What does sueñito mean?
Sueñito ? It means "little dream."
That's it? No story?
Can we go in the water now?
Let him explain.
All right, all right. Everybody sit down, sit down.
- Yes! Yeah! - All right.
All right.
Bueno.
It's the story of a block that was disappearing.
Once upon a time, in a far away land called Nueva York,
en un barrio called Washington Heights.
Say it, so it doesn't disappear.
Washington Heights!
All right, all right. Oye, oye, oye.
The streets were made of music.
Mi gente! It's your boy, The Kid Mero.
It's 5:30 a.m., and here's today's news.
In a record-breaking heat wave, the mayor's urging residents to what?
Limit air conditioner use, as brownouts continue in the Bronx.
Check it out, this weekend's highly anticipated block party,
Fiesta in the Heights,
is about to get you out of your homes and into the clubs.
Hey, Pop.
Best days of my life.
Bendicion, Abuela. Bendicion.
Don't forget to take your medicine.
- God bless you. - Love you.
♪ Lights up on Washington Heights Up at the break of day ♪
- Yo, what are you doing, bro? - ♪ I wake up and I got this little punk ♪
♪ I gotta chase away ♪
♪ Pop the grate at the crack of dawn ♪
♪ Sing while I wipe down the awning ♪
Hey, y'all. Good morning.
Ice cold piragua, parcha, china, cherry, strawberry and just for today I got mamey.
Ice cold piragua, parcha...
♪ I am Usnavi and you prob'ly never heard my name ♪
♪ Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated ♪
♪ Exacerbated by the fact That my syntax is highly complicated ♪
♪ 'Cuz I emigrated from the single greatest Little place in the Caribbean ♪
♪ Dominican Republic I love it ♪
♪ Jesus, I'm jealous of it And beyond that ♪
♪ Ever since my folks passed on I haven't gone back ♪
♪ Goddamn, I gotta get on that ♪
♪ The milk has gone bad ♪
♪ Hold up just a second ♪
♪ Why is everything in this fridge warm and tepid? ♪
♪ I'd better step it up and fight the heat ♪
♪ 'Cuz I'm not makin' any profit If the coffee isn't light and sweet ♪
- Yoo-hoo! - Abuela, my fridge broke.
I got café but no con leche.
Ay, Dios. Try my mother's old recipe.
One can of condensed milk.
Nice.
Oh, hey. Your lottery ticket.
♪ That was Abuela She's not really my abuela ♪
♪ But she practically raised me ♪
♪ This corner is her escuela ♪
♪ Now, you're probably thinkin' I'm up shit's creek ♪
I've never been north of 96th Street.
♪ Well you must take the A Train ♪
♪ Even farther than Harlem To northern Manhattan and maintain ♪
♪ Get off at 181st and take the escalator ♪
♪ I hope you're writin' this down I'm gonna test you later ♪
♪ I'm getting tested Times are tough on this bodega ♪
♪ Two months ago somebody bought Ortega's ♪
♪ Our neighbors started packin' up and pickin' up ♪
♪ And ever since the rents went up ♪
♪ It's gotten mad expensive But we live with just enough ♪
♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ I flip the lights and start my day ♪
♪ There are fights and endless debts ♪
♪ And bills to pay ♪
♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ I can't survive without café ♪
♪ I serve café ♪
♪ 'Cuz tonight seems like a million years away ♪
♪ En Washington... ♪
♪ Next up... ding! Kevin Rosario ♪
♪ He runs the cab company ♪
♪ He struggles in the barrio ♪
♪ See, his daughter Nina's off at college ♪
♪ Tuition is mad steep So he can't sleep ♪
♪ Everything he get is mad cheap ♪
♪ Good morning, Usnavi ♪
♪ Pan caliente Café con leche ♪
♪ Put 20 dollars on today's lottery ♪
- ♪ Okay! Must be your lucky day ♪ - ♪ Gotta be ♪
♪ Oh, my God, you're so excited ♪
♪ My Nina flew in at 3:00 a.m. last night ♪
♪ Sweet! Abuela's been cooking all week ♪
♪ Compay, when I see you this weekend... ♪
♪ Are we gonna eat! ♪
♪ So then Yesenia walks in the room ♪
Aha...
♪ She smells sex and cheap perfume ♪
Oh, no!
♪ It smells like one of those trees that you hang from the rearview ♪
Ay, no!
♪ It's true! She screams, "Who's in there with you, Julio?" ♪
Daniela!
♪ Grabs a bat and kicks in the door ♪
Carla!
♪ He's in bed with Jose from the liquor store! ♪
No me diga!
And that's Cuca. The salon ladies.
♪ Thanks, Usnavi! ♪
Cuca.
Adios, papi.
Bye!
Sonny, you're late.
Chillax, you know you love me.
♪ Me and my cousin runnin' ♪
♪ Just another dime-a-dozen Mom-and-pop stop-and-shop ♪
♪ And oh, my God, it's gotten too darn hot ♪
♪ Like my man Cole Porter said ♪
♪ People come through for a few cold waters ♪
♪ And a lottery ticket Just a part of the routine ♪
♪ Everybody's got a job Everybody's got a dream ♪
♪ They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk ♪
♪ The first stop as people hop to work ♪
♪ Bust it, I'm like: "One dollar, two dollars ♪
♪ One fifty, one sixty-nine I got it ♪
♪ You want a box of condoms? What kind? ♪
♪ That's two quarters, two quarter waters The New York Times ♪
♪ You need a bag for that? The tax is added" ♪
♪ Once you get some practice at it ♪
♪ You do rapid mathematics automatically ♪
♪ Sellin' maxi-pads, fuzzy dice for taxicabs ♪
♪ Practically everybody's stressed, yes ♪
♪ But they press through the mess ♪
♪ Bounce checks and wonder what's next ♪
♪ In the Heights I buy my coffee and I go ♪
♪ I buy my coffee and... ♪
♪ Set my sights ♪
♪ On only what I need to know ♪
♪ What I need to know ♪
♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ Money is tight, but even so ♪
♪ Even so ♪
♪ When the lights go down I blast my radio ♪
- ♪ You ain't got no skills! ♪ - ♪ Benny! ♪
- ♪ Yo, let me get a... ♪ - ♪ Milky Way ♪
- ♪ Yeah, and let me also get a... ♪ - ♪ Daily News ♪
- ♪ And a... ♪ - ♪ Post ♪
- ♪ And most important my... ♪ - ♪ Boss's second coffee ♪
- ♪ One cream ♪ - ♪ Five sugars ♪
- ♪ I'm the number one earner ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
- ♪ The fastest learner ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
♪ My boss, he can't keep me On the damn back burner ♪
- ♪ Yes he can ♪ - ♪ I'm makin' moves, I'm makin' deals ♪
- ♪ But guess what? ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
♪ You still ain't got no skills ♪
- ♪ Har-de-har ♪ - ♪ Yo, Vanessa show up yet? ♪
- ♪ Shut up! ♪ - ♪ Hey, little homie, don't get so upset ♪
- ♪ Man... ♪ - ♪ Tell Vanessa how you feel ♪
♪ Buy the girl a meal on the real ♪
♪ Or you ain't got no skills ♪
♪ Nooo! No, no, nooo! ♪
♪ No, no, nooo, no-no-no! Nooo, no-no-no! ♪
♪ No, no-no, no-no, no-no No-no, no-no, no-no! ♪
♪ Mr. Johnson, I got the security deposit ♪
♪ It's locked in a box in the bottom of my closet ♪
♪ It's not reflected in my bank statement ♪
♪ But I've been savin' to make a down payment and pay rent ♪
- ♪ No, no, I won't let you down ♪ - You got this. You got this.
Yo, here's your chance Ask her out right now!
♪ I'll see you later We can look at that lease ♪
♪ Bro, do somethin' Make your move, don't freeze! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ You owe me a bottle of cold champagne! ♪
♪ Are you movin'? ♪
♪ Just a little credit check And I'm on that downtown train! ♪
♪ Well, your coffee's on the house ♪
♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ Usnavi, ask her out ♪ - ♪ No way ♪
♪ I'll see you later, so... ♪
Whoa!
♪ Yo, smooth operator Oh, damn, there she goes ♪
♪ Yo, bro, take five Take a walk outside ♪
♪ You look exhausted, lost Don't let life slide ♪
♪ The whole hood is struggling Times is tight ♪
♪ And you're stuck to this corner Like a streetlight ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm a streetlight Chokin' on the heat ♪
♪ The world spins around While I'm frozen to my seat ♪
♪ The people that I know All keep on rollin' down the street ♪
♪ But every day is different So I'm switchin' up the beat ♪
♪ 'Cuz my parents came with nothing They got a little more ♪
♪ And sure, we're poor But yo, at least we got the store ♪
♪ And it's all about the legacy They left with me, it's destiny ♪
♪ And one day I'll be on a beach with Sonny writing checks to me ♪
♪ In the Heights I hang my flag up on display ♪
♪ We came to work and to live And we got a lot in common ♪
♪ It reminds me that I came from miles away ♪
♪ DR, PR, we are not stoppin' ♪
- ♪ In the Heights ♪ - ♪ Every day, paciencia y fe ♪
♪ Until the day we go from poverty to stock options ♪
♪ In the Heights I've got today ♪
♪ Today's all we got, so we cannot stop ♪
♪ This is our block ♪
♪ In the Heights I hang my flag up on display ♪
♪ It reminds me that I came from miles away my family came from miles away ♪
♪ In the Heights It gets more expensive every day ♪
♪ Every day ♪
♪ And tonight is so far away ♪
♪ But as for mañana, mi pana Ya gotta just keep watchin' ♪
- ♪ You'll see the late nights ♪ - ♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ You'll taste beans and rice ♪
- ♪ The syrup and shaved ice ♪ - ♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ I ain't gonna say it twice ♪
- ♪ Turn up the streetlights ♪ - ♪ In the Heights ♪
♪ We're takin' a flight ♪
♪ To a couple of days in the life of what it's like ♪
♪ En Washington Heights! ♪
Come on, stack that right there, beside the mangoes.
Let's just keep those boxes in order, too.
Ah. the hustle never ends.
Alejandro, how you doing?
- How's the law office? - Still going, thank God.
- You're spitting image of your old man. - Oh, man, come on.
Yeah, so how was the DR?
I got to visit some old friends. You know how it is.
I wish I could go back more often.
That's facts.
