Everything I Know

Song Everything I Know
Artist Lin-Manuel Miranda
Album In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:12.87] In this album there’s a picture
[00:16.50] Of the ladies at Daniela’s
[00:18.98] You can tell it’s from the eighties
[00:22.25] By the volume of their hair
[00:25.44] There’s Usnavi, just a baby
[00:28.48] ‘Eighty-seven, Halloween
[00:31.69] If it happened on this block, Abuela was there
[00:38.28] Every afternoon I came
[00:42.41] She’d make sure I did my homework
[00:45.89] She could barely write her name
[00:49.18] But even so…
[00:52.61] She would stare at the paper
[00:54.67] And tell me
[00:55.61] “Bueno, let’s review
[00:58.69] Why don’t you tell me
[01:01.40] Everything you know.”
[01:09.21] In this album there’s a picture
[01:12.27] Of Abuela in Havana
[01:15.60] She is holding a rag doll
[01:19.22] Unsmiling, black and white
[01:22.51] I wonder what she’s thinking
[01:26.40] Does she know that she’ll be leaving
[01:29.16] For the city on a cold dark night?
[01:37.78] And on the day they ran
[01:40.27] Did she dream of endless summer?
[01:44.80] Did her mother have a plan?
[01:47.52] Or did they just go?
[01:50.48] Did somebody sit her down and say
[01:53.78] “Claudia, get ready, to leave
[01:57.83] Behind everything you know.”
[02:06.44] Everything I know
[02:11.68] What do I know?
[02:25.63] In this folder there’s a picture
[02:29.24] From my high school graduation
[02:32.88] With the program, mint condition
[02:38.14] And a star beside my name
[02:42.72] Here’s a picture of my parents
[02:45.74] As I left for California
[02:48.96] She saved everything we gave her
[02:52.62] Every little scrap of paper
[02:55.43] And our lives are in these boxes
[02:58.92] While the woman who held us is gone
[03:02.28] But we go on, we grow, so…
[03:09.70] Hold tight, Abuela, if you’re up there
[03:15.81] I’ll make you proud of everything I know!
[03:30.88] Thank you, for everything I know

Pinyin

[00:12.87] In this album there' s a picture
[00:16.50] Of the ladies at Daniela' s
[00:18.98] You can tell it' s from the eighties
[00:22.25] By the volume of their hair
[00:25.44] There' s Usnavi, just a baby
[00:28.48] ' Eightyseven, Halloween
[00:31.69] If it happened on this block, Abuela was there
[00:38.28] Every afternoon I came
[00:42.41] She' d make sure I did my homework
[00:45.89] She could barely write her name
[00:49.18] But even so
[00:52.61] She would stare at the paper
[00:54.67] And tell me
[00:55.61] " Bueno, let' s review
[00:58.69] Why don' t you tell me
[01:01.40] Everything you know."
[01:09.21] In this album there' s a picture
[01:12.27] Of Abuela in Havana
[01:15.60] She is holding a rag doll
[01:19.22] Unsmiling, black and white
[01:22.51] I wonder what she' s thinking
[01:26.40] Does she know that she' ll be leaving
[01:29.16] For the city on a cold dark night?
[01:37.78] And on the day they ran
[01:40.27] Did she dream of endless summer?
[01:44.80] Did her mother have a plan?
[01:47.52] Or did they just go?
[01:50.48] Did somebody sit her down and say
[01:53.78] " Claudia, get ready, to leave
[01:57.83] Behind everything you know."
[02:06.44] Everything I know
[02:11.68] What do I know?
[02:25.63] In this folder there' s a picture
[02:29.24] From my high school graduation
[02:32.88] With the program, mint condition
[02:38.14] And a star beside my name
[02:42.72] Here' s a picture of my parents
[02:45.74] As I left for California
[02:48.96] She saved everything we gave her
[02:52.62] Every little scrap of paper
[02:55.43] And our lives are in these boxes
[02:58.92] While the woman who held us is gone
[03:02.28] But we go on, we grow, so
[03:09.70] Hold tight, Abuela, if you' re up there
[03:15.81] I' ll make you proud of everything I know!
[03:30.88] Thank you, for everything I know