Benny's Dispatch (Film Version)

(album: In The Heights - 2021)

[Benny:]
Check one, two, three
Check one, two, three
This is Benny on the dispatch, yo
Atención, yo, attention
It's Benny, and I'd like to mention
I'm on the microphone this morning
Honk ya horn if you want it

Okay, we got traffic on the west side
Get off at 79th and take the left side
Of Riverside Drive and you might slide
West End's ya best friend if you catch the lights
And don't take the Deegan
Big Papi is in town this weekend
Sorry, Dominicans, take Route 87
You ain't getting back in again

Hold up a minute!

[Nina:]
Benny, hey

[Benny:]
Nina, you're home today!

[Nina:]
Any sign...

[Benny:]
Of your dad? He's on his way

[Nina:]
Anyway...

[Benny:]
It's good to see your face

[Nina:]
Anytime...

[Benny:]
Hold up a minute, wait!
You used to run this dispatch, right?

[Nina:]
Once or twice

[Benny (Nina):]
Well check the technique, yo!
There's a traffic accident I have to mention at the intersection
Of 10th Ave and the Jacob Javitz Convention Center
And check it, don't get stuck in the rubber-necking
On 192nd, there's a double-decker bus wreck
Now listen up, we got a special guest! (Benny)
Live and direct from a year out west (Benny)
Welcome her back, 'cause she looks mad stressed
Nina Rosario, the barrio's best

[Benny:]
Woo!
Honk your horn
She's smiling
Say hello, say hello!

[Nina (Benny):]
Hello (Woo, woo)
Good morning!
I ought to let you work
Thanks for the welcome wagon

[Benny:]
Anytime, anytime, Nina
Wait here with me
It's getting hot outside, turn up the AC
Stay here with me