Original subtitles

What does sueñito mean?

Sueñito? It means "little dream."

That's it? No story?

Can we go in the water now?

Let him explain.

All right, all right. Everybody sit down, sit down.

Yes! Yeah!

All right.

Bueno.

It's the story of a block that was disappearing.

Once upon a time, in a far away land called

en un barrio called Washington Heights.

Say it, so it doesn't disappear.

Washington Heights!

All right, all right. Oye, oye, oye.

The streets were made of music.

Mi gente! It's your boy,

It's 5:30 a.m., and here's today's news.

In a record-breaking heat wave, the mayor's urging

Limit air conditioner use, as brownouts

Check it out, this weekend's highly

Fiesta in the Heights,

is about to get you out of your homes and into the

Hey, Pop.

Best days of my life.

Bendicion, Abuela. Bendicion.

Don't forget to take your medicine.

- God bless you. - Love you.

Lights up on Washington Heights

- Yo, what are you doing, bro? - I wake up and I got this

I gotta chase away

Pop the grate at the crack of dawn

Sing while I wipe down the awning

Hey, y'all. Good morning.

Ice cold piragua, parcha, china, cherry, strawberry and

Ice cold piragua, parcha...

I am Usnavi and you

Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated

Exacerbated by the fact That my syntax is highly

'Cuz I emigrated from the single greatest Little

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

The milk has gone bad

Hold up just a second

Why is everything in this fridge warm and tepid?

I'd better step it up and fight the heat

'Cuz I'm not makin' any profit If the coffee

- Yoo-hoo! - Abuela, my fridge broke.

I got café but no con leche.

Ay, Dios. Try my mother's old recipe.

One can of condensed milk.

Nice.

Oh, hey. Your lottery ticket.

That was Abuela She's not really my abuela

But she practically raised me

This corner is her escuela

Now, you're probably thinkin' I'm up shit's creek

I've never been north of 96th Street.

Well you must take the A Train

Even farther than Harlem To northern Manhattan

Get off at 181st and take the escalator

I hope you're writin' this down I'm gonna test you

I'm getting tested Times are tough

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

In the Heights

I flip the lights and start my day

There are fights and endless debts

And bills to pay

In the Heights

I can't survive without café

I serve café

'Cuz tonight seems like a

En Washington...

Next up... ding! Kevin Rosario

He runs the cab company

He struggles in the barrio

See, his daughter Nina's off at college

Tuition is mad steep So he can't sleep

Everything he get is mad cheap

Good morning, Usnavi

Pan caliente Café con leche

Put 20 dollars on today's lottery

Okay! Must be your lucky day

Oh, my God, you're so excited

My Nina flew in at 3:00 a.m. last night

Sweet! Abuela's been cooking all week

Compay, when I see you this weekend...

Are we gonna eat!

So then Yesenia walks in the room

Aha...

She smells sex and cheap perfume

Oh, no!

It smells like one of those trees that you hang from

Ay, no!

It's true! She screams, "Who's in there with you,

Daniela!

Grabs a bat and kicks in the door

Carla!

He's in bed with Jose from the liquor store!

No me diga!

And that's Cuca. The salon ladies.

Thanks, Usnavi!

Cuca.

Adios, papi.

Bye!

Sonny, you're late.

Chillax, you know you love me.

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

You need a bag for that? The tax is added"

Once you get some practice at it

You do rapid mathematics automatically

Sellin' maxi-pads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs

Practically everybody's stressed, yes

But they press through the mess

Bounce checks and wonder what's next

In the Heights I buy my coffee and I go

I buy my coffee and...

Set my sights

On only what I need to know

What I need to know

In the Heights

Money is tight, but even so

Even so

When the lights go down I blast my radio

- You ain't got no skills! - Benny!

- Yo, let me get a... - Milky Way

Yeah, and let me also get a...

- And a... - Post

- And most important my... - Boss's second coffee

- One cream - Five sugars

- I'm the number one earner - What?

- The fastest learner - What?

My boss, he can't keep me On the damn back burner

- Yes he can - I'm makin' moves,

- But guess what? - What?

You still ain't got no skills

- Har-de-har - Yo, Vanessa show up yet?

- Shut up! - Hey, little homie,

- Man... - Tell Vanessa how you feel

Buy the girl a meal on the real

Or you ain't got no skills

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

No, no, I won't let you down

Yo, here's your chance Ask her out right now!

I'll see you later We can look at that lease

Bro, do somethin' Make your move, don't freeze!

Hey!

You owe me a bottle of cold champagne!

Are you movin'?

Just a little credit check And I'm on that

Well, your coffee's on the house

Okay

- Usnavi, ask her out - No way

I'll see you later, so...

Whoa!

Yo, smooth operator Oh, 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 is tight

And you're stuck to this corner

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

But every day is different So I'm switchin' up the beat

'Cuz my parents came with nothing

And sure, we're poor But yo, at least we got the

And it's all about the legacy They left with me,

And one day I'll be on a beach with Sonny

In the Heights I hang my flag up on display

We came to work and to live

It reminds me that I came

DR, PR, we are not stoppin'

- In the Heights - Every day, paciencia y fe

Until the day we go from

In the Heights I've got today

Today's all we got, so we cannot stop

This is our block

In the Heights I hang my flag up on display

It reminds me that I came from miles away my family

In the Heights It gets more expensive

Every day

And tonight is so far away

But as for mañana, mi pana Ya gotta just keep watchin'

You'll see the late nights

You'll taste beans and rice

- The syrup and shaved ice - In the Heights

I ain't gonna say it twice

- Turn up the streetlights - In the Heights

We're takin' a flight

To a couple of days in the life of what it's like

En Washington Heights!

Come on, stack that right there,

Let's just keep those boxes in order, too.

Ah. the hustle never ends.

Alejandro, how you doing?

How's the law office?

You're spitting image of your old man.

Yeah, so how was the DR?

I got to visit some old friends.

I wish I could go back more often.

That's facts.

Hey, so you get to check out my dad's old place?

Same story as last time?

You ready?

Don't play!

Now, it's probably not how you remember it,

but it could be an opportunity to bring it back to life.

My pops would be rolling in his grave if he saw what came

The electricity's shot.

Half the roof got taken in the hurricane.

Thus the low asking price, the quick sale.

"El Sueñito."

Pop's little dream.

Yo, I remember, man, when...

I used to be working in the back

And I was like John Wick. I'd be like...

I've been saving up all my pennies in my piggy bank for

Yeah, on these blocks, you can't walk two steps

without bumping into someone's big plans.

Mijo...

Okay, I'm in.

Thank you, man.

I'll see you, papa.

Come on.

Here we go.

This is crazy!

Let's go!

Mine was a... quaint little sueñito.

If I made it back to the Dominican Republic, then we

But Nina Rosario's dreams were all about reach.

Spelling bee champ, valedictorian,

managed her dad's business and basically...

she was like a little sister to me.

Girl was a rocket, determined to go far.

What?

The genius is back!

- I missed you! - Me, too. Did you just get in?

Yeah, late last night.

- Final week? - Yeah, it's really happening.

Yo, so much to catch up on.

Come over for a free mani-pedi, yeah?

Mm-hm. Oh, and Benny's on the dispatch today. Just sayin'.

