit when he's wrong" "Now who does that remind you of?" "You two deserve each other!" "For months you lied to us" "What did we do..." "To make you think we wouldn't do anything and everything for you?" "When you have a problem, you come home" "You don't run off and hide from your family all alone!" "You hear me?" "When you have a problem, you come home" "As long as we're alive, you're never on your own Leave Benny!" "Take Benny!" "It doesn't make any difference, as long as you come home!" "[KEVIN, spoken] Camila— [CAMILA] No no no no no!" "Enough lying!" "Enough screaming!" "I'm done trying And I'm leaving it up to you!" "It's up to you!" "I'll see you both back home!" "Enough! [SONNY] Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah." "Let it, let it" "My friend was trapped in the subway" "They had to walk a mile in that nasty dank tunnel" "[SONNY] And he stepped on a rat [GRAFFITI PETE] Ah, hell no!" "[THEY ARE GROSSED OUT]" "[DANIELA] Okay..." "OKAY!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What?" "[DANIELA] I got through to Con Edison" "They said it's gonna take about twenty four hours" "[EVERYONE COMPLAINS]" "[DANIELA] We can complain or we can get organized" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Then we all complain" "[DANIELA] Here, it's called a broom" "[GRAFFITI PETE] What do I do with this?" "[DANIELA] It's the Fourth of July, show some freaking spirit!" "[VANESSA] I'm catching a bus downtown for luch Who's hungry" "[SONNY] Uh, no, they, they- no they stopped all the buses the traffic lights are off" "[VANESSA] Aggg, this is like Giligan's Ghetto Island [GRAFFITI PETE] Tell me about that [DANIELA] Graffiti Pete, pon la música!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] I'm out of batteries" "[SONNY] The dispatch has a generator [GRAFFITI PETE] Ain't nobody there, man" "[CARLA] Well can't you open a hydrant?" "[GRAFFITI PETE] The popo's took my monkey wrench" "[SONNY] Yo, my sneakers are stuck to the damn street" "[CARLA] My fingernails are slipping off in the heat" "[EVERYONE COMPLAINS AGAIN]" "[DANIELA] Hey!" "Hey!" "What's this tonteria that I'm seeing on the street?" "I never thought I'd see the day..." "Since when are Latin people scared of heat?" "When I was a little girl Growing up in the hills of Vega Alta" "My favorite time of year was Christmas time!" "Ask me why!" "[CARLA, spoken] Why?" "[DANIELA] There wasn't an ounce of snow" "But oh, the coquito would flow!" "As we sang the Aguinaldo The carnaval would begin to grow!" "Business is closed, and we're about to go..." "Let's have a carnaval del barrio!" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Wepa!" "[COMMUNITY CHEERS]" "[DANIELA] Carnaval del barrio!" "Carnaval del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "[PIRAGUA GUY] Carnaval!" "[DANIELA] Del barrio..." "[PIRAGUA GUY] Barrio!" "[DANIELA] Carnaval..." "[SONNY / PIRAGUA GUY / GRAFFITI PETE] Carnaval!" "[DANIELA] Del barrio..." "[SONNY / PIRAGUA GUY / GRAFFITI PETE] Barrio!" "[DANIELA] We don't need electricidad!" "Get off your butt, avanza!" "Saca la maraca, bring your tambourine" "Come and join the parranda" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Wepa!" "[EVERYONE] Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "[CARLA] Oh, me, me, me!" "Dani I have a question" "I don't know what you're cantando" "[DANIELA] Just make it up as you go!" "We are improvisando!" "Lai le lo lai lo le lo lai!" "You can sing anything!" "[CARLA] What?" "[DANIELA] Carla, whatever pops into your head" "Just so long as you sing!" "[CARLA] Uh..." "My mom is Dominican-Cuban" "My dad is from Chile and P.R. which means:" "I'm Chile-Domini-Curican..." "But I always say I'm from Queens!" "[EVERYONE] Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio! [VANESSA] Why is everyone so happy?" "We're sweating and we have no power!" "I gotta get out of here soon" "This block's getting worse by the hour!" "You can't even go to a club with a friend" "Without having somebody shove you!" "[DANIELA] Ay, por favor Vanessa