Simba Meets Nala – English Lyrics

• Album: The Lion King

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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in

jle jle the lion sleep too I can't hear

you buddy back me

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up p p m

demone

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[Applause]

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bu hey what's going on she's going to

eat me

huh whoa jeez why do I always have to

save your

don't worry buddy I'm here for you

everything's going to be

okay get her B

ahead go the jul the

jugul see I told you he'd come in

handy is it really you who are you it's

me

Simba

Simba how did you but how did

you wow where did you come from this is

girl it's great to see you oh it's great

to see going on here what are you doing

here what do you mean what am I doing

here what are you doing here hey what's

going on here teone this is Nala she's

my best friend friend yeah hey Pumba

come over here H Nala this is Pumba

Pumba Nala pleaseed to make your

acquaintance pleasure's all mine how do

you do well whoa time out let me get

this straight you know her she knows you

but she wants to eat him and everybody's

okay with this did I miss something

relax Timone wait till everyone finds

out you've been here all this time and

your mother what will she think she

doesn't have to know nobody has to know

of course they do everyone thinks you're

dead they do yeah scar told us about the

Stampede he

did what else did he tell you what else

matters you're alive and that

means you're the king

king lady have you got your Lions

crossed the king your majesty I gravel

at your

feet stop it it's not gravel it's gravel

and don't he's not the king are you no

Simba no I'm not the king maybe I was

going to be but that was a long time ago

let me get this straight you're the king

and you never told us look I'm still the

same guy but with power could you guys

excuse us for a few minutes hey whatever

she has to say she can say in front of

us right

Simba maybe you better

go it's St

you think you know a

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guy Timone and Pumba you learn to love

him

what what is

it it's like you're back from the

dead you don't know how much this will

mean to

everyone what it means to me hey it's

okay I've really missed you I've missed

you too

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Simba /ˈsɪmbə/ B1	noun - The main character, a young lion.
Nala /ˈnɑːlə/ B1	noun - A lioness and Simba's friend.
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - A male ruler of a country or territory.
friend /frend/ A1	noun - A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - Living, not dead.
stampede /ˈstæmpid/ B2	noun - A sudden panicked rush of a large group of animals.
power /ˈpaʊər/ B1	noun - The ability to do something or act in a particular way.
think /θɪŋk/ A2	verb - Have a particular belief or idea.
dead /ded/ A1	adjective - No longer living.
mean /miːn/ A2	verb - To signify or represent.
missed /mɪst/ A2	verb - Feel sadness or longing for someone or something.
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - The part of the body at the end of the legs on which a person or animal stands.
told /toʊld/ A2	verb - Past tense of tell; to communicate information to someone.
scar /skɑːr/ B1	noun - A mark left on the skin after a wound has healed.
gravel /ˈɡrævəl/ B1	noun - Small stones.

Key Grammar Structures

• don't worry buddy I'm here for you

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm here for you' uses the present continuous tense with 'am' (contracted to 'm') and the -ing form of the verb 'be' to indicate an action happening now or an ongoing situation.

• it's me, Simba

  ➔ Subject pronoun and proper noun

  ➔ The phrase uses the subject pronoun 'me' and the proper noun 'Simba' to identify the speaker.

• what are you doing here?

  ➔ Present continuous question

  ➔ This is a question formed with the present continuous tense, using 'are' and the -ing form of the verb 'do'.

• everyone thinks you're dead

  ➔ Present tense with contraction

  ➔ The phrase 'you're' is a contraction of 'you are', used in the present tense to describe a current belief.

• could you guys excuse us for a few minutes?

  ➔ Modal verb for polite request

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' is used to make a polite request, followed by the base form of the verb 'excuse'.

• I've really missed you

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The present perfect tense is used with 'have' and the past participle 'missed' to describe an action that started in the past and continues to the present.