He Lives In You opens with those chanting vocals and immediately you're back on the Pride Lands. The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride soundtrack carries way more weight than a direct-to-video Disney sequel has any right to. My Lullaby is Zira's villain song and it goes genuinely dark, this lullaby-turned-revenge-anthem with a vocal performance that chews through every note.
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Upendi is the fun one, bouncy and percussive with Rafiki energy all over it. Love Will Find a Way does the classic Disney ballad thing but the harmonies between Kovu and Kiara actually land. One of Us though, that mob mentality captured in a chorus.
If you grew up rewinding VHS tapes of this movie, these songs still hold up better than you'd expect.