(DELIVER US PLAYING)
SLAVES: Mud
Sand
Water
(SHRIEKS)
Straw
GUARDS: Faster
SLAVES: Mud and lift
Sand and pull
Water
And raise up Straw
Faster!
SLAVES: With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high
Can you hear your people cry?
Help us now this dark hour
Deliver us
Hear our call, deliver us
Lord of all, remember us
Here in this burning sand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us
To the Promised Land
(SOLDIERS CHATTERING)
(SINGING IN HEBREW)
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will deliver us
CHORUS: Deliver us
Hear our prayer Deliver us from despair
These years of slavery Grow too cruel to stand
Deliver us
There's a land you promised us
Deliver us
Out of bondage
And deliver us
To the Promised Land
(RIVER LULLABY PLAYING)
(BABY COOING)
(SINGING) Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember
My last lullaby
So I'll be with you
When you dream
(YAWNS)
River, oh, river
Flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere
He can live free?
River, deliver him there
(WOMAN VOCALIZING)
(CHATTERING)
(GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(COOING)
(SINGING) Brother, you're safe now
And safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you
Grow, baby brother
Come back someday
Come and deliver us too
(BABY COOING)
Mommy.
Come, Rameses.
We will show Pharaoh your new baby brother.
Moses.
CHORUS: (SINGING) Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us
To the Promised Land
Deliver us
To the Promised Land
WOMAN: Deliver us
(HOOFBEATS)
MOSES: Ha-ha!
RAMESES: Faster, you beasts! You run like mules!
Hey, Rameses,
how would you like your face carved on a wall?
Someday, yes.
How about now?
(MOSES GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
You almost killed me!
Aw, come on.
Where is your sense of fun?
Oh, it's fun you want.
(GRUNTS)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(GRUNTS) (HORSES NEIGHING)
(SCREAMING)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
Moses?
(APPROACHING HOOFBEATS) (MOSES WHOOPING)
(MOSES LAUGHING)
(MOSES WHOOPING AND LAUGHING)
(RATTLING)
(WHOOPING)
Come on, Moses. Admit it. You've always looked up to me.
Yes, but it's not much of a view.
(LAUGHS)
RAMESES: Hyah! (WHOOPING)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
MAN: Hey!
RAMESES: Second born, second place.
MOSES: Not for long.
(MOSES AND RAMESES WHOOPING)
(CHANTING)
(MOSES AND RAMESES WHOOPING AND LAUGHING)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(GRUNTING)
(SCREAMS)
Jump!
(BOTH YELLING)
(BOTH PANTING)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(BOTH YELLING)
(SCREAMING)
(MOSES AND RAMESES WHOOPING)
You don't think we'll get in trouble for this, do you?
No, not a chance.
SETI: Why do the gods torment me
with such reckless, destructive,
blasphemous sons?
Father, hear what I...
Be still! Pharaoh speaks.
I seek to build an empire,
and your only thought is to amuse yourselves
by tearing it down.
Have I taught you nothing?
You mustn't be so hard on yourself, Your Majesty.
You're an excellent teacher.
It's not your fault your sons learned nothing.
Well, they learned blasphemy. True.
Father, the fault is mine.
I goaded Rameses on,
and so I am responsible.
Hmm. "Responsible."
And do you know the meaning of that word, Rameses?
I understand, Father...
SETI: And do you understand the task
for which your birth has destined you?
The ancient traditions.
When I pass into the next world,
then you will be the morning and evening star.
One damaged temple does not destroy
centuries of tradition.
But one weak link
can break the chain of a mighty dynasty!
(SIGHS)
You have my leave to go.
Father.
Father?
You know it was really my fault.
Must you be so hard on him?
Moses, you will never have to carry a burden
like the crown I will pass to Rameses.
He must not allow himself to be led astray,
not even by you, my son.
All he cares about is your approval.
I know he will live up to your expectations.
He only needs the opportunity.
Maybe.
Maybe so.
Go now.
I shall see you both tonight.
(WHISTLING)
Well, that went well.
RAMESES: Just go away.
Could have been worse.
"The weak link in the chain."
That's what he called me.
(SIGHS)
Well, you are rather pathetic.
Irresponsible, ignorant of the traditions.
He practically accused me of bringing down the dynasty.
Yeah, I can see it now. There go the pyramids!
(CHUCKLES)
You can laugh about it.
Statues cracking and toppling over,
the Nile drying up.