- Hey, so you get to check out my dad's old place? - Mm-hm.
Same story as last time?
You ready?
Don't play!
Now, it's probably not how you remember it,
but it could be an opportunity to bring it back to life.
My pops would be rolling in his grave if he saw what came of his bar.
The electricity's shot.
Half the roof got taken in the hurricane.
Thus the low asking price, the quick sale.
"El Sueñito."
Pop's little dream.
Yo, I remember, man, when...
I used to be working in the back on a soda gun.
And I was like John Wick. I'd be like...
I've been saving up all my pennies in my piggy bank for this day.
Yeah, on these blocks, you can't walk two steps
without bumping into someone's big plans.
Mijo...
Okay, I'm in.
Thank you, man.
I'll see you, papa.
Come on.
Here we go.
This is crazy!
Let's go!
Mine was a... quaint little sueñito.
If I made it back to the Dominican Republic, then we retained our roots.
But Nina Rosario's dreams were all about reach.
Spelling bee champ, valedictorian,
managed her dad's business and basically...
she was like a little sister to me.
Girl was a rocket, determined to go far.
What?
The genius is back!
- I missed you! - Me, too. Did you just get in?
Yeah, late last night.
- Final week? - Yeah, it's really happening.
Yo, so much to catch up on.
- Come over for a free mani-pedi, yeah? - I need it.
Mm-hm. Oh, and Benny's on the dispatch today. Just sayin'.
♪ Check one, two, three ♪
♪ This is Benny on the dispatch Yo ♪
♪ Atención, yo, attention ♪
♪ It's Benny, and I'd like to mention ♪
♪ I'm on the microphone this mornin' ♪
♪ Honk your horn if you want it ♪
♪ Okay, we got traffic on the West Side ♪
♪ Get off at 79, and take the left side ♪
♪ Of Riverside Drive, you might slide ♪
♪ West End's your best friend If you catch the lights ♪
♪ And don't take the Deegan ♪
♪ Yo, Big Papi is in town this weekend ♪
♪ Sorry Dominicans, take Route 87 ♪
♪ You ain't getting back in again ♪
♪ Hold up a minute ♪
- ♪ Benny, hey ♪ - ♪ Nina, you're home today ♪
- ♪ Any sign? ♪ - ♪ Of your dad, he's on his way ♪
- ♪ Anyway ♪ - ♪ It's good to see your face ♪
- ♪ Anytime ♪ - ♪ Hold up a minute, or wait ♪
♪ You used to run this dispatch, right? ♪
♪ Once or twice ♪
♪ Okay, well, check the technique ♪
♪ Yo! There's a traffic accident I have to mention ♪
♪ At the intersection of 10th Ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center ♪
♪ And check it, don't get stuck in The rubber-neckin' on 192nd ♪
♪ There's a double-decker bus wreck ♪
♪ Now listen up, we got a special guest ♪
- ♪ Live and direct from a year out west ♪ - ♪ Benny ♪
- ♪ Welcome her back, 'cause she looks mad stressed! ♪ - ♪ Benny ♪
♪ Nina Rosario, the barrio's best ♪
♪ Whoo! Honk your horns ♪
- No, no, no, no... - Go, go, go.
♪ She's smiling ♪
♪ Say hello ♪
♪ Hello ♪
- Whoo! - ♪ Good morning ♪
♪ I ought to let you work ♪
♪ Thanks for the welcome wagon ♪
♪ Anytime ♪
♪ Anytime, Nina ♪
♪ Stay here with me ♪
♪ It's getting hot outside ♪
♪ Turn up the AC ♪
♪ Stay here with me ♪
You thirsty as hell.
Ohh! You used to date?
No way, the boss's daughter?
Nina Rosario!
- Oh! Yo! - What's up?
Yo, hold up.
Don't get hit by a car, girl, you just got here.
Oh, man.
Yo, mad changes happening on the block since you've been at school.
Oh, yeah. I mean, at least your dad kept half the storefront.
Yo, the cleaners next door, nine dollars a shirt.
- What? - Yo! Look who's home!
Look at you! Why are you taller than me?
I know, my man grew a couple inches, he think he a man.
- Man, shut up. - I see you.
Listen, you down to march next week?
Like we used to?
What's the cause?
They're talking about kicking out all the DREAMers.
It's time to make some noise. You want to come?
I know that voice!
Woo-hoo!
- Count me in. - Yo. Later.
- Well, you do good? You done? - Yeah.
- My man, who's watching the store? - What?
- Yo! - Shit!
Pete! You can't just take that!
Bro! Get back here, man!
That's on your tab, bro! Both of y'all.
Oh, yes.
Hand-embroidered by your mother.
May she rest in peace.
We'll use them for the party.
They're beautiful.
Abuela Claudia never had kids,
so she adopted the whole block as her own.
Adopted our sueñitos , too.
When I got to Stanford...
...the isolation, Abuela.
The loneliness.
I was, like, "What am I doing here?"
Mira, when my mamá came from Cuba...
Ay, Dios mío.
She felt like one tiny grain of sand from the beaches we left behind.
What did she do?
She bought a winter coat and a pair of velvet gloves.
Her hands were cracked from the cleaning fluids.
But the gloves hid that.
We had to assert our dignity in small ways.
That's why these napkins are beautiful.
That's why my mother's gloves were beautiful.
Little details that tell the world, we are not invisible.
♪ Respira ♪
♪ Breathe ♪
♪ Respira ♪
♪ This is my street ♪
♪ I smile at the faces ♪
- ♪ I've known all my life ♪ - Hey, Nina. Como estás?
♪ They regard me with pride ♪
♪ And everyone's sweet ♪
♪ They say, "You're going places" ♪
♪ So how can I say that while I was away ♪
- ♪ I had so much to hide? ♪ - Hey, Nina!
♪ Hey, guys, it's me ♪
♪ The biggest disappointment you know ♪
♪ The kid couldn't hack it ♪
♪ She's back and she's walkin' real slow ♪
- ♪ Welcome home ♪ - ♪ Just breathe ♪
♪ Sigué andando el camino por toda su vida ♪
♪ Respira ♪
- ♪ Just breathe ♪ - ♪ Y si pierdes mis ♪
♪ huellas, que Dios te bendiga ♪
- ♪ Respira ♪ - ♪ As the radio plays ♪
♪ Old forgotten boleros ♪
♪ I think of the days when this city was mine ♪
♪ I remember the praise ♪
- ♪ "Ay, te adoro, te quiero" ♪ - ♪ Te adoro ♪
♪ The neighborhood waved and said ♪
- ♪ "Nina, be brave and you're gonna be fine" ♪ - ♪ Te quiero, respira ♪
♪ And maybe it's me ♪
- ♪ But it all seems like lifetimes ago ♪ - ♪ Respira ♪
♪ So what do I say to these faces That I used to know? ♪
♪ "Hey, I'm home?" ♪
♪ Mira, Nina ♪
- ♪ Hey... ♪ - ♪ No me preocupo por ella ♪
♪ They're not worried about me ♪
♪ Mira, alli está nuestra estrella ♪
♪ They are all counting on me to succeed ♪
♪ Ella si da la talla ♪
♪ I am the one who made it out! ♪
♪ The one who always made the grade ♪
- ♪ But maybe I should have just stayed home ♪ - ♪ Mira, Nina ♪
♪ When I was a child, I stayed wide awake ♪
♪ Climbed to the highest place ♪
♪ On every fire escape ♪
- ♪ Restless to climb ♪ - ♪ Respira ♪
♪ I got every scholarship ♪
♪ Saved every dollar ♪
♪ The first to go to college ♪
- ♪ How do I tell them why ♪ - ♪ Respira ♪
♪ I'm coming back home? ♪
♪ With my eyes on the horizon ♪
♪ Just me and GWB ♪
♪ Asking, "Gee, Nina ♪
♪ What am I gonna be?" ♪
♪ Straighten the spine ♪
♪ Smile for the neighbors ♪
♪ Everything's fine ♪
♪ Everything's cool ♪
♪ The standard reply ♪
♪ Lots of tests, lots of papers ♪
♪ Smile, wave goodbye ♪
♪ And pray to the sky, oh, God ♪
- ♪ And how do I dare to say? ♪ - ♪ Nina ♪
- ♪ Can I go in there and say ♪ - ♪ Nina ♪
♪ I know that I'm letting you down ♪
Nina!
♪ Just... ♪
♪ Breathe ♪
The reality of an elite school...
it's no joke, Pop.
Yeah, when I left, y'all were, like,
"It's gonna be great. Go show 'em who we are. Go represent."
The truth is...
is that most of the time I'm at Stanford feels like a betrayal.
De verdad? Of who?
Of my family.
My community.
Like the dean, he invited me to this diversity dinner.
Super-wealthy donors, trustees, the whole nine.
And I wore this black cocktail dress and I was walking to my seat,
and one of the patrons shoved her plate into my arms
and said, "I ordered the vegetarian option."
- No. - Yeah.
And all the servers, all Latino, shot me this look,
like, "Ooh, what's this trigueña gonna do?"
"Ooh, what's she gon' do? Is she with us? Or is she with them?"
Ah, bueno. There's no shame in waiting tables.
And there's no shame in having a different path.
Like you.
Dad... the deadline passed.
The extension on spring tuition.
- Yeah. - But I didn't receive notice.
Yeah, they let me finish off my classes, but we owe them.
No, don't you give it a second thought. I'm on it. Hm?
Dad...
The deadline to pay and enroll for next semester also passed.
How come you know about all this before I do?
I switched the info. I gave the finance office my dorm address.
Well, why would you do that?
Because you sold half the business, and it barely covered freshman year.
I don't want you doing something else crazy.
- Espera, that sale pulled us out of debt. - No, no.
You and I both know that finances were tenuous before getting into this.
And this might not be feasible.
- I'm gonna call them right now. - Dad, Stanford's over.
Stop overreacting, Nina, please.
- Dad, I'm serious. - Oye!
You don't tell me how much we can afford.
You're not the parent. Hm?
God bless you. Dios te bendiga.
Gracias!
What's all over those pipes?
- Rust. - Rust?
Lovely.
That's the roof.
On the floor?
Ay, Usnavi.
Tu eres un workaholic.
You think it will be different in the Dominican Republic?
Just like my mamá.
Morning and night, year after year... to what end?
To wake up and scrub another floor till the day she died.
Yeah, but... here I work to survive.
El Sueñito will be a labor of love.
