Hakuna Matata

"**Hakuna Matata**" (meaning "no worries" in Swahili) is the theme song and personal anthem of Timon (Nathan Lane), Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella), and Simba (Jason Weaver) from Disney's 32nd animated feature *The Lion King*. It was composed by Elton John, who also composed other songs from the film, and with the lyrics by Tim Rice. It is Timon and Pumbaa's signature song.

## Lyrics

**Timon:** Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase!

**Pumbaa:** Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing craze

**Timon:** It means no worries for the rest of your days

**Timon and Pumbaa:** It's our problem-free philosophy

**Timon:** Hakuna Matata!

**Simba:** "Hakuna Matata?"

**Pumbaa:** "Yeah! It's our motto!"

**Simba:** "What's a motto?"

**Timon:** "Nothin'! What's a motto with you?!"

*[they laugh]*

**Pumbaa:** "You know, kid, these two words will solve all your problems."

**Timon:** "That's right. Take Pumbaa for example."

Why, when he was a young warthog...

**Pumbaa:** When I was a young warthog!

**Timon:** *(rubbing his ear)* "Very nice."

**Pumbaa:** "Thanks."

**Timon:** He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal

He could clear the Savannah after every meal

**Pumbaa:** I am 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 changing my name!

**Timon:** Oh, what's in a name!

**Pumbaa:** And I got downhearted!

**Timon:** How did you feel?

**Pumbaa:** Every time that I-

**Timon:** "Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!"

**Pumbaa:** "Oh, sorry."

**Timon and Pumbaa:** Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase!

Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing craze

**Simba:** It means no worries for the rest of your days

**Timon:** Yeah, sing, kid!

**Timon and Simba:** It's our problem-free...

**Pumbaa:** philosophy!

**All:** Hakuna Matata!

**Timon:** "Welcome to our humble home."

**Simba:** "You live here?"

**Timon:** "We live wherever we want."

**Pumbaa:** "Yup! Home is where your rump rests."

**Simba:** "It's beatutiful."

**Pumbaa:** *[belches]* "I'm starved!"

**Simba:** "I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole zebra."

**Timon:** *[uneased]* "We're fresh outta zebra."

**Simba:** "Any antelope?"

**Timon:** "Nuh-Uh."

**Simba:** "Hippo?"

**Timon:** "Nope. Listen, kid, if you live with us, you have to eat like us. Hey, this looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub."

**Simba:** *[upon seeing a whole bunch of insects]* "Ew! What's that?"

**Timon:** *[holding up one bug]* "A grub. What's it look like?"

**Simba:** "Eww, gross!"

**Timon:** *[after eating the bug]* "Tastes like chicken."

**Pumbaa:** *[eats another bug]* "Slimy, yet satisfying!"

**Timon:** "These are rare delicacies." *[munches on another bug]* "Piquant with a very pleasant crunch."

**Pumbaa:** *[with his mouth full of bugs]* "You'll learn to love 'em!"

**Timon:** *[gathering grubs]* "I'm telling you, kid, this is the great life. No rules. No responsibilities." *[finding another bug before eating it]* "Ooh! The little cream-filled kind." *[goes over to Simba with the tray of grubs]* "And best of all, no worries. Well, kid?"

**Simba:** *[picks up one bug]* "Oh, well. Hakuna Matata." *[slurps up the bug and swallows it and suddenly thinks it was good]* "Slimy... Yet satisfying."

**Timon:** "That's it."

**Timon and Pumbaa:** Hakuna! Matata! *(3x)*

Hakuna...

**Simba:** It means no worries for the rest of your days

**All:** It's our problem-free philosophy

**Timon:** Hakuna Matata

**Pumbaa:** Hakuna Matata

**Simba:** Hakuna Matata...