Single-handedly,
you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruin.
Tell me this, Moses. Tell me this.
Why is it that every time you start something,
I'm the one who ends up in trouble?
(WATER SPLASHING) (HOTEP AND HUY SCREAMING)
HOTEP: Man! Oh!
It's Rameses.
You're in trouble, young man.
Rameses, get down here!
I think you owe us an apology! Oh!
HOTEP: My new thing!
HUY: I am so upset!
You might as well. HOTEP: You'll pay for this!
HUY: We're gonna tell the pharaoh!
HOTEP: We're telling the pharaoh and that's...
HOTEP AND HUY: Oh!
HOTEP: Look at me. I'm drenched again.
Hey, I figured it out.
You know what your problem is, Rameses?
What? You care too much.
And your problem is you don't care at all.
Oh, in that case, I suppose you care a lot more than I do
that we're late for the banquet, for example.
(MOSES AND RAMESES PANTING)
I'm done for. Father will kill me.
Don't worry.
Nobody will even notice us coming in.
(CROWD CHEERING)
"Nobody will even notice."
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
Ah, the young princes.
Rameses, you were just named Prince regent.
You are now responsible for overseeing all the temples.
I suggest you get over there,
and thank your father.
Apparently, Moses,
someone thought he just needed the opportunity.
My lord Pharaoh,
I propose that the high priests offer tribute
to their new regent.
SETI: An excellent idea. Hotep, Huy!
Huy. Hmm?
The Midian girl. That's a good idea.
Go get her.
By the power of Ra,
we present for your delectation and delight
an exotic apparition stolen from a faraway land.
(CROWD GASPING)
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
(BOTH GASPING)
We offer you this delicate desert flower.
(CAMEL GRUNTS) (SHRIEKS)
(CROWD LAUGHING)
(GRUNTS)
Let us inspect this desert flower.
(GASPS) (CROWD GASPING)
More like a desert cobra. (LAUGHS)
Not much of a snake charmer, are you?
That's why I give her to you.
No, no, no, that's generous, but...
I won't be given to anyone.
Especially an arrogant, pampered palace brat!
(CHUCKLES) Are you gonna let her talk to you like that?
(TZIPPORAH GRUNTS) You will show the proper respect
for a Prince of Egypt.
But I am showing you all the respect you deserve. None!
No. Wait!
Be still. Untie this rope!
I demand you set me free!
Be still. Let go!
As you wish.
(SCREAMING)
(CROWD LAUGHING)
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING)
You there,
have her dried off
and sent to Prince Moses' chambers. (GRUNTING)
If it pleases you, Father,
my first act as regent
is to appoint Moses
as royal chief architect.
(CROWD CHEERING)
(SIGHS)
Uh...
Well. (CLEARS THROAT)
Right.
(GASPS)
(MUFFLED SPEAKING)
(MUFFLED WHIMPERING)
(GASPS)
(CAMEL GRUNTING)
TZIPPORAH: Shh.
(WHISPERS) Come on.
(GRUNTING)
(CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Guards.
BOTH: Prince Moses.
MOSES: Uh...
There is a man tied up in my room.
Well, look into it. BOTH: Right away, sire.
(CHUCKLES)
TZIPPORAH: Please, I need water.
I have a long journey ahead of me.
MIRIAM: May God protect you.
TZIPPORAH: Thank you.
(CAMEL GRUNTING)
(TZIPPORAH GRUNTS)
(POT SHATTERS)
Oh! Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I...
Oh, please forgive me. I... (CHUCKLING)
I didn't expect to see you here,
of all places, at our door.
Mmm.
At last!
"At last"? Didn't I tell you, Aaron?
Didn't I tell you?
I knew he would return to us when he was ready.
Miriam, do you want us flogged?
I knew you cared about our freedom. (WHISPERS) Miriam.
"Freedom"? Why would I care about that?
Because you're...
You're our brother.
MOSES: What? They...
(SIGHS)
They never told you?
Who never told me what?
But you're here. You must know.
Be careful, slave.
Oh, my good Prince.
Um, she's...
She's exhausted from the day's work.
Uh, not that it was too much.
We... We quite enjoyed it.
But she's confused,
and knows not to whom she speaks.
I know to whom I speak, Aaron.
I know who you are.
And you are not a Prince of Egypt. AARON: Miriam.
What did you say?
Your Highness, pay her no heed.
Come, Miriam. May I discuss something with you?
No, Aaron.