The bodega was only supposed to be temporary,
but now... I'm like, almost 30.
The plan was always to go back.
Hopefully, I won't be going alone.
You, me and Sonny?
Y Sonny? Is he on board?
He's my next ask.
I'm not going without him.
Look, I got Sonny.
You know I can't go nowhere without you.
I took care of my community, no?
Hell, yes!
El Sueñito 2.0.
The tropical air'll keep you young, girl!
Caramba, buy me a bikini!
Let's go!
I don't know, man. Leave Washington Heights?
I'd have to talk to my dad...
You're just a kid.
You don't even know. For real.
Dominican Republic's gonna blow your mind.
Look...
You do you. It's all good. But don't be roping me into your thing.
Yo...
Beach.
Merengue. Carnaval.
Summer all year 'round.
Who's gonna greet you in DR?
Some cousin you saw two Christmases ago?
Best days of my life were there.
That's the corniest thing I've ever heard.
You came here when you was eight.
You got... "island memories."
Not me. I was in Pampers on that plane.
NYC's my spot.
I got my island, okay? Go get yours.
Don't forget how you got your name.
- Yo... - Just, fix the fridge.
Yeah, all right. Bro, you think you're funny?
What's "Usnavi" mean, anyway?
That sounds weird.
No, it doesn't.
- All right. All right, all right, all right. - Shut up.
On my dad's first trip to Nueva York...
he saw a passing ship on the horizon.
And... he was, like, "Wow, that's gonna be my son's name."
- Usnavi! - Ohh...
Usnavi...
I like it.
Thank you.
- Hi, Mr. Rosario? - Yes, yes, I'm here.
Yes, I'm not sure the information you received was correct.
In actuality, we're still accepting tuition payments up until June.
So the deadline hasn't passed?
No, it has not passed. Would you like to know the remaining balance?
Yes. I have a pencil.
Sure, the balance that's due for the fall semester...
Now, remember, the block was disappearing.
Exhibit A: Daniela's salon.
Moving in a week, after decades of makeovers,
the skin-deep kind and the emotional kind.
No one could fill her shoes.
Literally, they were like four inches high.
He doesn't have an apartment. He doesn't pay rent anywhere.
He's bouncing between two girls' houses.
- Of course he is. - Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
You know what? It's mad we allow ourselves to be hurt.
- We need to have a better standard. - That's what I'm saying.
Tres paradas... pickety, packety, poom,
and you're at the new spot.
I'm too old, and the Bronx is too far.
Que voy a hacer? I was priced out.
Most of my clients already up and moved to the Grand Concourse.
Hey, built in customers.
My lunch break isn't long enough for that trip, Dani.
Jessica...
One: swipe the fare card.
Two: ride three stops.
Three: arrive at my new location.
Ten minutes max.
Ten minutes? Cariño.
What are you riding, a time machine?
Excuse me?
No, she didn't, right?
Our people survived slave ships.
We survived Taino genocide.
- We survived conquistadores and dictators. - Si.
You're telling me we can't survive the D Train to the Grand Concourse?
Okay, okay, okay.
And who cuts your hair better than me?
Hello, hello... How long's the wait?
For you, mamita, front of the line! Oye!
Emergency, coming through!
Mira, Nina!
- ♪ Gorgeous! ♪ - ♪ Linda! ♪
♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
- ♪ Vieja! ♪ - ♪ Sucia! ♪
- ♪ Cabrona! ♪ - ♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
- ♪ A little off the top ♪ - ♪ A little on the side ♪
♪ A little bit of news you heard around the barrio ♪
♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
♪ Bueno You didn't hear this from me ♪
♪ But some little birdie told me ♪
♪ Usnavi had sex with Yolanda ♪
♪ No me diga! ♪
♪ Ay, no! ♪
♪ He'd never go out with a skank like that ♪
- ♪ Please tell me you're joking ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
♪ Just wanted to see what you'd say ♪
♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
- ♪ Mmm-hmm-mmm ♪ - What? I don't care!
♪ Ay, bendito! ♪
♪ So, Nina ♪
♪ I hear you been talking to Benny ♪
- ♪ And what do you hear? ♪ - ♪ I hear plenty ♪
♪ They say he's got quite a big... taxi! ♪
- ♪ No me diga! ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
♪ I don't wanna know where you heard all that ♪
♪ I don't think I know what you mean ♪
♪ Carla, he's packing a stretch limousine ♪
♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
♪ Long as he keeps it clean ♪
Oh, God.
♪ Ay, Dios mío! ♪
♪ Nina, seriously, we knew you'd be ♪
♪ The one to make it out ♪
♪ I'll bet you impressed them all out west ♪
- ♪ You were always the best, no doubt ♪ - True.
♪ We want front row seats to your graduation ♪
- ♪ They'll call your name ♪ - ♪ And we'll scream and shout ♪
You guys!
I... dropped out.
No me diga.
Yeah. I should go.
Well, that's a shitty piece of news.
She probably flunked out.
Or she got a little bun in the oven, you know?
What the hell happened?
♪ I don't know ♪
♪ Tell me something I don't know ♪
♪ Que se yo? ♪
Dani, I'm taking lunch.
Go get me a soda, please?
- Yeah. - Where's she sneaking off to?
That was real quick.
Okay, so we're gonna shave the whole thing.
Vanessa.
Vanessa!
Vanessa, tough as nails.
Dreamed of being a downtown fashion designer.
To her, a sueñito was something you keep a secret.
♪ The elevated train by my window Doesn't faze me anymore ♪
♪ The rattling screams Don't disrupt my dreams ♪
♪ It's a lullaby in its way ♪
♪ The elevated train drives everyone insane ♪
♪ But I don't mind, oh, no ♪
♪ When I bring back boys They can't tolerate the noise ♪
♪ And that's okay 'Cuz I never let them stay ♪
♪ And one day I'm hoppin' that elevated train ♪
♪ And I'm riding away ♪
♪ It won't be long now ♪
♪ The boys around the way holler at me ♪
♪ When I'm walking down the street ♪
♪ Their machismo pride Doesn't break my stride ♪
Hey, good morning to you, too, sweetheart.
♪ It's a compliment, so they say ♪
♪ The boys around the way Holler at me every day ♪
♪ But I don't mind, oh, no, no ♪
♪ If I'm in the mood It will not be with some dude ♪
♪ Who is whistling 'Cuz he has nothing to say ♪
♪ Or who's honking at me from a Chevrolet ♪
♪ One day I'm hoppin' in a limousine ♪
♪ And I'm driving away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ It won't be long now ♪
I'm sorry. Had to rush to get here.
I e-mailed you a few days ago, but I brought an extra copy.
Here, just in case. Sorry, here.
Ah, Miss Morales.
- Yeah... yes. - Right.
I'm sorry, honey. I meant to call you.
Oh... Uh, I got bank checks.
First month, last month and security. Good as cash.
It's just without a solid credit check, there's not much I can do.
Maybe your parents could co-sign.
Assuming they can prove income 40 times the rent.
You know what? Get it to me by five. I'll see what I can do.
- Hi! - Hi.
- So glad you could make it. - So good to see you.
- Thanks for having us. - Good to meet you, yeah.
These are the windows I was telling you about.
Oh, fabulous.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Yo, how'd it go?
Are we popping champagne?
The realtor took one look at this, and was, like... "No."
Well, nope on her.
There's something on your shirt.
Just this.
My cousin over there, with his tongue hanging out...
has been meaning to ask...
Yeah?
What a lady like yourself...
would be doing this weekend.
Does your cousin dance?
Like a drunk Chita Rivera.
Stop.
Tell your cousin... Fiesta in the Heights.
We can hit a few clubs.
Check out the fireworks.
Keep it.
- Thanks. - Have a good day.
♪ Oh snap! Who's that? ♪
♪ Don't touch me, I'm too hot! Yes! ♪
♪ Que paso? Here I go ♪
♪ So dope! Y tu lo sabes ♪
- ♪ No paré ♪ - ♪ Sigué, sigué ♪
♪ Did you see me? Freaky, freaky ♪
♪ What a way to begin the weekend ♪
♪ Sonny, anything you want is free, man ♪
♪ And my dearly beloved Dominican Republic ♪
- ♪ I haven't forgotten you ♪ - ♪ You ♪
♪ Gonna see this honey Gon' make a little money ♪
- ♪ And one day I'll hop Jet Blue ♪ - ♪ Jet Blue ♪
♪ But until that fateful day I'm grateful I got a destination ♪
♪ I'm running to make it home ♪
♪ And home's where Vanessa's running away from ♪
♪ I'm running to make it home ♪
♪ And home's where Vanessa's running away from ♪
♪ The neighborhood salon is the place I am working for the moment ♪
♪ As I cut their hair Ladies talk and share ♪
♪ Every day Who's doin' who and why ♪
♪ The neighborhood salon doesn't pay me What I wanna be making ♪
♪ But I don't mind ♪
♪ As I sweep the curb ♪
♪ I can hear those turbo engines ♪
♪ Blazing a trail through the sky ♪
♪ I look up and think about the years gone by ♪
♪ One day I'm walkin' to JFK ♪
♪ And I'm gonna fly ♪
♪ It won't be long now ♪
♪ Any day ♪
Girl, what the hell?
Look what you did.
Yes, that's my hair, girl. What you gonna do about it?
And in the middle!
You got me walking around here looking like a cockatoo!
Chita Rivera? You said drunk Chita Rivera.
Who's that?
Banana hat lady?
No, that's Carmen Miranda.
Unibrow artist lady?
- What? No. - Shut up!
What did they teach you for Hispanic Heritage Month?
Listen, and repeat after me.
Chita, Rita, Frida,
Celia, Dolores, Isabel,
Sandra, Julia, Rigoberta, Mirabal.
- Ready? - Yes!
- Go. - Chita, Rita, Frida,
Celia, Dolores...
Isabel, Sandra, Julia...
Rigoberta, Mirabal.
Plus, Sonia. Supreme Court Justice.
Come on! Let's go.
Thank you.
Yo, you all still open, man? Everybody closed early 'cause of the heat.
- We headed to the pool. - Let's go.
There is a god!
Yo, don't take nothing from there without my permission.
Yo, come on, let's roll, man.
All right, all right.
- Yo, Sonny, come on. - Yeah, I'm coming!
Yo, answer that.
Hello?
Holy shit!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yo, why these chancletas make my toes wrinkle?