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 your horn if you want it

Okay, we got traffic on the West Side

Get off at 79, and take the left side

Of Riverside Drive, you might slide

West End's your best friend If you catch the lights

And don't take the Deegan

Yo, Big Papi is in town this weekend

Sorry Dominicans, take Route 87

You ain't getting back in again

Hold up a minute

- Benny, hey - Nina, you're home today

- Any sign? - Of your dad,

- Anyway - It's good to see

- Anytime - Hold up a minute, or wait

You used to run this dispatch, right?

Once or twice

Okay, well, check the technique

Yo! There's a traffic accident

At the intersection of 10th Ave and the Jacob Javitz

And check it, don't get stuck in

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

Whoo! Honk your horns

- No, no, no, no... - Go, go, go.

She's smiling

Say hello

Say hello

Hello

- Whoo! - Good morning

I ought to let you work

Thanks for the welcome wagon

Anytime

Anytime, Nina

Stay here with me

It's getting hot outside

Turn up the AC

Stay here with me

You thirsty as hell.

Ohh! You used to date?

No way, the boss's daughter?

Nina Rosario!

- Oh! Yo! - What's up?

Yo, hold up.

Don't get hit by a car, girl, you just got here.

Oh, man.

Yo, mad changes happening on the block since

Oh, yeah. I mean, at least your dad

Yo, the cleaners next door, nine dollars a shirt.

- What? - Yo! Look who's home!

Look at you! Why are you taller than me?

I know, my man grew a couple inches, he think he a man.

- Man, shut up. - I see you.

Listen, you down to march next week?

Like we used to?

What's the cause?

They're talking about kicking out all the DREAMers.

It's time to make some noise. You want to come?

I know that voice!

Woo-hoo!

- Count me in. - Yo. Later.

- Well, you do good? You done? - Yeah.

My man, who's watching the store?

- Yo! - Shit!

Pete! You can't just take that!

Bro! Get back here, man!

That's on your tab, bro! Both of y'all.

Oh, yes.

Hand-embroidered by your mother.

May she rest in peace.

We'll use them for the party.

They're beautiful.

Abuela Claudia never had kids,

so she adopted the whole block as her own.

Adopted our sueñitos, too.

When I got to Stanford...

...the isolation, Abuela.

The loneliness.

I was, like, "What am I doing here?"

Mira, when my mamácame from Cuba...

Ay, Dios mío.

She felt like one tiny grain of sand from the beaches we left

What did she do?

She bought a winter coat and a pair of velvet gloves.

Her hands were cracked from the cleaning fluids.

But the gloves hid that.

We had to assert our dignity in small ways.

That's why these napkins are beautiful.

That's why my mother's gloves were beautiful.

Little details that tell the world, we are not invisible.

Respira

Breathe

Respira

This is my street

I smile at the faces

- I've known all my life - Hey, Nina. Como estás?

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, Nina!

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

Sigué andando el camino por

Respira

- Just breathe - Y si pierdes mis

huellas, que Dios te bendiga

- Respira - As the radio plays

Old forgotten boleros

I think of the days when this city was mine

I remember the praise

- "Ay, te adoro, te quiero" - Te adoro

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

So what do I say to these faces

"Hey, I'm home?"

Mira, Nina

- Hey... - No me preocupo por ella

They're not worried about me

Mira, alli está nuestra estrella

They are all counting on me to succeed

Ella si da la talla

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 - Respira

I got every scholarship

Saved every dollar

The first to go to college

- How do I tell them why - Respira

I'm coming back home?

With my eyes on the horizon

Just me and GWB

Asking, "Gee, Nina

What am I gonna 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 how do I dare to say? - Nina

- Can I go in there and say - Nina

I know that I'm letting you down

Nina!

Just...

Breathe

The reality of an elite school...

it's no joke, Pop.

Yeah, when I left, y'all were, like,

"It's gonna be great. Go show 'em who we are. Go represent."

The truth is...

is that most of the time I'm at Stanford feels like a

De verdad? Of who?

Of my family.

My community.

Like the dean, he invited me to this diversity dinner.

Super-wealthy donors, trustees, the whole nine.

And I wore this black cocktail dress and I was walking to my

and one of the patrons shoved her plate into my arms

and said, "I ordered the vegetarian option."

- No. - Yeah.

And all the servers, all Latino,

like, "Ooh, what's this trigueña gonna do?"

"Ooh, what's she gon' do? Is she with us?

Ah, bueno. There's no shame in waiting tables.

And there's no shame in having a different path.

Like you.

Dad... the deadline passed.

The extension on spring tuition.

- Yeah. - But I didn't receive notice.

Yeah, they let me finish off my classes, but we owe them.

No, don't you give it a second thought. I'm on it. Hm?

Dad...

The deadline to pay and enroll for next semester also passed.

How come you know about all this

I switched the info. I gave the finance office

Well, why would you do that?

Because you sold half the business, and it barely covered

I don't want you doing something

Espera, that sale pulled us out of debt.

You and I both know that finances were tenuous before

And this might not be feasible.

- I'm gonna call them right now. - Dad, Stanford's over.

Stop overreacting, Nina, please.

- Dad, I'm serious. - Oye!

You don't tell me how much we can afford.

You're not the parent. Hm?

God bless you. Dios te bendiga.

Gracias!

What's all over those pipes?

- Rust. - Rust?

Lovely.

That's the roof.

On the floor?

Ay, Usnavi.

Tu eres un workaholic.

You think it will be different in the Dominican Republic?

Just like my mamá.

Morning and night, year after year... to what end?

To wake up and scrub another floor till the day she died.

Yeah, but... here I work to survive.

El Sueñito will be a labor of love.

The bodega was only supposed to be temporary,

but now... I'm like, almost 30.

The plan was always to go back.

Hopefully, I won't be going alone.

You, me and Sonny?

Y Sonny? Is he on board?

He's my next ask.

I'm not going without him.

Look, I got Sonny.

You know I can't go nowhere without you.

I took care of my community, no?

Hell, yes!

El Sueñito 2.0.

The tropical air'll keep you young, girl!

Caramba, buy me a bikini!

Let's go!

I don't know, man. Leave Washington Heights?

I'd have to talk to my dad...

You're just a kid.

You don't even know. For real.

Dominican Republic's gonna blow your mind.

Look...

You do you. It's all good. But don't be roping me into your

Yo...

Beach.

Merengue. Carnaval.

Summer all year 'round.

Who's gonna greet you in DR?

Some cousin you saw two Christmases ago?

Best days of my life were there.

That's the corniest thing I've ever heard.

You came here when you was eight.

You got... "island memories."

Not me. I was in Pampers on that plane.

NYC's my spot.

I got my island, okay? Go get yours.

Don't forget how you got your name.

- Yo... - Just, fix the fridge.

Yeah, all right. Bro, you think you're funny?

What's "Usnavi" mean, anyway?

That sounds weird.

No, it doesn't.

All right. All right, all right, all right.

On my dad's first trip to Nueva York...

he saw a passing ship on the horizon.

And... he was, like, "Wow, that's gonna be

- Usnavi! - Ohh...

Usnavi...

I like it.

Thank you.

- Hi, Mr. Rosario? - Yes, yes, I'm here.

Yes, I'm not sure the information you received

In actuality, we're still accepting tuition

So the deadline hasn't passed?

No, it has not passed. Would you like to know the

Yes. I have a pencil.

Sure, the balance that's due for the fall semester...

Now, remember, the block was

Exhibit A: Daniela's salon.

