My Lullaby

My Lullaby is a song from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. The song is performed by Suzanne Pleshette Zira, Andy Dick Nuka, and Crysta Macalush Vitani. The song starts out as a lullaby to Kovu, who is being put to bed. The rest of the song outlines Zira's dreams to have Kovu kill Simba and usurp the throne. The song's ending is similar to the end of "Be Prepared" with Zira towering over the Outlanders mirroring Scar towering over the hyenas at the end. Her treatment of Nuka during the song resembles Scar's abuse of Shenzi Banzai and Ed.

Lyrics
Zira: Sleep, my little Kovu

Let your dreams take wing

One day when you're big and strong

You will be a king

Kovu: Good night...

Zira: Good night, my little prince. Tomorrow, your training intensifies.

I've been exiled, persucuted

Left alone with no defense

When I think of what that brute did

I get a little tense

But I dream a dream so pretty

That I don't feel so depressed

'Cause it soothes my inner kitty

And it helps me get some rest

The sound of Simba's dying gasp

His daughter squealing in my grasp

His lionesses' mournful cry

That's my lullaby

Now the past I've tried forgetting

And my foes I could forgive

Trouble is, I knows it's petty

But I hate to let them live

Nuka: So you found yourself somebody who'd chase Simba up a tree

Zira: Oh, the battle may be bloody, but that kind of works for me

The melody of angry growls

A counterpoint of painful howls

A symphony of death, oh my!

That's my lullaby

Scar is gone... but Zira's still around

To love this little lad

Till he learns to be a killer

With a lust for being bad!

Nuka: Sleep, ya little termite! Uh-- I mean, precious little thing!

Vitani: One day when you're big and strong

Zira: You will be a king!

The pounding of the drums of war

The thrill of Kovu's mighty roar

Nuka: The joy of vengeance

Vitani: Testify!

Zira: I can hear the cheering

Nuka and Vitani: Kovu! What a guy!

Zira: Payback time is nearing

And then our flag will fly

Against a blood-red sky

That's my lullaby!