Carnaval Del Barrio

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! (Come on, man)

¡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 (¡Wepa!)

Carnaval (¡Carnaval!)

Del barrio (¡Barrio!)

Carnaval (¡Carnaval!)

Del barrio (¡Barrio!)

Carnaval (¡Carnaval!)

Del barrio (¡Barrio!)

Carnaval (¡Carnaval!)

¡Del barrio! (¡Del barrio!)

Oh, 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! (What?)

Carla, whatever pops into your head

Just so long as you sing

Uh, 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! (¡Wepaaa!)

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 a 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 looooove you!

Ohhhh!!

Wow, now that you mention that sexual tension is 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! (¡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, it involves large amounts

It's somewhere in the range of ninety-six thousand

Atención, I'm closin' shop

Sonny, grab everybody a soda-pop

Yo, grab a bottle, kiss it up to God

'Cause Abuela Claudia just won the lotto!

Abuela Claudia won the lotto!

We're bookin' a flight for D.R. tomorrow!

Oh my gah!

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Dominicana!

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Puertoriqueña!

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Mexicana!

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Cubana!

¡Pa'ribba esa bandera!

¡Álzala donde quiera!

¡Recuerdo de mi tierra!

¡Me acuerdo de mi tierra!

¡Esa bonita bandera!

¡Contiene mi alma entera!

Y cuando yo me muera

¡Entiérrame en mi tierra!

Everything changes today! (Hey!)

Usnavi's on his way! (Hey!)

Off to a better place! (Hey!)

Look at Vanessa's face! (Hey!)

Everything changes today! (Hey!)

Goodbye, Mr. Rosario! (Okay!)

I'm taking over the barrio!

We're getting out of the barrio!

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!)

Ohhh!

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!)

¡Qué bochinche! (¡Qué bochinche!)

Benny and Nina (Benny and Nina)

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! (Woo!)

Listen up, is this what y'all want?

We close the bodega, the neighborhood is gone

They selling the dispatch, and they closing the salón

And they'll never turn the lights back on

'Cause we are powerless, we are powerless!

And y'all keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'

And it's gettin' late and this place disintegratin'

And we are powerless, we are powerless!

Alright, we're powerless, so light up a candle

There's nothing going on here that we can't handle

You don't understand, I'm not trying to be funny

We're gonna give a third of the money to you Sonny

What?

Yeah, yeah…

For real?

Yes

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 want to face it?

Do you wanna waste it, when the end is so close you can taste it?

Y'all could cry with your head in the sand

I'm a fly this flag that I got in my hand

¡Pa'rriba esa bandera! (Hey!)

¡Álzala 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 Secaucus?

¡Pa'rriba esa bandera! (¡Carnaval!)

¡Álzala donde quiera! (¡Del barrio!)

From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo

Wherever we go, we rep our people and the beat go

¡Esa bonita bandera! (¡Carnaval!)

¡Contiene mi alma entera! (¡Del barrio!)

Vanessa, forget about what coulda been

Dance with me, one last night, in the hood again

¡Wepa!

¡Carnaval!

¡Del barrio!

¡Carnaval!

¡Del barrio! (¡Pa'rriba esa bandera!)

¡Carnaval! (¡Oye!)

¡Del barrio! (Y cuando yo me muera)

¡Carnaval! (Entiérrame en mi tierra)

¡Del barrio! (¡Del barrio!)

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Dominicana!

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera Puertoriqueña!

Alza la bandera (Adios!)

¡La bandera Mexicana! (Adios!)

Alza la bandera

¡La bandera!

¡La bandera!

¡La bandera!

¡La bandera!

¡Alza la bandera!

Hey!