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AKU: Long ago, in a distant land,

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I, Aku, the shape-shifting
master of darkness,

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unleashed an unspeakable evil.

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But a foolish samurai warrior
wielding a magic sword

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stepped forth to oppose me.

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(SWORDS CLANGING)

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Before the final blow was struck,

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I tore open a portal in time

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and flung him into the future,

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where my evil is law.

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Now the fool seeks to return to the past

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and undo the future that is Aku.

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i> ♪

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(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(WIND BLOWING)

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(PANTING)

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(WHIMPERING)

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(WIND BLOWING)

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(WIND HOWLING)

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(DISTANT MOANING)

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(SIGHS)

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(MOANING)

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(MOANING)

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MAN: <i>Come to me!</i>

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MAN: Come!

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Who is there?

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(OWL SHRIEKS)

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(WIND HOWLING)

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(TREES CREAKING)

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MAN: Come!

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Come!

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Come!

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Show yourself.

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MAN: Come to me!

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Coward !

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MAN: Come!

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Come to me!

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(EERIE HUMMING)

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(STEAM HISSING)

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Something evil has ravaged these lands.

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A very familiar evil.

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MAN: Yes! Come to me!

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(EERIE SOUND)

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(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

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MAN: Come!

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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(EERIE SOUND)

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(STEAM HISSING)

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MAN: Come!

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(WIND HOWLING)

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MAN: Come!

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MAN: Come!

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The voice beckons me further in.

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Surely he takes me for a fool
to follow deeper into his trap.

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(RUMBLING)

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A fool I've been!

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MAN: Come!

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(HISSING)

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(HISSING)

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(RUMBLING)

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(BUBBLING)

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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Welcome to your doom!

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(STEAM HISSING)

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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Many warriors have been
lured here to their end.

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Why have you done this?

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My purpose is to battle.

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(SWORD SCREECHING)

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(GROANING)

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Yes.

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At last, after all these years,
a worthy opponent.

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Enough of this pointless battle.

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I will continue to fight you no more.

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I say thee nay!

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No. I will not do battle with you
for your amusement.

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There is no honor in it.

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Honor?

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What do thee know of honor?

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A millennium hath passed,
and now my goal is within my grasp.

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This battle will continue to the end.

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I said I will not fight you, monster.

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(SCREAMS)

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I shall not be denied!

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(GRUNTING)

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Strike me down if you must,
but I will not fight.

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Nay.

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I cannot strike thee defenseless.

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This battle must be concluded
by the Warrior's code.

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I beg thee, rise, unsheathe your sword,
continue this fight.

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Why?

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For freedom.

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The master of this kingdom of rock
is just a man...

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A cursed man trapped in a rock body.

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It happened long ago...

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So long ago now.

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It was once a time

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where I, too, was a man,
a mighty warrior like thee.

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I have engraved a recording of my past,

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so that I would never forget
the life I had, the man I was.

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So thy people would not be lost
to the dust of time.

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Let me take thee on a journey
into the past.

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This land, 'twas not
always parched and burnt.

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Once a beautiful city
thrived in a lush countryside.

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'Twas truly a sight to behold...

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(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

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A jewel of all the northern lands.

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My happiness was a beautiful
family of a wife, two sons,

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and a faithful canine.

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Times were good.

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Game was plentiful,
and my people prospered.

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It was on return from
a successful hunting trip

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when an omen appeared.

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A black moon blocked out the sun.

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It grew and grew until
it ate the sky and land.

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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The darkness now loomed over my kingdom.

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A horrible monster born from within
the darkness attacked.

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My army retaliated...

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But our efforts were to no avail...

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Till I alone was left
to destroy the monster.

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My weapons were worthless.

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My attempts to avenge amused the monster,
and he struck me down.

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I lay before him, ready to battle
for the last time,

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but the villain did not destroy me.

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Nay. The fate dealt
to me was much more cruel.

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He imprisoned me within
an unbreakable crystal,

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denying me a Warrior's end.

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Helpless was I as the beast destroyed

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what was left of my beloved kingdom.

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Then he came for me again.

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'Twas his enjoyment that day
to punish me for eternity.

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Thrust me, he did,
into the core of the mountain.

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It was his plan for me

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to spend all of eternity in the mountain,

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never to join my fallen comrades
in Valhalla,

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the resting place of all great warriors.

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Through countless eons,
I laid still, but my will was strong.

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I found a way to manipulate
the material around me.

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Out of the rock, I formed the body
thou seest before thee.

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Then I created a passage
so full of peril and danger

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that only the greatest
of warriors can pass.

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For, you see, the only entry into Valhalla

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is to fall in combat to another warrior.

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And thou are the only one to survive.

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As written, the truth has been told.

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My fate is at your mercy.

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Prepare yourself.

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At last...

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The gates of Valhalla open to me!

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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(GRUNTING)

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Rise, warrior, rise!

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Honorably I must be defeated.

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I cannot let up.

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Do not worry.

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I have only begun to fight.

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(GRUNTS)

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After all these years,

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my freedom has arrived.

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Accursed monster, your spell is broken!

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(SCREAMING)

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I am free!

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At last, my flesh is restored.

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The curse is lifted.

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Warrior?

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I... I--

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Don't worry, my friend.

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Please hand me my sword.

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(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

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Thank you.

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(MYSTICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

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(HORSE NEIGHING)

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(WHINNYING)

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♪ <i>Watch out!</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Back to the past</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i>

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♪ <i>Gotta be back</i>

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♪ <i>Samurai Jack</i>

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♪ <i>Watch out</i> ♪