Hakuna Matata

After finding Simba in the desert, comic relief duo Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog (based on Hamlet’s Rosencratz and Guildenstern) tell the cub all about their philosophy for a carefree life.… Read More [TIMON]

Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase

[PUMBAA]

Hakuna matata, ain't no passin' craze

[TIMON]

It means no worries for the rest of your days

[TIMON & PUMBAA]

It's our problem-free philosophy

[TIMON]

Hakuna matata

Why, when he was a young warthog

[PUMBAA]

When I was a young warthog

[TIMON, spoken]

Very nice!

[PUMBAA, spoken]

Thanks!

[TIMON]

He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal

He could clear the savannah after every meal

[PUMBAA]

I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned

And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

And, oh, the shame

[TIMON]

He was ashamed

[PUMBAA]

Thought of changin' my name

[TIMON]

Oh, what's in a name?

[PUMBAA]

And I got downhearted

[TIMON]

How did ya feel?

[PUMBAA]

Every time that I—

[TIMON, spoken]

Hey, Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids

[PUMBAA, spoken]

Oh, sorry

[TIMON & PUMBAA]

Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase

Hakuna matata, ain't no passin' craze

[YOUNG SIMBA]

It means no worries for the rest of your days

[TIMON, spoken]

Yeah, sing it, kid

[TIMON & YOUNG SIMBA]

It's our problem-free

[PUMBAA]

Philosophy

[TIMON, PUMBAA & YOUNG SIMBA]

Hakuna matata

[Instrumental Break]

[TIMON & PUMBAA]

Hakuna matata, hakuna matata

Hakuna matata, haku—

[SIMBA]

It means no worries for the rest of your days

[TIMON & PUMBAA]

It's our problem-free philosophy

[TIMON & PUMBAA]

Hakuna matata (Hakuna matata, hakuna matata)

Hakuna matata (Hakuna matata, hakuna matata)

Hakuna matata, hakuna matata

Hakuna matata

Ah-ooh, matata

Hakuna matata, yeah

Da, da-da, ha-ha-ha