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Artist: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Blackout
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Blackout
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[PIRAGUA GUY]
¿Oye, qué pasó?
[USNAVI]
Blackout, blackout!
[PIRAGUA GUY]
Vino el apagón
¡Ay dios!
[PIRAGUA GUY/MEN]
¿Oye, qué pasó?
Vino el apagón
¡Ay dios!
[USNAVI]
Yo! I!
Can’t see!
Quit shovin’ you son-of-a
It’s an oven
And we gotta back out
This is a blackout!
Chill, for real or we’re gonna get killed!
[KEVIN]
Calling all
Taxis!
[KEVIN
USNAVI]
Everyone
Relax
Please
[KEVIN]
Calling all
Taxis!
[KEVIN
USNAVI]
Everyone
Relax
Please
[BENNY]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!
[VANESSA]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!
[BENNY]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors!
[VANESSA]
And I can’t find Usnavi
[MEN]
Oh, no!
[USNAVI]
Blackout, blackout!
[BENNY]
Hold up, wait! Hold up, wait!
Nina, where’d you go
I can’t
Find you—
Nina
Take it slow
I’m
Behind
You—
[SONNY]
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
Suddenly I find
The electricity is gone
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
I gotta guard the store make sure that nothing’s going wrong!
[SONNY]
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
I gotta find Usnavi tell him what is going on
Nothing is on!
Nothing is on!
And I can’t find Usnavi
[MEN]
Oh, no!
Oh
No!
Oh, no!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
No! No!
No!
[WOMEN]
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
No!
No
Oh
No!
Oh
No!
Oh
No! No!
No!
[BENNY]
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
I can’t find you!
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
Nina where’d you go
I can’t find you!
[USNAVI]
Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go
Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go
[NINA]
Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny
Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny
[VANESSA]
Usnavi
Help me!
Usnavi
Help me!
[KEVIN]
Please find Nina!
Find Camila!
If you see my family
Bring them
Home!
[SONNY]
We are powerless
We are powerless
[VANESSA]
Find my way home!
Usnavi
Help me
You left me alone!
[SONNY/NEIGHBORS]
We are powerless
We are powerless!
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo! Yo! They throwin’ bottles in the street!
People lootin’ and shootin’
Sonny, they wanna see a robbery
We gotta keep movin’!
[SONNY]
Naw, man, I can’t leave
We gotta guard the store!
[GRAFFITI PETE]
They gonna bombard the store
Until you ain’t got a store no more!
[SONNY]
I got a baseball bat on a rack in the back
[GRAFFITI PETE]
I got a couple o' Roman candles
We can distract the vandals!
[SONNY]
Hey yo I see some thugs comin’
Man, we gonna get jacked up!
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Gimme a light, I’ll be right back. Back up—
[GRAFFITI PETE/SONNY]
Back up! Back up!
[GROUP 1]
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky!
[GROUP 2]
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky!
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky
[SONNY]
It’s late and this grate won’t come down
Come down!
> [SONNY]
It’s late and this
Grate won’t
Come down!
[SONNY/MEN]
We are
Powerless
We are
Powerless
We are
Powerless
We are
Powerless!
Powerless!
[CARLA]
Oh God
So much
Panic! The crowd was manic
With everybody screaming and shoving and shouting and slapping
And everyone’s frantic!
What’s happening with you?
[CARLA/VANESSA/WOMEN]
We are powerless!
We are
Powerless!
[DANIELA]
Mira, mi amor
Házme un favor!
Despiérta la abuela y a lo mejor ella tiene una vela!
Estuve bailando cuando vino el apagón
Aqui hay gente pero no sé quienes son!
[COMMUNITY]
Look at the fireworks
[USNAVI]
Abuela are you alright?
[COMMUNITY]
Light up the night sky
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
The stars are out tonight!
[COMMUNITY]
Look at the fireworks
[USNAVI]
You’re not alone tonight
[COMMUNITY]
Light up the night sky
[USNAVI]
You’re not alone tonight
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
I’m not alone tonight
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
Usnavi, please promise me
You’ll guard this with your life
[USNAVI]
Abuela, I’ve never seen—
[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA]
This much money in my life!
[BENNY]
Nina there you are!
[NINA]
I’ve gotta go!
[BENNY]
I’ll get you out of here tonight!
[NINA]
I don’t need anything tonight!
I can find my way home
[BENNY]
Find your way home!
[NINA]
Without you—
[NINA/BENNY]
Without you!
[GROUP 1]
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky
[ALL]
En Washington
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
[GROUP 1]
Light up the night sky
[GROUP 2]
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
Light up the night sky
Light up the night sky
[Benny finds Nina. They kiss.]
[ALL]
En Washington Heights!
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