Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: June 3, 2008

Featuring: Mandy Gonzalez

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Joel Moss Kurt Deutsch Andres Levin Alex Lacamoire Lin-Manuel Miranda Bill Sherman

[PIRAGUA GUY]
Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
Respira...

[NINA]
Breathe

[COMMUNITY]
Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga
Respira

[NINA]
This is my street
I smile at the faces
I’ve known all my life
They regard me with pride
And everyone’s sweet
They say, “You’re going places!’
So how can I say that while I was away
I had so much to hide!

“Hey guys, it’s me!
The biggest disappointment you know.”
The kid couldn’t hack it
She’s back and she’s walkin’ real slow
Welcome home
Just breathe...

[NINA]
Just breathe—

[COMMUNITY]
Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
Respira—

Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga
Respira—

[NINA]
As the radio plays old forgotten boleros
I think of the days when this city was mine
I remember the praise

[NINA]
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
The neighborhood waved, and
Said, “Nina, be brave and
You’re gonna be fine!”
And maybe it’s me
But it all seems like lifetimes ago

[COMMUNITY]
Te adoro

Te quiero
Respira!

Respira!

[NINA]
So what do I say to these faces that I used to know?
“Hey, I’m home?”

[NEIGHBOR LADY]
Mira Nina

[NINA]
Hey…

[COMMUNITY]
No me preocupo por ella

[NINA]
They’re not worried about me

[COMMUNITY]
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella!

[NINA]
They are all counting on me to succeed

[COMMUNITY]
Ella sí da la talla!

[NINA]
I am the one who made it out!
The one who always made the grade
But maybe I should have just stayed home…

When I was a child I stayed wide awake
Climbed to the highest place
On every fire escape
Restless to climb

I got every scholarship
Saved every dollar
The first to go to college
How do I tell them why
I’m coming back home?
With my eyes on the horizon

[COMMUNITY]
Ah! Ah, aah…
Mira Nina
Respira…
Respira…
Ah!

[NINA]
Just me and the GWB, asking, “Gee Nina, what’ll you be?"

Straighten the spine
Smile for the neighbors
Everything’s fine
Everything’s cool
The standard reply:
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Smile, wave goodbye
And pray to the sky, oh, god…
And what will my parents say?

[COMMUNITY]
Nina…

[NINA]
Can I go in there and say

[COMMUNITY]
Nina…

[NINA]
“I know that I’m letting you down…”

[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
Nina…

[NINA]
Just breathe...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

Awards for musicals

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