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 pr

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 world 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 dr tomorrow

Oh my god

Alza la bandera

La bandera dominicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera puertorriqueña

Alza la bandera

La bandera mejicana

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 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 mejicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera

La bandera

La bandera

La bandera

Alza la bandera

Hey