The Lion King Music
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CIRCLE OF LIFE
LYRICS
Rafiki:
Nants'in-gonya-ma, baki-thi, ba-ba. Nants'in-go-nya-ma, ba-ki-thi ba-bo. He-le le! Si-zo nqo'! He-le-le! I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. From the day we arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun, there is more to see then can never be seen, more to do than can never be done. There is far too much to take in here. More to find then can ever be found. But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round.
Ensemble 1: Si-thi Hu. 'Ngo-nya-ma neg-we bo.
Ensemble 2: Si-thi Hu. 'Ngo-nya-ma.
All:
Si-thi Hu. 'Ngo-nya-ma. 'Ngo-nya-ma.'Ngo-nya-ma.'Ngo-nya-ma.'Ngo-nya-ma. I ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. (repeat)
Ensemble 1 & Rafiki:
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. It's the circle of life and moves us all through despair and hope, through faith and love till we find our place on the path on winding in the circle,
Ensemble 2: I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we we-ma. (repeat) I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo nya-ma neng-we we-ma. (repeat) All: the circle of life!
GRASSLANDS CHANT
LYRICS
Ensemble 3: Zm zm zmm zmm zmm zmm. Zm zm zmm zmm zmm zmm. Zm zm zmm
zmm zmm zmm. Zm zm zmm zmm zmm zmm. Zm zm zmm zmm. Wo-za'm-fan-a. Oh,
wo-za! Ma-ma ye! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa
lom-hla-ba! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa
lom-hla-ba! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa lom-hla-ba! He um hem. He
um hem. Ya oh ha. He um hem.
Ensemble 2: Ma-ma ye ma-ma ye ma-ma ye ma-ma ye. Ma-ma ye ma-ma ye ma-ma ye
ma-ma ye. Ma-ma ye ma-ma ye ma-ma ye ma-ma ye. Ma-ma ye ma-ma ye.
Ensemble 1: Wo-za'm-fan'. Oh, wo-za! Wo-za'm-fana. Oh, wo-za! Wo-za'm-fan'. Oh,
wo-za!
Ensemble 1 & 2: Wo-za'm-fana. Oh, wo-za! Ma-ma ye! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li
zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa lom-hla-ba! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa ngo than
do bo! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa lom-hla-ba! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo!
Bu-sa lom-hla-ba! He um hem. He um hem. Ya oh ha. He um hem.
THE LIONESS HUNT
LYRICS
Ah ha hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi. We ba-ba. Zin-ge-la, si-yo zin-ge-la, ba-ba.
Ah ha hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi. We ba-ba. Zin-ge-la, si-yo zin-ge-la, ba-ba.
We ba-ba. Zin-ge-la, si-yo zin-ge-la, ba-ba. We ba-ba. Zin-ge-la, si-yo zin-ge-la, ba-ba.
Hi ba-ba. S'qhu-be-ke-ni si-yo zin-ge-la. Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!
Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Ah ha hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi (ya) hayi. We
ba-ba. Zin-ge-la, si-yo zin-ge-la, ba-ba.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING
LYRICS
Ensemble: Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem! Ha ha ha ha
ha!
Young Simba: I'm gonna to be a mighty King so enemies beware!
Zazu: I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair!
Young Simba: I'm gonna to be the mane event like no King was before. I'm brushing up
on looking down. I'm working on my Roar!
Zazu: Thus far a rather an inspiring thing.
Young Simba: Oh I just can't wait to be king!
Ensemble 2 & Young Simba: No one saying do this.
Zazu: When I said that I
Ensemble 1 & Young Nala: No one saying be there.
Zazu: What I meant was that the-
Ensemble 2 & Young Simba:No one saying stop that.
Zazu: What you don't realize is that sometimes--
All: No one saying see here!
Zazu: Now see here!
All: Free to run around all day.
Zazu: That's definitely out!
Young Simba: Free to do it on my way!
Ensemble: Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!
Ensemble 2 & Young Simba: Everybody everybody look left!
Ensemble 1 & Young Nala: Everybody look right!
Young Simba: Everywhere you look I'm-
All: Standing in the spotlight!
Zazu: Not yet!
All: Let every creature go for broke and sing. Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing.
It's going to be King Simba's finest fling!
Young Simba: Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
All: Oh he just can't wait to be king!
Young Simba: Oh, I just can't wait---
All: Just can't wait to be king!