Moving in a week, after decades of makeovers,

the skin-deep kind and the emotional kind.

No one could fill her shoes.

Literally, they were like four inches high.

He doesn't have an apartment. He doesn't pay rent anywhere.

He's bouncing between two girls' houses.

- Of course he is. - Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

You know what? It's mad we allow

We need to have a better standard.

Tres paradas... pickety, packety, poom,

.and you're at the new spot.

I'm too old, and the Bronx is

Que voy a hacer? I was priced out.

Most of my clients already up and moved to the Grand

Hey, built in customers.

My lunch break isn't long enough

Jessica...

One: swipe the fare card.

Two: ride three stops.

Three: arrive at my new location.

Ten minutes max.

Ten minutes? Cariño.

What are you riding, a time machine?

Excuse me?

No, she didn't, right?

Our people survived slave ships.

We survived Taino genocide.

We survived conquistadores and dictators.

You're telling me we can't survive the D Train to the

Okay, okay, okay.

And who cuts your hair better than me?

Hello, hello...

For you, mamita, front of the line! Oye!

Emergency, coming through!

Mira, Nina!

- Gorgeous! - Linda!

Tell me something I don't know

- Vieja! - Sucia!

- Cabrona! - Tell me something

- A little off the top - A little on the side

A little bit of news you heard around the barrio

Tell me something I don't know

Bueno You didn't hear this from me

But some little birdie told me

Usnavi had sex with Yolanda

No me diga!

Ay, no!

He'd never go out with a skank like that

Please tell me you're joking

Just wanted to see what you'd say

Tell me something I don't know

- Mmm-hmm-mmm - What? I don't care!

Ay, bendito!

So, Nina

I hear you been talking to Benny

- And what do you hear? - I hear plenty

They say he's got quite a big... taxi!

- No me diga! - Okay

I don't wanna know where you heard all that

I don't think I know what you mean

Carla, he's packing a stretch limousine

Tell me something I don't know

Long as he keeps it clean

Oh, God.

Ay, Dios mío!

Nina, seriously, we knew you'd be

The one to make it out

I'll bet you impressed them all out west

You were always the best, no doubt

We want front row seats to your graduation

- They'll call your name - And we'll scream and shout

You guys!

I... dropped out.

No me diga.

Yeah. I should go.

Well, that's a shitty

She probably flunked out.

Or she got a little bun in the oven, you know?

What the hell happened?

I don't know

I don't know

I don't know

Tell me something I don't know

Que se yo?

Dani, I'm taking lunch.

Go get me a soda, please?

- Yeah. - Where's she sneaking off to?

That was real quick.

Okay, so we're gonna shave the whole thing.

Vanessa.

Vanessa!

Vanessa, tough as nails.

Dreamed of being a downtown fashion designer.

To her, a sueñito was something you keep a secret.

The elevated train by my window

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 'Cuz I never let them stay

And one day I'm hoppin' that

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

Hey, good morning to you, too, sweetheart.

It's a compliment, so they say

The boys around the way Holler at me every day

But I don't mind, oh, no, no

If I'm in the mood It will not be with some dude

Who is whistling 'Cuz he has nothing to say

Or who's honking at me from a Chevrolet

One day I'm hoppin' in a limousine

And I'm driving away

Yeah, yeah, yeah

It won't be long now

I'm sorry. Had to rush to get

I e-mailed you a few days ago, but I brought an extra copy.

Here, just in case. Sorry, here.

Ah, Miss Morales.

- Yeah... yes. - Right.

I'm sorry, honey. I meant to call you.

Oh... Uh, I got bank checks.

First month, last month and security. Good as cash.

It's just without a solid credit check, there's not much

Maybe your parents could co-sign.

Assuming they can prove income 40 times the rent.

You know what? Get it to me by five. I'll see what I can do.

- Hi! - Hi.

- So glad you could make it. - So good to see you.

- Thanks for having us. - Good to meet you, yeah.

These are the windows I was

Oh, fabulous.

Absolutely gorgeous.

Yo, how'd it go?

Are we popping champagne?

The realtor took one look at this, and was, like... "No."

Well, nope on her.

There's something on your shirt.

Just this.

My cousin over there, with his tongue hanging out...

has been meaning to ask...

Yeah?

What a lady like yourself...

would be doing this weekend.

Does your cousin dance?

Like a drunk Chita Rivera.

Stop.

Tell your cousin... Fiesta in the Heights.

We can hit a few clubs.

Check out the fireworks.

Keep it.

- Thanks. - Have a good day.

Oh snap! Who's that?

Don't touch me, I'm too hot! Yes!

Que paso? Here I go

So dope! Y tu lo sabes

- No paré - Sigué, sigué

Did you see me? Freaky, freaky

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 - You

Gonna see this honey Gon' make a little money

And one day I'll hop Jet Blue

But until that fateful day I'm grateful

I'm running to make it home

And home's where Vanessa's running away from

I'm running to make it home

And home's where Vanessa's running away from

The neighborhood salon is the place I am working for

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

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

One day I'm walkin' to JFK

And I'm gonna fly

It won't be long now

Any day

Girl, what the hell?

Look what you did.

Yes, that's my hair, girl. What you gonna do about it?

And in the middle!

You got me walking around here looking like a cockatoo!

Chita Rivera?

Who's that?

Banana hat lady?

No, that's Carmen Miranda.

Unibrow artist lady?

- What? No. - Shut up!

What did they teach you for Hispanic Heritage Month?

Listen, and repeat after me.

Chita, Rita, Frida,

Celia, Dolores, Isabel,

Sandra, Julia, Rigoberta, Mirabal.

- Ready? - Yes!

- Go. - Chita, Rita, Frida,

Celia, Dolores...

Isabel, Sandra, Julia...

Rigoberta, Mirabal.

Plus, Sonia. Supreme Court Justice.

Come on! Let's go.

Thank you.

Yo, you all still open, man? Everybody closed early

- We headed to the pool. - Let's go.

There is a god!

Yo, don't take nothing from there without my permission.

Yo, come on, let's roll, man.

All right, all right.

- Yo, Sonny, come on. - Yeah, I'm coming!

Yo, answer that.

Hello?

Holy shit!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yo, why these chancletas make my toes wrinkle?

Move, come on.

It's like they're squeezing my joints together.

Phone call! Lotto office.

- What, are these Lotto numbers? - We sold... a winner.

- Yesterday. - What?

Oh, shit, I played, bro.

Yo, let's talk profit sharing.

- I want a cut of your cut. - Yeah, my cut is zero.

- Man. - What's the payout?

And don't tell me no $500. I spent a lot of money on these

Ninety-six thousand

Damn

Ninety-six thousand

Dollars? Holla!

Ninety-six thousand

That's a lot of spray cans

Ninety-six thousand

Yo, if I won the Lotto tomorrow

Well, I know I wouldn't bother goin' on no

I pick a business school And pay the entrance fee

And maybe if you're lucky You'll stay friends with me

I'll be a businessman Richer than Nina's daddy

Tiger Woods and I on the links

My money's makin' money I'm goin' from

Keep the bling I want the brass ring, like Frodo

Oh, no, here goes Mr. Braggadocio

Next thing you know You lying like Pinocchio

If you're scared of the bull Stay out the rodeo

Yo, I got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobi, oh

Oh, you better stop rappin' You not ready

It's gonna get hot and heavy And you already sweaty

- Yo-yo-yo! - Yo, yo! I'm sorry was

Shut up, go home And pull your damn pants up

As for you, Mr. Frodo of the Shire

96 G's ain't enough to retire... C'mon!

I'll have enough to knock your ass Off its axis

You'll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes

- Ninety-six thousand - Ay, alabanza!

