96,000
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96,000 Lyrics
Ninety-six thousand
[SONNY/BENNY]
Damn!
[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand
[SONNY]
Dollas? Holla!
[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand
[BENNY, spoken]
Yo, somebody won!
[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand!
[BENNY]
Yo, if I won the lotto tomorrow, well, I know
I wouldn't bother goin' on no spendin' spree
I pick a business school and pay the entrance fee
Then maybe if you're lucky, you'll stay friends with me
I'll be a businessman, richer than Nina's daddy
Donald Trump and I on the links, and he's my caddy
My money's makin' money, I'm goin' from po' to mo' dough
Keep the bling, I want the brass ring, like Frodo
Oh no, here goes Mr. Braggadocio
Next thing you know, you're lying like Pinocchio
[BENNY]
Yo, if you're scared of the bull, stay out the rodeo
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo, I got more hoes than a phone book in Tokyo
[USNAVI]
Ooh, you better stop rappin', you not ready
It's gonna get hot and heavy
And you already sweaty
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo-yo-yo! Yo!
[USNAVI]
Yo! I'm sorry, is that an answer?
Shut up, go home and pull ya damn pants up!
As for you, Mr. Frodo of the Shire
Ninety-six Gs ain't enough to retire
[BENNY]
C'mon, I'll have enough to knock your ass off its axis
You'll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes
[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, spoken]
¡Ay, alabanza!
[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!
[DANIELA/CARLA, spoken]
¡No me diga!
[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!
[VANESSA, spoken]
I never win shit
[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!
[BENNY]
For real, though, imagine how it would feel goin' real slow
Down the highway of life with no regrets
And no breakin' your neck for respect or a paycheck
For real, though, I'll take a break from the wheel and we'll throw
The biggest block party, everybody here
It's a weekend when we can breathe, take it easy
Yo, Ma, it's me, check my tickets
[CARLA]
Check one, two, three
What would you do with ninety-six Gs?
[DANIELA]
Who me?
[CARLA]
I mean if it's just between you and me
[DANIELA]
Esa pregunta es tricky
[CARLA]
I know
[DANIELA]
With ninety-six Gs
I'd start my life with a brand new lease
Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze
[CARLA]
And a brand new weave!
[DANIELA]
Or maybe just bleach...
[VANESSA]
Y'all are freaks
[USNAVI, spoken]
Yo, I'm just sayin'...
(sung)
It's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread? Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross 'em off the list as you pursue ‘em
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'
[VANESSA]
What you doin'?
[USNAVI]
What am I doin'? What am I doin'?
It takes most of that cash just to save my ass from financial ruin
Sonny can keep the coffee brewin'
I'll spend a few on you
‘Cause the only room with a view is a room with you in it
And I could give Abuela Claudia the rest of it
Just fly me down to Puerto Plata, I'll make the best of it
You really love this business?
[SONNY]
No
[USNAVI]
Tough, Merry Christmas
You're now the youngest tycoon in Washington Hiznits!
[SONNY]
Yo, with ninety-six thousand, I'd finally fix housin'
Give the barrio computers with wireless web browsin'
Your kids are livin' without a good edjumication
Change the station, teach 'em about gentrification
The rent is escalatin'
[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
[SONNY]
The rich are penetratin'
[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
[SONNY]
We pay our corporations when we should be demonstratin'
[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
[SONNY]
What about immigration?
[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
[SONNY]
Politicians be hatin'
[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
[SONNY]
Racism in this nation's gone from latent to blatant
[COMMUNITY]
Ooh!
[SONNY]
I'll cash my ticket and picket, invest in protest
Never lose my focus 'til the city takes notice
And you know this man! I'll never sleep
Because the ghetto has a million promises for me to keep
[VANESSA, spoken]
You are so cute!
