ZAZU
It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm
To fill him in on all the beastly news

MUFASA
Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it !

ZAZU
In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views

MUFASA
Zazu ! The morning report !

ZAZU
Er - yes, Sire - The morning report

ZAZU
Chimps are going ape, firaffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interes in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

MUFASA
What are you doing, son ?

SIMBA ENFANT
Pouncing

MUFASA
Let an old pro show you how it's done

ZAZU The buffalo have got a beef About this season's grass Warthogs have been thwarted In attempts to save their gas Flamingoes in the pink and Chasing secretary birds Saffron is theis season's color Seen in all the herds Moving down the rank and file To near the bottom rung Far too many beetles are Quite frankly in the dung

MUFASA Stay low to the ground SIMBA ENFANT Yeah, stay low ! MUFASA Shh, not a sound Take it slow One more step Then pounce !

SIMBA ENFANT
Yeah, stay low! This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

MUFASA, ZAZU, SIMBA ENFANT
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report