- Ninety-six thousand - No me diga!

- Ninety-six thousand - I never win shit

Ninety-six thousand!

For real, though

Imagine how it would feel goin' real slow

Down the highway of life with no regrets

And no breakin' your neck For respect or a paycheck

For real, though

I'll take a break from the wheel

The biggest block party Everybody here

A weekend when we can breathe Take it easy

Yo! Ma, it's me, check my ticket

Check one, two, three

What would you do with ninety-six G's?

I mean, if it's just between you and me

Esa pregunta es tricky

I know

With 96 G's

I'd start my life with a brand new lease

Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze

And a brand new weave

Ay, maybe just bleach

Y'all are freaks

- Yo, I'm just sayin' - Look at her.

It's silly when we get Into these

You really want some bread? Then go ahead,

And cross them off the list as you pursue 'em

And with those 96 I know precisely

- What you doing? - What am I doing?

It takes half of that cash Just to save my ass

Sonny can keep the coffee brewin'

I'll spend a few on you

'Cuz the only room with a view

And I could give Abuela Claudia

Just fly me down to Puerto Plata

You really love this business?

Tough, Merry Christmas

You're now the youngest tycoon

Yo, with 96,000 I'd finally fix housing

Give the barrio computers And wireless web browsing

Your kids are living without A good edumacation

Change the station Teach 'em

- The rent is escalatin' - What?

- The rich are penetratin' - What?

We pay our corporations When we should be

- What? - What about immigration?

- What? - Politicians be hatin'

- What? - Racism in this nation's

Gone from latent to blatant

I'll cash my ticket and picket

Never lose my focus 'Til the city takes notice

And you know this, man! I'll never sleep

Because the ghetto has a million promises For me

You are so cute.

I was just thinking off the top of my head.

- What's your name? - Jen.

Ninety-six K... Go

If I win the lottery

You'll never see me again

Damn, we only jokin' Stay broke, then

I'll be downtown

Get a nice studio

Get out of the barrio

For real, though, imagine how it would feel

Goin' real slow, down the highway of life

With no regrets, and no breakin' your neck

You'll wonder where I've been

For respect or a paycheck

- Ninety-six thousand - It's silly when we get

Into these crazy hypotheticals

'll take a break from the wheel

- Ninety-six thousand - And we'll throw the biggest

- Everybody here - Ninety-six thousand!

- I'll see you around - And with those 96 I know

- Check one, two, three - And with the dolla, dolla

- Ninety-six G's - We get to holla, holla

- Between you and me - We rock the hot Impala

And no breakin' your neck for respect...

- Ninety-six G's - I'll be downtown

- A brand new lease - We rock beyond mañana

- A Malibu Breeze - See you around!

A weekend when we can breathe Take it easy

Around

- Whoa-oh-oh! - Whoa!

- Whoa-oh-oh! - Yeah

- Whoa-oh-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! - I'll be downtown

- Whoa-oh-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! - We could pay off the debts

We could tell everyone we know

I could get on a plane and go

We be swimmin' in dough, yo

No tip-toeing We'll get the dough and

Once we get going We're never gonna

Stop tip-toeing We'll get the dough and

Once we get going We're never gonna

- Ninety-six thousand - No tip-toeing

- Ninety-six thousand - We'll get the dough and

Ninety-six thousand

- Once we get going - We got the numbers, let's go!

Ninety-six thousand

- Five! - Ninety-six thousand

- Seven! - Ninety-six thousand

- Sixteen! - Ninety-six thousand

- Twenty-six! - Ninety-six thousand

- Ninety-six thousand - We'll get the dough and

Once we get goin' We're never gonna

- Stop! - Thirty-three!

- Nobody? - You put in ten dollars?

Oh, shit. This is the one.

Oh, man.

This is it! This is it!

So who won?

That's what everyone was wondering.

But the ticket was never turned in.

What? Now you talking crazy, boy.

- Yo, you lying. Tell us, man. - Yeah, tell us.

If I knew, I would. The point is not who won...

but that we all had a sueñito.

And when it comes to dreams... we had to keep scraping by.

Oh, que calor, que calor

Que calor, que calor

Oh, piragua, piragua

New block of ice, piragua

Piragua, piragua

So sweet and nice, piragua

Tengo de mango, tengo de parcha

De pina 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 today

And Mister Softee's trying to shut me down

But I keep scraping by till I can say

Hey, pana, I run this town!

Piragua, piragua

- You hit my truck? - Keep scraping by, piragua

Get out of here! This is my block.

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

Lo, le, lo, lai! Keep scraping by

Oh, que calor, que calor

Que calor, que calor, que calor

Punk!

Stitchwork like this doesn't exist anymore.

Mm-hm.

Handmade by an old friend.

How much will you take for 'em?

Oh, no, no. Not for sale.

They're for a special occasion this weekend.

- Does tomorrow by 4:00 work? - Oh, perfect!

- Gracias. - All right,

Plus tax. I'll waive the rush fee.

Cash or credit?

Bueno.

- Let me think about it. - Of course.

Welcome to the block.

Admit it.

You're happy I didn't make it at

I mean, Nina, I'm not gonna lie.

This feels great.

Girl gets into NYU, she gets into Columbia...

but she had to go to the farthest place.

Nina, I'm not gonna be a ball and chain.

Right, I told you... We talked ab...

- Here we go. - What do you mean,

Shh. Let me just listen to my block.

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

There's no Nine train now

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

On that fire escape

Can you remind me

Of what it was like

At the top of the world?

Come with me

Oh, no.

We begin July with a stop At my corner fire hydrant

You would open it every summer

I would bust it with a wrench Till my face got drenched

- Till I heard the sirens - Yep.

- And then I ran like hell - You ran like hell

- Yeah, I ran like hell - I remember well

To your father's dispatch window

"Hey, let me in, yo They're coming to get me!"

You were always in constant trouble

No, I wasn't.

Then your dad would act all snide But he'd let me

You'd be there inside

Life was easier then

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

Are we going to Castle Garden?

Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot When the day

I got a perfect shady spot A little ways away

- That oughta cool us down - Cool us down

- Welcome back to town - Hey!

Now, back in high school when it darkened You'd hang

And Usnavi would bring his radio

As I walked home from Senior Studies

I'd see you rapping with your buddies

- With the volume high - I walked on by

You walked on by

No paré! Sigué, sigué!

No paré! Sigué, sigué!

- Get in here, girl! - No...

Come on!

No paré! Sigué, sigué!

No paré! Sigué, sigué! No paré! Sigué, sigué!

No paré! Sigué, sigué! No paré! Sigué!

When you're home

The summer nights are cooler When you're home

Now that you're here with me

And that song you are hearing

Is the neighborhood just cheering you along

- Don't say that - What's wrong?

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

But I'd stare out at the sea

Thinking, where am I supposed to be?

So please don't say you're proud of me

When I've lost my way

Then can I say

I couldn't get my mind off you all day

Now, listen to me That may be how

But Nina please believe That when you find your way

You are gonna change the world and then We're all

We knew her when

Yeah

- This was your home - I'm home

- Welcome home - When you're here with me

- Welcome home - I used to think we lived

- At the top of the world - Welcome home

You're finally home

I'm home.

