Finale

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 up on Washington Heights

And now the crack of dawn

I pack as life goes on and on and on (Para siempre)

Time to go, but I'm doing the math

On this cash money to have Sonny stay on his path (Para siempre)

Abuela really wanted me up on a beach

With margaritas in my reach

And soon that's how it's gonna be (Para siempre)

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

Piragua! (Good morning)

Piragua! (The hydrants are open)

New block of ice, piragua! (Cool breezes blow)

So sweet and nice, piragua!

Piragua! Piragua!

Piragua! Piragua! (Good morning)

The hydrants are open

New block of ice, piragua! (Cool breezes blow)

So sweet and nice, piragua! (Seguirás en mis recuerdos, para siempre)

Piragua! Piragua!

Piragua! Piragua!

The hydrants are open (I'll be downtown)

New block of ice, piragua! (Cool breezes blow)

So sweet and nice, piragua! (It won't be long now)

Piragua! Piragua!

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'ma 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?

You said you wanted to see the world through my eyes, right?

Yeah

Come with me

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'

Go ahead, tell everyone we know, Sonny

Alright, go!

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

And if not me, who keeps our legacy? (We're home)

Who's gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?

Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memory

But Sonny's gotta eat, this corner is my destiny

Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we keep (We're home)

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 (We're home)

Abuela, I'm sorry

But I ain't goin' back because I'm telling your story

And I can say goodbye to you smiling, I found my island

I been on it this whole time

I'm 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 ya 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 a hundred 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

I'm there, I'm home!

Home!