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Azula - How does a savior, traitor, son of king
And a commoner, banished from his home for speaking out against wrong
Generals and his farther punished for a punishment that
Was cruller, grow up to be a hero and a ruler?
Jet - The 10th ruling fire dueling lord had to duel
His overruling father, scarred him for refusing
To fight a fight he was losing
To his father which was proving
That by thirteen, they sent him to catch an avatar cruising
Aang - And every day what saves his spirit from being spirited away
Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing to be welcomed back, to be part of
The family that lies, deceits, cheats, betrays and barters
Sokka - Then a hurricane came, and everywhere it rained
Our man saw his honor reached, reaching out of frame
He cried into the night, like he was locked up in his chains
And he told of his distain, a testament to his pain
Azula - Well, the word got around, hey the avatar returned, man
Father said it’s payback just to send him to the mainland
Get your honor back, don't forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name
What's your name, man?
Zuko - Zuko son of Ursa and Ozai
My name is Zuko son of Ursa and Ozai
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
Mai - When he was ten his mother split, father said good-riddance
Two years later, see Ozai and his mother guilt-ridden
Both-red fightin’ over their fates, right by candle light
And Zuko did survive but his mother took flight
Iroh - Moved round with an uncle, the uncle accompanied his side
But left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying, "Zuko, you gotta find him yourself"
He started rethinkin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
Azula - There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute
He woulda been dead or deserted if he had not reverted
He started workin', clerkin' in his late uncle's tea shop
Fightin' crooked gangster men and people he could not make up
Scammin' for any food he can get his hands on
Plannin' for the future see him there with he hands on
The bow of a ship searchin’ for a new man
In New lands you can be a new man
Company - In New lands you can be a new man (just you wait)
In New lands you can be a new man (just you wait)
In New lands you can be a new man
In New lands, New lands
Just you wait
Fire lord Zuko
Fire lord Zuko
We are waiting in the wings for you
Waiting in the wings for you
You could never back down
You never learned to take your time
Oh, fire lord Zuko
Fire lord Zuko
When the fire nation sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote your game?
The world will never be the same, oh
Azula - The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him (just you wait)
Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom (just you wait)
His family destroyed his rep the fire nation forgot him
Sokka & Aang - We, fought with him
Jet - Me, I died for him
Iroh - Me, I trusted him
Mai - Me, I loved him
Azula - And me, I’m the crazed queen that shot him (shot him, shot him)
Company - There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait
Azula - What’s your name man
Zuko - Fire lord Zuko