Blackout lyrics

[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!