The Lion King

Circle Of Life

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba (There comes a lion)

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama (Oh yes, it's a lion)

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama

Ingonyama

Siyo Nqoba (We're going to conquer)

Ingonyama

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Here is a lion and a tiger)

[repeat chant]

From the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun

There's more to see than can ever be seen

More to do than can ever be done

There's far too much to take in here

More to find than can ever be found

But the sun rolling high

Through the sapphire sky

Keeps great and small on the endless round

Chorus:

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life

[repeat chorus]

Be Prepared

I never thought hyenas essential

They're crude and unspeakably plain

But maybe they've a glimmer of potential

If allied to my vision and brain

I know that your powers of retention

Are as wet as a warthog's backside

But thick as you are, pay attention

My words are a matter of pride

It's clear from your vacant expressions

The lights are not all on upstairs

But we're talking kings and successions

Even you can't be caught unawares

So prepare for a chance of a lifetime

Be prepared for sensational news

A shining new era

Is tiptoeing nearer

And where do we feature?

Just listen to teacher

I know it sounds sordid

But you'll be rewarded

When at last I am given my dues

And injustice deliciously squared

Be prepared!

It's great that we'll soon be connected

With a king who'll be all-time adored

Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected

To take certain duties on board

The future is littered with prizes

And though I'm the main addressee

The point that I must emphasize is

You won't get a sniff without me!

So prepare for the coup of the century

(Oooh!)

Be prepared for the murkiest scam

(Oooh... La! La! La!)

Meticulous planning

(We'll have food!)

Tenacity spanning

(Lots of food)

Decades of denial

(We repeat)

Is simply why I'll

(Endless meat)

Be king undisputed

(Aaaaaaah...)

Respected, saluted

(...aaaaaaah...)

And seen for the wonder I am

(...aaaaaaah!)

Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared

(Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Be prepared!

Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared -

Be prepared!

I Just Can't Wait To Be King

I'm gonna be a mighty king

So enemies beware!

Well, I've never seen a king of beasts

With quite so little hair

I'm gonna be the mane event

Like no king was before

I'm brushing up on looking down

I'm working on my ROAR

Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing

Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

(You've rather a long way to go, young master,

if you think...)

No one saying do this

(Now when I said that, I -)

No one saying be there

(What I meant was...)

No one saying stop that

(Look, what you don't realize...)

No one saying see here

(Now see here!)

Free to run around all day

(Well, that's definitely out...)

Free to do it all my way!

I think it's time that you and I

Arranged a heart to heart

Kings don't need advice

From little hornbills for a start

If this is where the monarchy is headed

Count me out!

Out of service, out of Africa

I wouldn't hang about

This child is getting wildly out of wing

Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Everybody look left

Everybody look right

Everywhere you look I'm

Standing in the spotlight!

Not yet!

Let every creature go for broke and sing

Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing

It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling

Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Oh, I just can't waaaaaait ... to be king!

Hakuna Matata

Chorus:

Hakuna Matata!

What a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata!

Ain't no passing craze

It means no worries

For the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata!

Why, when he was a young warthog...

When I was a young wart hoooog!

Very nice.

Thanks!

He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal

He could clear the savannah after every meal

I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned

And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

And oh, the shame

(He was ashamed!)

Thoughta changin' my name

(Oh, what's in a name?)

And I got downhearted

(How did you feel?)

Ev'rytime that I...

Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!

Oh... sorry.

[chorus]

It means no worries

For the rest of your days

Yeah, sing it, kid!

It's our problem-free

philosophy...

Hakuna Matata!

Hakuna matata [Repeats]

It means no worries

For the rest of your days.

It's our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata [Repeats]

Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

I can see what's happening

(What?)

And they don't have a clue

(Who?)

They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line

Our trio's down to two.

(Oh.)

The sweet caress of twilight

There's magic everywhere

And with all this romantic atmosphere

Disaster's in the air

Chorus:

Can you feel the love tonight?

The peace the evening brings

The world, for once, in perfect harmony

With all its living things

So many things to tell her

But how to make her see

The truth about my past? Impossible!

She'd turn away from me

He's holding back, he's hiding

But what, I can't decide

Why won't he be the king I know he is

The king I see inside?

Can you feel the love tonight?