Hey, boss, I got your caffeine.

I'm in a meeting.

Oh, hey, Pike.

Everything okay?

Thank you, Benny. Thank you very much.

- Need anything else? - No, no. We're good,

If you need...

Café con leche.

Number twelve...

It's better than his current

I can pay for his flights, to and from.

Christmas, summers...

Just so that he doesn't go too long without seeing you.

And, you know, I know you're his dad,

and I'm just his big cousin, but...

I mean... this could be good for

You're unsure.

Talk to me.

Chill out. You're hovering.

You're doing that thing, you should...

That's your first of the day?

Listen, if I could be like...

"Out you go, Sonny," I would.

I thought about it.

But, I can't.

The kid doesn't listen to shit I

- So is that a yes? - Is it a yes?

Tio... Come on, man.

He's a good kid. He's smart. He's funny.

He cares.

That kid does well in school, he works hard.

And I could tell you.

I'm with him every day. Working in my store.

I got that kid working to the bone, but look, I'm...

He has an opportunity to have a life that you and me didn't

Come on, Tio.

How do you pay him?

Cash.

Ever wonder why?

Ever?

- Perdón, Alejandro. - Hey.

Thank you for letting me come in

I was just wondering about the status

We got good news, mijo.

The check is cashed.

So there's no chance,

just to tie up some loose ends before... before I go.

The place is yours, mijo.

Yeah, well...

You got cold feet?

No... No.

No, man. I mean, that's amazing.

That's amazing. Thank you again.

You know, just, life throws you curve balls, but...

I'll figure it out. Thank you again.

A dream come true, right?

So... Sonny's dad is okay with him leaving?

Yeah... he's fine with it.

That's great.

Pero you wore your papi's hat?

Yeah. It fits.

- Okay, okay. - Okay? Gracias, mi amor.

Abuela.

Hey.

I want to talk to you.

Oh, yeah. Okay.

It's open. Estáabierto!

Oh, we're in trouble now.

- How cute! - Oh, my God, I love that dress.

I love your dress.

Yo, look at this.

Good luck.

You're gonna need it.

Hey.

Hey.

What?

I'm sorry, you just... You look amazing.

- Thanks. - My favorite color.

Well, I...

have a date tonight, so...

Word.

Right. That's right.

You have a date.

- I have a date, too. - Oh, you do?

We. We have a date.

We have a date. This is a date.

Let me get you a drink.

Think fast.

All right, let's clean this up before Abuela gets here.

Usnavi, Vanessa. Ven, baila.

No te vayas

- Si me dejas - No, not this song again!

Si te alejas

De mi

Seguirás en mis recuerdos

Para siempre...

Para siempre...

That scratch on the record is her favorite part.

Para siempre...

The scratch on the record is my favorite part.

Wow.

You don't want any of it? Oh, yeah, you're trying

Let me give you a vegan pastel.

Nina! You got sauce on my sleeve!

Tsk. Pass me a tissue or something.

No, I got you.

- You're good. - Wow.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Mirenlo. - Now you know.

- Be generous. - Yeah, we're gonna get it out.

- Wow. - You know what I'm sayin'.

Nice.

I take note.

You know, my first business,

You know what? Every time you tell the story,

you're a different age, and you get younger

- and younger and younger. - I was seven or eight...

I took a rag and a coffee can,

I went to the plaza in Arecibo to shine shoes for a nickel.

But every nickel went to shoe polish, right?

Because the next time I could charge a dime.

- Wow, my man was a hustler. - 'Cause you got that investment

- Hey, Benny! - Hey, yo!

The party's just starting, siéntate.

- Let me make you a plate. - No, no, I'm not hungry.

Benny, not hungry?

Yo, Kevin, that meeting I walked in on with you

Is that what I thought it was?

'Cause, you know, I keep playing

Adios. I was saving that news for dessert.

What news?

You know, when Pike originally approached me, he wanted the

So today, I reopened the conversation.

- What? - I knew it.

I guess we're gonna do this now,

Nina... it was about your age

that your mother and I, God rest her soul, we came here

and we emptied our savings to put a down payment

Two burgundy Cadillacs, that was

Start small, dream big.

I look at you, mija, I see her.

Y te lo juro, if she were here, she would've done the

Dad...

I sold Rosario's.

- Felicidades! - What?

- Raise a glass. - Felicidades!

Yes,

To Nina, who can now finish what she started at Stanford.

To Nina!

- To Nina. - To Nina.

Nina, say, "Thank you, Papi."

Dad... the deadline passed.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Stop with the lying. I called them.

I called them! Stop trying to protect me here.

There were other things other than the finances.

Did you not hear what I said?

Yes, about the ignorant idiotas...

That's the same thing that we foresaw when we came!

No, it's not the same thing, Dad.

It is not the same.

When you came here and Mom came here, you all had a Latino

ready to welcome you, open arms,

and teachers and lawyers, first generation,

There's no community for me at school.

I got searched.

Yeah.

I got searched.

On moving day...

my roommate lost her pearl necklace and...

the RA and her parents came in...

and searched me and they...

emptied my drawers, turned over my purse...

and I just stood there.

I stood there and didn't say anything.

And then eventually, they found it... in her bag.

You're the best we've got, Nina.

If you can't stay in the ring, what's that gonna say about us?

You can't keep putting your life's work

Dile, mi gente, isn't she the best we got?

And then I apologize like an idiot.

I stood there, I didn't do anything,

and then I apologized.

Well, you keep getting A's, baby,

that's your revenge.

My God, you're not hearing her, Kevin.

- Como? - I'm not going back!

So all of my decisions can just go to hell here?

- I'm doing this for you! - No, you're doing it for you!

What if I refuse your money?

What if I don't want it?

I refuse.

She refused.

Okay, se acabo todo. Get out!

Fiesta in the Heights!

Vanessa!

Damn, this is nice I really like what

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...

Relax, que relaxed? I'm relaxed.

So you've been here before

I don't go out I get so busy with the store

Y cada dia 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... - Let's go get a drink

- Something sweet - You know me

- A little bit of cinnamon - Wepa, Vanessa!

Celebrate!

- Here's to getting fired - To killing the mood

Salud!

Without so much as a thank you

Cheers!

To finally getting Vanessa

- Boy, fix your collar - Holler!

To doing shots On the weekend

As long as you buy 'em L'chaim!

- Hey you - Who?

- You - Who, me?

- You wanna dance? - Naw, man

Okay, I took my chance

It's cool, it's cool Hey, if you want to

- You don't mind? - I'm fine, I'm fine

- Yo - Yo

- Who's Vanessa talkin' to? - Some dude

Some dude?

That's messed up She's tryin' to

Jealous? I ain't jealous I can take

Hey!

Oh, shit!

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

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

Bartender! Let me get an amaretto sour

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

No hablo ingles

Yes!

Where you been?

Yo, you been doing your thing all night!

Yeah, hold up. Wait, wait. Let's take a shot.

- You want a shot? - No, it's fine.

Let me get you a shot.

I'll be right back, I'll be right back!

Two shots, please! Same thing.

- Oye, que paso? - Blackout, blackout!

Vino el apagón Ay, Dios!

- Oye, que paso? - Blackout! Blackout!