Move, come on.
- It's like they're squeezing my joints together. - Usnavi! Take 5.
Phone call! Lotto office.
- What, are these Lotto numbers? - We sold... a winner.
- Yesterday. - What?
Oh, shit, I played, bro.
Yo, let's talk profit sharing.
- I want a cut of your cut. - Yeah, my cut is zero.
- Man. - What's the payout?
And don't tell me no $500. I spent a lot of money on these tickets.
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
♪ Damn ♪
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
♪ Dollars? Holla! ♪
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
♪ That's a lot of spray cans ♪
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
♪ Yo, if I won the Lotto tomorrow ♪
♪ Well, I know I wouldn't bother goin' on no spendin' spree ♪
♪ I pick a business school And pay the entrance fee ♪
♪ And maybe if you're lucky You'll stay friends with me ♪
♪ I'll be a businessman Richer than Nina's daddy ♪
♪ Tiger Woods and I on the links And he's my caddy ♪
♪ My money's makin' money I'm goin' from po' to mo' dough ♪
♪ Keep the bling I want the brass ring, like Frodo ♪
♪ Oh, no, here goes Mr. Braggadocio ♪
♪ Next thing you know You lying like Pinocchio ♪
♪ If you're scared of the bull Stay out the rodeo ♪
♪ Yo, I got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobi, oh ♪
♪ Oh, you better stop rappin' You not ready ♪
♪ It's gonna get hot and heavy And you already sweaty ♪
- ♪ Yo-yo-yo! ♪ - ♪ Yo, yo! I'm sorry was that an answer? ♪
♪ Shut up, go home And pull your damn pants up ♪
- ♪ As for you, Mr. Frodo of the Shire ♪ - What?
♪ 96 G's ain't enough to retire... C'mon! ♪
♪ I'll have enough to knock your ass Off its axis ♪
♪ You'll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ Ay, alabanza! ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ No me diga! ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ I never win shit ♪
♪ Ninety-six thousand! ♪
♪ For real, though ♪
♪ Imagine how it would feel goin' real slow ♪
♪ Down the highway of life with no regrets ♪
♪ And no breakin' your neck For respect or a paycheck ♪
♪ For real, though ♪
♪ I'll take a break from the wheel And we'll throw ♪
♪ The biggest block party Everybody here ♪
♪ A weekend when we can breathe Take it easy ♪
♪ Yo! Ma, it's me, check my ticket ♪
♪ Check one, two, three ♪
- ♪ What would you do with ninety-six G's? ♪ - ♪ Who, me? ♪
♪ I mean, if it's just between you and me ♪
♪ Esa pregunta es tricky ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ With 96 G's ♪
♪ I'd start my life with a brand new lease ♪
♪ Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze ♪
♪ And a brand new weave ♪
♪ Ay, maybe just bleach ♪
♪ Y'all are freaks ♪
- ♪ Yo, I'm just sayin' ♪ - Look at her.
♪ It's silly when we get Into these crazy hypotheticals ♪
♪ You really want some bread? Then go ahead, create a set of goals ♪
♪ And cross them off the list as you pursue 'em ♪
♪ And with those 96 I know precisely what I'm doing ♪
- ♪ What you doing? ♪ - ♪ What am I doing? What am I doing? ♪
♪ It takes half of that cash Just to save my ass from financial ruin ♪
♪ Sonny can keep the coffee brewin' ♪
♪ I'll spend a few on you ♪
♪ 'Cuz the only room with a view Is a room with you in it ♪
♪ And I could give Abuela Claudia The rest of it ♪
♪ Just fly me down to Puerto Plata I'll make the best of it ♪
- ♪ You really love this business? ♪ - ♪ No ♪
♪ Tough, Merry Christmas ♪
♪ You're now the youngest tycoon In Washington Hiznits ♪
♪ Yo, with 96,000 I'd finally fix housing ♪
♪ Give the barrio computers And wireless web browsing ♪
♪ Your kids are living without A good edumacation ♪
♪ Change the station Teach 'em about gentrification ♪
- ♪ The rent is escalatin' ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
- ♪ The rich are penetratin' ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
♪ We pay our corporations When we should be demonstratin' ♪
- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ What about immigration? ♪
- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ Politicians be hatin' ♪
- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ Racism in this nation's ♪
♪ Gone from latent to blatant ♪
♪ I'll cash my ticket and picket Invest in protest ♪
♪ Never lose my focus 'Til the city takes notice ♪
♪ And you know this, man! I'll never sleep ♪
♪ Because the ghetto has a million promises For me to keep ♪
You are so cute.
I was just thinking off the top of my head.
- What's your name? - Jen.
♪ Ninety-six K... Go ♪
♪ If I win the lottery ♪
♪ You'll never see me again ♪
♪ Damn, we only jokin' Stay broke, then ♪
♪ I'll be downtown ♪
♪ Get a nice studio ♪
♪ Get out of the barrio ♪
- ♪ For real, though, imagine how it would feel ♪ - ♪ If I win ♪
- ♪ Goin' real slow, down the highway of life ♪ - ♪ The lottery ♪
♪ With no regrets, and no breakin' your neck ♪
♪ You'll wonder where I've been ♪
♪ For respect or a paycheck ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ It's silly when we get ♪
♪ Into these crazy hypotheticals ♪
♪ 'll take a break from the wheel ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ And we'll throw the biggest block party ♪
- ♪ Everybody here ♪ - ♪ Ninety-six thousand! ♪
- ♪ I'll see you around ♪ - ♪ And with those 96 I know precisely what I'm doing ♪
- ♪ Check one, two, three ♪ - ♪ And with the dolla, dolla ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six G's ♪ - ♪ We get to holla, holla ♪
- ♪ Between you and me ♪ - ♪ We rock the hot Impala ♪
- ♪ And no breakin' your neck for respect... ♪ - ♪ Why-oh! ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six G's ♪ - ♪ I'll be downtown ♪
- ♪ A brand new lease ♪ - ♪ We rock beyond mañana ♪
- ♪ A Malibu Breeze ♪ - ♪ See you around! ♪
♪ A weekend when we can breathe Take it easy ♪
♪ Around ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh! ♪ - ♪ Whoa! ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh! ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! ♪ - ♪ I'll be downtown ♪
- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh! Whoa-oh-oh! ♪ - ♪ We could pay off the debts we owe ♪
- ♪ We could tell everyone we know ♪ - ♪ Whoa-oh-oh! ♪
♪ I could get on a plane and go ♪
♪ We be swimmin' in dough, yo ♪
♪ No tip-toeing We'll get the dough and ♪
♪ Once we get going We're never gonna ♪
♪ Stop tip-toeing We'll get the dough and ♪
♪ Once we get going We're never gonna ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ No tip-toeing ♪
- ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪ - ♪ We'll get the dough and ♪
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- ♪ Once we get going ♪ - We got the numbers, let's go!
♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- Five! - ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- Seven! - ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- Sixteen! - ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- Twenty-six! - ♪ Ninety-six thousand ♪
- ♪ We'll get the dough and ♪
♪ Once we get goin' We're never gonna ♪
- ♪ Stop! ♪ - Thirty-three!
- Nobody? - You put in ten dollars?
Oh, shit. This is the one.
Oh, man.
This is it! This is it!
So who won?
That's what everyone was wondering.
But the ticket was never turned in.
What? Now you talking crazy, boy.
- Yo, you lying. Tell us, man. - Yeah, tell us. - Common please.
If I knew, I would. The point is not who won...
but that we all had a sueñito.
And when it comes to dreams... we had to keep scraping by.
♪ Oh, que calor, que calor ♪
♪ Que calor, que calor ♪
♪ Oh, piragua, piragua ♪
♪ New block of ice, piragua ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
♪ So sweet and nice, piragua ♪
♪ Tengo de mango, tengo de parcha ♪
♪ De pina y de fresa ♪
♪ Tengo de china, de limón ♪
♪ De peso y de peseta, hey! ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
♪ New block of ice, piragua ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
♪ So sweet and nice, piragua ♪
♪ It's hotter than the islands are today ♪
♪ And Mister Softee's trying to shut me down ♪
♪ But I keep scraping by till I can say ♪
♪ Hey, pana, I run this town! ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
- You hit my truck? - ♪ Keep scraping by, piragua ♪
- Get out of here! This is my block. - ♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
♪ Keep scraping by, piragua ♪
♪ Keep scraping by, keep scraping by ♪
♪ Lai, lo, le, lo, lai! Lai, lo, le, lo, lai! ♪
♪ Keep scraping by, keep scraping by ♪
♪ Lo, le, lo, lai! Keep scraping by ♪
♪ Oh, que calor, que calor ♪
♪ Que calor, que calor, que calor ♪
Punk!
Stitchwork like this doesn't exist anymore.
Mm-hm.
Handmade by an old friend.
How much will you take for 'em?
Oh, no, no. Not for sale.
They're for a special occasion this weekend.
- Does tomorrow by 4:00 work? - Oh, perfect!
- Gracias. - All right, that's nine apiece times 12...
Plus tax. I'll waive the rush fee.
Cash or credit?
Bueno.
- Let me think about it. - Of course.
Welcome to the block.
Admit it.
You're happy I didn't make it at Stanford.
I mean, Nina, I'm not gonna lie.
This feels great.
Girl gets into NYU, she gets into Columbia...
- but she had to go to the farthest place. - Who broke up with who?
Nina, I'm not gonna be a ball and chain.
Right, I told you... We talked ab...
- Here we go. - What do you mean, "Here we go"?
Shh. Let me just listen to my block.
♪ I used to think ♪
♪ We lived at the top of the world ♪
♪ When the world was just a subway map ♪
♪ And the One-slash-Nine ♪
♪ Climbed a dotted line to my place ♪
♪ There's no Nine train now ♪
Right.
♪ I used to think ♪
♪ The Bronx was a place in the sky ♪
♪ When the world was just a subway map ♪
♪ And my thoughts took shape ♪
♪ On that fire escape ♪
♪ Can you remind me ♪
♪ Of what it was like ♪
♪ At the top of the world? ♪
♪ Come with me ♪
Oh, no.
♪ We begin July with a stop At my corner fire hydrant ♪
♪ You would open it every summer ♪
♪ I would bust it with a wrench Till my face got drenched ♪
- ♪ Till I heard the sirens ♪ - Yep.
