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Revision as of 02:43, 27 January 2016
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King" is a song from The Lion King. It is performed near the beginning of the film by a young Simba and Nala to distract Zazu, as well as to enunciate Simba's desires to become king. It is a large contrast from the film's non-musical segments, as emphasized by the number's usage of lively colors and sounds. Also, the animals and backgrounds are notably more surreal as opposed to how they looked during "Circle of Life."
The song was composed by Tim Rice (lyrics) and Elton John (music). It was performed by Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Laura Williams, and the chorus. In the original Broadway cast recording of The Lion King, it is performed by Scott Irby-Ranniar, Kajuana Shuford, and Geoff Hoyle. Elton John himself also recorded his own version of the song for the film's soundtrack.
It also appears in DisneyToon's 2004 direct-to-video midquel The Lion King 1½. Timon and Pumbaa are disturbed by some noise from outside of their home, which is actually Simba, Nala, and the animals singing this musical number. Timon becomes angry and hits the leg of an elephant supporting the tower of animals. The elephant jumps in surprise, causing the tower to collapse, explaining why it collapses on Zazu in the original film and Pumbaa then realizes what Timon has done and pulls him out of the way. Timon and Pumbaa's home is ruined by this event. Oddly, this film establishes that the events of the song happened, when the original film implied that the events of that sequence didn't in the aftermath of the song.
Lyrics
[intro]
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
Simba:
I'm gonna be the main event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my ROAR!
Zazu:
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing.
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Zazu: You've rather a long way to go, young master. If you think...
Simba:
No one saying, "Do this"
Zazu: Now when I said that, I--
Nala:
No one saying, "Be there"
Zazu: What I meant was--
Simba:
No one saying, "Stop that"
Zazu: Look, what you don't realize--
Simba and Nala:
No one saying, "See here"
Zazu:
Now see here!
Simba:
Free to run around all day
Zazu: Well, that's definitely out--
Simba:
Free to do it all my way!
[Instrumental]
Zazu:
I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart-to-heart
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
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[Instrumental bridge]
Simba:
Everybody look left
Everybody look right
Everywhere you look I'm...
Standing in the spotlight
Zazu: NOT YET!
Chorus:
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!
Simba and Chorus:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait...
To be king!
Simba:
I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies beware
Zazu (spoken):
Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair
Simba:
I'm gonna be the main event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my roar!
Zazu (spoken):
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Zazu (spoken):
You've rather a long way to go,
Young master, if you think--
Simba:
No one saying, "Do this"
Zazu (spoken):
Now when I said that, I--
Nala:
No one saying, "Be there"
Zazu (spoken):
What I meant was--
Simba:
No one saying, "Stop that!"
Zazu (spoken):
Look, what you don't realize--
Simba and Nala:
No one saying, "See here!"
Zazu (spoken):
Now see here!
Simba:
Free to run around all day
Zazu (spoken):
Well, that's definitely out
Simba:
Free to do it all my way
Zazu:
I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart to heart
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
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Everybody look left
Nala:
Everybody look right
Simba:
Everywhere you look I'm
Simba and Nala:
Standin' in the spotlight!
Zazu (spoken):
Not yet!
Chorus:
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
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Nala:
Oh, he just can't wait to be king
Simba:
Oh, I just can't wait...
Nala:
Just can't wait
Chorus:
To be king!!!!
Way behind the water hole
A little down the line
The jungle and the plains and peaks
Are scheduled to be mine
I'm gonna be the ruler
Of most everything around
From the grandest of the mountains
To the humble common ground
My reign will be a super awesome thing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
I'm gonna be a noble king
And scrupulously fair
I only need a little time
Perhaps a 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
The fauna and the flora gonna swing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
No one saying do this
No one saying be there
No one saying stop that
No one saying see here
Free to run around all day
I'll be free to do it my way
No one saying do this
No one saying be there
No one saying stop that
No one saying see here
Free to run around all day
Free to do it my way
The time has come as someone said
To talk of many things
May be true
But I would rather stick to talking kings
It's easy to be royal
If you're already leonine
It isn't just my right
Even my left will be divine
The monarchy is waiting to go zing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
Oh, I just can't wait to be king
(Repeat until fade)
Gallery
Cover Versions
- Performed live by the ska/funk band Suburban Legends, most often when performing at Disneyland's Tomorrowland Terrace, but occasionally while on tour as well. Vincent Walker sings the part of Simba, while Brian Klemm sings the part of Zazu. The song appears on their 2012 album, Day Job.
- Pop star Aaron Carter remixed the song on DisneyMania.
- Allstar Weekend remade the song for DisneyMania 7.
- The Brazilian musical group “Exaltasamba” recorded a Portuguese version of “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” (O que eu quero mais é ser rei, roughly translated as “What I want most is to be king”) in a samba style to the CD Disney Adventures in Samba.
