Blackout Songtext
von Lin‐Manuel Miranda

PIRAGUA GUY:
Oye, que paso?

Blackout, Blackout!

PIRAGUA GUY:
Vino el apagon, ay dios!

Oh, no!
Oye, que paso?

Blackout, blackout!

Oh, no!

Vino el apagon, ay dios!

Hold up, wait
Hold up, wait!

Oh, no

Nina, where′d you go?
I can't find you
Nina, take it slow
I′m behind you--


Yo! I can't see
Quit moving, fothermucker
It's an oven
And we gotta
Back out
This is a blackout!
Chill, for real
Or we gonna get killed

Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no

What′s going on?
What′s going on?
Suddenly I find
The electricity is gone.
What's going on?
What′s going on?

Calling all taxis...

Oh, no
Oh, no

KEVIN/USNAVI:
Everyone relax, please!

What's going on?
I gotta guard the store
Make sure nothing′s
Going wrong!


Calling all taxis...

Oh, no
Oh, no

KEVIN/USNAVI:
Everyone relax, please!

Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

What's going on?
What′s going on?

Oh, no

Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

Gotta find Usnavi
Tell him what is going on

Oh, no

Somebody better open these goddamn doors!

Nothing is on!
Nothing is on!

Oh, no

And I can't find Usnavi!

And I can't find Usnavi!

No, no, no!

Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go.

Nina, where′d you go?
Nina, where′d you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
I can′t find you!

Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny...

Usnavi, help me!

Vanessa
Vanessa
Vanessa
I gotta go.

Nina, where'd you go?
Nina, where′d you go?
Nina, where'd you go?
I can′t find you!

Has anyone seen Benny?
Benny...

Usnavi, help me...

Please find Nina
Find Camilla

... Find my way home

If you see my family
Bring them home.

Usnavi, help me.

We are powerless!
We are powerless!

You left me alone!

SONNY/NEIGHBORS:
We are powerless!
We are powerless!

GRAFFITI PETE:
Yo, yo!
They throwin' bottles in the street
People lookin' and shootin′
Sonny, they wanna see a robbery
We gotta keep movin′!

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.

I got a baseball bat
And a rack in the back...

GRAFFITI PETE:
(Opening a book bag.)
I got a couple roman candles
We can distract the vandals

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!

(We hear an explosion.)

Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky!
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks fly!
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky!

It's late and this grate won′t
Come down
Come down!

Oh God
So much panic!
The crowd is manic
With everyone
Screaming and
Shoving and
Shouting and
Slapping and
Everyone's frantic
What's happening with you?
We are powerless!

It′s late and this grate won′t
Come down!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!

Mira, mi amor
Hazme un favor
Despierta la abuela
Y a lo mejor ella
Tiene una vela
Estuve bailando
Cuando vino el
Apagon
Aqui may gente pero
No se quienes son!

We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
We are powerless!
Powerless!

We are powerless!

We are powerless!
Powerless!

Look at the fireworks...

Abuela, are you alright?

Light up the night sky...

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
The stars are out tonight!

Look at the fireworks...

You're not alone tonight.

Light up the night sky...

USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA:
You′re/I'm not alone tonight.

ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Usnavi, please promise me
You′ll guard this with your life.

Abuela, I've never seen---

USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA:
This much money in my life!

Nina, there you are!

I′ve gotta go.

I'll get you out of here tonight.

I don't need anything tonight! I can find my way home--

Then find your way home!

Without you--

NINA/BENNY:
Without you...

Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky...
En Washington--
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
Light up the night sky...
Light up the night sky...

(BENNY finds NINA, grabs her. They kiss, illuminated by fireworks.)

En Washington Heights!