Lyrics Lin–Manuel Miranda – Alabanza
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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…
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/CARLA/SONNY/CAMILA/BENNY/VANESSA/KEVIN:
Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza, alabanza
Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza, alabanza
CAMILA/PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY/KEVIN/BENNY/MEN:
Alabanza
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza
Alabanza
NINA/DANIELA/CARLA:
Alabanza
MEN:
Paciencia y fe
WOMEN:
Paciencia y fe
CAMILA/PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY/KEVIN/BENNY/MEN:
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor
Alabanza…
NINA:
Paciencia y fe
Doña Claudia
Alabanza
COMMUNITY:
Alabanza
Alabanza
Alabanza
USNAVI:
Alabanza
Album
Lin–Manuel Miranda – In The Heights: A New Musical
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Finale
Lin–Manuel Miranda – When The Sun Goes Down
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Piragua (Reprise)
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Everything I Know
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Alabanza
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Atención
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Enough
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Hundreds Of Stories
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Blackout
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Piragua
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Paciencia Y Fe
Lin–Manuel Miranda – No Me Diga
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Inútil
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Benny’s Dispatch
Lin–Manuel Miranda – Breathe