No. Please, Moses, you must believe. That's enough.
You were born of my mother, Yocheved. Stop it.
You are our brother!
Now, you go too far.
You shall be punished. No.
Please, uh, Your Highness.
She's ill. She's very ill.
We beg your forgiveness.
Please, Miriam, let us go. No, Aaron.
Our mother set you adrift in a basket to save your life!
Save my life? From who?
Ask the man that you call Father.
How dare you? God saved you to be our deliverer.
MOSES: Enough of this. And you are, Moses.
You are the deliverer. I said enough!
(GROANS)
You will regret this night.
(SOBBING SOFTLY)
(SINGING) Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember
My last lullaby
So I'll be with you
When you dream
(GRUNTING)
WOMAN 1: Stop him.
(GASPING)
MAN: Did you see him? It's Moses.
WOMAN 2: Moses.
(PANTING)
(ALL I EVER WANTED PLAYING)
MOSES: (SINGING) Gleaming in the moonlight
(MOSES PANTING)
Cool and clean and all I've ever known
All I ever wanted
Sweet perfumes of incense
And graceful rooms of alabaster stone
All I ever wanted
This is my home
With my father Mother, brother
Oh, so noble, oh, so strong
Now I am home
Here among my trappings and belongings I belong
And if anybody doubts it
They couldn't be more wrong
I am a sovereign Prince of Egypt
A son of the proud history that's shown
Etched on every wall
Surely this is all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
(BABIES WAILING)
(GASPING)
(GASPS)
(PANTING)
(GASPS)
SETI: The Hebrews grew too numerous.
They might have risen against us.
Father, tell me you didn't do this.
Moses, sometimes,
for the greater good,
sacrifices must be made.
(SIGHS)
"Sacrifices"?
Oh, my son.
They were only slaves.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
THE QUEEN: Moses?
Is this where you found me?
Moses, please try to understand.
So... So everything I thought,
everything I am, is a lie.
No.
You are our son,
and we love you.
Why did you choose me?
We didn't, Moses.
The gods did.
(ALL I EVER WANTED PLAYING)
(SINGING) This is your home, my son
Here the river brought you
And it's here the river meant
To be your home
Now you know the truth, love
Now forget and be content
When the gods send you a blessing
You don't ask why it was sent
Last night, the gods granted me a vision.
I'm not merely going to restore this temple.
I will make it more grand,
more splendid than any other monument in upper or lower Egypt.
I'll make you...
(GROANS)
(GRUNTING)
(GASPS)
(GROANING)
(GROANS)
(SIGHS)
Moses. Look,
fate has turned our little misadventure
into a great opportunity.
GUARD: Get up, old man.
RAMESES: I know Father will be so pleased with what you and I...
Put your back into it!
Faster!
RAMESES: And this is just the beginning.
A gateway will open to an entire new city of white limestone,
more dazzling than the sun.
And here, a statue of Hapi... (WHIP CRACKS, OLD MAN GROANS)
I said, hurry! ...god of the Nile flanked by two great columned halls.
MIRIAM: Stop it! AARON: Miriam, no.
Somebody's got to stop this.
There's nothing that we can do.
(GROANS)
(WHIP CRACKS) (OLD MAN GROANS)
RAMESES: Let's raise the roof over here...
(GROANING)
(WHIP CRACKING)
Stop it. Stop.
Stop it. Leave that man alone!
Moses.
(GRUNTS)
Out of my way. Out of my way. Move!
(CROWD MURMURING)
Who did this?
MAN: Up there.
It's him. Up there.
(CROWD CHATTERING)
(PANTING)
(ALL GASPING)
Moses.
(GRUNTS)
Moses, what's going on? (GRUNTS)
Moses!
RAMESES: Moses!
Moses. Let me go!
No, wait. You saw what happened.
I just killed a man.
We can take care of that.
I will make it so it never happened.
Nothing you can say can change what I've done.
I am Egypt,
the morning and the evening star.
If I say day is night, it will be written,
and you will be what I say you are.
I say you are innocent.
What you say does not matter.
You don't understand.
I can't stay here any longer.
Moses...
No! All I've ever known to be true is a lie.
(PANTING)
I'm not who you think I am.
What are you talking about?
Go ask the man I once called Father.
Moses?
Please.
Goodbye, brother.
Moses!
(WIND WHISTLING)
No.