don't pretend that Usnavi's your friend We all know that he looooove you!" "[COMMUNITY] Ohhhh!" "[CARLA] Wow, now that you mention that sexual tension is easy to see!" "[VANESSA] Yo, this is bogus!" "[DANIELA] Haven't you noticed you get all your coffee for free?" "[Community cheers]" "[EVERYONE] Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "Carnaval..." "Del barrio!" "[NEIGHBOR] Here comes Usnavi!" "[USNAVI] Yo!" "Yo!" "Yo, y-y-yo-yo!" "Now, now, everyone gather 'round, sit" "Down, listen, I got an announcement" "Wow, it involves large amounts, it's somewhere in the range of ninety-six thousand!" "Atención, I'm closin' shop!" "Sonny, grab everybody a soda-pop!" "Yo, grab a bottle, kiss it up to God" "'Cause Abuela Claudia just won the lotto!" "Abuela Claudia won the lotto!" "We're booking' a flight for D.R. tomorrow!" "[COMMUNITY] Oh my gah!" "[COMMUNITY (EXCEPT VANESSA  SONNY)] Alza la bandera" "La bandera Dominicana!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Puertoriqueña!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Mexicana!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Cubana!" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Pa'ribba esa bandera!" "Álzala donde quiera!" "Recuerdo de mi tierra!" "[PIRAGUA GUY/USNAVI] Me acuerdo de mi tierra!" "Esa bonita bandera!" "Contiene mi alma entera!" "Y cuando yo me muera" "Entiérrame en mi tierra!" "[Dance break] [PIRAGÜA GUY] Eso es!" "Eso es! [DANIELA] Everything changes today!" "[DANIELA/CARLA] Usnavi's on his way!" "[DANIELA/CARLA] Off to a better place!" "[DANIELA/CARLA] Look at Vanessa's face!" "[BENNY] Everything changes today!" "Goodbye, Mr. Rosario!" "I'm taking over the barrio!" "[USNAVI/DANIELA/CARLA] We're getting out of the barrio!" "[DANIELA] Hey, Mr. Benny: have you seen any horses today?" "[BENNY] What do you mean?" "[DANIELA] I heard you and Nina went for a roll in the hay!" "[ALL] Hey!" "Ohhhh..." "Benny and Nina" "Sitting in a tree!" "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" "Que bochinche!" "Nina and Benny!" "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" "[SONNY] Hold up" "[SONNY/GRAFFITI PETE] Wait a minute!" "[SONNY] Usnavi's leavin' us for the Dominican Republic?" "And Benny went and stole the girl That I'm in love with?" "She was my babysitter first!" "Listen up, is that What y'all want?" "We close this bodega The neighborhood is gone!" "They selling the dispatch And they closing the salon" "And they'll never turn the lights back on, 'cause—" "[SONNY/VANESSA] We are powerless, we are powerless!" "[SONNY] And y'all keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'" "And it's gettin' late and this place disintegrating' and—" "[SONNY/VANESSA] We are powerless, we are powerless!" "[USNAVI] Alright, we're powerless, so light up a candle!" "There's nothing going on here that we can't handle!" "[SONNY] You don't understand, I'm not trying to be funny!" "[USNAVI] We're gonna give a third of the money to you Sonny!" "[SONNY] What?" "[USNAVI] Yeah, yeah..." "[SONNY] For real?" "[USNAVI] Yes!" "[USNAVI] Maybe you're right, Sonny, call in the coroners!" "Maybe we're powerless, a corner full of foreigners" "Maybe this neighborhood's changing forever" "Maybe tonight is our last night together, however!" "How do you want to face it?" "Do you wanna waste it, when the end is so close you can taste it?" "Y'all could cry with your head in the sand I'm a fly this flag that I got in my hand!" "[PIRAGUA GUY] Pa'rriba esa bandera!" "[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA] Alzala donde quiera!" "[USNAVI] Can we raise our voice tonight?" "Can we make a little noise tonight?" "[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA] Esa bonita bandera!" "[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA] Contiene mi alma entera!" "[USNAVI] In fact, can we sing so loud and raucous" "They can hear us across the bridge in East Secaucus?" "[CHORUS]" "[USNAVI] From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo" "Wherever we go, we rep our people and the beat go..." "[CHORUS]" "[USNAVI] Vanessa, forget about what coulda been" "Dance with me, one last night, in the hood again" "[DANIELA/CARLA] Wepa!" "[COMMUNITY] Carnaval del barrio!" "Carnaval del barrio!" "Carnaval del barrio!" "Carnaval del barrio!