[SONNY, spoken]
I was just thinkin' off the top of my head
[USNAVI, spoken]
Ninety-six K, go
[VANESSA]
If I win the lottery, you'll never see me again
[USNAVI]
Damn, we only jokin', stay broke then
[VANESSA]
I'll be downtown
Get a nice studio, I'll get out of the barrio
[VANESSA]
If I win the lottery
You'll wonder where I've been
[BENNY]
For real, though, imagine how it would feel goin' real slow
Down the highway of life with no regrets
And no breakin' your neck for respect or a paycheck
[VANESSA]
I'll be downtown
See you around
If I win the lottery
You won't see a lot of me
I'll be downtown
See you around
[WOMEN]
Why-oh!
[VANESSA]
Around
[WOMEN]
Why-oh!
[BENNY]
For real though, I'll take a break from the wheel and we'll throw
The biggest block party, everybody here
A weekend when we can breathe, take it easy
For real, though, imagine how it would feel goin' real slow
Down the highway of life with no regrets
And no breakin' your neck for respect or a paycheck
For real though, I'll take a break from the wheel and we'll throw
The biggest block party, everybody here
A weekend when we can breathe, take it easy
[USNAVI]
Yo, it's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread? Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross 'em off the list as you pursue ‘em
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'
Yo, it's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread? Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross 'em off the list as you pursue ‘em
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'
Yo, it's silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread? Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross 'em off the list as you pursue ‘em
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I'm doin'
Yo!
[COMMUNITY]
Ninety-six thousand
[CARLA]
¡No me diga!
[COMMUNITY]
Ninety-six thousand
[DANIELA/CARLA/SONNY]
¡No me diga!
[COMMUNITY]
Ninety-six thousand
[DANIELA/CARLA/SONNY]
¡No me diga!
[COMMUNITY]
Why-oh!
[WOMEN]
Check one, two, three
[MEN]
And with the dolla, dolla
[WOMEN]
With ninety-six Gs
[MEN]
We get to holla, holla
[WOMEN]
Between you and me
[MEN]
We rock the hot Impala
[COMMUNITY]
Why-oh!
[ENSEMBLE]
With ninety-six Gs
[MEN]
We movin' on tomorrow
[WOMEN]
A brand new lease
[MEN]
We rock beyond mañana
[WOMEN]
A Malibu breeze…
[MEN]
We drop the mama drama
We stop at the Bahamas
We drink piña coladas
Poppin' lockin' up the block
Drop it like it's hot!
[VANESSA]
I'll be downtown
[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY]
We could pay off the debts we owe
[VANESSA/CARLA/DANIELA]
We could tell everyone we know
[USNAVI]
I could get on a plane and go
[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY]
We be swimmin' in dough, yo!
[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY/VANESSA/GRAFFITI PETE/MEN]
No tip-toein'
We'll get the dough ‘n'
[WOMEN/MEN]
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
Who-oaa!
[ALL]
Once we get goin'
We're never gonna
Stop tip-toein'
We'll get the dough an'
Once we get goin'
We're never gonna—
[SONNY/PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA/VANESSA]
Ninety-six thousand
Ninety-six thousand
Ninety-six thousand
[COMMUNITY]
We'll get the dough ‘n'
Once we get goin'
[USNAVI/BENNY/
GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!
What?!
What?!
What?!
[COMPANY]
We'll get the dough ‘n'
Once we get goin'
We're never gonna stop!
About
Usnavi learns that his bodega sold a winning lottery ticket—someone in the barrio has won $96,000! This sets the neighborhood to dreaming about what they would do with the money.
Lin-Manuel Miranda often refers to all musicals having an “I want” song, in which the characters tell the audience their motivations, and what they hope to achieve throughout the story. This functions as the “I want” song of In The Heights, where each character tells you what he or she would do with the $96,000. Other examples from Miranda include “My Shot” from Hamilton and “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana.
Musically, the song expresses the diversity of the neighborhood. Benny responds in a rap style; Dani and Carla respond in a dancehall beat; Usnavi and Vanessa and the community use a reggaeton sound at one point; etc. Even though everyone in the community has a different style and different dreams, they all meld together as part of the same song.
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