In the Heights

Lights up on Washington Heights, up at the break of day / I wake up and I got this little punk I gotta chase away...

-"In the Heights" (opening number)

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...

-"In the Heights" (opening number)

Now you're prob'ly thinkin / "I'm up on shit's creek / I never been north of 96th street"...

-"In the Heights" (opening number)

Get off at 181st and take the escalator / I hope you're writing this down, I'm gonna test you later...

-"In the Heights" (opening number)

Just me and the GWB, / Asking 'Gee Nina, what'll you be?'...

-"Breathe"

Okay, we got traffic on the west side / Get off at 79th and take the left side / Of Riverside Drive and ya might slide...

-"Benny's Dispatch"

West End's ya best best friend if you catch the lights...

-"Benny's Dispatch"

Manny Ramirez is in town this weekend / Sorry Dominicans, take Route 87, you ain't getting back in again... -"Benny's Dispatch"

There's a traffic accident I have to mention / At the intersection of 10th ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center... -"Benny's Dispatch"

And check it, don't get stuck in the rubber-neckin on 192nd / There's a double-decker bus wreck... -"Benny's Dispatch"

I look up and think about the years gone by / But one day I'm walking to JFK and I'm gonna fly! -"It Won't Be Long Now"

I'd start my life with a brand new lease / Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze... -"96,000"

And I could give Abuela Claudia the rest of it / Just fly me down to Puerto Plata, I'll make the best of it... -"96,000"

"We drop the mama drama / We stop at the Bahamas!" -"96,000"

It was hotter at home in La Vibora / The Washington Heights of Havana... -"Paciencia y Fe"

I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky / When the world was just a subway map... -"When You're Home"

Are we going to Castle Garden? / Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot... -"When You're Home"

Now, back in high school when it darkened / You'd hang out in Bennett Park and... -"When You're Home"

When I was younger I'd imagine what would happen if my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico... -"When You're Home"

I thought I might find the answers out at Stanford / But I'd stare out at the sea... -"When You're Home"

Yo! I know just where to go / There's a little beach named Playa Rincón?... -"Hundreds of Stories"

When I was a little girl growing up in the hills of Vega Alta / my favorite time of year was Chrstmas time... -"Carnaval del Barrio"

My mom is Dominican-Cuban / My dad is from Chile and P.R.... -"Carnaval del Barrio"

I'm Chile-...Dominica-Rican! / But I always say I'm from Queens... -"Carnaval del Barrio"

In fact, can we sing so loud and raucous / They can hear us across the bridge in East Secaucus?... -"Carnaval del Barrio"

From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo, wherever we go / We rep our people and the beat go... -"Carnaval del Barrio"

Vacation? Vanessa, you're leaving too / I'm going down to West 4th Street... -"Champagne"