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I Just Can’t Wait to Be King Lyrics by JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, John Oliver

The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2019]

2019

[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, workin' on my roar
[ZAZU]
Haha! Thus far a rather uninspiring thing
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
[ZAZU, spoken]
You have a 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—
[YOUNG NALA]
No one sayin', "Be there"
[ZAZU, spoken]
What I meant was—
[YOUNG SIMBA]
No one sayin', "Stop that"
No one sayin', "See here"
[ZAZU, spoken]
Now see here!
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Free to run around all day
[ZAZU]
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
This child is getting wildly out of wing
[ZAZU, spoken]
Simba!
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
[Instrumental Break]
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Everybody, look left
[YOUNG NALA]
Everybody, look right
[YOUNG SIMBA]
Everywhere you look, I'm
[YOUNG SIMBA & YOUNG NALA]
Standing 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
[YOUNG NALA, YOUNG NALA& ANIMALS]
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
[YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG SIMBA & ANIMALS]
Oh, I just can't wait (He just can't wait)
To be king
Credits
JD McCrary

JD McCrary

Shahadi Wright Joseph

Shahadi Wright Joseph

John Oliver

John Oliver

About “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” by JD McCrary

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"I Just Can’t Wait to Be King" is credited to JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, John Oliver. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"I Just Can’t Wait to Be King" appears on "The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2019]" in 2019.

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