In The Heights - Alabanza Lyrics

2008 Broadway
In The Heights the Musical - Alabanza Lyrics

Original song "Alabanza" from the musical In The Heights is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

USNAVI:
She was found and pronounced at the scene
She was already lying in bed
The paramedics said
That her heart gave out
I mean, that's basically what they said
They said a combination of the stress and the heat
Why she never took her medicine, I'll never understand
I'd like to think she went out in peace
With pieces of bread crumbs in her hand
Abuela Claudia had simple pleasures
She sang the praises of things we ignore
Glass Coke bottles, bread crumbs, a sky full of stars
She cherished these things
She'd say "Alabanza"
Alabanza means to raise this thing to God's face and to sing
Quite literally "praise to this"
When she was here, the path was clear
And she was just here
She was just here...

NINA:
Alabanza
Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Senor
Alabanza, alabanza
Alabanza
Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Senor
Alabanza, alabanza

NINA/DANIELA/CARLA:
Alabanza
Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Senor

AND SONNY:
Alabanza, alabanza

AND CAMILA/BENNY:
Alabanza
Alabanza a Doña Claudia, Senor

AND VANESSA/KEVIN:
Alabanza, alabanza

COMMUNITY:
Alabanza!
Alabanza!
Alabanza!

USNAVI:
Alabanza

2008 Broadway
In The Heights: the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
In the Heights Opening
Breathe
Benny's Dispatch
It Won't Be Long Now
Inutil
No Me Diga
96,000
Paciencia y Fe (Patience and Faith)
When You're Home
Piragua
The Club
Blackout
Sunrise
Hundreds of Stories
Enough
Carnaval Del Barrio
Atencion
Alabanza
Everything I Know
Piragua (Reprise)
Champagne
When the Sun Goes Down
Finale