Lyrics Lin–Manuel Miranda – Blackout
Text:
PIRAGUA GUY:
¿Oye, qué pasó?
USNAVI:
Blackout, blackout!
PIRAGUA GUY:
Vino el apagón
¡Ay dios!
PIRAGUA GUY/MEN:
¿Oye, qué pasó?
Vino el apagón
¡Ay dios!
USNAVI:
Yo! I!
Can’t see!
Quit shovin’ 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!
KEVIN/ USNAVI:
Everyone relax please
KEVIN:
Calling all taxis!
KEVIN/USNAVI:
Everyone relax please
BENNY:
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!
VANESSA:
BENNY:
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!
VANESSA:
And I can’t find Usnavi…
MEN:
Oh, no!
USNAVI:
Blackout, blackout!
BENNY:
Hold up, wait! Hold up, wait!
Nina, where’d you go
I can’t find you…
Nina
Take it slow
I’m behind you…
SONNY:
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
Suddenly I find
The electricity is gone
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
I gotta guard the store make sure that nothing’s going wrong!
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
I gotta find Usnavi tell him what is going on
Nothing is on!
Nothing is on!
And I can’t find Usnavi…
BENNY:
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
I can’t find you!
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
I can’t find you!
USNAVI:
Vanessa…
I gotta go…
NINA:
Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny…
VANESSA:
Usnavi
Help me!
KEVIN:
Please find Nina!
Find Camila!
If you see my family
Bring them
Home!
SONNY:
We are powerless
We are powerless
VANESSA:
Find my way home!
Usnavi
Help me
You left me alone!
SONNY/NEIGHBORS:
We are powerless
We are powerless!
GRAFFITI PETE:
Yo! Yo! They throwin’ bottles in the street!
People lootin’ 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!
GROUP 1:
Look at the fireworks…
Light up the night sky…
Look at the fireworks…
Light up the night sky!
GROUP 2:
Look at the fireworks…
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky!
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky…
SONNY:
It’s late and this grate won’t come down
Come down!
It’s late and this grate won’t come down!
SONNY/MEN:
We are powerless!…
CARLA:
Oh god so much panic! The crowd was manic
With everybody screaming and shoving and shouting and slapping
And everyone’s frantic!
What’s happening with you?
CARLA/VANESSA/WOMEN:
We are powerless!…
DANIELA:
Mira, mi amor
Házme un favor!
Despiérta la abuela y a lo mejor ella tiene una vela!
Estuve bailando cuando vino el apagón
Aqui hay gente pero no sé quienes son!
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…
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:
Without you…
NINA/BENNY:
Without you!
GROUP 1:
Look at the fireworks…
Look at the fireworks…
Light up the night sky…
GROUP 2:
Look at the fireworks…
Look at the fireworks…
Light up the night sky…
ALL:
En Washington…
Look at the fireworks…
Look at the fireworks…
GROUP 1:
Light up the night sky…
GROUP 2:
Light up the night sky…
ALL:
En Washington Heights!
Album
Lin–Manuel Miranda – In The Heights: A New Musical