BE PREPARED
LYRICS
Scar: I never thought hyenas essential; You're crude and unspeakable plain. But maybe
you've a glimmer of potential if allied with my vision and brain.
Hyenas: Hem hem hem hem. Ooo---- hah hah hah. Ooo-- hah hah hah. Hah hah hah
hah hah hah hah hah!
Scar: I know that your powers of retention are as wet as a warthog back side. 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 sucessions
even you can't be caught unawares!
All: Let's prepare for the chance of a lifetime. Be prepared for sensational news. A
shining new era is tip-toeing nearer.
Shenzi: And where do we feature?
Scar: Just listen to teacher!
Hyenas: Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah
hah hah! Be prepared!
Scar: I know it sounds sordid, but you'll be rewarded when at last I am given my dues
and injustice deliciously squared. Be prepared!
All: So prepare for the coup of the century.
Scar: Be prepared for the murkiest scam.
Hyenas: Ooo---- la la la. We'll have food, lots of food! We repeat: endless meat! Hah
hah hah hah hah hah hah. Be prepared!
Scar: Meticulous planning, tenacity spanning, decades of denial is simply why I'll be
king undisputed, respected, Saluted, and seen for the wonder I am. Yes, my teeth and
ambitions are bared. Be prepared!
All:
Yes our teeth and ambitions are bared. Be prepared!
THEY LIVE IN YOU
LYRICS
Ensemble: I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba
la. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. Wait, wait, wait, wait..... Oh oh i-yo.
Oh oh i-yo.
Mufasa: Night and the spirit of life calling, ma-me-la. And a voice with the fear of a
child asking oh, ma-me-la. Wait, there's no mountain to great. Hear these words and
have faith. Oh oh oh, have faith.
Ensemble 1: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la.
Ensemble 2: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la.
Mufasa: They live in you.
Ensemble: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba
la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la.
Mufasa: They live in me. They are watching over everything we see. In every creature,
in every star, in your reflection, they live in you.
THE STAMPEDE
LYRICS
Ensemble 1&2: Ee-------- hoo wuh ah---- Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na
yo-na yo-na yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo
na yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo yo yo yo yo! Yo! Oh wah! Yo! Oh wah! Yo-na yo-na yo-na!
Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Yo-na yo-na yo-na! Ba-ba wa mi ba-ba wa mi
ba-ba wam.
THE MOURNING
LYRICS
Sarabi, Nala: Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Sarabi, Nala, Rafiki: Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
All: Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Lionesses: Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha-me-la, ha, ha.
Hyenas: Hem! Hem! Hem! Hem!
HAKUNA MATATA (PART 1)
LYRICS
Timon: Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase!
Pumbaa: Hakuna matata, ain't no passing craze!
Timon: It means no worries for the rest of your days.
Both: It's our problem free philosophy:
Timon: Hakuna matata.
Timon: Why, when he was a young warthog.
Pumbaa: When I was a young warthog!
Timon: Very nice.
Pumbaa: Thanks.
Timon: He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal. He could clear the savanna after
every meal!
Pumbaa: I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick skinned. And it hurt that my friends
never stood down wind! And, oh, the shame!
Timon: He was ashamed!
Pumbaa: Thought of changin' my name!
Timon: Oh, what's in a name?
Pumbaa: And I got down hearted,
Timon: And how did you feel?
Pumbaa: Every time that I....
Timon: Pumbaa, not in front of the kids!
Pumbaa: Oh. Sorry.
All: Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase! Hakuna matata, ain't no passing craze.
Young Simba: It means no worries for the rest of your days!
Timon: Sing a kid
All: It's our problem free philosophy: Hakuna matata! Oh Hakuna matata.
Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba: Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
Add Ensemble 1: Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
HAKUNA MATATA (PART 2)
LYRICS
Add Ensemble 2: Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna!
Simba: It means no worries for the rest of your days!
All:
It's our problem free philosophy:
Timon, Pumbaa, Ensemble 1: Hakuna matata! Hakuna matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna matata!
Simba, Ensemble 2: Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
Hakuna matata. Hakuna matata.
Timon, Pumbaa, Ensemble 1: We say Hakuna! Hakuna! Hakuna!
Simba, Ensemble 2: We say matata! Matata! Matata!
All: Hakuna matata!
SHADOWLANDS
LYRICS
Lionesses: Fa-tshe le-so le-a ha-la-le-la. Fa-tshe le-so le-a ha-la-le-la.
