96,000

**96,000** is the 7th song on the soundtrack.

## Writing Process

* When asked how long it took for him to write 96,000, Lin responded, "Hard to say. The 1st version was Usnavi, Sonny, Lincoln (!), GP, Benny, Vanessa in bodega. Then we expanded to the neighborhood & it grew."

## Gallery

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## Lyrics

[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand!

[SONNY/BENNY]
Damn!

[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand!

[SONNY]
Dollars? Holler!

[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand!

[BENNY, spoken]
Yo, somebody won!

[USNAVI]
Ninety-six thousand!

[BENNY]
Yo,​
If I won the lotto tomorrow
Well, I know I wouldn’t bother goin’ on no spendin’ spree
I pick a business school and pay the entrance fee!
Then maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll stay friends with me!

I’ll be a businessman, richer than Nina’s daddy!
Tiger Woods and I on the links, and he’s my caddy!
My money’s makin’ money, I’m goin’ from po’ to mo’ dough!
Keep the bling, I want the brass ring, like Frodo!

[USNAVI]
Oh no, here goes Mr. Braggadocio
Next thing you know, you’re lying like Pinocchio—

[BENNY]
Yo, if you’re scared of the bull, stay out the rodeo!

[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo, I got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobi-o!

[USNAVI]
Ooh, you better stop rappin’, you not ready
It’s gonna get hot and heavy
And you already sweaty—

[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo-yo-yo! Yo!

[USNAVI]
Yo! I’m sorry is that an answer?
Shut up, go home and pull ya damn pants up!
As for you, Mr. Frodo of the Shire—
96 G’s ain’t enough to retire

[BENNY]
C'mon, I’ll have enough to knock your ass off its axis!

[USNAVI]
You’ll have a knapsack full of jack after taxes!

[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!

[WOMAN 1, spoken]
Ay, alabanza!

[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!

[WOMAN 2/WOMAN 3, spoken]
No me diga!

[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!

[MAN, spoken]
I never win shit!

[SONNY]
Ninety-six thousand!

[BENNY]
For real, though, imagine how it would feel goin’ real slow
Down the highway of life with no regrets
And no breakin’ your neck for respect or a paycheck
For real, though, I’ll take a break from the wheel and we’ll throw
The biggest block party, everybody here
It’s a weekend when we can breathe, take it easy

[NEIGHBORS]
Yo! Ma, it’s me, check my tickets!

[CARLA]
Check one two three
What would you do with ninety-six G’s—

[DANIELA]
Who me?

[CARLA]
I mean if it’s just between you and me—

[DANIELA]
Esa pregunta es tricky!

[CARLA]
I know

[DANIELA]
With ninety-six G’s
I’d start my life with a brand new lease
Atlantic City with a Malibu Breeze

[CARLA]
And a brand new weave!

[CUCA]
Or maybe just bleach...

[VANESSA]
Y’all are freaks.​

[USNAVI, spoken]
Yo, I’m just sayin’...

(sung)
It’s silly when we get into these crazy hypotheticals
You really want some bread? Then go ahead create a set of goals
And cross them off the list as you pursue ‘em
And with those ninety-six, I know precisely what I’m doin’

[VANESSA]
What'chu doin’?

[USNAVI]
What’m I doin? What’m I doin?
It takes most of that cash just to save my ass from financial ruin
Sonny can keep the coffee brewin’
I’ll spend a few on you
‘Cause the only room with a view is a room with you in it

And I could give Abuela Claudia the rest of it
Just fly me down to Puerto Plata, I’ll make the best of it!
You really love this business?

[SONNY]
No

[USNAVI]
Tough, Merry Christmas
You’re now the youngest tycoon in Washington Hiznits!

[SONNY]
Yo!
With ninety-six thousand, I’d finally fix housin’
Give the barrio computers with wireless web browsin’
Your kids are livin’ without a good edjumication
Change the station, teach 'em about gentrification
The rent is escalatin’

[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!

[SONNY]
The rich are penetratin’

[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!

[SONNY]
We pay our corporations when we should be demonstratin’

[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!

[SONNY]
What about immigration?

[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!

[SONNY]
Politicians be hatin’

[GRAFFITI PETE]
What?!

[SONNY]
Racism in this nation’s gone from latent to blatant

[COMMUNITY]
Oooooh!

[SONNY]
I’ll cash mmy ticket and picket, invest in protest
Never lose my focus 'til the city takes notice

And you know this man! I'll never sleep

Because the ghetto has a million promises for me to keep!

[VANESSA, spoken]

You are so cute!

[SONNY, spoken]

I was just thinking off the top of my head.​

[USNAVI, spoken]

Ninety-six K: Go.​

[VANESSA]

If I win the lottery, you’ll never see me again

[USNAVI]

Damn, we only jokin’, stay broke then

[VANESSA]

I’ll be downtown

Get a nice studio, I'll get out of the barrio

[VANESSA]

If I

​win the

​​lottery

You’ll wonder where

I’ve been

[BENNY]

For real, though

Imagine how it would feel

​goin’ real slow,​

Down the highway of

​life with no regrets,​

And no breakin’ your neck

​for respect or a paycheck—

[VANESSA]

I’ll ​be ​downtown,​

See you ​​around,​

If I ​win ​the ​lottery,​

You won’t see a ​lot ​of ​me!

