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