Inútil from In The Heights (by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
This isn't happening
Inútil! Useless.
Just like my father was before me:
Inútil. Useless.
And every day he cut the cane
He came home late and prayed for rain
Prayed for rain
And on the days when nothing came
My father's face was lined with shame
He'd sit me down beside him and he'd say:
My father was a farmer
His father was a farmer
And you will be a farmer
But I told him
"Papi, I'm sorry I'm going farther"
"I'm getting on a plane
"And I am gonna change the world some day!"
And he slapped my face
He stood there staring at me
Useless
Today
My daughter's home and I am
Useless
And as a baby she amazed
Me with the things she learned each day
She used to stay on the fire escape
While all the other kids would play
And I would stand beside her and I'd say
I'm proud to be your father
Cuz' you work so much harder
And you are so much smarter
Than I was at your age
And I always knew
That she would fly away
That she was gonna change the
World some day
I will not
Be the reason
That my family can't succeed
I will do
What it takes
They'll have everything they need
Or all my work
All my life
Everything I've sacrificed
Will have been
Useless