Carnaval del barrio (From "In the Heights")

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Hey! Hey!
 What's this tontería that I'm seeing on the street?
 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 of Vega Alta
 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 would begin to grow
 Business is closed
 And we're about to go
 Let's have a Carnaval del barrio!
 Wepa!
 Carnaval del barrio
 Carnaval del barrio
 Carnaval (Carnaval!)
 Del barrio (Barrio!)
 Carnaval (Carnaval!)
 Del barrio (Barrio!)
 We don't need electricidad
 Get off your butt, avanza
 Saca la maraca
 Bring your tambourine
 Come and join the parranda, hey!
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (barrio)
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (barrio)
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (barrio)
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (del barrio)
 Ohh, 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 comes into your head
 Just so long as you sing
 Ummm... My mom is Dominican-Cuban
 My dad is from Chile and P.R.
 Which means:
 I'm Chile-Domini-Curican!
 But I always say I'm from Queens!
 Hey!
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (barrio)
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (del barrio)
 Why is everyone so happy?
 We're sweating and we have no power
 I gotta get out of here soon
 This block's getting worse by the hour
 You can't even go to the 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
 It's easy to see!
 Yo this is bogus
 Haven't you noticed
 You get all your coffee for free?
 Carnaval (carnaval)
 Del barrio (barrio)
 Carnaval (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, I'm bouncing
 Atencion, I'm closing shop
 Sonny, grab everybody a soda pop!
 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 bookin a flight for D.R. 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
 Entierrame en mi tierra!
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 Hey, Mr. Benny, have you seen any horses today? (Hey!)
 What do you mean?
 I heard you and Nina went for a roll in the hay! (Hey!)
 Oh!
 Benny and Nina (Benny and Nina)
 Sitting in a tree (sitting in a tree)
 K-I-S-S-I-N-G (K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
 Que bochinche (que bochinche)
 Nina and Benny (Nina and Benny)
 K-I-S-S-I-N-G (k-i-s-s-i-n-g)
 Hold up, wait a minute
 Usnavi's leavin' us for the Dominican Republic?
 And Benny went and stole the girl that I'm in love with?
 She was my babysitter first!
 Listen up, this is what ya'll want?
 We close this bodega
 The neighborhood is gone!
 They selling the dispatch
 They closing the salon
 And they'll never turn the lights back on cuz
 We are powerless
 We are powerless!
 And ya'll keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'
 And it's gettin' late and this place is disintegratin'
 We are powerless
 We are powerless!
 Alright, we are 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
 However!
 How do you wanna face it?
 Do you wanna waste it?
 When the end is so close you can taste it?
 Y'all go cry with your head in the sand
 I'm a fly this flag that I got in my hand!
 Parriba esa bandera
 Hey!
 Alzala donde quiera
 Hey!
 Can we raise our voice tonight?
 Can we make a little noise tonight?
 Hey!
 Esa bonita bandera (hey!)
 Contiene mi alma entera (hey!)
 In fact, can we sing so loud and raucous
 They can hear us across the bridge in East Seacaucus?
 Parriba esa bandera!
 Alzala donde quiera!
 From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo
 Wherever we go
 We rep our people and the beat go
 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 (Entierrame en mi tierra!)
 Alza la bandera
 La bandera Dominicana (alza la bandera)
 Alza la bandera
 La bandera Puertorriqueña (adiós, adiós, adiós)
 Alza la bandera
 La bandera Mexicana
 Alza la bandera
 La bandera
 La bandera
 La bandera
 La bandera
 Alza la bandera!
 Hey!
 

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Song Details

Duration
07:00
Key
7
Tempo
113 BPM

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