- ♪ And then I ran like hell ♪ - ♪ You ran like hell ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I ran like hell ♪ - ♪ I remember well ♪
♪ To your father's dispatch window ♪
♪ "Hey, let me in, yo They're coming to get me!" ♪
♪ You were always in constant trouble ♪
No, I wasn't.
♪ Then your dad would act all snide But he'd let me hide ♪
♪ You'd be there inside ♪
♪ Life was easier then ♪
♪ Nina, everything is easier When you're home ♪
♪ The street's a little kinder When you're home ♪
♪ Can't you see that the day seems clearer ♪
♪ Now that you are here or is it me? ♪
♪ Maybe it's just me ♪
♪ We gotta go I wanna show you all I know ♪
♪ The sun is setting And the light is getting low ♪
♪ Are we going to Castle Garden? ♪
♪ Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot When the day is hot ♪
♪ I got a perfect shady spot A little ways away ♪
- ♪ That oughta cool us down ♪ - ♪ Cool us down ♪
- ♪ Welcome back to town ♪ - ♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Now, back in high school when it darkened You'd hang out in Bennett Park ♪
♪ And Usnavi would bring his radio ♪
♪ As I walked home from Senior Studies ♪
♪ I'd see you rapping with your buddies ♪
- ♪ With the volume high ♪ - ♪ I walked on by ♪
♪ You walked on by ♪
♪ No paré! Sigué, sigué! ♪
- Get in here, girl! - No...
Come on!
♪ No paré! Sigué, sigué! ♪
♪ No paré! Sigué, sigué! No paré! Sigué, sigué! ♪
♪ No paré! Sigué, sigué! No paré! Sigué! ♪
♪ When you're home ♪
♪ The summer nights are cooler When you're home ♪
♪ Now that you're here with me ♪
♪ And that song you are hearing ♪
♪ Is the neighborhood just cheering you along ♪
- ♪ Don't say that ♪ - ♪ What's wrong? ♪
♪ Don't say that! ♪
♪ When I was younger I'd imagine what would happen ♪
♪ If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico ♪
♪ Who would I be If I had never seen Manhattan ♪
♪ If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people ♪
♪ My people ♪
♪ I feel like all my life I've tried to find the answer ♪
♪ Working harder, learning Spanish ♪
♪ Learning all I can ♪
♪ I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford ♪
♪ But I'd stare out at the sea ♪
♪ Thinking, where am I supposed to be? ♪
♪ So please don't say you're proud of me ♪
♪ When I've lost my way ♪
♪ Then can I say ♪
♪ I couldn't get my mind off you all day ♪
♪ Now, listen to me That may be how you perceive it ♪
♪ But Nina please believe That when you find your way again ♪
♪ You are gonna change the world and then We're all gonna brag and say ♪
♪ We knew her when ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ This was your home ♪ - ♪ I'm home ♪
- ♪ Welcome home ♪ - ♪ When you're here with me ♪
- ♪ Welcome home ♪ - ♪ I used to think we lived ♪
- ♪ At the top of the world ♪ - ♪ Welcome home ♪
♪ You're finally home ♪
I'm home.
Hey, boss, I got your caffeine.
I'm in a meeting.
Oh, hey, Pike.
Everything okay?
Thank you, Benny. Thank you very much.
- Need anything else? - No, no. We're good, thank you very much.
If you need...
- Good kid. - Yes.
Café con leche.
Number twelve...
It's better than his current school.
I can pay for his flights, to and from.
Christmas, summers...
Just so that he doesn't go too long without seeing you.
And, you know, I know you're his dad,
and I'm just his big cousin, but...
I mean... this could be good for him.
You're unsure.
Talk to me.
Chill out. You're hovering.
You're doing that thing, you should...
That's your first of the day?
Listen, if I could be like...
"Out you go, Sonny," I would.
I thought about it.
But, I can't.
The kid doesn't listen to shit I say, anyway.
- So is that a yes? - Is it a yes?
Tio... Come on, man.
He's a good kid. He's smart. He's funny.
He cares.
That kid does well in school, he works hard.
And I could tell you.
I'm with him every day. Working in my store.
I got that kid working to the bone, but look, I'm...
He has an opportunity to have a life that you and me didn't have.
Come on, Tio.
How do you pay him?
Cash.
Ever wonder why?
Ever?
- Perdón, Alejandro. - Hey.
Thank you for letting me come in last minute.
I was just wondering about the status of the deposit.
We got good news, mijo.
The check is cashed.
So there's no chance, like, if I wanted to hold off
just to tie up some loose ends before... before I go.
The place is yours, mijo.
Yeah, well...
You got cold feet?
No... No.
No, man. I mean, that's amazing.
That's amazing. Thank you again.
You know, just, life throws you curve balls, but...
I'll figure it out. Thank you again.
- A dream come true, right? - Of course.
So... Sonny's dad is okay with him leaving?
Yeah... he's fine with it.
That's great.
Pero you wore your papi's hat?
Yeah. It fits.
- Okay, okay. - Okay? Gracias, mi amor.
Abuela.
-Hey.
I want to talk to you. Not now, but... you know.
Oh, yeah. Okay.
It's open. Está abierto!
Oh, we're in trouble now.
- How cute! - Oh, my God, I love that dress.
I love your dress.
Yo, look at this.
Good luck.
You're gonna need it.
Hey.
What?
I'm sorry, you just... You look amazing.
- Thanks. - My favorite color.
Well, I...
have a date tonight, so...
Word.
Right. That's right.
You have a date.
- I have a date, too. - Oh, you do?
We. We have a date.
We have a date. This is a date.
Let me get you a drink.
Think fast.
All right, let's clean this up before Abuela gets here.
Usnavi, Vanessa. Ven, baila.
♪ No te vayas ♪
- ♪ Si me dejas ♪ - No, not this song again!
♪ Si te alejas ♪
♪ De mi ♪
♪ Seguirás en mis recuerdos ♪
♪ Para siempre... Para siempre... ♪
♪ Para siempre... ♪
That scratch on the record is her favorite part.
♪ Para siempre... ♪
The scratch on the record is my favorite part.
Wow.
You don't want any of it? Oh, yeah, you're trying to be vegan, right?
Let me give you a vegan pastel.
Nina! You got sauce on my sleeve!
Tsk. Pass me a tissue or something.
No, I got you.
- You're good. - Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Mirenlo. - Now you know.
- Be generous. - Yeah, we're gonna get it out.
- Wow. - You know what I'm sayin'.
Nice.
I take note.
You know, my first business, I was, like, seven or eight.
You know what? Every time you tell the story,
you're a different age, and you get younger
- and younger and younger. - I was seven or eight...
I took a rag and a coffee can,
I went to the plaza in Arecibo to shine shoes for a nickel.
But every nickel went to shoe polish, right?
Because the next time I could charge a dime.
- Wow, my man was a hustler. - 'Cause you got that investment brain.
- Hey, Benny! - Hey, yo!
- The party's just starting, siéntate. - Sorry, I'm late.
- Let me make you a plate. - No, no, I'm not hungry.
Benny, not hungry?
Yo, Kevin, that meeting I walked in on with you and Pike Phillips...
Is that what I thought it was?
'Cause, you know, I keep playing it on loop, and...
Adios. I was saving that news for dessert.
What news?
You know, when Pike originally approached me, he wanted the whole space.
So today, I reopened the conversation.
- What? - I knew it.
I guess we're gonna do this now, huh?
Nina... it was about your age
that your mother and I, God rest her soul, we came here
and we emptied our savings to put a down payment on Rosario's.
Two burgundy Cadillacs, that was your fleet!
Start small, dream big.
I look at you, mija, I see her.
Y te lo juro, if she were here, she would've done the same thing that I did today.
Dad...
I sold Rosario's.
- Felicidades! - What?
- Raise a glass. - Felicidades!
Yes, get cash money!
To Nina, who can now finish what she started at Stanford.
To Nina!
- To Nina. - To Nina.
Nina, say, "Thank you, Papi."
Dad... the deadline passed.
- I don't know what you're talking about. - Mentira, mentira!
Stop with the lying. I called them.
I called them! Stop trying to protect me here.
There were other things other than the finances.
Did you not hear what I said?
Yes, about the ignorant idiotas...
That's the same thing that we foresaw when we came!
No, it's not the same thing, Dad.
It is not the same.
When you came here and Mom came here, you all had a Latino community
ready to welcome you, open arms, babies and abuelas,
and teachers and lawyers, first generation, fifth generation...
There's no community for me at school.
I got searched.
Yeah.
I got searched.
On moving day...
my roommate lost her pearl necklace and...
the RA and her parents came in...
and searched me and they...
emptied my drawers, turned over my purse...
and I just stood there.
I stood there and didn't say anything.
And then eventually, they found it... in her bag.
You're the best we've got, Nina.
If you can't stay in the ring, what's that gonna say about us?
You can't keep putting your life's work on my shoulders, Dad.
Dile, mi gente, isn't she the best we got?
And then I apologize like an idiot.
I stood there, I didn't do anything,
and then I apologized.
Well, you keep getting A's, baby,
that's your revenge.
- My God, you're not hearing her, Kevin. - I'm not going back!
- Como? - I'm not going back!
So all of my decisions can just go to hell here?
- I'm doing this for you! - No, you're doing it for you!
What if I refuse your money?
What if I don't want it?
I refuse.
She refused.
Okay, se acabo todo. Get out!
Fiesta in the Heights!
♪ Vanessa! ♪
♪ Damn, this is nice I really like what They've done with the lights ♪
♪ So, the hot club in Washington Heights ♪
♪ You might be right This music's tight ♪
♪ Yo, did I mention that you look great tonight ♪
- ♪ Because you do You really... ♪ - ♪ Usnavi, relax! ♪
- Relax, que relaxed? I'm relaxed. - ♪ Wepa, Vanessa! ♪
♪ So you've been here before ♪
♪ I don't go out I get so busy with the store ♪
♪ Y cada dia It's a brand new chore ♪
♪ My arms are sore No time for the dance floor ♪
♪ But maybe you and me should Hang out some more ♪
- ♪ I'm such a dork, but I... ♪ - ♪ Let's go get a drink ♪
- ♪ Something sweet ♪ - ♪ You know me ♪
- ♪ A little bit of cinnamon ♪ - ♪ Wepa, Vanessa! ♪
Celebrate!