Vino el apagón Ay, Dios!

We are powerless

We are powerless

We are powerless

We are powerless

We are powerless, We are powerless

Somebody better open These goddamn doors

Somebody better open these goddamn doors

- We are powerless - I can't find Usnavi!

- Vanessa! - Nina, where'd you go?

- Has anyone seen Benny? - Nina, where'd you go?

- Benny! - Nina, where'd you go?

- I can't find you! - Usnavi!

It's hotter in the street Everybody is nervous

Hey, yo, we gotta be Usnavi Streetlights out of service

Because we're powerless Our hour is at hand

- It's you and me - You know what we gotta do?

Illuminate the community

When the sparks ignite We gon' light up the night

Bottle rockets loco locus Everybody, let's focus

Gather 'round, these are free Grab your ammo and stack up

Give me a light Till the power comes

Back up, back up, back up!

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

When was the last time you saw her?

Did she text you? Did she call you?

I called her twice and I texted her.

- She not hittin' me back. - Get out of my car!

I gotta get to the dispatch, man.

Yo, I gotta wait for Vanessa, man.

- What are you talking about? - Look, I might not

but I still got one tonight, Nina.

Let it go.

I can't. Just stick with Usnavi.

I'll see you later, all right?

We are powerless, we are powerless

The crowd was manic

With everybody screaming And shoving and shouting

- And everyone's frantic! - Aqui hay gente pero

- Usnavi! - Yeah!

Vanessa!

- You abandoned me - Yo, what are

Usnavi, all night You barely even

Don't make me laugh I've been trying all night

You've been shaking your ass With like half of the Heights

- Real nice - You barely gave me

- What? - Do I get another dance?

- I'm leaving - Vanessa

I gotta go

Don't walk away from us tonight

I don't need Anything tonight

I can find my way home

Keep running away From home

Without you

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

Nagle at Broadway, I got a woman in labor,

she needs to go to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

Can you get her there? Thank you and happy birthday.

Yo, Kevin, I, um... I routed all the incoming calls

and I got the generator covering the outgoing.

You smart.

- You so smart. - Hi, baby.

You got here mad quick. What's going on?

Yeah, long night at the club.

Usnavi, what's wrong?

- Forget about it. - Have a drink.

Toast to drama.

Ay, but you're too comfortable.

- G-51. - Bingo, mother-lovers!

Look at the fireworks

Abuela, are you all right?

Light up the night sky

The stars are out tonight!

Look at the fireworks

You're not alone tonight

Light up the night sky

You're not alone tonight

Atención, if you don't have a fare,

...at the synagogue and head up to Regiment.

So if you're crossing the bridge,

- pick up multiple riders. - Go up to Dyckman, then.

Do what you gotta do.

I'll get you some water in a minute.

All right. Put your feet up.

- That's better. - All right.

- Ooh. That's better. - You okay?

- Yes, thank you. - All right.

Look at the fireworks Look at the fireworks

Look at the fireworks Look at the fireworks

Light up the night sky

In Washington...

Look at the fireworks

Look at the fireworks

Light up the night sky

Light up the night sky

- I'm done. I'm done. - Are we touching

Oh, my God. The fear!

Calor, calor

Calor

Calor, calor

Calor

Ay, Mama

The summer's hottest day

Paciencia y fe

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, Mama You would find work

Combing the stars In the sky

For some sort of sign

Ay, Mama

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 En La Vibora

I remember nights Anger in the streets

Hunger at the windows

Women folding clothes Playing with my friends

Mama needs a job Mama 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, Mama!

It wasn't like today You'd say

Paciencia y fe

- Paciencia y fe - Paciencia y fe

- Paciencia y... - Fresh off the boat

Freezing in early December

A crowded city in 1943

Learning the ropes In America

En español, I remember

Dancing with Mayor La Guardia

All of society Welcoming Mami and me

You better clean this mess

- Paciencia y fe - You better learn ingles

- Paciencia y fe - You better not be late

You better pull your weight

Are you better off Than you were

Sharing double beds Trying to catch a break

Struggling with English

Listening to friends Finally got a job

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 - Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe, Paciencia y fe

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, Mama! - And ay, Mama!

What do you do When your dreams come true?

- And ay, Mama! - I've spent my life

Inheriting dreams from you

I made it through I survived

I did it

Now do I leave

Or stay?

All right, Mama

Okay

Paciencia y fe

Calor, calor

Calor

Abuela.

Abuela.

Abuela, Abuela.

Daniela!

Abuela.

Daniela!

Call 911!

- Okay, okay, okay. - Call 911!

- Wait, what? - I got you,

- What's going on? - No, no...

Daniela!

- What's happening? - Bring her

Come here with some towels!

Okay, okay.

- It's gonna be okay. - Abuela, it's gonna be okay.

I'm right here, Abuela, I'm right here.

I'm right here, I'm right here.

I'm right here, I'm right here.

She was found And pronounced...

At the scene She was already lying in bed

Paramedics said That her heart gave out

I mean, that's basically What they said

They said A combination of the stress

Why she never Took her medicine

I 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

And to sing quite literally "Praise to this"

When she was here The path was clear

She was just here

She was just here

Alabanza

Alabanza a doña Claudia, Señor

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor

Alabanza

Alabanza

- Paciencia y fe - Alabanza

- Paciencia y fe - Alabanza a

Paciencia y fe, Doña Claudia

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Alabanza

Should we take a break?

No, Daddy, keep going.

Hey, Pop.

Best days of my life.

It's creepy quiet.

Usually, the One Train's up there, screeching.

Yo, I was thinking... there's so much stuff going on.

And all it just got me thinking about is, like... all the

And I just thought about you.

You're about to change zip codes.

Country codes, actually.

Yeah, but that's not till August.

I mean, you know, we got time.

Usnavi...

I'm the girl who paints nails.

There's plenty like me, here and over there.

Stop!

Yo, you're an artist.

Yo, your senior year lab book...

I should've been paying attention

all them doodles you made.

Yo, it was like...

Wonder Woman meets...

The Simpsons meets...

Guernica.

And I would...

I would watch, like...

I just want to see the whole world

Mira para allá.

Benny, you know, before I bought Rosario's...

it was O'Hanrahan's.

The whole block was Irish.

You know why I bought it?

My dad, he, uh... he pulled me out of high school,

so that I could work on the same farm as him.

Making the same pennies.

I thought to myself, "No, no, no, papi."

"That don't make no sense."

I'm gonna drop out so somebody else

So I came here.

So I could make my own damn work.

But, you never finished high school?

But Nina did.

You asked me, "What a sueñito means?"

I'm not gonna sit here and give you

some fairy tale version.

You know, a dream isn't some sparkly diamond we get.

You know, sometimes, it's... it's rough.

And it's not so pretty.

Yeah!

DACA was not a gift from some benevolent

- No. - No!

You made it happen, you fought for it.

And that's why it still continues now.

'Cause what about the people who don't qualify,

She gets into college without papers, but...

no work-study for her, no federal aid for her

so she doesn't get to go to college.

- What did she say? - She said her niece

We can dream bigger

Yo, Sonny!

What's going on man?

Let's do this. Yes!

I knew I couldn't get a license.

But no college?

She was talking about undocumented folks.

I remember when I was your age, they used to say...

"If you work hard and you live by the rules,

the money will come, the things will come.

And that, those things will complete you."

