2008 Broadway In The Heights the Musical - Benny's Dispatch Lyrics
Original song "Benny's Dispatch" from the musical In The Heights is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
BENNY: Check 1 2 3 Check 1 2 3 This is Benny on the dispatch, yo Atencion, yo, attention, It's Benny and I'd like to mention I'm on the microphone this mornin Honk ya horn if ya want it Okay, we got traffic on the west side Get off at 79th and take the left side Of Riverside Drive and ya might slide West End's ya best best friend if you catch the lights And don't take Deegan Manny Ramirez is in town this weekend Sorry Dominicans, take Route 87, you ain't getting back in again Hold up a minute
NINA: Benny, hey-
BENNY: Nina, you're home today!
NINA: Any sign-
BENNY: Of your folks, they're on their way
NINA: Anyway-
BENNY: It's good to see your face
NINA: Anytime
BENNY: Hold up a minute, wait You used to run this dispatch, right?
NINA: Once or twice-
BENNY: Well check the technique! yo! There's a traffic accident I have to mention At the intersection of 10th ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center And check it, don't get stuck in the rubber-neckin on 192nd There's a double-decker bus wreck Now listen up we got a special guest Live and direct from a year out west Welcome her back, cuz she looks mad stressed Nina Rosario, the barrio's best Honk your horns She's smiling Say hello
NINA: (into the radio) Hello. Good morning! (She hands back the radio) I better find my folks Thanks for the welcome wagon
BENNY: Anytime, Anytime, Nina Wait here with me It's getting hot outside, turn up the AC Stay here with me
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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
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