Josh Gad

you know, have a small little part of that journey, but he just basically needs to stay out of Price's way and follow.

And Elder Cunningham is very happy to do that because he's never had somebody who will actually not leave and abandon him.

And then something happens over the course of the first act and Cunningham finds that he's been abandoned and

Again, but for the first time in his life, he has somebody in the form of this character, Nabalungi, who's one of the villagers.

And she basically tells him, hey, why don't you take the mantle?

Why don't you show us the way forward?

And this sparks a light bulb moment in Cunningham.

And he decides that for the first time in his life,

He has an opportunity to take the reins, to step from the role of sidekick into the role of the main star.

And so this song is that sort of culmination of that journey.

try to run away did he just break down and cry no jesus dug down deep knowing what he had to do when faced with his own death jesus knew that he had to man up

He had to man up.

So he crawled up on that cross and he stuck it out.

And he manned up.

Christ, he manned up.

And taught us all what real manning up is about.

And now it's up to me and it's time to man up.

Jesus had his cap and now it's time to man up.

I'm taking the reins, I'm crossing the bear.

Just like Jesus, I'm growing a pair.