Duties of the King

Duties of the King
General information
Shows	The Lion Guard
Albums	The Lion Guard (soundtrack)
Composer	Christopher Willis
Lyrics	Beau Black
Performers	Zazu (Jeff Bennett) Simba (Rob Lowe)
Video

"Duties of the King" is a song from The Lion Guard episode, "Can't Wait to be Queen". It is sung by Simba and Zazu, as the latter encourages the former to embrace his position of king and his many duties as they are heading out to Aminifu's funeral.

Lyrics

Zazu:
Everyone in the Pride Lands big or small
Looks forward to whenever you may call
A visit from Your Highness is an honor, yes, it's true
All your subjects want so much to be with you!

So embrace your position
The royal tradition
Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
In all of the wonderful duties of the king

You welcome herds from all around
Grand gazelles, their grazing ground
Approve the official turaco whistles
Guard the clearing of pointy thistles

Reside over aardvark wedding rites
Coach some mongooses on their bite
Listen to the zebras' silly pleas
And bless any animal when they sneeze!

So embrace your position
The royal tradition
Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
In all of the wonderful duties of the king

In all of the wonderful duties of the king

You set the limit on bushbuck hopping
Judged the hippos' belly-flopping
Considered crocodiles' complaints
And tend to kiss baby porcupines oh-so-gently

Simba:
Assign the songbirds to their trees
Advise confused chimpanzees
Ceremonial mating of the bees

Zazu:
And sowing giraffes when they get fleas

Simba:
Actually, that's not much fun.

Zazu:
The fleas do tend to spread
But that said

So embrace your position

Simba:
The royal tradition

Zazu:
Delighting the Pride Lands with every little thing
In all of the wonderful

Simba:
In all of the wonderful

Both:
In all of the wonderful
Duties of the king!
In all of the wonderful
Duties of the king!

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