"Hey, Nala!"
"Hi, Simba."
"Come on, I just heard about this great place."
"Simba, I'm kinda in the middle of a bath." Nala protested. Simba looked around, and sure enough, Sarafina was giving her daughter Nala a bath.
"And it's time for yours." Sarabi picked up Simba, and started licking where his mane would be.
"Mom! Mom, you're messing up my mane!" Simba protested. Sarabi looked at him lovingly as he straightened out his 'mane'.
"Okay, I'm clean. Can we go now?" He whined.
"So where are we going? Better not be any place dumb!" Nala threatened.
"No. It's really cool!" Simba said.
"So, where is this really cool place?" Sarabi asked.
"Well...uh..." A sly look crossed Simba's face.
"Around the water hole." He lied.
"The water hole?" Nala complained.
"What's so great about the water hole?" She put in.
"I'll show you when we get there!" Simba said, through clenched teeth.
"Oh. Uh, Mom can I go with Simba?" Nala asked.
"Hmm, what do you think, Sarabi?" Sarafina asked.
"PLEASE???" Simba and Nala begged.
"It's all right with me." Sarabi said.
"Yeah!"
"Alright!" The cubs jumped for joy.
"As long as Zazu goes with you." Sarabi finished.
"Oh, no. Not Zazu!" Simba complained.
"Step lively. The sooner we get to the water hole, the sooner we can leave." Zazu said.
"So where are we really going?"
"An elephant graveyard."
"Wow!"
"Sh! Zazu."
"Right. So how're we gonna ditch the dodo?"
"Oh I know how about--"
"Oh, just look at you two, little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! Your parents will be thrilled! What with your being betrothed and all."
"Being what?"
"Betrothed! Intended! Affianced."
"Meaning...?" Nala said, waiting for an answer.
"One day, when 'de sun sets sweet like an ember, you two will feel the sweet song of love, and you will get married!" Zazu said, trying to go beyond his own accent. Simba and Nala made disgusted faces.
"Yuck!" "Ew!" They shouted.
"I can't marry her," Simba insisted. "She's my friend."
"Yeah! That would be so weird!" Nala complained.
"Well, pardon me for busting your bubble. But you two turtledoves have simply no choice! It's a tradition, that runs back through generations!" Zazu explained.
"Well," Simba laughed, "When I'm king, that will be the first thing to go!" he insisted.
"Not so long as I'm around." said Zazu.
"In that case you're fired."
"Nice try, but only the king can do that!" Zazu poked Simba on the nose. The lion held back for a moment.
"Well, he's the future king." Nala said.
"Yeah! I like the sound of that, you have to do what I tell you!" Simba said.
"Not yet I don't. And with an attitude like that I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed."
"Not the way I see it."
Colors:
• Simba
• Zazu
• Nala
• Chorus
I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies beware!
Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair
I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my ROAR
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
(You've rather a long way to go, young master,
if you think...)
No one saying do this
(Now when I said that, I -)
No one saying be there
(What I meant was...)
No one saying stop that
(Look, what you don't realize...)
No one saying see here
(Now see here!)
Free to run around all day
(Well, that's definitely out...)
Free to do it all my way!
I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart to heart
Kings don't need advice
From little hornbills for a start
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
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Everybody look left
Everybody look right
Everywhere you look I'm
Standing in the spotlight!
Not yet!
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
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't waaaaaait ... to be king!
"I think we lost 'im!" Nala exclaimed.
"Heh heh, yeah!" Answered Simba, laughing.
"I, am a genius."
"Hey, "genius", it was my idea," Nala reminded him.
"Well sure, but I pulled it off!" Simba said attempting to pounce on Nala.
"With me!" Nala got right back up.
"Oh yeah?"
"RAR!"
A geyser errupted in front of them.
"Uh!" The cubs were surprised.
They looked ahead of them. They were in the elephant graveyard!
"This is it," Simba said, proudly. "We made it."