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
(WIND HOWLING)
(SNIFFS)
(GROANS)
(CAMEL GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHING)
(COUGHS AND GRUNTS)
Hey, wait.
Please.
(MOSES GROANS)
(SHEEP BLEATING)
(BLEATS)
(GIRL 1 SCREAMS) GIRL 2: What are you doing?
GIRL 1: Help! Stop!
GIRL 3: Let our sheep drink! GIRL 2: Go away!
Leave us alone! Get away from me!
GIRL 1: Leave us alone! GIRL 2: Get away!
GIRL 1: (SCREAMS) Stop it! GIRL 3: Stop it!
MAN 1: We'll do what we want. GIRL 2: My father's the high priest of Midian...
MAN 1: Get away! ...and you'll be in big trouble.
(SHRIEKS) (GRUNTS)
MOSES: Hey, you.
Aren't these your camels?
Hut-hut. No, no.
No, no, wait! No!
MAN 1: Wait, stop! MAN 2: No!
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
(LOUD SPLASH)
(ALL GRUNTING)
What are you girls doing?
We're trying to get the funny man out of the well.
Trying to get the funny man out of the well.
Well, that's one I've never heard before.
(MOSES YELLS) (GASPS)
Oh, my. Oh... Don't worry down there.
We'll get you out. Hold on.
(GRUNTING)
You.
Huh?
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
(SCREAMING)
(LOUD SPLASH)
Mmm-hmm.
That's why Papa says she'll never get married.
(GROANING)
You don't have to do this.
Ladies, please, I'm really...
I'm really quite...
No, not there, please. (LAUGHS)
That tickles.
Ladies, you've cleaned every inch of me.
Whoa! I... I was wrong. (GIRLS LAUGHING)
JETHRO: Let me through. Let me through. I want to see him.
Ah!
You are most welcome. (MOSES GRUNTS)
You should not be a stranger in this land.
You have been sent as a blessing.
And tonight, (COUGHS)
you shall be my honored guest. (LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES) My father, Jethro, High Priest of Midian.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
GIRL 1: Psst.
Sit with me.
All right.
GIRL 2: Psst.
Not yet.
Oh, sorry.
JETHRO: My children,
let us give thanks for this bountiful food.
And let us also give thanks
for the presence of this brave young man
whom we honor here tonight.
(CLAPPING)
Please, sir, I wish you wouldn't.
I've done nothing in my life worth honoring.
First, you rescue Tzipporah from Egypt,
then you defend my younger daughters
from brigands. (GIRL 1 LAUGHS)
You think that is nothing?
It seems you do not know what is worthy of honor.
(THROUGH HEAVEN'S EYES PLAYING)
(SINGING) A single thread in a tapestry
Though its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose
In a pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top
Of the mountain's mighty face
Does it think it's more important
Than the stones that form the base?
So how can you see What your life is worth
Or where your value lies
You can never see through the eyes of man
You must look at your life
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
(PEOPLE VOCALIZING)
Dance with me.
No, I don't know how.
A lake of gold in the desert sand
Is less than a cool, fresh spring
And to one lost sheep a shepherd boy
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose everything he owns
Has he truly lost his worth?
Or is it the beginning
Of a new and brighter birth
So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
The answer will come
The answer will come to him who tries
To look at his life through heaven's eyes
And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
When all you've got is nothing
There's a lot to go around
No life can escape being blown about
By the winds of change and chance
And though you never know All the steps
Dance with me. No, I... No.
You must learn to join the dance
(CHORUS VOCALIZING)
(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)
So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys
You can never see with your eyes on Earth
Look through heaven's eyes
Look at your life
through heaven's eyes
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
I love you.
(SHEEP BLEATING)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(EXHALES)
(BLEATING)
It's too early for this.
(SHEEP BLEATING)
MYSTERIOUS VOICE: Moses.
Moses.
Here I am.
MYSTERIOUS VOICE: Take the sandals from your feet,
for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
(PEBBLES RATTLING)
Who are you?
I am that I am.
I don't understand.
I am the God of your ancestors,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
MIRIAM: You were born of my mother, Yocheved.
You are our brother.
What do you want with me?
GOD: I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt
and have heard their cry.
MOSES: Stop it! Leave that man alone!
GOD: So I have come down
to deliver them out of slavery,
and bring them to a good land,
a land flowing with milk and honey.
And so, unto Pharaoh,
I shall send you.
Me? Who am I to lead these people?
They'll never believe me. They won't even listen.
