AZULA
How does a pompous, princeling, son of a queen, and a
Tyrant, born in the middle of a warmongering
Continent, forgotten, become a refugee—that betrayer,
Grow up to lead and regain his honor?

SOKKA
It's not easy—a son unloved by his father,
Got a lot farther by workin' a lot harder,
By bein' a tough fighter,
By maintainin' his honor,
By thirteen—he was burned and banished by his father.

KATARA
And every day his rage would be messing up his brain,
Away across the waves, he struggled to keep the fight up.
Inside, he was fighting and tryin' hard not to give up.
The prince was ready to fight, steal, borrow, or barter.

TOPH
Then his destiny came, and his fire went ablaze,
But our man he saw his future drip, drippin' the drain.
With fire in his hands, he connected it to his brain,
And he thought he'd end the pain if the Avatar he gained.

AZULA
Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane man,
Goin' 'round the globe, just to get his father's love, man.
Get your education, 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,
My name is Zuko, son of Ursa.
I'm a fighter 'til the very end,
So, just you wait. Just you wait.

MAI
Then one day, he had strayed, his uncle was in chains.
Helped his sister bring down great old Ba Sing Se.
So, he dreamed, his destiny, fin'ly came and—

COMPANY
Zuko turned traitor and Aang died quick.

AANG
Sailed home on a warship, and thought he gained his father's pride,
But no dragon can ever hope to look Ozai in the eye.
His uncle told him:

AANG AND COMPANY
"Zuko, you gotta think for yourself."

AANG
So he started thinkin' and thinkin', but nothing seemed to help.

AZULA
But that wasn't the end of it,
The Avatar wasn't dead yet.
And he'd be dead or destitute,
Without his sense of resolution.
Started readin', learnin' 'bout his great grandpa Sozin,
And finally, after months of suff'ring lessons started settlin' in.
Scannin' for every relic that he could get his hands on,
Plannin' for the future and see him now as his sits on,
The floor of his throne, with Aang at his hand.
Redeemed, you can be a new man.

COMPANY AND (ZUKO)
Redeemed, you can (Just you wait) be a new man,
Redeemed, you can (Just you wait) be a new man,
Redeemed, you can be a new man.

MEN
Redeemed.

WOMEN
Redeemed.

ZUKO
Just you wait.

COMPANY
Zuko, son of Ursa (Zuko, son of Ursa),
We are waiting in the streets for you (waiting in the streets for you).
You could never back down,
You never learned to take your time!
Oh, Zuko, son of Ursa (Zuko, son of Ursa),
The people will sing for you.
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know that you've felt their pain?
The world will never be the same. (Oooh, ooh, ooh).

AZULA
He's walking the courtyard now (MEN: Just you wait),
See if you can spot him.
Another deserter,
Comin' up from the bottom (COMPANY: Just you wait)
His enemies destroyed his rep,
But nobody forgot him.

ZUKO'S CREW
We fought with him.

URSA
Me? I'd die for him.

KATARA AND AANG
Me? I trusted him.

MAI
Me? I loved him.

AZULA
And me? I'm the damned fool that shot him.

COMPANY
He's a fighter 'till the very end,
But, just you wait!

AZULA
What's your name, man?

COMPANY
Zuko, son of Ursa!