- ♪ Here's to getting fired ♪ - ♪ To killing the mood ♪
♪ Salud! ♪
- ♪ Without so much as a thank you ♪ - ♪ After all these years ♪
♪ Cheers! ♪
♪ To finally getting Vanessa ♪
- ♪ Boy, fix your collar ♪ - ♪ Holler! ♪
♪ To doing shots On the weekend ♪
♪ As long as you buy 'em L'chaim! ♪
- ♪ Hey you ♪ - ♪ Who? ♪
- ♪ You ♪ - ♪ Who, me? ♪
- ♪ You wanna dance? ♪ - ♪ Naw, man ♪
♪ Okay, I took my chance ♪
♪ It's cool, it's cool Hey, if you want to ♪
- ♪ You don't mind? ♪ - ♪ I'm fine, I'm fine ♪
- ♪ Yo ♪ - ♪ Yo ♪
- ♪ Who's Vanessa talkin' to? ♪ - ♪ Some dude ♪
♪ Some dude? ♪
♪ That's messed up She's tryin' to Make you jealous ♪
♪ Jealous? I ain't jealous I can take All these fellas, whatever ♪
Hey!
Oh, shit!
♪ Vanessa, let me Get the next one ♪
♪ Vanessa, let me Interject some ♪
♪ The way you sweat The way you flex on the floor ♪
♪ It makes me want you more ♪
♪ Vanessa, let me Get the next one ♪
♪ Vanessa, let me Interject some ♪
♪ The way you sweat The way you flex on the floor ♪
♪ It makes me want you more ♪
♪ Vanessa, let me Get the next one ♪
♪ Vanessa, let me Interject some ♪
♪ The way you sweat The way you flex on the floor ♪
♪ It makes me want you more ♪
♪ Bartender! Let me get an amaretto sour For this ghetto flower ♪
♪ How are you so pretty? You complete me ♪
♪ You had me at "hello" You know you need me ♪
♪ Truly, madly, deeply Let's get freaky ♪
♪ Oh, I get it you're The strong and silent type ♪
♪ Well, I'm the Caribbean island type ♪
♪ And I can drive you wild All night ♪
♪ But I digress Say something So I don't stress ♪
♪ No hablo ingles ♪
♪ Yes! ♪
Where you been?
- Yo, you been doing your thing all night! - You owe me a dance.
Yeah, hold up. Wait, wait. Let's take a shot.
- You want a shot? - No, it's fine.
Let me get you a shot.
- I'll be right back, I'll be right back! - No, stay! Usnavi!
Two shots, please! Same thing.
- ♪ Oye, que paso? ♪ - ♪ Blackout, blackout! ♪
♪ Vino el apagón Ay, Dios! ♪
- ♪ Oye, que paso? ♪ - ♪ Blackout! Blackout! ♪
♪ Vino el apagón Ay, Dios! ♪
♪ We are powerless ♪
♪ We are powerless, We are powerless ♪
♪ Somebody better open These goddamn doors ♪
- ♪ Somebody better open these goddamn doors ♪ - ♪ We are powerless ♪
- ♪ I can't find Usnavi! ♪
- ♪ Vanessa! ♪ - ♪ Nina, where'd you go? ♪
- ♪ Has anyone seen Benny? ♪ - ♪ Nina, where'd you go? ♪
- ♪ Benny! ♪ - ♪ Nina, where'd you go? ♪
- ♪ I can't find you! ♪ - ♪ Usnavi! ♪
♪ It's hotter in the street Everybody is nervous ♪
♪ Hey, yo, we gotta be Usnavi Streetlights out of service ♪
♪ Because we're powerless Our hour is at hand ♪
- ♪ It's you and me ♪ - ♪ You know what we gotta do? ♪
♪ Illuminate the community ♪
♪ When the sparks ignite We gon' light up the night ♪
♪ Bottle rockets loco locus Everybody, let's focus ♪
♪ Gather 'round, these are free Grab your ammo and stack up ♪
♪ Give me a light Till the power comes ♪
♪ Back up, back up, back up! ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks fly ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks fly ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
- When was the last time you saw her? - On the dance floor, man!
- Did she text you? Did she call you? - That taxi is mine!
I called her twice and I texted her.
- She not hittin' me back. - Get out of my car!
I gotta get to the dispatch, man.
Yo, I gotta wait for Vanessa, man. I gotta find her.
- What are you talking about? - Look, I might not have a job tomorrow,
but I still got one tonight, Nina.
Let it go.
I can't. Just stick with Usnavi.
I'll see you later, all right?
- ♪ We are powerless, we are powerless ♪ - ♪ Oh, God so much panic ♪
♪ The crowd was manic ♪
♪ With everybody screaming And shoving and shouting And slapping ♪
- ♪ And everyone's frantic! ♪ - ♪ Aqui hay gente pero No se quienes son ♪
- ♪ Usnavi! ♪ - ♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Vanessa! ♪
- ♪ You abandoned me ♪ - ♪ Yo, what are you talking about? ♪
♪ Usnavi, all night You barely even Danced with me ♪
♪ Don't make me laugh I've been trying all night ♪
♪ You've been shaking your ass With like half of the Heights ♪
- ♪ Real nice ♪ - ♪ You barely gave me a chance all evening ♪
- ♪ What? ♪ - ♪ Do I get another dance? ♪
- ♪ I'm leaving ♪ - ♪ Vanessa ♪
♪ I gotta go ♪
♪ Don't walk away from us tonight ♪
♪ I don't need Anything tonight ♪
♪ I can find my way home ♪
- ♪ Keep running away From home ♪ - ♪ Without you ♪
♪ Without you ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪ ♪ Look at the fireworks fly ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks Look at the fireworks fly ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
Nagle at Broadway, I got a woman in labor,
she needs to go to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
Can you get her there? Thank you and happy birthday.
Yo, Kevin, I, um... I routed all the incoming calls through my cell
and I got the generator covering the outgoing.
You smart.
- You so smart. - Hi, baby.
You got here mad quick. What's going on?
Yeah, long night at the club.
Usnavi, what's wrong?
- Forget about it. - Have a drink.
Toast to drama.
Ay, but you're too comfortable.
- G-51. - Bingo, mother-lovers!
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ Abuela, are you all right? ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
♪ The stars are out tonight! ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ You're not alone tonight ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
♪ You're not alone tonight ♪
Atención, if you don't have a fare, I want you over on 125th.
...at the synagogue and head up to Regiment.
So if you're crossing the bridge,
- pick up multiple riders. - Go up to Dyckman, then.
Do what you gotta do.
I'll get you some water in a minute.
All right. Put your feet up.
- That's better. - All right.
- Ooh. That's better. - You okay?
- Yes, thank you. - All right.
♪ Look at the fireworks Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
♪ In Washington... ♪
♪ Look at the fireworks ♪
♪ Light up the night sky ♪
- I'm done. I'm done. - Are we touching each other?
Oh, my God. The fear!
♪ Calor, calor ♪
♪ Calor ♪
♪ Calor, calor ♪
♪ Calor ♪
♪ Ay, Mama ♪
♪ The summer's hottest day ♪
♪ Paciencia y fe ♪
♪ It was hotter at home In La Vibora ♪
♪ The Washington Heights Of Havana ♪
♪ A crowded city of faces The same as mine ♪
♪ Back as a child In La Vibora ♪
♪ I chased the birds In the plaza ♪
♪ Praying, Mama You would find work ♪
♪ Combing the stars In the sky ♪
♪ For some sort of sign ♪
♪ Ay, Mama ♪
♪ So many stars in Cuba ♪
♪ En Nueva York we can't see Beyond our streetlights! ♪
♪ To reach the roof You gotta bribe the supa ♪
♪ Ain't no Cassiopeia In Washington Heights ♪
♪ But ain't no food En La Vibora ♪
♪ I remember nights Anger in the streets ♪
♪ Hunger at the windows ♪
♪ Women folding clothes Playing with my friends In the summer rain ♪
♪ Mama needs a job Mama says we're poor ♪
♪ One day you say "Vamos a Nueva York" ♪
♪ And Nueva York was far But Nueva York had work ♪
♪ And so we came ♪
♪ And now, I'm wide awake ♪
♪ A million years too late ♪
♪ I talk to you Imagining what you'd do ♪
♪ Remembering what We went through ♪
- ♪ Nueva York! ♪ - ♪ Ay, Mama! ♪
♪ It wasn't like today You'd say ♪
♪ Paciencia y fe ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪ - ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y... - ♪ Fresh off the boat In America ♪
♪ Freezing in early December ♪
♪ A crowded city in 1943 ♪
♪ Learning the ropes In America ♪
♪ En español, I remember ♪
♪ Dancing with Mayor La Guardia ♪
♪ All of society Welcoming Mami and me ♪
♪ You better clean this mess ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪ - ♪ You better learn ingles ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪ - ♪ You better not be late ♪
♪ You better pull your weight ♪
♪ Are you better off Than you were With the birds of La Vibora? ♪
♪ Sharing double beds Trying to catch a break ♪
♪ Struggling with English ♪
♪ Listening to friends Finally got a job Working as a maid ♪
♪ So we cleaned some homes Polishing with pride ♪
♪ Scrubbing the whole Of the Upper East Side ♪
♪ The days into weeks The weeks into years ♪
- ♪ And here I stayed ♪ - ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪
♪ Paciencia y fe, Paciencia y fe ♪
♪ And as I feed these birds ♪
♪ My hands begin to shake ♪
♪ And as I say these words ♪
♪ My heart's about to break ♪
- ♪ And ay, Mama! ♪ - ♪ And ay, Mama! ♪
♪ What do you do When your dreams come true? ♪
- ♪ And ay, Mama! ♪ - ♪ I've spent my life ♪
♪ Inheriting dreams from you ♪
♪ I made it through I survived ♪
♪ I did it ♪
♪ Now do I leave ♪
♪ Or stay? ♪
♪ All right, Mama ♪
♪ Okay ♪
♪ Paciencia y fe ♪
♪ Calor, calor ♪
♪ Calor ♪
Abuela.
Abuela, Abuela.
Daniela!
Abuela.
Daniela!
Call 911!
- Okay, okay, okay. - Call 911!
- Wait, what? - I got you, I got you, I got you...
- What's going on? - No, no...
Daniela!
- What's happening? - Bring her some towels!
Come here with some towels!
Okay, okay.
- It's gonna be okay. - Abuela, it's gonna be okay. I'm right here.
I'm right here, Abuela, I'm right here. I'm right here.
I'm right here, I'm right here.
