Aladdin - One Jump Ahead

[Aladdin:] Gotta keep


One jump ahead of the breadline


One swing ahead of the sword


I steal only what I can't afford


( That's Everything! )



One jump ahead of the lawmen


That's all, and that's no joke


These guys don't appreciate I'm broke



[Crowd:] Riffraff! Street rat! Soundrel! Take that!



[Aladdin:] Just a little snack, guys


[Crowd:] Rip him open, take it back, guys


[Aladdin:] I can take a hint, gotta face the facts


You're my only friend, Abu!


[Crowd:] Who?


[Ladies:]


Oh, It's sad Aladdin hit the bottom


He's become a a one-man rise in crime


I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em


[Aladdin:] Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat


Tell you all about it when I got the time!



One jump ahead of the slowpokes


One skip ahead of my doom


Next time gonna use a nom de plume


One jump ahead of the hitman


One hit ahead of the flock


I think I'll take a stroll around the block



[Crowd:] Stop, thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!



[Aladdin:] Let's not be too hasty


[Lady:] Still I think he's rather tasty


[Aladdin:] Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat


Otherwise we'd get along


[Crowd:] Wrong!



[Aladdin:] One jump ahead of the hoofbeats


(Vandal!)


One hop ahead of the hump


(Street rat!)


One trick ahead of disaster


(Scoundrel!)


They're quick, but I'm much faster


(Take that!)


Here goes, better throw my hand in


Wish me happy landin'


All I gotta do is jump