Lyric One Jump Ahead (Aladin)

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! Scoundrel! 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 s hit the bottom
He s become 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 hitmen
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