♪ She was found And pronounced... ♪
♪ At the scene She was already lying in bed ♪
♪ 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 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 ♪
♪ She was just here ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza a doña Claudia, Señor ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪ - ♪ Alabanza ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe ♪ - ♪ Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Señor ♪
- ♪ Paciencia y fe, Doña Claudia ♪ - ♪ Alabanza ♪
♪ Alabanza ♪
Should we take a break?
No, Daddy, keep going.
Hey, Pop.
Best days of my life.
It's creepy quiet.
Usually, the One Train's up there, screeching.
Yo, I was thinking... there's so much stuff going on.
And all it just got me thinking about is, like... all the people I care about the most.
And I just thought about you.
You're about to change zip codes.
Country codes, actually.
Yeah, but that's not till August.
I mean, you know, we got time.
Usnavi...
I'm the girl who paints nails.
There's plenty like me, here and over there.
Stop!
Yo, you're an artist.
Yo, your senior year lab book...
I should've been paying attention to the board, but...
all them doodles you made.
Yo, it was like...
Wonder Woman meets...
The Simpsons meets...
Guernica.
And I would...
I would watch, like...
I just want to see the whole world through her eyes.
Mira para allá.
Benny, you know, before I bought Rosario's...
it was O'Hanrahan's.
The whole block was Irish.
You know why I bought it?
My dad, he, uh... he pulled me out of high school,
so that I could work on the same farm as him.
Making the same pennies.
I thought to myself, "No, no, no, papi."
"That don't make no sense."
I'm gonna drop out so somebody else could get rich off of my work?
So I came here.
So I could make my own damn work.
But, you never finished high school?
But Nina did.
You asked me, "What a sueñito means?"
I'm not gonna sit here and give you
some fairy tale version.
You know, a dream isn't some sparkly diamond we get.
You know, sometimes, it's... it's rough.
And it's not so pretty.
Yeah!
DACA was not a gift from some benevolent saint, right?
- No. - No!
- You made it happen, you fought for it. - Yes!
And that's why it still continues now.
'Cause what about the people who don't qualify, like my niece, right?
She gets into college without papers, but...
no work-study for her, no federal aid for her
so she doesn't get to go to college. It's not right.
- What did she say? - She said her niece couldn't go to college.
We can dream bigger and better, right?
Yo, Sonny!
What's going on man?
Let's do this. Yes!
I knew I couldn't get a license.
But no college?
She was talking about undocumented folks.
I remember when I was your age, they used to say...
"If you work hard and you live by the rules,
the money will come, the things will come.
And that, those things will complete you."
But, they won't.
We work so hard to try and get there, that we forget about what's right here.
I was gonna be like you.
Share your stories!
Share your stories. There's nothing to be ashamed of!
Tell our stories! Tell our stories!
Dad, I know what I have to do.
You've given me this amazing education and I just need to use it,
and figure out how every undocumented kid gets a pathway.
Maybe Stanford isn't a way out. Maybe it's a way back.
Like Abuela always used to say...
asserting our dignity in small ways.
Wow.
This is it, huh, mija?
What?
This is the moment when you do better than me.
Not because of some fancy degree...
It's 'cause you can see a future that I can't.
Hey...
You're Nuyoricua.
We're a people on the move, so yeah, bring us with you.
Ignore anyone who doubts you.
You take all the bruises, baby, but you stay in the ring.
I called, and it's still available.
But Vanessa needs a co-signer, and not one who's about to leave the country.
Would you?
As a personal favor?
We're all ready, ma'am.
That's señorita to you.
Yes. Yes, ma'am... Señorita. Yes.
Listas. We'll follow behind.
- It's hotter in here. - Put on the AC.
Come find me in the Bronx.
3843 Grand Concourse.
Where the hell is everybody?
Diablo. It's like they've given up.
Bye, people!
Bye!
Carajo.
Ungrateful!
Our matriarch bites the dust, and this is how we move on?
We are not power-less. We are powerful.
If Claudia was here, she'd say, "P'alante."
In Puerto Rico, blackouts happen all the time, and we still threw a fiesta.
This is like Gilligan's Ghetto Island.
Mi amor, cálmate, huh? What would Jesus do?
Do I look like Jesus to you?
- I mean, sometimes when I squint. - True.
♪ 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 ♪
♪ We don't need electricidad! Get off your butt, avanza! ♪
♪ Saca la maraca, Bring your tambourine Come and join the parranda! ♪
♪ Carnaval del barrio ♪
♪ 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 pops Into your head Just so long as you sing ♪
♪ Uh, my mom is Dominican-Cuban My dad is from Chile And PR which means ♪
♪ I'm Chile-Domini-Curican... ♪
♪ But I always say I'm from Queens ♪
♪ Carnaval 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 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 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 bouncin' ♪
♪ Atención, I'm closin' 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 booking a flight For DR 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 ♪
♪ Entiérrame en mi tierra ♪
Hey!
♪ Hey, Mr. Benny Have you seen Any horses today? ♪
♪ What do you mean? ♪
♪ I heard you and Nina Went for a roll in the hay! ♪
♪ Hey! Oh ♪
- ♪ Benny and Nina, Sitting in a tree ♪ - That's not true.
- ♪ K-I-S-S-I-N-G ♪ - It's your fault.
♪ Que bochinche Nina and Benny ♪
- ♪ K-I-S-S-I-N-G ♪ - Okay, okay.
♪ 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, Is this what y'all want? ♪
♪ We close the bodega The neighborhood is gone ♪
♪ They selling the dispatch And they closin' the salon ♪
♪ 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' ♪
♪ We are powerless We are powerless ♪
♪ All right, we're 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 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'mma fly this flag That I got in my hand ♪
- ♪ P'arriba esa bandera! ♪ - ♪ Hey! ♪
- ♪ Alzala donde quiera! ♪ - ♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Can we raise Our voice tonight? ♪
- ♪ Can we make A little noise tonight? ♪ - ♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Esa bonita bandera Contiene mi alma entera ♪
♪ In fact Can we sing so loud And raucous ♪
♪ They can hear us Across the bridge In East Secaucus? ♪
♪ P'arriba 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 ♪
♪ P'arriba esa bandera ♪
♪ Carnaval del barrio ♪
♪ Y cuando yo me muera ♪
- ♪ Carnaval del barrio ♪ - ♪ Entiérrame en mi tierra ♪
- ♪ Del barrio ♪ - ♪ Alza la bandera ♪
♪ La bandera dominicana ♪
- ♪ Alza la bandera ♪ - ♪ Alza la bandera ♪
♪ La bandera puertorriqueña ♪
- ♪ Alza la bandera, la bandera mexicana ♪ - ♪ Adios, adios, adios! ♪
♪ Alza la bandera La bandera ♪
♪ La bandera, la bandera, la bandera ♪
♪ Alza la bandera, hey! ♪
We love you! We love you! Bye!
All right. Watch your hand, move... You push.
- Okay, okay, okay... Got it... - There you go. There you go.
- My finger! - Oh, my gosh. Yo.
Listen, I got this. Just push. Just push down.
Oh, my gosh.
Ooh!
Oh, my gosh. You're only gone to Thanksgiving.
Nina.
Let me just listen to my block.
Sunset looked better in the blackout.
Well, how about...
...we pretend we're still in it?
- I like that. - Yeah?
Early July...
The whole summer is ahead of us.
♪ When the sun goes down ♪
♪ You're gonna Need a flashlight ♪
♪ You're gonna need a candle ♪
♪ I think I can handle that ♪
♪ When you leave town ♪
♪ I'm gonna buy you A calling card ♪
- ♪ 'Cuz I'm falling hard For you ♪ - ♪ For you ♪
♪ I go back on Labor Day ♪
♪ And I will try To make my way ♪
♪ Out west to California ♪
♪ So we've got the summer ♪
♪ And we've got each other ♪
♪ Perhaps even longer ♪
♪ When you're on your own ♪
♪ And suddenly without me ♪
♪ Will you forget about me? ♪
♪ I couldn't if I tried ♪
♪ When I'm all alone ♪
♪ And I close my eyes ♪
♪ That's when I'll see your face again ♪
♪ And when you're gone ♪
♪ You know that I'll be waiting ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ But you're here with me ♪
- ♪ Right now ♪ - ♪ We'll be working hard ♪
♪ But if we should Drift apart ♪
- ♪ Benny ♪ - ♪ Let me take this moment ♪
- ♪ Just to say ♪ - ♪ No, no ♪
♪ You are gonna Change the world some day ♪
♪ I'll be thinking of home ♪
♪ And I'll think of you Every night ♪
♪ At the same time ♪
♪ When the sun goes down ♪
Nina didn't even let them drive her to the airport.
She had to take that step on her own.
An independent, stubborn lady. Like you, hija.
And that's good.
What?
No, you didn't!
No, you did not!
Yo, you playing tricks on me!
Yo, you playing tricks on me, man!
Yo, Abuela...
Hello? Yes, what time do you close?
Word! Yes!
Okay, thank you so much. Thank you, bye.
Whoa!
Hi!
Were you just standing there, just...
I... I heard you fly out tomorrow.
Yeah.
- Yo, come in, come in, come in. - Thanks.
Yeah.
So how's the new spot?
It's great.
My fingers won't budge. I haven't sewn a single thing since I moved.
- You will. - Yeah.
Just... waiting for inspiration to strike, I guess.
Well, you're pretty creative and artistic, I mean...
So... it's gonna hit you, I think.
