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 
( 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 

[Crowd:] Riffraff! Street rat! Soundrel! Take that! 
[Aladdin:] Just a little snack, guys 
[Crowd:] Rip him open, take it back, guys 
[Aladdin:] I can take a hint, gotta face the facts 
You're my only friend, Abu! 
[Crowd:] 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 
[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 

[Crowd:] Stop, thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal! 

[Aladdin:] Let's not be too hasty 
[Lady:] Still I think he's rather tasty 
[Aladdin:] Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat 
Otherwise we'd get along 
[Crowd:] Wrong! 

[Aladdin:] One jump ahead of the hoofbeats 
(Vandal!) 
One hop ahead of the hump 
(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