Nala: Shadowland, the leaves have fallen. This shadowed land, this was our home. The
river's dry, the ground has broken. So I must go, now I must go. And where the journey
may lead me, let your prayers be my guide. I cannot stay here, my family, but I'll
remember my pride.
Lionesses: Prideland, my land, tear stained, dry land. Take this with you, fa-tshe le-so.
Nala: And where the journey may lead me, let this prayer be my guide. Though it may
take me so far away, I'll remember my pride.
Lionesses & Rafiki: And where the journey may lead you, let this prayer be your guide.
Though it may be a take you so far away, always remember your and where the journey
may lead you, let this prayer be your guide. Though it may take you so far away, always
remember your....
Lionesses: And where the journey may lead you, let this prayer be your guide. Though it
may be a take you so far away, always remember your and where the journey may lead
you, let this prayer be your guide. Though it may take you so far away, always
remember your pride.
Nala: Ngi-zo bu-ya-bo. Ngi-zo bu-ya-bo. I will return, I will return. Be-so bo. Ngi-zo
bu-ya-bo, I will return. Ngi-zo bu-ya-bo.
CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT
LYRICS
Timon: I can see what's happ'ning,
Pumbaa: what?
Timon: and they don't have a clue.
Pumbaa: Who?
Timon: They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line: our trios down to two.
Pumbaa: Oh.
Timon: The sweet caress of twilight; there's magic everywhere. And with all this
romantic atmosphere, disasters in the air.
Ensemble: Can you feel the love tonight, the peace the evening brings? The world, for
once, in perfect harmony with all its living things.
Simba: So many things to tell her, but how to make her see the truth about my past?
Impossible. She'd turned away from me.
Nala: 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?
Ensemble: Can you feel the love tonight, the peace the evening brings? The world, for
once, in perfect harmony with all its living things. Can you feel the love tonight? You
needn't look too far. Stealing through the nights uncertainties, love is where we are!
Nala: And if he feels the love tonight in the way I do.
Simba: It's enough for this restless wanderer-
Both: Just to be with you.
HE LIVES IN YOU (PART 1)
LYRICS
Ensemble: I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba
la. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo. We ndo-da-na ye si-zwe sonke!Wait,
wait, wait, wait..... Oh oh i-yo. Oh oh i-yo.
Rafiki: Night and the spirit of life calling, ma-me-la. And a voice with the fear of a child
answers, ai-ya, ma-me-la. U-bu-kho-si bo kho-kho! Wait, there's no mountain to great.
Hear these words and have faith. Oh oh oh, have faith.
Ensemble 1: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la.
Ensemble 2: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la.
Rafiki: He lives in you.
Ensemble: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la.
Rafiki: He lives in me. He watches over everything we see. Into the water, into the
truth, in your reflection, he lives in you.
HE LIVES IN YOU (PART 2)
LYRICS
Ensemble 1: He lives in you. He lives in me.
He watches over ev'ry thing we see. Into the water, into the truth, in your reflicetion, he
lives in you.
Ensemble 2: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He lives in you.
Rafiki: Ai-yo. Hi-ya, hi-ya, hi-yo. He watches over... Hi-ya, hi-ya, hi-yo. Into the water..
Hi-ya, hi-ya, hi-yo. In your reflection...
LUAU HAWAIIAN TREAT
LYRICS
Timon & Pumbaa: Are you tired of feeling beat? Are you craving something to eat?
Come forget your troubles and sink your teeth into a luau Hawaiian treat!
FINALE
LYRICS
Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa le li-zwe bo! Bu-sa lom-hla-ba!
Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo! Bu-sa ngo than-do bo!
Bu-sa lom-hla-ba! Oh, bu-sa Simba iyo! Oh, bu-sa Simba iyo! Oh, bu-sa Simba iyo!
Oh, bu-sa Simba iyo! Oh, bu-sa Simba iyo!
I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la. I-ngo-nya-ma neng-we 'nan-ma-ba-la.
It's the circle of life and it moves us all through despair and hope, through faith and
love. 'Til we find our place on the path unwinding in the circle, the circle of life. Circle
of life!
BOWS
LYRICS
Ensemble 1: He lives in you. He lives in me. He watches over ev'ry thing we see. Into
the water, into the truth, in your reflection, he lives in you!
Ensemble 2: He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma
me-la. He-la. He-la, hem ma-me-la. He lives in you