♪ So... ♪
♪ I got you a present ♪
♪ I went next door to get it ♪
♪ Doing anything tonight? ♪
- ♪ Cleaning ♪ - ♪ You're done for the day ♪
- ♪ No way ♪ - ♪ 'Cuz we got a date ♪
♪ Okay ♪
♪ Before you board that plane ♪
♪ I owe you a bottle Of cold champagne ♪
- ♪ No ♪ - ♪ Yeah, cold champagne ♪
♪ Damn, the bottle's All sweaty and everything ♪
♪ You went and got this ♪
- ♪ Pop the champagne ♪ - ♪ I don't know If we have coffee cups ♪
♪ Or plastic cups I already packed the cups ♪
♪ Tonight we're drinking Straight from the bottle ♪
- ♪ Usnavi ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Daniela told me What you did for me ♪
♪ And it's honestly The sweetest thing Anyone ever did for me ♪
♪ Now, what can I say or do To possibly repay you For your kindness? ♪
♪ How do you get This gold shit off? ♪
- ♪ Usnavi ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Before you go leave town ♪
♪ Before the corner changes And the signs are taken down ♪
♪ Let's walk around the neighborhood And say our goodbyes ♪
- ♪ Usnavi, are you all right? ♪ - ♪ I'm fine ♪
♪ I'm trying To open this champagne ♪
♪ You see the twisty thing Is broken ♪
♪ But I'm gonna Open this damn champagne ♪
- ♪ Let me see it ♪ - ♪ No, I got it ♪
♪ Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne ♪
♪ I mean you went To all this trouble To get us a little bubbly ♪
♪ And it's gonna be okay ♪
♪ I'm sorry, It's been a long day ♪
- ♪ You oughta stay ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
♪ You could stay uptown Maybe save this place ♪
♪ Ha, ha, very funny ♪
♪ And it's not like Sonny's got role models ♪
- ♪ Role models? ♪ - ♪ Stepping up to the plate ♪
- ♪ Yo, what are you talking about? ♪ - ♪ I'm just saying ♪
♪ I think your vacation Can wait ♪
♪ Vacation? Vanessa, you left us too ♪
♪ And I moved down to West Fourth Street ♪
- ♪ You can take the A ♪ - ♪ What are you Trying to say? ♪
♪ You're leaving the country ♪
♪ And we're never Gonna see you again ♪
♪ So what are You trying to say? ♪
♪ You get everyone Addicted to your coffee And off you go ♪
♪ Vanessa, I don't know Why you're mad at me ♪
♪ I wish I was mad ♪
♪ I'm just too late ♪
How long does this process take?
Well, from the original application to court,
appearances, appeals, to a final decision...
could be five months.
Or five years.
- Five years? - Yeah.
For a green card or a rejection.
See, the courts work at their own speed.
Then we start today.
This is worth 96,000.
How much fight does this buy us?
I wanna pay for your fee, and the rest put in a trust for Sonny.
- Dude. - It don't matter.
Holy shit, that's a lot of money.
- Watch your mouth, bro. - When did you get that?
What you mean, when did I get it? Don't worry about when I got it.
Why you always asking questions?
You know, payment in checks is more common.
I leave on the first flight in the morning.
I don't have time to cash in now.
I wish I did, but I like...
Please.
All right.
Bueno, mijo...
...this is gonna be an emotional rollercoaster.
It may end in heartbreak.
- But, there's a chance, right? - Yeah.
But it's my responsibility to make sure that he knows...
the odds are against you.
Understood.
I still want to fight, though.
Okay.
Pete!
Seriously?
My bad. Use one of those rags.
Hey...
How much for this?
Free. I got tons like that.
You hear that?
The voices of the gods.
My last morning, the One Train...
sounded like Juan Luis Guerra.
And the garbage trucks smelled like island flowers.
Best days of my life.
Here I come.
♪ No te vayas ♪
♪ Si me dejas ♪
♪ Si te alejas ♪
♪ De mi ♪
♪ Seguirás en mis recuerdos ♪
♪ Para siempre... ♪
♪ Para siempre... Para siempre... ♪
♪ Para siem... Para siem... ♪
- ♪ Para siempre ♪ - ♪ Lights out on Washington Heights ♪
♪ And now the crack of dawn ♪
♪ I pack as life goes on And on and on ♪
♪ Time to go, But I'm doing the math ♪
♪ On this cash money To have Sonny Stay on his path ♪
♪ Abuela really wanted me Up on a beach With margaritas in my reach ♪
♪ And soon that's How it's gonna be ♪
♪ And look at me, Leavin' today ♪
♪ On a 747 boardin' JFK ♪
♪ The hydrants are open ♪
♪ Cool breezes blow ♪
♪ The hydrants are open ♪
♪ Cool breezes blow ♪
- ♪ Good morning ♪ - ♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
- ♪ Cool breezes ♪ - ♪ New block of ice, piragua ♪
- ♪ Blow ♪ - ♪ So sweet and nice, piragua ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
- ♪ The hydrants are open ♪ - ♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
- ♪ Cool breezes ♪ - ♪ New block of ice, piragua ♪
- ♪ Blow ♪ - ♪ So sweet and nice, piragua ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
- ♪ Siempre ♪ - ♪ The hydrants are open ♪
- ♪ Cool breezes ♪ - ♪ New block of ice, piragua ♪
- ♪ Blow ♪ - ♪ So sweet and nice, piragua ♪
♪ It won't be long now ♪
♪ There's a breeze Off the Hudson And just when ♪
♪ You think You're sick of living here The memory floods in ♪
♪ The morning light Off the fire escapes ♪
♪ The nights in Bennett Park Blasting Big Pun tapes ♪
♪ I'mma miss this place To tell you the truth ♪
♪ Kevin dispensin' wisdom From his dispatch booth ♪
♪ And at dawn Vanessa at the salon ♪
♪ We gotta move on But who's gonna notice We're gone? ♪
♪ When our job's done ♪
♪ As the evening winds down To a crawl, son ♪
♪ Can I ease my mind When we're all done? ♪
♪ When we've resigned In the long run What do we leave behind? ♪
♪ Most of all, I'll miss Abuela's whispers ♪
♪ Doin' the Lotto Pick Six Every Christmas ♪
♪ In five years, When this whole city's Rich folks and hipsters ♪
♪ Who's gonna miss This raggedy little business? ♪
Hey, you.
Hey.
Do you have two minutes?
Yeah.
You said you wanted to see the world through my eyes, right?
- Yeah. - Come with me.
- No peeking. - All right.
- Okay. - All right.
Watch it.
- Where am I going? - Just stand right here.
- Where? - No peeking.
- I'm not... - I can feel you trying to open your eyes, okay?
- I'm not trying... - Just don't.
Hold on.
Okay, open.
After I left your place last night, I just...
walked around for a while.
And then I ran into Pete.
And I saw one of his drop cloths, and...
I thought that this is my next piece.
So I called Sonny and I told him to open up the bodega,
'cause my fingers needed to move.
She started working and was like, "I need more drop cloths."
So I started painting.
Yo, how did you...
That's my dad's beach.
Yeah. You had all those photos by the register.
I worked from memory.
I did the crab in the corner.
What's so funny?
Who cares about the crab in the corner?
What you mean, the crab is like the best part.
No, it is not. It's in the corner for a reason.
So what, are you saying you don't like my crab?
I may be saying a lot of things,
that just looks like a fourth-grader drew that.
- You could sell that. - No, I cannot. For how much?
- 25 cents? - No, I think a couple of grand.
What?
- Yeah. - I'm saying... just...
He hates it.
He's forming an artistic opinion.
♪ You did this last night? ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ There goes my flight ♪
What?
♪ Graffiti Pete you're gonna Need some new cans Here's some money, finish up ♪
- ♪ There's been A slight change of plans ♪ - Nice.
♪ Listen up guys, you got a job I'm not playin' ♪
♪ You gotta go now Tell the whole block I'm stayin' ♪
♪ So go ahead, Tell everyone we know Sonny... ♪
♪ All right, go ♪
Yo! Usnavi's stayin'!
♪ Yeah, I'm a streetlight Chillin' in the heat ♪
♪ I illuminate the stories Of the people in the street ♪
♪ Some have happy endings Some are bittersweet ♪
♪ But I know them all And that's what Makes my life complete ♪
- Yeah! - ♪ And if not me, Who keeps our legacies? ♪
♪ Who's gonna keep The coffee sweet With secret recipes? ♪
♪ Abuela, rest in peace You live in my memories ♪
♪ But Sonny's gotta eat This corner is my destiny ♪
♪ Brings out the best in me We pass a test And we keep pressin' ♪
♪ And yes indeed You know I'll never leave ♪
♪ If you close your eyes That hydrant is a beach That siren is a breeze ♪
♪ That fire escape's a leaf On a palm tree ♪
♪ Abuela, I'm sorry But I ain't goin' back
♪ Because I'm telling Your story ♪
♪ And I can say goodbye To you smilin' I found my island ♪
♪ I been on it this whole time I'm home ♪
Until then...
I thought it was past tense.
What?
The best days of my life.
So I stayed.
And I built my little dream, my sueñito,
here, in Washington Heights.
Say it, so it doesn't disappear.
Washington Heights!
Because this place... this is it.
You... you, nena.
You're it.
Para siempre...
I have a date tonight.
I take note.
But, there's a chance, right?
We sold... a winner!
Start small, dream big.
Little details...
that tell the world we are not invisible.
Can we go to the water now?
Man, you've been talking forever.
Yeah, come on, Iris.
Please, Daddy? Can I go, too?
Ask your mother.
Mami, can I?
Please?
Yes, mi vida, go.
Yes!
Love you, Daddy.
♪ The hydrants are open ♪
♪ Cool breezes blow ♪
- ♪ We're home ♪ - ♪ The hydrants are open ♪
♪ Cool breezes blow ♪
♪ It's a wonderful life That I've known ♪
♪ Merry Christmas you ol' Building and Loan! ♪
- ♪ I'm home ♪ - ♪ The hydrants are open ♪
♪ Cool breezes blow ♪
♪ Abuela, that ain't a stoop That's your throne ♪
♪ Long after your birds Have all flown I'm home ♪
♪ Where the coffee's non-stop And I drop this hip-hop ♪
♪ In my mom and pop shop I'm home ♪
♪ Where people come, people go Let me show all of these people What I know ♪
♪ There's no place like home ♪
♪ And let me set The record straight ♪
♪ I'm steppin' to Vanessa I'm gettin' a second date ♪
♪ I'm home Where it's 100 in the shade ♪
♪ But with patience and faith We remain unafraid ♪
♪ I'm home ♪
♪ You hear that music In the air? ♪
♪ Take the train To the top of the world And I'm there ♪
♪ I'm home! ♪
♪ It's hotter than The islands are today ♪
♪ And Mister Softee's truck Has broken down ♪
Send somebody over here. I don't...
♪ And here come All his customers my way ♪
♪ I told you, I run this town ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
Ain't that some shit?
♪ $1.25, piragua ♪
♪ Piragua, piragua ♪
♪ Two twenty-five, piragua ♪
♪ New block of ice Hike up the price ♪
♪ Lai, lo, le, lo, lai! Lai, lo, le, lo, lai! ♪
♪ Blackouts on ice Blackouts on ice ♪
♪ Lo, le, lo, lai! Keep scraping by ♪
♪ Piragua! ♪