Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: June 3, 2008

Featuring: Lin-Manuel Miranda Karen Olivo

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

[VANESSA]
So I got you a present
I went downtown to get it
Doing anything tonight?

[USNAVI]
Cleaning

[VANESSA]
Done for the day

[USNAVI]
No way

[VANESSA]
‘Cuz we got a date

[USNAVI]
Okay—

[VANESSA]
Before you board that plane
I owe you a bottle of cold champagne

[USNAVI]
No…

[VANESSA]
Yeah, cold champagne

[USNAVI]
Damn, the bottle’s all sweaty and everything
You went and got this—

[VANESSA]
Pop the champagne

[USNAVI]
I don’t know if we have coffee cups
Or plastic cups, I think Sonny has the cups—

[VANESSA]
Tonight we’re drinking straight from the bottle. Usnavi?

[USNAVI]
Yeah?

[VANESSA]
Daniela told me what you did for me
And it’s honestly the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me
Now, what can I say or do to possibly repay you for your kindness?

[USNAVI]
How do you get this gold shit off?

[VANESSA]
Usnavi!

[USNAVI]
Yeah!

[VANESSA]
Before we both leave town!
Before the corner changes and the signs are taken down
Let’s walk around the neighborhood and say our goodbyes
Usnavi, are you alright?

[USNAVI]
I’m fine, I’m tryn’a open this champagne
Y'see the twisty thing is broken
But I’m gonna open this damn champagne!

[VANESSA]
Lemme see it

[USNAVI]
No, I got it!

[VANESSA]
Yo, Usnavi, drop the champagne!

[USNAVI]
I mean you went to all this trouble to get us a little bubbly—

[VANESSA]
And it’s gonna be okay

[USNAVI]
I’m sorry, it’s been a long day

[VANESSA]
You oughta stay

[USNAVI]
What?

[VANESSA]
You can use that money to fix this place

[USNAVI]
Ha ha, very funny

[VANESSA]
And it’s not like Sonny’s got role models—

[USNAVI]
Role models?

[VANESSA]
Stepping up to the plate—

[USNAVI]
Yo, what are you talking about?

[VANESSA]
I’m just saying, I think your vacation can wait—

[USNAVI]
Vacation? Vanessa, you’re leaving too—

[VANESSA]
I’m going down to West Fourth Street; you can take the A—

[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?

[VANESSA]
You’re leaving the country, and we’re never gonna see you again—

[USNAVI]
What are you trying to say?

[VANESSA]
You get everyone addicted to your coffee then off you go

[USNAVI]
Vanessa, I don’t know why you’re mad at me

[VANESSA]
I wish I was mad—

I’m just too late

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.

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