Nina：

I used to think we lived at the top of the world

When the world was just a subway map

And the one slash nine

Climbed a dotted line to my place

Benny：

There's no nine train now

Nina：

Right

I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky

When the world was just a subway map

And my thoughts took shape

On that fire escape

Nina：

Can you remind me of what it was like

At the top of the world

Benny：

Come with me

We begin July

With a stop at my corner fire hydrant

Nina：

You would open it every summer

Benny：

I would bust it with a wrench

Till my face got drenched

Till I heard the sirens

And then I ran like hell

Nina：

You ran like hell

Benny：

Yeah I ran like hell

Nina：

I remember well

Benny：

To your father's dispatch window

Hey let me in yo

They're coming to get me

Nina：

You were always in constant trouble

Benny：

Then your dad would act all snide but he'd let me hide

You'd be there inside

Nina：

Life was easier then

Benny：

Nina everything is easier

When you're home

The street's a little kinder when you're home

Can't you see

That the day seems clearer

Now that you are here or

Is it me

Maybe it's just me

We gotta go I wanna show you all I know

The sun is setting and the light is getting low

Nina：

Are we going to Castle Garden

Benny：

Maybe maybe not but way to take a shot when the day is hot

I got a perfect shady spot

A little ways away that oughta

Cool us down

Nina：

Cool us down

Benny：

Welcome back to town

Nina：

Now back in high school when it darkened

You'd hang out in Bennett Park and

Benny：

Usnavi would bring his radio

Nina：

As I walked home from Senior Studies

I'd see you rapping with your buddies

Benny：

With the volume high

Nina：

I walked on by

Benny：

You walked on by

No pare Sigue sigue

Woah

No pare Sigue sigue

Oh

No pare Sigue sigue

Woah

No pare Sigue sigue

Oh

No pare Sigue sigue

Woah

No pare Sigue sigue

Oh

No pare Sigue sigue

Woah

No pare sigue

Oh

When you're home

Benny：

Oh the summer nights are cooler

When you're home

Nina：

Now that you're here with me

And that song you are hearing is the

Ooh ooh

Neighborhood just cheering you along

Ooh ooh

Nina：

Don't say that

Benny：

What's wrong

Nina：

Don't say that

When I was younger I'd imagine what would happen

If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico

Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan

If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people

My people

I feel like all my life I've tried to find the answer

Working harder learning Spanish learning all I can

I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford

But I'd stare out at the sea

Thinking where'm I supposed to be

So please don't say you're proud of me when I've lost my way

Benny：

Then can I say：

I couldn't get my mind off you all day

Now listen to me

That may be how you perceive it

But Nina please believe

That when you find your way again

You're gonna change the world and then

We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when

This was your home

Nina：

I'm home

Benny：

Welcome home

Nina：

When you're here with me

Benny：

Welcome home

Nina：

I used to think that we lived at the top of the world

Benny：

Welcome home

Nina：

I'm home

You're finally home

I'm home

You're home

I'm home