Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Lebo M & Tsidii Le Loka
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Geoff Hoyle & Scott Irby-Ranniar & Samuel E. Wright
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Lebo M
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Scott Irby-Ranniar & Geoff Hoyle &
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Kevin Cahoon & Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Samuel E. Wright
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & & Kevin Cahoon & Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Tsidii Le Loka
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Jason Raize & Scott Irby-Ranniar & Tom Alan Robbins & Max Casella
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Lebo M
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & & Kevin Cahoon & Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman & Geoff Hoyle & Heather Headley
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Tsidii Le Loka & Heather Headley
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Lebo M
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Jason Raize
Heather Headley, Jason Raize, Max Casella, Tom Alan Robbins & The Lion King Ensemble
Jason Raize, Tsidii Le Loka & The Lion King Ensemble
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King
Original Broadway Cast of The Lion King & Lebo M
“The Morning Report” was originally written for the 1994 movie The Lion King, but was cut.
For the Special Edition DVD of the movie released in 2003, the song was fully animated and inserted into the film, although an option was given to watch the “original” cut of the film as well.
Coincidentally,...
[ZAZU]
It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform
With due sense of decorum and with pride
With deference and great respect very much the norm
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm
To fill him in on all the beastly news
[MUFASA, spoken]
Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it!
[ZAZU]
In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm
Aware of all the fauna's latest views
[MUFASA, spoken]
Zazu! The morning report!
[ZAZU, spoken]
Er - yes, Sire: the morning report!
(sung)
Chimps are going ape
Giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember
Though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up
Fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg
But I quickly said, "No thanks!"
We haven't paid the hornbills
And the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be
Coming back from lunch
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report
[MUFASA, spoken]
What are you doing, son?
[YOUNG SIMBA, spoken]
Pouncing...
[MUFASA, spoken]
Ah. Let an old pro show you how it's done
[ZAZU]
The buffalo have got a beef
[MUFASA]
About this season's grass
Warthogs have been thwarted
Stay low
To the ground
In attempts to save their gas
[SIMBA]
Yes, stay
Flamingoes in the pink
Low
[MUFASA]
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season's color
Shh, not
A sound
Seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file
To near the bottom rung
Take it slow
One more step
Far too many beetles are
Quite frankly in the dung
Then
POUNCE!
AAAAHH!
[YOUNG SIMBA]
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report
[ALL]
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report
The Morning Report was written by Tim Rice & Elton John.
The Morning Report was produced by Mark Mancina.