Lights up in Washington Heights to put the break of day away
I wake up and I got a little punk, I gotta chase away
Pop the grape at the crack of dawn, sing while I wipe down the awning
Hey y'all, good morning

I scope it out, got fine, not cheap, not cherry, strawberry, and this is a video I got for me
Oh yeah, I've been a girl, come and start us, come on, send us in, it's Navi
I am USNavi
You've probably never heard my name, reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated

Exacerbated by the fact that my syntax is highly complicated, cause I immigrated from
This singly-bred little place in the Caribbean, the Jamaican Republic, I love it
Be some jealous of it, and beyond that, since my folks passed on, I haven't gone back
God damn, I gotta get on that

The mook has gone bad, hold up just a second, why's everything in this fridge warm and tepid
I better step it up and fight the heat, cause I'm not making any profit if the coffee isn't
light and sweet
Abuela, my fridge will not continue with no con leche, ay dios, try my mother's old recipe

One can of condensed milk, noice, oh wait, a lottery ticket, ay, pashan se y fe
That was abuela, she's not really my abuela, but she's practically raising this corner
as her sequoia now
You're probably thinking, I'm on 6th street, I've never been north of 96th street

Well, you must take the A train, even farther than Harlem to Northern Manhattan to maintain
Get off the 181st and take the escalator, I hope you're writing this down, cause I'm
Gonna text you later
I'm getting texted, times are tough in this bodega, two months ago somebody bought a Tigger's

Our neighbors started packing up and picking up, and everything's erasing up, it's god
I might have spent it, but we never judge enough
Next up, Dean Kevin Rosario, he runs a cab company, he strokes in the barrio
He's starting in his upper college, tuition is mad steep, so he can't sleep, everything

He gets is mad cheap
Good morning, Usnavi, panga yente, cafe con leche, put $20 on today's lottery
Okay, must be your lucky day, gotta be
Oh my god, you're so excited, my nina put him at 3am last night, abuela's been cooking

All week, come by when I see this weekend, are we gonna eat
This the long ladies
Sonny, you're late
Oh, don't worry about it, I know you love me

Me and my cousin running just another dime a dozen, mom and pop stopping, shopping, oh
My god has gotten too darn hot, like my man Coca-Cola said
People's coming through for a few cold waters, and a lottery ticket, just a part of the routine
Everybody's got a job, everybody's got it cheap

They gossip as I sip my coffee and smooth, the first stop as people hop to work, that's
it, I'm like
One dollar, two dollar, one fifty, one sixty-nine, I got it
You want a box of condoms, what kind

Two quarters, two quarter waters
You knew at times you needed a bag, you got the taxis at it, once you get to practice
At it
You've been repping mathematics, all the mathically sent the maxi pads, but it's nice for taxi

Class
Practically everybody's stressed, yes, but we press through the mess, got us checks and
Wonder what's next
You ain't got no skills, Benny, well let me get a milky way, and let me also get the daily

News, and the post, and the most important, my boss's second coffee one cream 5 sugars
I'm number one earner, the fastest learner, the boss can't keep me on the damn back burner
yes he can

I'm making moves, I'm making deals, but guess what
What
You still ain't got no skills, party hard, yo Vanessa show up yet, show up, yo homie don't
get too upset, man

Well Vanessa how you feel
Buy the girl a meal, I'm the real law, you ain't got no skills

Yo, smooth operator, on time, there she goes, yo bro, take five, take a walk, I like it
Take five, take a walk outside, you look exhausted, lost, don't let life slide, the whole hood

Is struggling, times is tight, and it's stuck to this corner like a street light
Yeah, I'm a street light choking on the heat, the world spins around whilst I'm frozen to
My seat, the people that I know and keep it rolling down the street, but every day's different
So I'm twitching up the beat, cos my parents came from nothing, they got a little more

I'm sure we're poor, but yo, at least you got the store, it's all about the legacy they
Left in me, it's destiny, and one day up on the beach with Sonny writing checks to me