GOD: I shall teach you what to say.
MOSES: Let my people go!
But I was their enemy.
I was the Prince of Egypt,
the son of the man who slaughtered their children.
You've... You've chosen the wrong messenger.
How can I even speak to these people?
GOD: (LOUDLY) Who made man's mouth?
Who made the deaf, the mute, the seeing or the blind?
Did not I?
Now go!
(PANTING)
(QUIETLY) Oh, Moses,
I shall be with you when you go to the King of Egypt.
But Pharaoh will not listen.
So I will stretch out my hand,
and smite Egypt with all my wonders.
Take the staff in your hand, Moses.
With it, you shall do my wonders.
I shall be with you, Moses.
Moses.
(BLEATING)
(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)
But, Moses,
you are just one man.
Tzipporah.
Please.
(SIGHS)
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
(JETHRO LAUGHING)
Look at your family.
They are free.
They have a future.
They have hopes and dreams,
and the promise of a life with dignity.
That is what I want for my people.
And that is why I must do the task that God has given me.
I'm coming with you.
(ALL GROANING)
(GROANS)
(FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MUSIC STOPS)
Rameses.
Moses?
Is it really?
(CROWD MURMURING)
(LAUGHS)
Moses, where have you been? Rameses.
RAMESES: I took you for dead.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Look at you.
Pharaoh. Well, look at you.
What on Earth are you dressed as?
(LAUGHS)
Oh, Rameses,
it's so good to see you.
HOTEP: Excuse me, uh, Your Majesty.
We are compelled to remind you that this man
committed a serious crime against the gods.
We are loathe to bring it up, mind you.
Yet the law clearly states
the punishment for such a crime...
Death. We hesitate to say it.
Be still.
Pharaoh speaks.
I am the morning and the evening star.
Rameses.
It shall be as I say.
I pardon forever all crimes of which he stands accused,
and will have it known that he is
our brother Moses,
the Prince of Egypt.
(CROWD MURMURING)
Rameses.
In my heart, you are my brother,
but things cannot be as they were.
I see no reason why not.
You know I am a Hebrew,
and the God of the Hebrews came to me.
What?
He commands that you let His people go.
(CROWD MURMURING)
Commands?
Behold,
the power of God.
(STAFF THUDS)
(CROWD GASPING)
(HISSING)
(HISSES LOUDLY)
Well, impressive, but... Mmm.
Very well, Moses.
I'll play along.
(CHUCKLES) Hotep. Huy.
Give this snake charmer our answer.
(CHUCKLING) (CHUCKLING)
(PLAYING WITH THE BIG BOYS PLAYING)
BOTH: (SINGING) By the power of Ra
Mut
Nut
Khnum
Ptah
Nephthys
Nekhbet
Sobek Sekhmet
Sokar Selket
Reshpu Wadjet
Anubis Anukis
Seshmu Meshkent
Hemsut Tefnut
Heket Mafdet
BOTH: Ra, Mut, Nut, Ptah
Hemsut, Tefnut, Sokar Selket, Seshmu
Reshpu, Sobek, Wadjet
Heket, Mafdet, Nephthys Nekhbet
Ra
So you think you've got friends in high places
With the power to put us on the run
Well, forgive us these smiles on our faces
You'll know what power is when we are done
Son Son
You're playing with the big boys now
Playing with the big boys now
Oh, that's pretty.
Every spell and gesture
Tells you who's the best
You're playing with the big boys now
PRIESTS: By the power of Ra
HOTEP AND HUY: You're playing with the big boys now
PRIESTS: Mut, Nut, Khnum, Ptah
HOTEP AND HUY: You're playing with the big boys now
PRIESTS: Hemsut, Tefnut, Sokar Selket
Stop this foolish mission
Watch a true magician
BOTH: Give an exhibition how
HUY: Pick up your silly twig, boy
BOTH: You're playing with the big boys now
(CACKLING)
PRIESTS: By the power of Ra
Mut, Nut, Khnum, Ptah
Sobek, Sekhmet, Sokar Selket
Anubis, Anukis, Hemsut Tefnut, Meshkent, Mafdet
BOTH: You're playing with the big boys now
By the might of Horus You will kneel before us
Kneel to our splendorous power
You put up a front You put up a fight
And just to show we feel no spite
You can be our acolyte
But first, boy, it's time to bow
PRIESTS: Kowtow!
