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"Knowing What I Know Now" is a song, the sixth overall, in Disney's animated feature film, Wish, sung by Asha (Ariana DeBose), Queen Amaya (Angelique Cabral), Valentino (Alan Tudyk) and The Teens.

Asha rallies her friends Dahlia, Gabo, Hal, Safi, Dario and Bazeema that King Magnifico the ruler of Rosas, has lied to the citizens about Asha being a traitor. He grants Simon's wish after he informed him about Asha, but he also brainwashed him into revealing his other friends as traitors to Rosas, giving the citizens an order to find Asha and her friends. Asha reveals Magnifico's true intentions of using the magic of the wishes he is keeping for his own gain to her friends, who are initially skeptical, but soon join her in a plan to rebel against him. They are interrupted by Queen Amaya, who surprises them by joining in their cause after she realized her love for King Magnifico kept her blind and he betrayed not just her, but their people too.

As part of "Wish Wednesdays", the song was fully released on November 15, 2023.[1]

Lyrics[]

Asha:
You've been deceived
Magnifico is not the man he claims to be
He's more vicious than I could have ever comprehended
When I made a wish and stars came down
This is not what I expected or intended
But now that it's happened I don't regret it

'Cause now I've seen
Him show his true colors in shades of green
Saying that you wishes aren't safe because of me and
That's a lie, lie, lie, lie
And I-I know I can't do this on my own and

If it's not us then who and whеn?
If we don't fight he knows he wins
Not allowеd
Knowing what I know now

The lengths he'll go there's no amount
I won't sit back watch this play out
That's my vow
Knowing what I know now

Dahlia & Ensemble:
Get up, yeah!
Know I'm not the only one that's (Yeah)
Fed up (Yeah)

Dario & Ensemble:
Wait 'till they hear our feet go dun, dun, dun, dun (Yeah)

Hal:
I don't think he's prepared for what's coming

All & Ensemble:
A revolution hit the ground runnin'

Asha & Ensemble:
If there's one thing he can't keep down
Uh-huh

Dahlia, Asha & Ensemble:
It's us and the strength we've found
It's too loud
Loud

Asha:
Knowing what we know now

Ensemble:
Knowing what we know now

Gabo & Ensemble:
And who, who knows if we'll succeed?
But we—

Hal & Ensemble:
Won't stop and we won't retreat or turn round
Round

Asha:
Knowing what we know now

Asha, The Teens & Ensemble:
Knowing what we know now

Safi:
Can he tell what we're becomin'?

Dario:
Hear it in the way we're drummin'

Bazeema:
I was sweet but now I'm something else

Ensemble:
Yah, yah, yah, yah!

Dario:
Ain't it nice of us to drop in

Hal:
To take what's ours to take it back in?

Gabo:
He thinks we're nothing

Asha:
But we're something else!

Ensemble:
Yah!

Queen Amaya & Ensemble:
I've seen too many bad things that I can't keep count
He loves one thing more than himself
His crown (Crown)
Knowing what I know now

Ensemble:
Knowing what I know now

Queen Amaya & Ensemble:
The good in him I've watched it melt
I was fooled by the love I felt
So profound (Ahhh)
Knowing what I know

Asha:
I know

Dahlia:
I know

Dario, Hal, Valentino & Gabo:
We know now

All & Ensemble:
Knowing what we know now

Video[]

Knowing_What_I_Know_Now_(From_"Wish")_(Official_Video)

References[]

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