Scar Zazu, why am I not loved? I am that rare and awesome thing I'm every inch a king Yet I feel a twinge of doubt As I go walk about (Banzai: Hey, boss!) When my name is whispered through the pride Is this talk of love or regicide? (Shenzi: Reggie who?) Tell me I'm adored Please tell me I'm adored Banzai: Hey, boss! Scar: Oh, what is it? Banzai: We got a bone to pick with you! Shenzi: There's no food, no water— Banzai: Yeah. It's dinnertime, and there ain't no stinkin' entrées! Scar: Oh, you and your petty complaints. You don't know what real hunger is. Day after day it gnaws at the very core of my being. Banzai: I had that once. It was worms! Scar: No, no, no...it's like an itch...deep, persistent, profound... Banzai: That's it—worms! When they get really bad all you gotta do is...hunker down and scoot! Scar: Thanks for the tip. Ingrates! If it weren't for me you'd be beating off buzzards for your next bite! Banzai & Shenzi Yeah, you're our savior, thanks a bunch But how about some lunch? It doesn't matter if it's fresh I need a fix of flesh My bones have moved to where they've never been They are on the outside looking in Scar Are you blaming me? Banzai & Shenzi Oh no, it's the lionesses! You are so adored Oh, you are so adored Scar That's more like it! Banzai & Shenzi But what I'd give for one more hit Of wildebeest kielbasa Or maybe hornbill on the spit... Zazu: Oh, how I miss Mufasa! Scar: Mufasa?! Mufasa?! How dare you! I told you never to mention that name! Zazu: Note taken. I shall never mention "M-m-m" again. Scar: Even in death, his shadow looms over me. There he is! No! There he is! And there! Zazu: Calm yourself, Sire, or you'll get another one of your splitting headaches! Scar: I am perfectly fine! I'm better than Mufasa was I'm revered, I am reviled I'm idolized, I am despised I'm keeping calm, I'm going wild! I tell myself I'm fine Yes I am, no you're not Yes I am, no you're not I tell myself I'm fine No you're not, yes I am, no you're not Yes I am No you're not Yes, no, yes, no, who am I talking to...? Zazu: Oh, pull yourself together, Sire! Scar: Oh, very well. Zazu? Zazu, Zazu, Zazu...? Zazu: Yes, Sire? Scar: Nobody loved me, there's the rub, not even as a cub. What did my brother have that I don't have? Zazu: Do you want the short list or the long? Scar: Whatever! Zazu: Well, he had adoring subjects...a loving family...a devoted queen... Scar: That's it! I need a queen! Zazu: A what? Scar A queen, man! A queen! Without a queen, what am I? A dead end, no line, no descendants, no future. With a queen, I'll have cubs... Immortality will be mine! Immortality will be mine! (Nala: Scar.) Ah, Nala...your timing couldn't have been more perfect. My how you've grown. (Nala: Scar, you have got to do something. We're being forced to overhunt!) She's got those assets feminine (Nala: You're the king, control the hyenas!) I have to make her mine (Nala: You're destroying the Pridelands!) Nobility in every gene (Nala: If we don't stop now, don't you see?) She has to be my queen (Nala: There's still a chance for things to be all right again...) Come, sweet Nala, it's written in the stars (Nala: What are you doing? Are you listening to me?) We'll create a host of little Scars (Nala: What are you talking about?) Tell me I'm adored (Nala: Get away from me) Tell me I'm adored! Oh, Nala...you know how I loathe violence... One way or another, you will be mine (Nala: Never, Scar. Never!) You belong to me You all belong to me