Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: June 3, 2008

Featuring: Lin-Manuel Miranda Karen Olivo Mandy Gonzalez Christopher Jackson

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

[CLUBBERS]
Vanessa!

[USNAVI]
Damn, this is nice
I really like what they’ve done with the lights
So, the hot club in Washington Heights
You might be right, this music’s tight
Yo, did I mention that you look great tonight
Because you do you really—

[VANESSA]
Usnavi, relax!

[USNAVI]
Relax, qué relaxed? I’m relaxed

[HOT COUPLE]
Wepa! Vanessa!

[USNAVI]
So you’ve been here before
I don’t go out; I get so busy with the store
Y cada día it’s a brand new chore
My arms are sore; no time for the dance floor
But maybe you and me should hang out some more
I’m such a dork, but I—

[VANESSA]
Let’s go get a drink

[USNAVI]
Something sweet

[VANESSA]
You know me, a little bit of cinnamon

[CLUBBERS]
Wepa! Vanessa!

[BENNY]
Here’s to getting fired!

[USNAVI]
To killing the mood!

[BOTH]
Salud!

[BENNY]
Without so much as a “thank you!”

[USNAVI]
After five long years

[BOTH]
Cheers!

[BENNY]
To finally getting Vanessa!
Man, fix your collar...

[USNAVI]
Holler!

[BENNY]
To doing shots on a weekend!

[USNAVI]
As long as you buy ‘em, l’chaim!

[JOSE]
Hey you!

[VANESSA]
Who?

[JOSE]
You!

[VANESSA]
Who, me?

[JOSÉ]
You wanna dance?

[VANESSA]
Naw, man…

[JOSE]
Okay, I took my chance…

[USNAVI]
It’s cool, it’s cool, hey, if you want to…

[VANESSA]
You don’t mind?

[USNAVI]
I’m fine! I’m fine!

[BENNY]
Yo!

[USNAVI]
Yo!

[BENNY]
Who’s Vanessa talkin’ to?

[USNAVI]
Some dude!

[BENNY]
Some dude?!
That’s messed up, she’s tryin’ to make you jealous!

[USNAVI]
Jealous, I ain’t jealous, I can take all these fellas, whatever!

Usnavi grabs Vanessa from José and dances with her

[NINA]
Benny, can we take a walk outside?

[BENNY]
And there she is

[NINA]
I’m so sorry, I didn’t know

[BENNY]
Who let you in? Yo, this is the girl who cost us our jobs today!

[NINA]
I’m going to make it right!

[BENNY]
A toast to the end of all I know!

[NINA]
You’ve had enough!

[BENNY]
Says the girl who has it all

[NINA]
That’s not fair

[BENNY]
Well why don’t you run home to daddy?
He loves to remind me that I’ll never be good enough for your family… for you…

[NINA]
You don’t know me

[BENNY]
Poor you...

[NINA]
I thought you were different

[BENNY]
Salud

[MEN]
Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

Vanessa, let me get the next one!
Vanessa, let me interject some!
The way you sweat, the way you flex on the floor
It makes me want you more!

[USNAVI]
Bartender!
Let me get an amaretto sour for this ghetto flower!
How are you so pretty?
You complete me
You had me at "hello," you know you need me
Truly, madly, deeply, let’s get freaky
Oh I get it you’re the strong and silent type
Well, I’m the Caribbean island type
And I can drive you wild all night!
But I digress!
Say something so I don’t stress

[YOLANDA]
No hablo inglés

[USNAVI]
Yes!

[There’s some more dancing, some fighting, and then the power goes out]

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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