Menken & Rice)



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 iit back, guys



Aladdin- I can take a hint, gotta face the facts

You're my only friend Abu!



Crowd - Who?



Ladies - Oh its 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've 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