When You're Home

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
 There's no nine train now
 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
 Can you remind me of what it was like
 At the top of the world?
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 Come with me
 We begin July
 With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
 You would open it every summer
 I would bust it with a wrench
 Till my face got drenched
 Till I heard the sirens
 And then I ran like hell!
 You ran like hell!
 Yeah, I ran like hell!
 I remember well!
 To your father's dispatch window
 "Hey, let me in, yo!
 They're coming to get me!"
 You were always in constant trouble
 Then your dad would act all snide, but he'd let me hide
 You'd be there inside
 Life was easier then
 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
 Are we going to Castle Garden?
 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
 Cool us down
 Welcome back to town
 Hey
 Now, back in high school when it darkened
 You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
 Usnavi would bring his radio
 As I walked home from Senior Studies
 I'd see you rapping with your buddies
 With the volume high
 I walked on by
 You walked on by
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 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
 Oh, the summer nights are cooler
 When you're home!
 Now that you're here with me
 And that song you are hearing is the (ooh, ooh)
 Neighborhood just cheering you along (ooh, ooh)
 Don't say that
 What's wrong?
 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 am I supposed to be?
 So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way
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 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 are gonna change the world and then
 We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when
 This was your home
 I'm home
 Welcome home
 When you're here with me
 Welcome home
 I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!
 Welcome home
 I'm home
 You're finally home (I'm home)
 I'm home