The peace the evening brings

The world, for once, in perfect harmony

With all its living things

[chorus]

And if he falls in love tonight

It can be assumed

His carefree days with us are history

In short, our pal is doomed

He Lives in You

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Here is a lion and a tiger)

Night

And the spirit of life

Calling

Oh, oh, iyo

Mamela (Listen)

Oh, oh, iyo

And a voice

With the fear of a child

Answers

Oh, oh, iyo

Oh, mamela (Listen)

Oh, oh, iyo

Ubukhosi bo khokho (Throne of the ancestors)

We ndodana ye sizwe sonke (Oh, son of the nation)

Wait

There's no mountain too great

Oh, oh, iyo

Hear the words and have faith

Oh, oh, iyo

Have faith

Hela hey mamela (Hey, listen)

Chorus:

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Here is a lion and a tiger) (repeat)

Oh, oh, iyo

Mamela (Listen)

Oh, oh, iyo

[chorus]

We are One

As you go through life you'll see

There is so much that we

Don't understand

And the only thing we know

Is things don't always go

The way we planned

But you'll see every day

That we'll never turn away

When it seems all your dreams come undone

We will stand by your side

Filled with hope and filled with pride

We are more than we are

We are one

If there's so much I must be

Can I still just be me

The way I am?

Can I trust in my own heart

Or am I just one part

Of some big plan?

Even those who are gone

Are with us as we go on

Your journey has only begun

Tears of pain, tears of joy

One thing nothing can destroy

Is our pride, deep inside

We are one

We are one, you and I

We are like the earth and sky

One family under the sun

All the wisdom to lead

All the courage that you need

You will find when you see

We are one

My Lullaby

Hush, my little one; you must be exhausted.

Sleep, my little Kovu

Let your dreams take wing

One day when you're big and strong

You will be a king

I've been exiled, persucuted

Left alone with no defense

When I think of what that brute did

I get a little tense

But I dream a dream so pretty

That I don't feel so depressed

'Cause it soothes my inner kitty

And it helps me get some rest

The sound of Simba's dying gasp

His daughter squealing in my grasp

His lionesses' mournful cry

That's my lullaby

Now the past I've tried forgetting

And my foes I could forgive

Trouble is I knows it's petty

But I hate to let them live

So you found yourself somebody who'd chase Simba up a tree

Oh, the battle may be bloody, but that kind of works for me

The melody of angry growls

A counterpoint of painful howls

A symphony of death, oh my!

That's my lullaby

Scar is gone... but Zira's still around

To love this little lad

Till he learns to be a killer

With a lust for being bad!

Sleep, ya little termite!

Uh-- I mean, precious little thing!

One day when you're big and strong

You will be a king!

The pounding of the drums of war

The thrill of Kovu's mighty roar

The joy of vengeance

Testify!

I can hear the cheering

Kovu! What a guy!

Payback time is nearing

And then our flag will fly

Against a blood-red sky

That's my lullaby!

In Upendi

There's a place where the crazy moon

Makes the monkeys sing and the baboons swoon

And the sultry scent of the lotus bloom

Will carry you away

Where the hippos swing from the jungle vines

And the rhino rhumba in a conga line

And the pink flamingoes are intertwined

As the stars come out to play

Chorus:

In Upendi

Where the passionfruit grows sweet

And it's so divine

That you lose your mind

As it sweeps you off your feet

In Upendi

Without a worry or a care

It just takes two

To make it true

Your heart will lead you there

You better watch your step 'cause the path is steep

Better hold your breath cause the water's deep

It's a long way down over Lovers' Leap

But falling's half the fun!

[chorus]

You can beat the bush like there's no tomorrow

From Tanganyika to Kilimanjaro

But you'll find Upendi wherever you are

Oh underneath the sun

[chorus]

Upendi!

Down In Upendi

Way down

In Upendi!
[repeat to fade]

He is not One of Us

Deception

Disgrace

Evil as plain as the scar on his face

Deception

(An outrage!)

Disgrace

(For shame!)

He asked for trouble the moment he came

Deception

(An outrage!)

(He can't change his stripes)

Disgrace

(For shame!)

(You know these Outsider types)

He asked for trouble the moment he came

(See you later, agitator!)

Deception

(An outrage!)

(Just leave us alone!)

