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

And 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

[Guards]

Riffraff

Street rat

Scoundrel

Take that!

[Aladdin]

Just a little snack, guys

[Guards]

Rip him open, take it back, guys

[Aladdin]

I can take a hint, gotta face the facts

I could use a friend or two

[All]

True

[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

[Traders]

Stop, thief

Vandal

Outrage

Scandal

[Aladdin]

Let's not be too hasty

[Woman]

Still I think he's rather tasty

[Aladdin]

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat

Otherwise we'd get along

[All]

Wrong

[Aladdin]

One jump ahead of the hoofbeats

[Guards]

Vandal

[Aladdin]

One hop ahead of the hump

[Guards]

Street rat

[Aladdin]

One trick ahead of disaster

[Guards]

Scoundrel

[Aladdin]

They're quick, but I'm much faster

[Guards]

Take that

[Aladdin]

Here goes, better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landin' all I gotta do is jump

[Guards]

Don't let him get away

[Aladdin]

Sometimes it's just way too easy