Carnaval Del Barrio - Andrea Burns

Written by：Andrea Burns

Hey hey

What's this tonteria 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 chrstmas 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

Wepa

Carnaval

Del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval 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

Wha

Carla whatever pops into your head

Just so long as you sing

Ummm

My mom is dominican cuban

My dad is from chile and P R

Which means

I'm chile dominica rican

But I always say I'm from queens

Wepaaa

Carnaval

Del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Why is everyone so happy

We are sweating and we have no power

I've 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

Ohhhh

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

Del barrio

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 it involves large amounts it's

Somewhere in the range of 96 000

Atencion I'm closing shop

Sonny grab everybody a soda pop

Yo grab a bottle kiss it up to god

Cuz abuela claudia just won the lotto

Abuela claudia won the lotto

We're bookin a flight for d r tomorrow

Oh my gah

Alza la bandera

La bandera dominicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera puertoriquena

Alza la bandera

La bandera mejicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera cubana

Parriba esa bandera

Alzala donde quiera

Recuerdo de mi tierra

Hey

Hey

Me acuerdo de mi tierra

Esa bonita bandera

Contiene mi alma entera

Y cuando yo me muera

Entierrame en mi tierra

Hey

Hey

Everything changes today

Hey

Usnavi's on his way

Hey

Off to a better place

Hey

Look at vanessa's face

Everything changes today

Hey

Goodbye Mr Rosario

OK

I'm taking over the barrio

We're getting out of the barrio

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 ohhhhh

Benny and nina

Sitting in a tree

K I S S I N G

Que bochinche

Nina and benny

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

Whoo

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

But ya'll keep dancin' and singin' and celebratin'

But it's gettin' late and this place is disintegratin' and

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

You don't understand I'm not trying to be funny

We're gonna give a third of the money to you sonny

What

Yeah yeah

For real

Yes

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 could 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

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 for get about what coulda been

Dance with me one last night in the hood again

Wepa

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Carnaval del barrio

Oye

Alza la bandera

La bandera dominicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera dominicana

Alza la bandera

La bandera puertoriquena

Alza la bandera

La bandera

La bandera

La bandera

La bandera

Alza la bandera