A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
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A Boy Like That / I Have a Love Lyrics
[ANITA]
A boy like that who'd kill your brother
Forget that boy and find another
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind!
A boy like that will bring you sorrow
You'll meet another boy tomorrow
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind!
A boy who kills cannot love
A boy who kills has no heart
And he's the boy who gets your love
And gets your heart
Very smart, María, very smart!
A boy like that wants one thing only
And when he's done, he'll leave you lonely
He'll murder your love
He murdered mine
Just wait and see
Just wait, María
Just wait and see!
[MARÍA & ANITA]
Oh no, Anita, no
Anita, no!
It isn't true, not for me
It's true for you, not for me
I hear your words
And in my head
I know they're smart
But my hеart, Anita
But my heart (A boy like that)
Knows they'rе wrong (Who'd kill your brother)
And my heart (Forget that boy)
Is too strong (And find another)
For I belong (One of your own kind)
(Stick to your own kind!)
A boy like that who'd kill your brother
Forget that boy and find another
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind!
A boy like that will bring you sorrow
You'll meet another boy tomorrow
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind!
A boy who kills cannot love
A boy who kills has no heart
And he's the boy who gets your love
And gets your heart
Very smart, María, very smart!
A boy like that wants one thing only
And when he's done, he'll leave you lonely
He'll murder your love
He murdered mine
Just wait and see
Just wait, María
Just wait and see!
[MARÍA & ANITA]
Oh no, Anita, no
Anita, no!
It isn't true, not for me
It's true for you, not for me
I hear your words
And in my head
I know they're smart
But my hеart, Anita
But my heart (A boy like that)
Knows they'rе wrong (Who'd kill your brother)
And my heart (Forget that boy)
Is too strong (And find another)
For I belong (One of your own kind)
(Stick to your own kind!)
To him alone, to him alone
One thing I know
I am his (A boy who kills cannot love)
I don't care what he is (A boy who kills has no heart)
I don't know why it's so
(And he's the boy who gets your love and gets your heart)
I don't want to know (Very smart, María, very smart!)
[MARÍA]
Oh no, Anita, no
You should know better!
You were in love, or so you said
You should know better
I have a love, and it's all that I have
Right or wrong, what else can I do?
I love him, I'm his
And everything he is
I am, too
I have a love, and it's all that I need
Right or wrong, and he needs me, too
I love him, we're one
There's nothing to be done
Not a thing I can do
But hold him, hold him forever
Be with him now, tomorrow
And all of my life!
One thing I know
I am his (A boy who kills cannot love)
I don't care what he is (A boy who kills has no heart)
I don't know why it's so
(And he's the boy who gets your love and gets your heart)
I don't want to know (Very smart, María, very smart!)
[MARÍA]
Oh no, Anita, no
You should know better!
You were in love, or so you said
You should know better
I have a love, and it's all that I have
Right or wrong, what else can I do?
I love him, I'm his
And everything he is
I am, too
I have a love, and it's all that I need
Right or wrong, and he needs me, too
I love him, we're one
There's nothing to be done
Not a thing I can do
But hold him, hold him forever
Be with him now, tomorrow
And all of my life!
[BOTH]
When love comes so strong
There is no right or wrong
Your love is your life
[ANITA, spoken]
He will never be safe here.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Sí, lo sé.
[ANITA, spoken]
And no one will ever forgive him.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Will you?
[ANITA, spoken]
You can't ever ask me that.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Will you forgive me?
[ANITA, spoken]
Te quiero, mi niña, but he will have to go away, and you will have to go with him.
When love comes so strong
There is no right or wrong
Your love is your life
[ANITA, spoken]
He will never be safe here.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Sí, lo sé.
[ANITA, spoken]
And no one will ever forgive him.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Will you?
[ANITA, spoken]
You can't ever ask me that.
[MARÍA, spoken]
Will you forgive me?
[ANITA, spoken]
Te quiero, mi niña, but he will have to go away, and you will have to go with him.
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After identifying Bernardo’s body at the police station, Anita (Ariana DeBose) comes home and finds Tony (Ansel Elgort) sneaking out of Maria’s window. There follows this fiery confrontation between her and Maria (Rachel Zegler).
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- 1.Prologue
- 3.Jet Song
- 8.Maria
- 11.America
- 14.Cool
- 16.The Rumble
- 17.I Feel Pretty
- 18.Somewhere
- 19.A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
- 20.Finale
- 21.End Credits
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Released on
December 10, 2021
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