Lyrics Lin–Manuel Miranda – Inútil

KEVIN:
This isn’t happening
Inútil! Useless
Just like my father was before me:

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

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