[ENSEMBLE]
Hem
Hem
Hem

[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 looking 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

[YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "Do this"

[ZAZU, spoken]
Now when I said that—
[YOUNG NALA]
No one sayin', "Be there"

[ZAZU, spoken]
What I meant was—

[YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "Stop that"

[ZAZU, spoken]
What you don't realize—

[YOUNG NALA & YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "See here"

[ZAZU, spoken]
No, no, see here!

[YOUNG NALA & YOUNG SIMBA]
Free to run around all day

[ZAZU, spoken]
That's definitely out!

[YOUNG SIMBA]
Free to do it all my way
[Instrumental Break]

[ZAZU]
I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart-to-heart

[YOUNG NALA]
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
This child is getting wildly out of wing

[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king

Everybody, look left

[YOUNG NALA]
Everybody, look right

[YOUNG SIMBA]
Everywhere you look, I'm

[YOUNG NALA & YOUNG SIMBA]
Standing in the spotlight
[ZAZU, spoken]
Not yet!

[YOUNG NALA, YOUNG SIMBA & 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]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king

[YOUNG NALA]
Oh, he just can't wait to be king

[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait

[YOUNG NALA]
Just can't wait

[YOUNG NALA, YOUNG SIMBA & ANIMALS]
To be king