[HONG] (spoken)
But a journey of a thousand miles...

[LIN]
Must begin with one single step.

[ANCESTORS]
This is Mulan's journey...

(The following lines overlap.)

[ANCESTORS] (singing)
WE WAKE UP EACH MORNING TO ANOTHER DAY,
EACH ONE PLAYING A PART THAT IS THEIR OWN,
WITH A FUTURE AS CERTAIN AS THE BUDS OF MAY,
EV'RY STEP OF THE WAY ALREADY KNOWN:

[MOTHERS]
SERVE THE TEA,
TEND THE ROSE,
MOTHER, DAUGHTER,
SO IT GOES:

[SONS, & (DAUGHTERS)]
HONOR AND OBEY (HONOR AND OBEY,),
FOLLOW DUTY'S CALL (FOLLOW DUTY'S CALL,),
FULFILL MY DESTINY (FULFILL MY DESTINY,),
IT'S ALL (IT'S ALL)
[FATHERS]
FATHER MUST PROTECT THE FAM'LY,
DEFEND HIS HOUSE FROM SHAME.
FATHER MUST SECURE HIS HONOR,
FATHER MUST PRESERVE THE NAME

[ALL]
WRITTEN IN STONE.

AND SO I FOLLOW THE PATH THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO ME
AND THE PATHS OF THE ONES WHO WENT BEFORE.
OH, ANCESTORS, SAY YOU WON'T BE BLIND TO ME,
I PRAY TO YOU, BE KIND TO ME.

I PRAY THAT TODAY WILL BE AS YESTERDAY,
THAT TOMORROW CONTINUES MUCH THE SAME,
THAT I LIVE OUT MY DESTINY AND NEVER STRAY
FROM THE COURSE WHICH MAY SOMEDAY SEE MY NAME

WRITTEN IN STONE,
WRITTEN IN STONE,
WRITTEN IN...

(ALL freeze.)

[HONG] (spoken)
(with quiet dignity)
Tradition is much like a mountainside. Move one rock and you might create an avalanche.
(MULAN runs across the stage brandishing her dragon pole and practicing her war yell. In her excitement she knocks everyone over.)

[ALL]
Mulan!!!