But, they won't.

We work so hard to try and get there, that we forget

I was gonna be like you.

Share your stories!

Share your stories. There's nothing

Tell our stories!

Tell our stories! Tell our stories!

Tell our stories! Tell our stories!

Dad, I know what I have to do.

You've given me this amazing education

and figure out how every undocumented kid

Maybe Stanford isn't a way out. Maybe it's a way back.

Like Abuela always used to say...

asserting our dignity in small ways.

Wow.

This is it, huh, mija?

What?

This is the moment when you do better than me.

Not because of some fancy degree...

It's 'cause you can see a future that I can't.

Hey...

You're Nuyoricua.

We're a people on the move, so yeah, bring us with you.

Ignore anyone who doubts you.

You take all the bruises, baby, but you stay in the ring.

I called, and it's still available.

But Vanessa needs a co-signer, and not one who's about

Would you?

As a personal favor?

We're all ready, ma'am.

That's señorita to you.

Yes. Yes, ma'am... Señorita. Yes.

Listas. We'll follow behind.

- It's hotter in here. - Put on the AC.

Come find me in the Bronx.

3843 Grand Concourse.

Where the hell is everybody?

Diablo. It's like they've given up.

Bye, people!

Bye!

Carajo.

Ungrateful!

Our matriarch bites the dust, and this is how we move on?

We are not power-less. We are powerful.

If Claudia was here, she'd say, "P'alante."

In Puerto Rico, blackouts happen all the time,

This is like Gilligan's Ghetto Island.

Mi amor, cálmate, huh? What would Jesus do?

Do I look like Jesus to you?

I mean, sometimes when I squint.

Hey!

Hey!

What's this tontería That I'm seeing

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

My favorite time of year Was Christmas time

- Ask me why - Why?

There wasn't An ounce of snow

But oh, The coquito would flow

As we sang the aguinaldo The carnaval

Business is closed And we're about to go

Let's have a carnaval

Del barrio

Wepa!

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

We don't need electricidad! Get off your butt, avanza!

Saca la maraca, Bring your tambourine

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Me, me, me! Dani, I have a question

I don't know What you're cantando

Just make it up as you go We are improvisando

Lai, le, lo, lai, Lo, le, lo, lai

- You can sing anything - Wait, what?

Carla, whatever pops Into your head

Uh, my mom is Dominican-Cuban My dad is from Chile

I'm Chile-Domini-Curican...

But I always say I'm from Queens

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Why is everyone so happy? We're sweating

I gotta get out of here soon This block's getting worse

You can't even go to a club With a friend

Without having somebody Shove you

Ay, por favor!

Vanessa, don't pretend That Usnavi's your "friend"

We all know That he love you

Wow.

Now that you mention That sexual tension

- Yo, this is bogus - Haven't you noticed

You get all your coffee For free

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Here comes Usnavi!

Yo! Yo! Yo, y-y-yo-yo

Now, now, Everyone gather 'round

Sit down, listen, I got an announcement

Wow, there's nothing here Holding me down

The word is out Tell the whole town

Atención, I'm closin' shop Sonny, grab everybody

Twist off the bottle Kiss it up to God

I miss Abuela Claudia It's time to fly, though

Daniela, Carla, pack up the carro

I'm booking a flight For DR tomorrow!

Oh, my God!

Alza la bandera La bandera dominicana

Alza la bandera La bandera puertorriqueña

Alza la bandera La bandera mexicana

Alza la bandera La bandera cubana

- P'arriba esa bandera! - Hey!

- Alzala donde quiera! - Hey!

Recuerdo de mi tierra

Me acuerdo de mi tierra

- Esa bonita bandera! - Hey!

- Contiene mi alma entera! - Hey!

Y cuando yo me muera

Entiérrame en mi tierra

Hey!

Hey, Mr. Benny Have you seen

What do you mean?

I heard you and Nina Went for a roll in the hay!

Hey! Oh

Benny and Nina, Sitting in a tree

- K-I-S-S-I-N-G - It's your fault.

Que bochinche Nina and Benny

- K-I-S-S-I-N-G - Okay, okay.

Hold up, wait a minute

Usnavi's leavin' us For the Dominican Republic

And Benny went And stole the girl

She was My babysitter first!

Listen up, Is this what y'all want?

We close the bodega The neighborhood is gone

They selling the dispatch And they closin' the salon

And they'll never turn The lights back on

'Cause we are powerless We are powerless

And y'all keep dancin' And singin' and celebratin'

And it's gettin' late And this place disintegratin'

We are powerless We are powerless

All right, we're powerless So light up a candle

There's nothing going on here That we can't handle!

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

How do you want to face it?

Do you wanna waste it When the end is so close

Y'all could cry With your head in the sand

I'mma fly this flag That I got in my hand

- P'arriba esa bandera! - Hey!

- Alzala donde quiera! - Hey!

Can we raise Our voice tonight?

Can we make A little noise tonight?

Esa bonita bandera Contiene mi alma entera

In fact Can we sing so loud

They can hear us Across the bridge

P'arriba esa bandera

Alzala donde quiera

From Puerto Rico To Santo Domingo

Wherever we go We rep our people

Esa bonita bandera

Contiene mi alma entera

Vanessa, forget about What coulda been

Dance with me one last night In the hood again

Wepa!

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

P'arriba esa bandera

Carnaval del barrio

Y cuando yo me muera

- Carnaval del barrio - Entiérrame en mi tierra

- Del barrio - Alza la bandera

La bandera dominicana

- Alza la bandera - Alza la bandera

La bandera puertorriqueña

Alza la bandera, la bandera mexicana

Alza la bandera La bandera

La bandera, la bandera, la bandera

Alza la bandera, hey!

We love you! We love you! Bye!

All right. Watch your hand, move...

Okay, okay, okay... Got it...

- My finger! - Oh, my gosh. Yo.

Listen, I got this. Just push. Just push down.

Oh, my gosh.

Ooh!

Oh, my gosh. You're only gone to Thanksgiving.

Nina.

Let me just listen to my block.

Sunset looked better in the blackout.

Well, how about...

...we pretend we're still in it?

- I like that. - Yeah?

Early July...

The whole summer is ahead of us.

When the sun goes down

You're gonna Need a flashlight

You're gonna need a candle

I think I can handle that

When you leave town

I'm gonna buy you A calling card

'Cuz I'm falling hard For you

I go back on Labor Day

And I will try To make my way

Out west to California

So we've got the summer

And we've got each other

Perhaps even longer

When you're on your own

And suddenly without me

Will you forget about me?

I couldn't if I tried

When I'm all alone

And I close my eyes

That's when I'll see your face again

And when you're gone

You know that I'll be waiting

When you're gone

But you're here with me

- Right now - We'll be working hard

But if we should Drift apart

- Benny - Let me take this moment

- Just to say - No, no

You are gonna Change the world some day

I'll be thinking of home

And I'll think of you Every night

At the same time

When the sun goes down

When the sun goes down

When the sun goes down

Nina didn't even let them drive her to the airport.

She had to take that step on her own.

An independent, stubborn lady. Like you, hija.

And that's good.

What?

No, you didn't!

No, you didn't!

No, you did not!

Yo, you playing tricks on me!

Yo, you playing tricks on me, man!

Yo, Abuela...

Hello? Yes, what time do you close?

Word! Yes!

Okay, thank you so much. Thank you, bye.

