Carnaval Del Barrio

Текст песни Daphne Rubin-Vega - Carnaval Del Barrio

Hey! Hey!
What's this tontería that I'm seeing on the street?
I never thought I'd see the day
Since when are Latin people scared of heat?

When I was a little girl
Growing up in the hills of Vega Alta
My favorite time of year was Christmas time
Ask me why

Why?

There wasn't an ounce of snow
But, oh, the coquito would flow
As we sang the aguinaldo
The Carnaval would begin to grow
Business is closed
And we're about to go
Let's have a Carnaval del barrio!

Wepa!

Carnaval del barrio
Carnaval del barrio
Carnaval (Carnaval!)
Del barrio (Barrio!)
Carnaval (Carnaval!)
Del barrio (Barrio!)

We don't need electricidad
Get off your butt, avanza
Saca la maraca
Bring your tambourine
Come and join the parranda, hey!

Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (barrio)
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (barrio)
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (barrio)
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (del barrio)

Ohh, me, me, me, Dani
I have a question
I don't know what you're cantando

Just make it up as you go
We are improvisando
Lai le lo lai lo le lo lai
You can sing anything

Wait, what?

Carla, whatever comes into your head
Just so long as you sing

Ummm... My mom is Dominican-Cuban
My dad is from Chile and P.R.
Which means:
I'm Chile-Domini-Curican!
But I always say I'm from Queens!

Hey!
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (barrio)
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (del barrio)

Why is everyone so happy?
We're sweating and we have no power
I gotta get out of here soon
This block's getting worse by the hour
You can't even go to the club with a friend
Without having somebody shove you

Ay, por favor
Vanessa, don't pretend that Usnavi's your friend

We all know that he love you!

Wow, now that you mention that sexual tension
It's easy to see!

Yo this is bogus

Haven't you noticed
You get all your coffee for free?

Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio (barrio)
Carnaval (carnaval)
Del barrio

Here comes Usnavi!

Yo, yo, yo y-y-yo-yo
Now, now, everyone gather 'round
Sit down, listen
I got an announcement
Wow, there's nothing here holding me down
The word is out, tell the whole town, I'm bouncing
Atencion, I'm closing shop
Sonny, grab everybody a soda pop!
Twist off the bottle, kiss it up to God
I miss Abuela Claudia, it's time to fly though!
Daniela, Carla, pack up the carro
I'm bookin a flight for D.R. tomorrow

Oh my god!
Alza la bandera
La bandera Dominicana
Alza la bandera
La bandera Puertorriqueña
Alza la bandera
La bandera Mexicana
Alza la bandera
La bandera Cubana

P'arriba esa bandera (hey!)
Alzala donde quiera (hey!)
Recuerdo de mi tierra
Me acuerdo de mi tierra
Esa bonita bandera! (Hey!)
Contiene mi alma entera! (Hey!)
Y cuando yo me muera
Entierrame en mi tierra!

Hey, Mr. Benny, have you seen any horses today? (Hey!)

What do you mean?

I heard you and Nina went for a roll in the hay! (Hey!)

Oh!
Benny and Nina (Benny and Nina)
Sitting in a tree (sitting in a tree)
K-I-S-S-I-N-G (K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
Que bochinche (que bochinche)
Nina and Benny (Nina and Benny)
K-I-S-S-I-N-G (k-i-s-s-i-n-g)

Hold up, wait a minute
Usnavi's leavin' us for the Dominican Republic?
And Benny went and stole the girl that I'm in love with?
She was my babysitter first!
Listen up, this is what ya'll want?
We close this bodega
The neighborhood is gone!
They selling the dispatch
They closing the salon
And they'll never turn the lights back on cuz

We are powerless
We are powerless!

And ya'll keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'
And it's gettin' late and this place is disintegratin'
We are powerless
We are powerless!

Alright, we are powerless, so light up a candle!
There's nothing going on here that we can't handle!
Maybe you're right, Sonny
Call in the coroners
Maybe we're powerless
A corner full of foreigners
Maybe this neighborhood's changing forever
Maybe tonight is our last night together
However!
How do you wanna face it?
Do you wanna waste it?
When the end is so close you can taste it?
Y'all go cry with your head in the sand
I'm a fly this flag that I got in my hand!

Parriba esa bandera
Hey!
Alzala donde quiera
Hey!

Can we raise our voice tonight?
Can we make a little noise tonight?

Hey!
Esa bonita bandera (hey!)
Contiene mi alma entera (hey!)

In fact, can we sing so loud and raucous
They can hear us across the bridge in East Seacaucus?

Parriba esa bandera!
Alzala donde quiera!

From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo
Wherever we go
We rep our people and the beat go

Esa bonita bandera!
Contiene mi alma entera!

Vanessa, forget about what coulda been
Dance with me one last night in the hood again

Wepa!
Carnaval del barrio
Carnaval del barrio (p'arriba esa bandera)
Carnaval del barrio (y cuando yo me muera)
Carnaval del barrio (Entierrame en mi tierra!)
Alza la bandera
La bandera Dominicana (alza la bandera)
Alza la bandera
La bandera Puertorriqueña (adiós, adiós, adiós)
Alza la bandera
La bandera Mexicana
Alza la bandera
La bandera
La bandera
La bandera
La bandera
Alza la bandera!
Hey!