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Dominicana!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Puertoriqueña!" "Alza la bandera La bandera Mexicana!" "Alza la bandera La bandera" "La bandera La bandera" "La bandera" "Alza la bandera!" "Hey! [KEVIN] Atención, atención" "Roll down your windows" "Turn up your radios" "Un momento, por favor" "Atención, atención" "Please drive slow" "Let everybody know" "Abuela Claudia passed away" "At noon today" "[SOUL BREAKING SILENCE]" "[USNAVI] She was found and pronounced... at the scene" "She was already lying in bed" "The paramedics said That her heart gave out..." "I mean, that's basically what they said They said" "A combination of the stress and the heat..." "Why she never took her medicine, I'll never understand" "I'd like to think she went out in peace" "With pieces of bread crumbs in her hand Abuela Claudia had simple pleasures" "She sang the praises of things we ignore" "Glass Coke bottles, bread crumbs, a sky full of stars" "She cherished these things, she'd say: "Alabanza."" "Alabanza means to raise this Thing to God's face" "And to sing, quite literally: "Praise to this."" "When she was here, the path was clear" "And she was just here, she was just here... [NINA] Alabanza" "Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor" "Alabanza, alabanza" "Alabanza" "Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor" "Alabanza, alabanza" "[NINA/DANIELA/VANESSA] Alabanza" "Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor" "[+SONNY] Alabanza, alabanza" "[COMMUNITY] Alabanza" "Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor" "Alabanza, alabanza" "[CHORUS OF "ALABANZA" AND "PACIENCIA Y FÉ"]" "[COMMUNITY] Alabanza" "Alabanza" "Alabanza [USNAVI] Alabanza [NINA] New York Lotto, 1978" "[USNAVI] She thought it was bad luck to throw anything away [NINA] "My Abuela's Front Door"" "by Usnavi de la Vega!" "3rd grade" "[USNAVI] I got a check minus on that thing" "[NINA] Nice handwriting" ""My abuela's front door is busted up" "It is falling off the... [USNAVI] I believe that would be "hinges." Spelled with a j [NINA] "The doorbell don't work" "Because so many people comes over to visit the doorknob be falling out" The poet laureate of 183rd Street" "[USNAVI] Nina, how much is your tuition?" "[NINA] She asked me about it last night" "[USNAVI] Abuela would want you to have some" "[NINA] I have my parents, I can' take her money" "But if you could spare some of these photos, my dad would really appreciate it" "[USNAVI] I have a whole bunch of boxes inside [NINA] In this album there's a picture" "Of the ladies at Daniela's" "You can tell it's from the eighties" "By the volume of their hair" "There you are, you are just a baby" "'Eighty-seven, Halloween" "If it happened on this block, Abuela was there" "And every afternoon I came" "She'd make sure I did my homework" "She could barely write her name" "But even so..." "She would stare at the paper And tell me" ""Bueno, let's review" "Why don't you tell me" "Everything you know." In this album there's a picture" "Of Abuela in Havana" "She is holding a rag doll" "Unsmiling, black and white" "I wonder what she's thinking" "Does she know that she'll be leaving" "For the city on a cold dark night? And on the day they ran" "Did she dream of endless summer?" "Did her mother have a plan?" "Or did they just go?" "Did somebody sit her down and say" ""Claudia, get ready, to leave" "Behind everything you know"? Everything I know" "What do I know?" "[USNAVI] I better go get the rest of those pictures In this folder there's a picture" "From my high school graduation" "With the program, mint condition" "And a star beside my name" "Here's a picture of my parents" "As I left for California" "She saved everything we gave her" "Every