- Brian Wilson covered the song for his album In the Key of Disney.
- La Década covered this song for "La Década: DisneyMania" (the song has the same lyrics as the movie)
- Popcorn Band with Chelsey Marks from The International Children's Concert of 2013 did a version on television of the song, with children.
- The song was covered by José Mota (as the former King of Spain) with different lyrics ("Yo no quiero ser Rey Borbón" or translated "I don't want be Borbon King") in the spanish TV movie "Un País de Cuento".
Other Versions
Performer(s) | Title(s) | Translations(s) | Language |
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Arabic | |||
Bruno Miguel, Pádua Moreira & Paula Tribuzy | "O Que Eu Quero Mais É Ser Rei" | "What I want most is to be king" | Brazilian Portuguese |
Живко Станев (Zhivko Stanev), Веселин Ранков (Veselin Rankov) & Йоана Падешка (Yoana Padeshka) | "Как Искам Цар Да Съм Аз" | "How I Want To Be King" | Bulgarian |
Cantonese | |||
Marc Pociello, Eduardo Doncos & Ángela Aloy | "Voy a ser el Rey León" | "I will be the Lion King" | Castilian Spanish |
Ivan Šturlić, Ranko Tihomirović & Silvija Pleše | "Jedva čekam da postanem kralj" | Croatian | |
Josef Vágner, Stanislav Fišer & Monika Ticháčková | "Já toužím být brzy král" | Czech | |
Andreas Hviid, Peter Zhelder & Amalie Ihle Alstrup | "Jeg Blir Meget Snart Majestæt" | Danish | |
Piet Hein Snijders, Paul van Gorcum & Dewi Douwes | "Wacht maar af totdat ik koning ben" | "Just wait till I'm king" | Dutch |
Estonian | |||
Christopher Romberg, Veikko Honkanen & Meri Holopainen | Finnish | ||
Dimitri Rougeul, Michel Prud'homme & Melinda Attia | "Je voudrais déjà être roi" | "I would like to be king" | French |
Manuel Straube, Eberhard Prüter & Magdalena Turba | "Ich will jetzt gleich König sein" | "I just cannot wait to be king" | German |
Γιάννης Γιαννόπουλος (Giannis Giannopoulos), Σπύρος Μπιμπίλας (Spiros Bibilas) & Κατερίνα Χακριδιώτη (Katerina Hakrithioti) | "Θε να γίνω εγώ βασιλιάς" | Greek | |
דורון בן עמי (Doron Ben-Ami), אוהד שחר (Ohad Shahar) & רונה דניאלי (Rona Danieli) | Hebrew | ||
Balázs Simonyi, Iván Verebély & Dóra Szentesi | "A trón úgy csábít nagyon hív" | "The throne is very tempted calls" | Hungarian |
Þorvaldur D. Kristjánsson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson & Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir | Icelandic | ||
Indonesian | |||
George Castiglia, Roberto Del Giudice & Perla Liberatori | "Voglio diventare presto un re" | "Soon I want to become a king" | Italian |
中崎達也 (Tetsuya Nakazaki), 梅津秀行 (Hideyuki Umezu) & 山本純子 (Masako Yamamoto) | Japanese | ||
Kabardian | |||
Korean | |||
Kalimba Marichal, Eduardo Tejedo & Maggie Vera | "Yo quisiera ya ser el rey" | Latin American Spanish | |
Malay | |||
Mandarin | |||
Marathi | |||
Eirik Espolin Johnson, Anders Hatlo & Pernille Sommerfeldt Øien | Norwegian | ||
Michał Mech, Tadeusz Borowski & Urszula Janowska | "Strasznie już być tym królem chcę" | "I terribly want to be the king already" | Polish |
Fábio Pascoal, Fernando Luís & Ana Guida | "Eu Mal Posso Esperar P'ra Ser Rei" | Portuguese | |
Nicolae Adetu, Claudiu Bleonț & Andra Gogan | "Eu voi fi rege într-o zi" | "I will be king one day" | Romanian |
Вячеслав Сухов (Vyacheslav Sukhov), Георгий Корольчук (Georgiy Korolchuk) & Татьяна Элькина (Tatiana Elkin) | "Не могу дождаться, когда стану королем" | "I cannot wait to become king" | Russian |
Serbian | |||
Slovak | |||
Slovene | |||
Johan Halldén, Anders Aldgård, Mariam Wallentin | "Snart är det jag som är kung" | "Soon I am the king" | Swedish |
Tamil | |||
Thai | |||
Sonat Pamir, Toygun Ateş & Seren Ceylan | Turkish | ||
Ukrainian | |||
Zulu |
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