HOTEP AND HUY: Or it's your own grave you'll dig, boy
You're playing with the big boys now
Playing with the big boys Playing with the big boys
Playing with the big boys now
(CROWD CHEERING)
(LAUGHS) They love it.
(CHUCKLES) All right, Moses.
I know you.
What's this really about?
Rameses,
look.
What do you see?
RAMESES: A greater Egypt than that of my father.
That is not what I see.
(RAMESES CHUCKLES)
Moses, I cannot change what you see.
I have to maintain the ancient traditions.
I bear the weight of my father's crown.
Do you still not understand what Seti was?
He was a great leader.
His hands bore the blood of thousands of children.
(SCOFFS) Slaves.
My people.
And I can no longer hide in the desert while they suffer
at your hands.
So,
you have returned
only to free them.
MOSES: I'm sorry.
Yes.
I had hoped, but...
I do not know this god.
Neither will I let your people go.
Rameses, please, you must listen...
I will not be the weak link.
Tell your people, as of today,
their workload has been doubled,
thanks to your god.
Or is it thanks
to you?
It's Moses.
(GROANS)
Moses.
So, Moses, how does it feel
when you get struck to the ground?
I didn't mean to cause you more pain.
I'm just trying to do as God told me.
God?
When did God start caring about any of us?
In fact, Moses, when did you start caring about slaves?
Was it when you found out that you were one of us?
Don't listen to him.
No, he's... He's right.
I did not see because I did not wish to see.
Oh, you didn't see because you didn't wish to see.
Ah.
Well, that makes everything fine then, doesn't it?
Aaron, you shame yourself.
Miriam.
I'm so sorry.
(SIGHS)
Moses,
hear what I say.
I have been a slave
all my life,
and God has never answered my prayers until now.
God saved you from the river,
He saved you in all your wanderings,
and even now,
He saves you from the wrath of Pharaoh.
God will not abandon you.
So don't you abandon us.
(CROWD MURMURING)
Miriam, where are you going?
Miriam.
The ball disappears. Now, where is it?
It's in his hand. How about that? (LAUGHING)
Rameses!
Let my people go!
(SCOFFS)
Still gnawing away at that bone, are we?
Carry on.
You cannot keep ignoring us.
Enough. I will hear no more of this Hebrew nonsense.
Bring him to me.
Moses! No!
GOD: Take the staff in your hand, Moses.
Father.
It's... Blood!
Blood! Blood!
(GUARDS SHRIEKING)
(GASPS)
Hotep, Huy.
Explain this to me.
Ah... Rest assured, Your Majesty.
Yes, we were going to demonstrate the superior might of our gods.
Uh...
By the power of Ra.
(SIZZLES)
(LAUGHING)
Abandon this futile mission, Moses.
I've indulged you long enough.
This must now be finished.
No, Rameses.
It is only beginning.
But, Moses,
didn't you see what happened?
The priests did the same thing.
Pharaoh still has the power over our lives.
Yes, Aaron, it's true.
Pharaoh has the power.
He can take away your food,
your home, your freedom.
He can take away your sons and daughters.
With one word,
Pharaoh can take away your very lives.
But there is one thing he cannot take away from you.
Your faith.
Believe,
for we will see God's wonders.
(THE PLAGUES PLAYING)
CHORUS: (SINGING) Thus saith the Lord Thus saith the Lord
Since you refuse to free my people Since you refuse
to free my people
All through the land of Egypt
I send a pestilence, a plague into your house, into your bed
Into your streams Into your streets
Into your drink Into your bread
Upon your cattle On your sheep
Upon your oxen in your field
Into your dreams Into your sleep
Until you break Until you yield
I send the swarm I send the horde
Thus saith the Lord
MOSES: Once I called you brother
Once I thought the chance to make you laugh
Was all I ever wanted
CHORUS: I send the thunder from the sky
I send the fire raining down
MOSES: And even now I wish that God had chose another
Serving as your foe on his behalf
Is the last thing that I wanted
CHORUS: I send a hail of burning ice on every field, on every town
MOSES: This was my home
All this pain and devastation
How it tortures me inside
All the innocent who suffer
From your stubbornness and pride
CHORUS: I send the locusts on the wind
Such as the world has never seen
On every leaf, on every stalk
Until there's nothing left of green
I send my scourge
I send my sword
Thus saith the Lord
MOSES: You who I called brother
Why must you call down another blow
CHORUS: I send my scourge
I send my sword
MOSES: Let my people go
CHORUS: Thus saith the Lord
RAMESES: You who I called brother
How could you have come to hate me so
Is this what you wanted?