I’ll be downtown,​

See ​you ​around!

[WOMEN]

Why-oh!

[VANESSA]

Around!

[WOMEN]

Why-oh!

[BENNY]

For real

​though,​

I’ll take a break

​from the wheel

And we’ll

​throw,​

The biggest

​block party

Everybody ​here,​

A weekend

When we can

​breathe,​

​take it easy,​

For real

​though,​

​imagine ​how

​it would feel

​Goin’ ​real

​slow,​

Down the

​​highway of

​life ​with no

​regrets

And no breakin’

​your neck

​for respect

​or a paycheck,​

For real

​though,​

I’ll take a ​break

​from the wheel

And ​we’ll

​throw

​the biggest

​block party

​everybody

​here,​

A weekend

​when we

​can breathe,​

​take it

Easy

[USNAVI]

Yo!

It’s silly

​when we get

​into these crazy

​hypotheticals,​

You really want

​some ​​bread?

Then go ahead

Create a set of

​goals,​

And cross 'em

​off the

​list as you

​pursue ‘em,​

And with those

​ninety-six

I know

​precisely

​what I’m doin’

Yo!

It’s silly when

​we get into

These crazy

​hypotheticals,​

You really want

​some ​bread?

Then go ahead

Create a set of

​goals,​

Cross ‘em off

​the list as you

​pursue ‘em

And with those

​ninety-six I

​know precisely

​what I’m doin’

Yo!

It's ​silly

​when we get

​into these crazy

​​hypotheticals,​

You really want

​some ​bread?

Then go ahead

​Create a set of

​goals,​

Cross ‘em off

​the list as you

​pursue ‘em,​

And with those

​ninety-six

I ​know

​precisely ​​what

I’m doin’!

And with those

​ninety-​six I

​know precisely

​what I’m doin’!

Yo!

[COMMUNITY]

Ninety-six

​thousand

[CARLA]

No me diga!

[COMMUNITY]

Ninety-six

​thousand

[DAN/CAR/SN]

No me diga!

[COMMUNITY]

Ninety-six

​thousand

[DAN/CAR/SN]

No me diga!

[COMMUNITY]

Why-oh!

[WOMEN]

Check

​one two three

[MEN]

And with the

​dollah dollah

[W] With

​ninety-six G’s

[M] We get to

​hollah hollah

[W] Between

​you and me

[M] We rock the

​hot Impala

[COMMUNITY]

Why-oh!

[W/M] With

​ninety-six G’s

[M] We movin’

​on tomorrah

[W] A brand

​new lease

[M] We rock

​beyond mañana

[W] A Malibu

​Breeze…

[MEN]

We drop the

​mama drama

We stop at the

​Bahamas!

We drink piña

​coladas!

Poppin' lockin'

​up the block

Drop it like it’s

​hot!

[VANESSA]

I’ll be downtown!

[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY]

We could pay off the debts we

​owe!

[VANESSA/CARLA/DANIELA]

We could tell everyone we

​know!

[USNAVI]

I could get on a plane and

​go!

[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY]

We be swimmin’ in dough,​

​yo!

[USNAVI/BENNY/SONNY/

VANESSA/GRAFFITI PETE/MEN]

No tip-toein’

We’ll get the dough ‘n’

[WOMEN/MEN]

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

Who-oaa!

[ALL]

Once we get goin’

We’re never gonna

Stop tip-toein’

We’ll get the dough an’

Once we get goin’

We’re never gonna—

[SONNY/

PIRAGUA GUY/

DANIELA/CARLA/

VANESSA]

Ninety-six

​thousand

Ninety-six

​thousand

Ninety-six

​thousand

[COMMUNITY]

We’ll get the

​dough ‘n’

Once we get

​goin’

[USNAVI/BENNY/

GRAFFITI PETE]

What?!

What?!

What?!

What?!

[COMPANY]

We’ll get the dough ‘n’

Once we get goin’

We’re never gonna stop!

## Trivia

* Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson performed a karaoke version of this song during a commercial break at the 2019 Tony Awards.
* This song had several lyric changes when it was adapted into the movie, mostly due to political correctness. Some include "Donald Trump and I on the links, and he's my caddy!" with Donald Trump being changed to Tiger Woods and "Yo, I got more hoes than a phone book in Tokyo!" to "Yo, I got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobi-o!"

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Lin\_Manuel/status/839938100017119232
2. ↑ https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-96000-lyrics
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/Lin\_Manuel/status/1137898548090064897
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/variety/status/1137908587752091648?lang=en
5. ↑ https://hadeestown.tumblr.com/post/185542078332/anthony-ramos-and-christopher-jackson-performing
6. ↑ https://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/intheheights/96000.htm