Walt Disney Records
I Just Can’t Wait to Be King
[YOUNG SIMBA]
I'm gonna be a mighty king, so, enemies, beware!
[ZAZU]
Well, I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair
[YOUNG SIMBA]
I'm gonna be the main event like no king was before
I'm brushin' up on lookin' down, I'm workin' on my roar
[ZAZU]
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
[ZAZU, spoken]
You've rather a long way to go, young master, if you think—
[YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "Do this"
[ZAZU, spoken]
Now when I said that, I—
[YOUNG NALA]
No one sayin', "Be there"
[ZAZU, spoken]
What I meant was—
[YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "Stop that"
[ZAZU, spoken]
Look, what you don't realize—
[YOUNG SIMBA & YOUNG NALA]
No one sayin', "See here"
[ZAZU, spoken]
Now see here!
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Free to run around all day
[ZAZU, spoken]
Well, that's definitely out
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Free to do it all my way
[ZAZU]
I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart-to-heart
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start
[ZAZU]
If this is where the monarchy is headed, count me out
Out of service, out of Africa, I wouldn't hang about
[ZAZU, spoken]
Ah!
[ZAZU]
This child is getting wildly out of wing
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Everybody, look left
Everybody, look right
Everywhere you look, I'm
Standin' in the spotlight
[ZAZU, spoken]
Not yet!
[ANIMALS]
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
[YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG SIMBA & ANIMALS]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Oh, I just can't wait
To be king