Whoa!

Hi!

Were you just standing there, just...

I... I heard you fly out tomorrow.

Yeah.

- Yo, come in, come in, come in. - Thanks.

Yeah.

So how's the new spot?

It's great.

My fingers won't budge. I haven't sewn a single thing

- You will. - Yeah.

Just... waiting for inspiration to strike, I guess.

Well, you're pretty creative and artistic, I mean...

So... it's gonna hit you, I think.

So...

I got you a present

I went next door to get it

Doing anything tonight?

- Cleaning - You're done for the day

- No way - 'Cuz we got a date

Okay

Before you board that plane

I owe you a bottle Of cold champagne

- No - Yeah, cold champagne

Damn, the bottle's All sweaty and everything

You went and got this

- Pop the champagne - I don't know

Or plastic cups I already packed the cups

Tonight we're drinking Straight from the bottle

- Usnavi - Yeah

Daniela told me What you did for me

And it's honestly The sweetest thing

Now, what can I say or do To possibly repay you

How do you get This gold shit off?

- Usnavi - Yeah

Before you go leave town

Before the corner changes And the signs are taken down

Let's walk around the neighborhood

- Usnavi, are you all right? - I'm fine

I'm trying To open this champagne

You see the twisty thing Is broken

But I'm gonna Open this damn champagne

- Let me see it - No, I got it

Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne

I mean you went To all this trouble

And it's gonna be okay

I'm sorry, It's been a long day

- You oughta stay - What?

You could stay uptown Maybe save this place

Ha, ha, very funny

And it's not like Sonny's got role models

- Role models? - Stepping up to the plate

Yo, what are you talking about?

I think your vacation Can wait

Vacation? Vanessa, you left us too

And I moved down to West Fourth Street

- You can take the A - What are you

You're leaving the country

And we're never Gonna see you again

So what are You trying to say?

You get everyone Addicted to your coffee

Vanessa, I don't know Why you're mad at me

I wish I was mad

I'm just too late

How long does this process take?

Well, from the original

appearances, appeals, to a final decision...

could be five months.

Or five years.

- Five years? - Yeah.

For a green card or a rejection.

See, the courts work at their own speed.

Then we start today.

This is worth 96,000.

How much fight does this buy us?

I wanna pay for your fee, and the rest put

- Dude. - It don't matter.

Holy shit, that's a lot of money.

- Watch your mouth, bro. - When did you get that?

What you mean, when did I get it? Don't worry

Why you always asking questions?

You know, payment in checks is more common.

I leave on the first flight in the morning.

I don't have time to cash in now.

I wish I did, but I like...

Please.

All right.

Bueno, mijo...

...this is gonna be an emotional rollercoaster.

It may end in heartbreak.

- But, there's a chance, right? - Yeah.

But it's my responsibility to make sure that he knows...

the odds are against you.

Understood.

I still want to fight, though.

Okay.

Pete!

Seriously?

My bad. Use one of those rags.

Hey...

How much for this?

Free. I got tons like that.

You hear that?

The voices of the gods.

My last morning, the One Train...

sounded like Juan Luis Guerra.

And the garbage trucks smelled like island flowers.

Best days of my life.

Here I come.

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 - Lights out on

And now the crack of dawn

I pack as life goes on And on and on

Time to go, But I'm doing the math

On this cash money To have Sonny

Abuela really wanted me Up on a beach

And soon that's How it's gonna be

And look at me, Leavin' today

On a 747 boardin' JFK

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow

Good morning

Cool breezes

- Blow - So sweet and nice, piragua

Piragua, piragua

- The hydrants are open - Piragua, piragua

- Cool breezes - New block of ice, piragua

- Blow - So sweet and nice, piragua

Piragua, piragua

- Siempre - The hydrants are open

- Cool breezes - New block of ice, piragua

- Blow - So sweet and nice, piragua

It won't be long now

There's a breeze Off the Hudson

You think You're sick of living here

The morning light Off the fire escapes

The nights in Bennett Park Blasting Big Pun tapes

I'mma miss this place To tell you the truth

Kevin dispensin' wisdom From his dispatch booth

And at dawn Vanessa at the salon

We gotta move on But who's gonna notice

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

Most of all, I'll miss Abuela's whispers

Doin' the Lotto Pick Six Every Christmas

In five years, When this whole city's

Who's gonna miss This raggedy little business?

Hey, you.

Hey.

Do you have two minutes?

Yeah.

You said you wanted to see the world

- Yeah. - Come with me.

- No peeking. - All right.

- Okay. - All right.

Watch it.

- Where am I going? - Just stand right here.

- Where? - No peeking.

- I'm not... - I can feel you trying

- I'm not trying... - Just don't.

Hold on.

Okay, open.

After I left your place last night, I just...

walked around for a while.

And then I ran into Pete.

And I saw one of his drop cloths, and...

I thought that this is my next piece.

So I called Sonny and I told him to open up the bodega,

'cause my fingers needed to move.

She started working and was like,

So I started painting.

Yo, how did you...

That's my dad's beach.

Yeah. You had all those photos by the register.

I worked from memory.

I did the crab in the corner.

What's so funny?

Who cares about the crab in the corner?

What you mean, the crab is like the best part.

No, it is not. It's in the corner

So what, are you saying you don't like my crab?

I may be saying a lot of things,

that just looks like a fourth-grader drew that.

- You could sell that. - No, I cannot.

- 25 cents? - No,

What?

- Yeah. - I'm saying... just...

He hates it.

He's forming an artistic opinion.

You did this last night?

Yeah

There goes my flight

What?

Graffiti Pete you're gonna Need some new cans

There's been A slight change of plans

Listen up guys, you got a job I'm not playin'

You gotta go now Tell the whole block

So go ahead, Tell everyone we know

All right, go

Yo! Usnavi's stayin'!

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

- Yeah! - And if not me,

Who's gonna keep The coffee sweet

Abuela, rest in peace You live in my memories

But Sonny's gotta eat This corner is my destiny

Brings out the best in me We pass a test

And yes indeed You know I'll never leave

If you close your eyes That hydrant is a beach

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 been on it this whole time I'm home

Until then...

I thought it was past tense.

What?

The best days of my life.

So I stayed.

And I built my little dream, my sueñito,

here, in Washington Heights.

Say it, so it doesn't disappear.

Washington Heights!

Because this place... this is it.

You... you, nena.

You're it.

Para siempre...

I have a date tonight.

I take note.

But, there's a chance, right?

We sold... a winner!

Start small, dream big.

Little details...

that tell the world we are not invisible.

Can we go to the water now?

Man, you've been talking forever.

Yeah, come on, Iris.

Please, Daddy? Can I go, too?

Ask your mother.

Mami, can I?

Please?

Yes, mi vida, go.

Yes!

Love you, Daddy.

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow

- We're home - The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow

It's a wonderful life That I've known

Merry Christmas you ol' Building and Loan!

- I'm home - The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow

Abuela, that ain't a stoop That's your throne

Long after your birds Have all flown

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

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 100 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

I'm home!

It's hotter than The islands are today

And Mister Softee's truck Has broken down

Send somebody over here. I don't...

And here come All his customers my way

I told you, I run this town

Piragua, piragua

Ain't that some shit?

$1.25, 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 on ice Blackouts on ice

Lo, le, lo, lai! Keep scraping by

Piragua!