Disgrace

(For shame!)

(Traitor, go back with your own!)

He asked for trouble the moment he came

(See you later, agitator!)

Born in grief

Raised in hate

Helpless to defy his fate

Let him run

Let him live

But do not forget what we cannot forgive

And he is not one of us

He has never been one of us

He is not part of us

Not our kind

Someone once lied to us

Now we're not so blind

For we knew he would do what he's done

And we know that he'll never be one of us

He is not one of us

Deception

Disgrace

Deception

Disgrace

Deception

Love Will Find a Way

In a perfect world

One we've never known

We would never need to face the world alone

They can have the world

We'll create our own

I may not be brave or strong or smart

But somewhere in my secret heart

I know

Love will find a way

Anywhere I go

I'm home

If you are there beside me

Like dark turning into day

Somehow we'll come through

Now that I've found you

Love will find a way

I was so afraid

Now I realize

Love is never wrong

And so it never dies

There's a perfect world

Shining in your eyes

And if only they could feel it too

The happiness I feel with you

They'd know

Love will find a way

Anywhere we go

We're home

If we are there together

Like dark turning into day

Somehow we'll come through

Now that I've found you

Love will find a way

I know love will find a way

Morning Report

[ZAZU]
It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm
To fill him in on all the beastly news

[MUFASA]
[spoken] Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!

[ZAZU]
In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views

[MUFASA]
[spoken] Zazu! The morning report!

[ZAZU]
[spoken] Er - yes, Sire - the morning report

Chimps are going ape, firaffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interes in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited (sung) will be coming back from lunch
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

[MUFASA]
[spoken] What are you doing, son?

[YOUNG SIMBA]
[spoken] Pouncing

[MUFASA]
[spoken] Let an old pro show you how it's done

[ZAZU]
[spoken] The buffalo have got a beef
About this season's grass
Warthogs have been thwarted
In attempts to save their gas
Flamingoes in the pink
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is theis season's color
Seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file
To near the bottom rung
Far too many beetles are

[sung] Quite frankly in the dung
Aaaaaaaaak!

[MUFASA]

Stay low to the ground
Shh, not a sound
Take it slow
One more step
Then pounce!

[YOUNG SIMBA]
Yeah, stay low!

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

[MUFASA AND ZAZU AND YOUNG SIMBA]
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

Diggah Tunnah

"What was that?
What was what
What was that?
What was that?
Where?
What?
Where?
Where?
What was that?
Shh...
Quick before the hyena come! Clear!
Digga tunnah
Dig digga tunnah
When you're done ya digga bigger tunnah
Diga tunnah
Dig digga tunnah
Quick before the hyena come
Dig!
Dig a tunnah
Dig digga tunnah
you could dig and never get done
Dig a tunnah,
Dig digga tunnah
What was that?
Quick before the hyena come
Dig!
Digga tunnah is what we do
life's a tunnah we're diggin' through
Digga tunnah is what we sing
Digga tunnah is everything
Mud and clay is a merkat's friend
Always more around every bend
And when you get to your tunnah's end
(Clap)Hallelujah let's dig again!
Dig!
Digga tunnah
dig digga tunnah
when you're done ya digga bigger tunnah
digga tunnah
dig digga tunnah
What was that?
Quick before the hyena come
Dig!

Timon's Dream

scury, sniff, flinch
scury, sniff, flinch
scury, sniff, flinch

Theres more to life than panic,
and being some other guys snack (ick),
i may be delicious, organic,
but this lil ontrays fightin back,
im gonna leave tunnels behind me,
and move to a new altitude,
im gonna reach to the stars to remind me,
that meer cats are not meerly food!

For once il beeeeee (woh woh woh ooh)
lookin out for meeeeeeee....

Il tell ya what i want, this cat is movin on,
cos im one hot dog, whos missin out on fun,
il be a bigger cheeze, far from the desert scene,
a littel cooling breeze, a lil pagent green,

And il be snoozin in my hamock by a ripplin stream,
many miles from any tunnel and the digging team,
lookin out for number one will be my only dream,
thats all i want, thats all i need.

Ive allways been good at running away,
but now im gonna run the sho-o-ow,
ive always been seen as the ultimate prey,
but now my status aint so quo!

I dreem sublime,
its hi-eena tiiiiiiime