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title: "A Real Monster / Vegeta's Sacrifice"

meaning: "Dragon Ball $d medley: Vegeta's sacrifice for Trunks, Bulma, Kakarot: then end of the road Majin Buu, naughty child, I will wait for you."

year: 2020
release: "Dragon Ball $d"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

credits: "Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Luke Francis Walton. Featured vocals by Nick Belcher. Album art by Grizzard Graphics."

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/7q5q0RcMxVHR381gS3r1ri"
apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-real-monster-vegetas-sacrifice-feat-nick-belcher/1500711275?i=1500711377"

themes: ["Dragon Ball Z", "Vegeta", "Majin Buu", "sacrifice", "hip-hopera"]

isrc: QZFZ42072645
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  A real monster

  Trunks, Bulma
  I do this for you
  You know it's true
  And yes
  Even for you
  Kakarot
  Kakarot

  And so!
  One of Earth's
  Greatest warriors
  Has vanished in a blinding flash of life
  Having made the ultimate sacrifice
  For the sake of his loved ones
  His name was Vegeta
  His name was Vegeta
  His name was Vegeta
  A proud Saiyan prince

  (Wait. Ok. Keep me going.)
  Looks like the end of the
  Ro-oh-oh-d Majin Buu
  I could sense good in you
  You're just a naughty child
  A playful naughty child
  Na-na-na-naughty child
  And it's a darn shame
  Now you are dying
  I wanna spar with you
  I will wait you-who-who
  I will wait for
  I will wait for
  I will wait for you!

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Track nine on [*Dragon Ball $d*](/albums/dragon-ball-d/), **feat. Nick Belcher**. Luke wrote, played, mixed, and mastered; Belcher's **third and final** feature, and the longest track on the album (~3:28). Same [**Phineas and Ferb**](https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Nick_Belcher) belter, two saga endings in one medley.

Part one is Vegeta's Final Explosion: a goodbye to Trunks, Bulma, and *even for you, Kakarot*, capped by a narrator eulogy that repeats *his name was Vegeta* into the ground. It bookends [*Prince of All Saiyans*](/songs/prince-of-all-saiyans/). Then the track refuses to stop at the funeral. A stage direction (*Wait. Ok. Keep me going.*) hands it to part two, where Goku reframes the monster as a kid worth pitying (*you're just a naughty child*) and signs off on the Uub setup: *I will wait for you*. Death, then patience. Opera grief and cartoon tenderness in one slot.

Next: [*Party at Capsule Corp. (Nah Nah Nah)*](/songs/party-at-capsule-corp-nah-nah-nah/), where Babidi & Gokudaxij return once the arc ends.

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