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I Just Can’t Wait to Be King Lyrics by Scott Irby-Ranniar, Geoff Hoyle

The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1997

[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
Credits
Scott Irby-Ranniar

Scott Irby-Ranniar

Geoff Hoyle

Geoff Hoyle

About “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” by Scott Irby-Ranniar

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