little scrap of paper" "And our lives are in these boxes" "While the woman who held us is gone" "But we go on, we grow, so..." "Hold tight, Abuela, if you're up there" "I'll make you proud of everything I know! Thank you, for everything I know [KEVIN] The day I bought the business that man took every dollar I had" "[CAMILA] Mr. O'Hanrahan." "When half this block was Irish" "[KEVIN] That polaroid is an antique [NINA] Dad, I just have to say something first Benny is a good person I hope you can trust me" "Mom," "I've been thinking all day about what you said, what dad did" "If you have never quit, there's no way I'm going to" "I want to go back to Stanford and finish what I started [KEVIN] Camila?" "[CAMILA] Yes?" "[KEVIN] I'm asking for you support on this" "[CAMILA] So then ask [KEVIN] Mrs Rosario, are we ready to sell the business? [CAMILA] I will never be ready But I know it's the right time [KEVIN] Okay" "Then I'll be a mechanic again if that's what it takes" "[NINA] How can I pay you back? [KEVIN] When I was nine" "I took some pieces of wood and made a box" "I took a rag from the kitchen and an old coffee can" "I walked down to the plaza en Arecibo and shined shoes for a nickel" "At the end of the day I had thirty five cents in the can" "Did I spend it on candy?" "Did I buy toys?" "[CAMILA] You bought shoe polish" "[KEVIN] Ah!" "I always had a mind for investments Nina Rosario, Bachelor of Arts" "When that day comes, we'll call it even" "[NINA] I love you, Dad [DANIELA] Still no power..." "[CARLA / VANESSA] Tell me something I don't know [VANESSA] I think that's all of the boxes" "[CARLA / DANIELA] Tell me something I don't know [CARLA] I'm seeing double" "[DANIELA] You always say that every time you wear those tight pants [DANIELA] I got a little something something..." "[VANESSA / CARLA] No me diga" "[DANIELA] Vanessa's new address" "A little birdie told me you needed a credit reference" "[VANESSA] What do you mean?" "[DANIELA] I'll cosing on the apartment" "But you must invite me for a housewarming cocktail" "[VANESSA] Where did you get this?" "[DANIELA] Usnavi swore me to secrecy... [DANIELA] Carla, what's my rule?" "[CARLA] She'll do anything for you, but she won't support your mother's dysfunction" "[VANESSA] I know the rule," "I just never thought you meantthe first part of it I'm touched" "You care about me" "[DANIELA] Oye, I'm just signing the paper" "You're still paying the rent! [VANESSA] Thank you [CARLA] How does it feel?" "[DANIELA] What?" "[CARLA] Spreading Jesus's love" "[DANIELA] I should have never gotten you that" ""Miracle A Day" calendar [CARLA] Well, this is it" "Make a farewell speech" "[DANIELA] It's like a band-aid, you rip it off quick, you don't even notice [PIRAGUA GUY] It's hotter than the islands are today" "And Mister Softee's truck has broken down And here come all his customers my way" "I told you, I run this town!" "Piragua, piragua" "One-twenty-five, piragua!" "Piragua, piragua" "Two-twenty-five, piragua!" "New block of ice, hike up the price" "Lai lo le lo lai, lai lo le lo lai" "Blackouts are nice, blackouts are nice" "Lo le lo lai Keep scraping by" "Piragua! Sonny!" "Sonny, don't act like you can't hear me State your purpose" "Here's some of that lunch money" "Go buy us a couple of pepperoni slices" "So this is what it comes down to?" "My severance package?" "Money and liberty." "It's what you always wanted" "I'm setting you free!" "You're free!" "No, no, no, no, no." "You think- you think Burt would ever abandon Ernie?" "You think Knight Rider would be anything without Kit?" "No, he'd be taking a bus" "Papa, you watch way too much TV" "Can we talk about this tomorrow?" "Fine." "Bye." "See ya" "Eh!" "This is the end of an era! He's got a point" "How's it going? [VANESSA] So I got you a present" "I went downtown to get it" "Doing anything tonight?" "[USNAVI] Cleaning [VANESSA] Done for the day" "[USNAVI] No way [VANESSA] 'Cuz we got a date" "[USNAVI] Okay—" "[VANESSA] Before you board that plane" "I owe you a bottle of cold