[PIRAGUA GUY]

Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida

Respira...

[NINA]

Breathe

[PIRAGUA GUY/SONNY/USNAVI/MAN]

Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga

Respira

[NINA]

This is my street

I smile at the faces I’ve known all my life

They regard me with pride

And everyone’s sweet

They say, “You’re going places"

So how can I say that, while I was away

I had so much to hide?

Hey guys, it’s me

The biggest disappointment you know

The kid couldn’t hack it

She’s back and she’s walkin’ real slow

Welcome home, just breathe

[COMPANY]

Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida

Respira

[NINA]

Just breathe

[COMPANY]

Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga

Respira

[NINA (COMPANY)]

As the radio plays old forgotten boleros

I think of the days when this city was mine

I remember the praise

“Ay, te adoro, te quiero” (Te adoro)

The neighborhood waved

And said, “Nina, be brave (Te quiero)

And you’re gonna be fine!” (Respira)

And maybe it’s me

But it all seems like lifetimes ago (Respira)

So what do I say to these faces that I used to know?

“Hey, I’m home?”

[WOMAN]

Mira, Nina

[NINA]

Hey

[COMPANY]

No me preocupo por ella

[NINA]

They’re not worried about me

[COMPANY]

Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella

[NINA]

They are all counting on me to succeed

[COMPANY]

Ella sí da la talla

[NINA (COMPANY)]

I am the one who made it out (Ah)

The one who always made the grade

But maybe I should have just stayed home (Mira, Nina)

When I was a child I stayed wide awake

Climbed to the highest place

On every fire escape

Restless to climb (Respira)

I got every scholarship

Saved every dollar

The first to go to college

How do I tell them why (Respira)

I’m coming back home? (Ah)

With my eyes on the horizon

Just me and the GWB

Asking, “Gee, Nina, what’ll you be?"

Straighten the spine, smile for the neighbors

Everything’s fine, everything’s cool

The standard reply, “Lots of tests, lots of papers"

Smile, wave goodbye and pray to the sky, oh, god

And what will my parents say?

[COMPANY]

Nina

[NINA]

Can I go in there and say…

[COMPANY]

Nina

[NINA]

“I know that I’m letting you down?”

[ABUELA CLAUDIA]

Nina

[NINA]

Just breathe