Gotta keep

One jump ahead of the breadline

One swing ahead of the sword

I steal only what I can't afford

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

Riffraff!

Street rat!

Soundrel!

Take that!

Just a little snack, guys

Rip him open, take it back, guys

I can take a hint, gotta face the facts

You're my only friend, Abu!

Who?

Oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom

He's become a one-man rise in crime

I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em

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

Stop, thief!

Vandal!

Outrage!

Scandal!

Let's not be too hasty

Still I think he's rather tasty

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat

Otherwise we'd get along

Wrong!

One jump ahead of the hoofbeats (vandal!)

One hop ahead of the h**p (street rat!)

One trick ahead of disaster (scoundrel!)

They're quick, but I'm much faster (take that!)

Here goes, better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landin

All I gotta do is jump