champagne" "[USNAVI] No..." "[VANESSA] Yeah, cold champagne" "[USNAVI] Damn, the bottle's all sweaty and everything" "[USNAVI] You went and got this— [VANESSA] Pop the champagne" "[USNAVI] I don't know if we have coffee cups" "Or plastic cups, I think Sonny has the cups—" "[VANESSA] Tonight we're drinking straight from the bottle" "[VANESSA] Usnavi?" "[USNAVI] Yeah?" "[VANESSA] Daniela told me what you did for me" "And it's honestly the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me" "Now, what can I say or do to possibly repay you for your kindness?" "[USNAVI] How do you get this gold shit off?" "[VANESSA] Usnavi!" "[USNAVI] Yeah!" "[VANESSA] Before we both leave town!" "Before the corner changes and the signs are taken down" "Let's walk around the neighborhood and say our goodbyes" "Usnavi, are you alright?" "[USNAVI] I'm fine, I'm tryn'a open this champagne" "See the twisty thing is broken" "But I'm gonna open this damn champagne!" "[VANESSA] Lemme see it [USNAVI] No, I got it!" "[VANESSA] Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne!" "[USNAVI] I mean you went to all this trouble to get us a little bubbly—" "[VANESSA] And it's gonna be okay" "[USNAVI] I'm sorry, it's been a long day" "[VANESSA] You oughta stay" "[USNAVI] What?" "[VANESSA] You can use that money to fix this place" "[USNAVI] Ha ha, very funny" "[VANESSA] And it's not like Sonny's got role models—" "[USNAVI] Role models?" "Yo, what are you talking about?" "[VANESSA] I'm just saying, I think your vacation can wait—" "[USNAVI] Vacation?" "Vanessa, you're leaving too—" "[VANESSA] I'm going down to West Fourth Street;" "you can take the A—" "[USNAVI] What are you trying to say?" "[VANESSA] You're leaving the country, and we're never gonna see you again—" "[USNAVI] What are you trying to say?" "[VANESSA] You get everyone addicted to your coffee then off you go" "[USNAVI] Vanessa, I don't know why you're mad at me" "[VANESSA] I wish I was mad— I'm just too late [BENNY] Thanks for coming, boss" "[KEVIN] You can call me Kevin." "Look, if this is about Nina" "[BENNY] It's about you and me [KEVIN] She's going back in the fall [BENNY] Tomorrow I'ma start planning my own business and I can't do that until I finish this" "My uniform's on the counter here's you keys" "We're all squared away I had your back, Kevin Now I got my own [BENNY] When the sun goes down" "You're gonna need a flashlight" "You're gonna need a candle—" "[NINA] I think I can manage that" "[BENNY] When you leave town" "I'm gonna buy you a calling card" "[BENNY/NINA] 'Cuz I'm falling hard for you" "[NINA] I go back on Labor Day" "[BENNY] And I will try to make my way" "[BENNY/NINA] Out west to California" "[BENNY] So we've got this summer" "[NINA] And we've got each other" "Perhaps even longer" "[BENNY] When you're on your own" "And suddenly without me" "Will you forget about me?" "[NINA] I couldn't if I tried" "[BENNY] When I'm all alone" "And I close my eyes" "[BENNY/NINA] That's when I'll see your face again" "[BENNY] And when you're gone" "You know that I'll be waiting when you're gone" "[NINA] But you're here with me right now..." "[BENNY] We'll be working hard, but if we should drift apart" "[NINA] Benny—" "[BENNY] Lemme take this moment just to say—" "[NINA] No, no—" "[BENNY] You are gonna change the world some day—" "[NINA] I'll be thinking of home—" "[BENNY/NINA] And I'll think of you every night" "At the same time—" "[BENNY] When the sun goes down" "[NINA] When the sun goes down" "[BENNY] When the sun goes down [GRAFFITI PETE] Yo, you paged me?" "[SONNY] Shhh." "Step into my office I just came into some money and I got a business proposition to throw your way" "[WHISPERS INTO GRAFFITI PETE'S EAR]" "[GRAFFITI PETE] I'm feeling that [SONNY] Is enough to get you started?" