[00:14.45]No te vayas
[00:19.95]Si me dejas
[00:25.47]Si te alejas de mi
[00:34.70]Seguirás en mis recuerdos para siempre
[00:38.32]Para siempre, para siempre
[00:41.21]Para siem-
[00:41.86]Para siem-
[00:42.41]Para siempre…
[00:43.26]Lights out on Washington Heights
[00:44.65]And now the crack of dawn
[00:45.98]The blackout goes on and on and on…
[00:48.53]Para siempre
[00:49.18]Sonny’s out back, sortin’ the trash
[00:51.42]As I think about the past with a sack full of cash
[00:54.16]Para siempre
[00:54.77]Abuela really wanted me up on a beach
[00:57.50]With margaritas in my reach, and
[00:58.73]Soon that’s how it’s gonna be…
[01:00.17]Para siempre
[01:00.59]Imagine me, leavin’ today
[01:02.59]On a seven-forty-seven boardin’ JFK…
[01:05.59]The hydrants are open
[01:08.59]Cool breezes blow…
[01:17.22]The hydrants are open
[01:20.80]Cool breezes blow…
[01:28.81]Piragua!
[01:30.32]Piragua!
[01:31.46]New block of ice, piragua!
[01:34.67]So sweet and nice, piragua!
[01:37.46]Piragua!
[01:38.48]Piragua!
[01:40.80]Siempre…
[01:46.38]Seguirás en mis recuerdos
[01:49.48]Para siempre...
[01:52.23]I’ll be downtown…
[01:58.32]It won’t be long now...
[02:03.39] There’s a breeze off the Hudson
[02:04.96]And just when
[02:06.67]You think you’re sick of living here the memory floods in
[02:09.53]The morning light, off the fire escapes
[02:12.18]The nights in Bennett Park blasting Big Pun tapes
[02:15.37]I’m ‘a miss this place, to tell you the truth:
[02:18.20]Kevin dispensin’ wisdom from his dispatch booth
[02:21.26]And at dawn, Vanessa at the salon, we gotta move on
[02:25.60]But who’s gonna notice we’re gone?
[02:27.35]When our job’s done, as the evening winds
[02:30.21]Down to a crawl, son, can I ease my mind
[02:33.20]When we’re all done? When we’ve resigned
[02:36.40]In the long run, what do we leave behind?
[02:39.60]Most of all, I’ll miss Abuela’s whispers
[02:41.85]Doin’ the Lotto Pick Six every Christmas
[02:44.71]In five years, when this whole city’s rich folks and hipsters
[02:48.36]Who’s gonna miss this raggedy little business?
[02:52.38]What it do? Ha ha, great sunlight this morning.
[02:56.82]Yo cuz! We fixed the grate!
[02:58.78]What did I tell you about this punk?
[03:00.55]You have to commission an artist while his rate is still good.
[03:04.44]It’s the first work in my new series.
[03:16.48]He hates it.
[03:17.82]Shh. He’s forming an artistic opinion.
[03:23.70]You did this last night?
[03:25.30]Yeah.
[03:25.88]There goes my flight.
[03:27.92]What?
[03:29.52]Graffiti Pete you’re gonna need some new cans
[03:31.40]Here’s some money, finish up
[03:32.72]There’s been a slight change of plans!
[03:34.11]Nice!
[03:34.68]Listen up guys, you got a job, I’m not playin’
[03:36.83]You gotta go now, tell the whole block I’m stayin’!
[03:39.71]Go ahead, tell everyone we know!
[03:42.16]Sonny…
[03:44.28]Alright, go!
[03:47.86]Yeah, I’m a streetlight!
[03:48.94]Chillin’ in the heat!
[03:50.16]I illuminate the stories of the people in the street
[03:52.57]Some have happy endings
[03:53.89]Some are bittersweet
[03:55.27]But I know them all and that’s what makes my life complete
[03:57.99]We’re home!
[03:58.67]And if not me, who keeps our legacies?
[04:00.57]Who’s gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?
[04:03.27]Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memories
[04:05.77]But Sonny’s gotta eat, and this corner is my destiny
[04:08.40]We’re home!
[04:08.99]Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we
[04:11.50]Keep pressin’ and yes indeed, you know I’ll never leave
[04:13.58]If you close your eyes that hydrant is a beach
[04:15.93]That siren is a breeze, that fire escape’s a leaf on a palm tree!
[04:18.91]We’re home!
[04:19.54]Abuela I’m sorry
[04:21.48]But I ain’t goin’ back because I’m telling your story
[04:24.30]And I can say goodbye to you smilin’, I found my island
[04:27.62]I been on it this whole time
[04:29.19]I’m home!
[04:30.46]The hydrants are open
[04:31.80]Cool breezes blow!
[04:35.44]It’s a wonderful life that I’ve know
[04:37.20]“Merry Christmas you ole’ Building and Loan!”
[04:39.79]I’m home!
[04:40.64]The hydrants are open
[04:42.32]Cool breezes blow!
[04:45.24]Abuela that ain’t a stoop, that’s your throne
[04:47.72]Long after ya birds have all flown
[04:50.60]I’m home!
[04:51.27]Where the coffee’s non-stop
[04:52.63]And I drop this hip-hop
[04:53.92]In my mom and pop shop
[04:55.32]I’m home!
[04:56.36]Where people come
[04:57.29]People go
[04:57.91]Let me show all of these
[04:59.80]People what I know
[04:59.96]There’s no place like home!
[05:01.28]And let me set the record straight!
[05:03.14]I’m steppin’ to Vanessa
[05:04.63]I’m gettin’ a second date
[05:05.77]I’m home!
[05:07.11]Where it’s a hundred in the shade
[05:08.50]But with patience and faith
[05:09.88]We remain unafraid
[05:11.14]I’m home!
[05:12.61]You hear that music in the air?
[05:14.30]Take the train to the top of the world
[05:16.37]And I’m there
[05:17.24]I’m home!