CHORUS: I sent the swarm I sent the horde
RAMESES: Then let my heart be hardened
And never mind how high the cost may grow
This will still be so
I will never let your people go
CHORUS: Thus saith the Lord
MOSES: Thus saith the Lord
RAMESES: I will not let your people go
MOSES: Let my people go
Rameses?
RAMESES: Oh. Let me guess.
You want me to let your people go.
I hoped I would find you here.
Get out.
(CUP SHATTERS)
Rameses, we must bring this to an end.
Rameses, please, talk to me.
We could always talk here.
(SIGHS)
This place.
So many memories.
I remember the time you
switched the heads of the gods of the Temple of Ra.
Ah.
RAMESES: If I recall correctly,
you were there switching heads right along with me.
No, it was you.
I didn't do that.
Oh, yes, you did.
You put the hippo on the crocodile, and the crocodile...
On the falcon. Yes.
And the priest thought it was a horrible omen,
and fasted for two months.
Father was furious.
You were always getting me into trouble.
But then...
(CHUCKLES)
You were always there to
get me out of trouble again.
(CHUCKLES)
Why can't things be the way they were before?
BOY: Father.
It's so dark.
(GASPS)
I'm frightened.
Why is he here?
Isn't that the man who did all this?
Yes.
But one must wonder
why?
Because no kingdom should be made on the backs of slaves.
Rameses, your stubbornness
is bringing this misery upon Egypt.
It would cease if only you would let the Hebrews go.
I will not be dictated to. I will not be threatened.
I am the morning and the evening star.
I am Pharaoh.
Something else is coming.
Something much worse than anything before.
Please, let go of your contempt for life
before it destroys everything you hold dear.
Think of your son.
I do.
You Hebrews have been nothing but trouble.
My father had the right idea
about how to deal with your people.
Rameses... And I think it's time
I finished the job. Rameses.
And there shall be a great cry in all of Egypt,
such as never has been or ever will be again.
(GASPS)
MOSES: Rameses, you bring this upon yourself.
God has come to me again,
saying, "Take a lamb
"and with its blood,
"mark the lintel and posts of every door.
"For tonight, I shall pass through the land of Egypt
"and smite all the firstborn.
"But when I see the blood upon your door,
"I will pass over you
"and the plague shall not enter."
(RUSTLING)
(EERIE WIND BLOWING)
(DOOR RATTLING)
(EERIE BREATH)
(POT SHATTERS)
(EERIE WIND WHISTLING)
(EERIE BREATH)
(CACOPHONY OF PEOPLE SOBBING)
RAMESES: You and your people
have my permission to go.
Leave me!
(PEOPLE SOBBING)
(SOBBING)
(WHEN YOU BELIEVE PLAYING)
(SINGING) Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
TZIPPORAH: In this time of fear
When prayers so often proved in vain
Hope seemed like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here Now I'm standing here
With heart so full I can't explain
BOTH: Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
(CHILD SINGING IN HEBREW)
(CHILDREN SINGING IN HEBREW)
(LAUGHING)
CHORUS: (SINGING) There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
Now you will
You will when you believe
When you believe
MIRIAM AND TZIPPORAH: You will when you
Believe
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(HORN BLOWING)
(NEIGHING)
(CROWD MURMURING)
(RAMESES YELLING)
(SOLDIERS YELLING)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
(THUNDERCLAP)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(CROWD MURMURING)
GOD: With this staff,
you shall do
my wonders!
(ALL GASPING)
(WIND HOWLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
MOSES: Leave it!
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(GASPS)
(WHIMPERING)
Yeah, me too.
(GASPS)
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)
(YELLING)
Don't just stand there! Kill them!
(ALL SHOUTING)
RAMESES: Kill them all!
The soldiers! They're coming!
(ALL CLAMORING)
(ALL SHOUTING)
AARON: Moses! Moses!
Hurry! Hurry! I got you. Look! The shore!
(GASPS)
(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
(THUNDERCLAP)
No!
(WAVES CRASHING THUNDEROUSLY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Thank you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
Moses!
(SIGHS)
Goodbye, brother.
(CHORUS SINGING IN HEBREW)
Look.
Look at your people, Moses.
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
They are free.
WOMAN: Deliver us
(WHEN YOU BELIEVE PLAYING)
(I WILL GET THERE PLAYING)