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Shit, with this much cash I can hook it up" "It's gonna take me all night" "[SONNY] Fine, but keep this between you and me, ok?" "Alright [BOLERO SINGER] No te vayas" "Si me dejas" "Si te alejas de mi" "Seguirás en mis recuerdos para siempre" "Para siempre, para siempre" "Para siem— Para siem— Para siempre..." "[USNAVI] Lights out on Washington Heights" "And now the crack of dawn The blackout goes on and on and on..." "Sonny's out back, sorting' the trash" "As I think about the past with a sack full of cash" "Abuela really wanted me up on a beach" "With margaritas in my reach, and Soon that's how it's gonna be..." "Imagine me, leavin' today" "On a seven-forty-seven boarding' JFK... [NEIGHBOR] The hydrants are open" "Cool breezes blow... [NEIGHBORS] The hydrants are open" "Cool breezes blow... [PIRAGÜA GUY JOINS WITH HIS SONG] [KEVIN AND CAMILA JOIN SINGING "GOOD MORNING"]" "[VANESSA JOINS SINGING "IT WON'T BE LONG NOW"]" "[USNAVI] There's a breeze off the Hudson" "And just when You think you're sick of living here the memory floods in" "The morning light, off the fire escapes" "The nights in Bennett Park blasting Big Pun tapes" "I'm 'a miss this place, to tell you the truth:" "Kevin dispensing' wisdom from his dispatch booth" "And at dawn, Vanessa at the salon, we gotta move on But who's gonna notice we're gone?" "When our job's done, as the evening winds" "Down to a crawl, son, can I ease my mind" "When we're all done?" "When we've resigned" "In the long run, what do we leave behind?" "Most of all, I'll miss Abuela's whispers" "Doin' the Lotto Pick Six every Christmas" "In five years, when this whole city's rich folks and hipsters" "Who's gonna miss this raggedy little business?" "[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken] What it do?" "Ha ha, great sunlight this morning.​" "[SONNY] Yo cuz!" "We fixed the grate!" "[USNAVI] Yo, what did I tell you about this punk?" "[SONNY] You have to commission an artist while his rate is still good.​" "[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken] It's the first work in my new series. [EMOTIONAL SILENCE]" "[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken] He hates it." "[SONNY] Shh." "He's forming an artistic opinion. [USNAVI] You did this last night?" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Yeah​ [USNAVI] There goes my flight [SONNY] What?" "[USNAVI] Graffiti Pete you're gonna need some new cans" "Here's some money, finish up There's been a slight change of plans!" "[GRAFFITI PETE] Nice!" "[USNAVI] Listen up guys, you got a job, I'm not playin'" "You gotta go now, tell the whole block I'm stayin'!" "Go ahead, tell everyone we know!" "Sonny..." "Alright, go! Yeah, I'm a streetlight!" "Chillin' in the heat!" "I illuminate the stories of the people in the street" "Some have happy endings Some are bittersweet" "But I know them all and that's what makes my life complete" "And if not me, who keeps our legacies?" "Who's gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?" "Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memories" "But Sonny's gotta eat, and this corner is my destiny" "Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we keep pressin' and yes indeed, you know I'll never leave" "If you close your eyes that hydrant is a beach" "That siren is a breeze, that fire escape's a leaf on a palm tree!" "Abuela I'm sorry But I ain't goin' back because I'm telling your story" "And I can say goodbye to you smilin'," "I found my island I been on it this whole time" "I'm home!" "[CHORUS]" "[USNAVI] It's a wonderful life that I've know" ""Merry Christmas you ole' Building and Loan!" I'm home!" "[CHORUS]" "[USNAVI] Abuela that ain't a stoop, that's your throne" "Long after ya birds have all flown I'm home!" "Where the coffee's non-stop And I drop this hip-hop" "In my mom and pop shop I'm home!" "Where people come People go" "Let me show all of these People what I know" "There's no place like home!" "And let me set the record straight!" "I'm steppin' to Vanessa" "I'm gettin' a second date I'm home!" "Where it's a hundred in the shade" "But with patience and faith We remain unafraid I'm home!" "You hear that music in the air?" "Take the train to the top of the world And I'm there" "[USNAVI + COMMUNITY] I'm home!"