The Circle of Life - Lyrics

[WafflesJemima]

Lion King will always be my most favorite Disney movie in every way, reminds me of my father who passed away in Christmas 05' and the love of my life Karen! September 4th, 2010 <3

[LandonRitchie]

you buttheads think this is a bad movie well i'll punch you in the face

[kylemastergamer]

i thinkits our at 2:05

[TheMJlover449]

When I first watched the movie and heard this song,which was when I was,like,about 5,I fell in love with it,and it came out before I was born

[cooliopop15]

is it weird instead of having a laugh with my friends on a friday night i am here sitting with my earphones listening to this with popcorn well in all fairness i could not go out still out of the million sngs i could chose i choose this one

[miss09lauren]

aww i feel like i'm 6 yrs old again :)

[hotspot1995]

The language is Swahili

[EPICDISNEYGURLS]

whovin the right mind would dislike this its a freaking disney classic

[Bbobbed]

A banana, a penguin and banana..

[Gamerecorder2012]

WHAT'S!!!! ON THE MENU Timon And Pumba

[haloman12352]

saturday the lion king comes on disney channle 7:30/6:30

[AkatsukiGoodGirl13]

@haloman12352 I KNOW I'M SO EXCITED

[WolfOfPower123]

@AkatsukiGoodGirl13 lol

[AkatsukiGoodGirl13]

@WolfOfPower123 yeah

[Kerriangel]

When any future children of mine are Christened I am ordering my husband that once the water is poured onto the baby's head; he is to turn around; raise the baby into the air singing this

[hjhs100]

Excellent video

[Tiinkergirl]

Two years ago, my class and I (I was 14) watched the Lion King, because it was the last day of school. The teacher saw our faces and asked why we were crying at the beginning of the movie.

Omg, can't you understand teacher ? It's such an emotional and beautiful movie, and it reminds all of our childhood when we use to watch Disney movies ! :3 Anyway, I saw the Lion King Musical and it was awesome ! :B I just want to have Old disney back !

[johnny22233323]

I fucking cried when mufasa died. and again when Simba saw him in the clouds, and he was sayin "don't leave me". Saw the movie for the billionth time yesterday, and it gets more emotional everytime I watch it.

[GuardianOfNonE]

For awhile, I thought the line "Through despair and hope" was "Through despair and pall" ("pall" meaning gloom or dread). That word still makes a bit more sense to me than "hope", because the point of the whole chorus seems to be largely ABOUT having hope already. Just strikes me as a tad redundant. Plus, "pall" would rhyme with the previous line.

But I'm REALLY nitpicking here. To me, this song is one of Disney's absolute finest. I'd never want anyone thinking that I think otherwise.

[agwebkinz11]

One of the most epic songs ever!

[chilltownhill6]

@agwebkinz11 agreed sista!!!

[agwebkinz11]

@chilltownhill6 Thanks!

[SAX713]

who sings the song?

[ohaycaytay]

Still don't understand the beginning, hahahahaha

[TheDisneyfanatic99]

I used to sing this song to my dog when I was little, but I didn't know the words so I made up some:

The Circle of Life.

We all must die.

The old and the young

The circle of life.

The I would hold her up like Simba

[cassieXroboX]

@TheDisneyfanatic99 ahahahhahahahhahaha im 16 and i still do that to my dog. he seriosly looks like simba i so regret not calling him after my fav movie! but i sing it to him and hold him up hehe

[TheDisneyfanatic99]

@cassieXroboX I had to give away my dog and my other one is too fat to hold up.

[ImmaBunnie]

I got fucking goose bumps! Please take out the shitty disney singers and bring back good old music like this!

[LouisexSaito1232]

i love this song lion king is my favorite movie

[TheDisneyfanatic99]

@BlackStarPrincess100 It actually came out in 1993 after Aladdin.

[maresv]

love it and the lion king

[WOWILIKEPIE1]

DISNEY GIVE ME ANOTHER LION KING MOVIE OR GTFO!!

[LaBellaVita0112]

I was born the year this movie came out (1994) and my mom went to see it the first day it came came out, with me (haha I know, probably not the safest idea, but hey I'm not deaf yet!). All I can say is that DAMN---even my 6-month-old self had good taste in movies!

[Dutchladystrawberry]

@JohnHaloWarrior95 it is Zulu but I dn't think it's got anything to do with the pop sound coz a few more Southern African languages have that pop sound , by the way ,we call the click sound :)

[Dutchladystrawberry]

@DisneySongsLover and @independen1998 it is Zulu and it's spoken by at least 20 million black people in Southern Africa mainly in South Africa and Zimbabwe .. Ingonyama nengwe'enamabala = it's a lion and a cheetah not a tiger.... We don't have tigers in Africa...:) and oh , Simba is Swahili for lion ,everything else is pretty much Zulu!!! Am proud to be African!!!

[CamJar99]

@Dutchladystrawberry same here! same here!

[Dottherabbitrulz]

i wanna sing this in a school assembly so badly...

[thatnerdygirl1121]

Everytime I hear this I just start crying. It's so powerful!

[proud2beBookWorm]

@xAlaskaCandy zulu im pretty sure :)

[TheFletchhh]

The stage show makes this song so muhc more moving. In college Someone will just start humming it and in a second or two the whole college commonroom roars with it :D

[khamill473]

was on the bus on my home and a guy got on the bus and literally sat down and all i heard was "NAAAAAAAAAAANNNNTTSSSS INNNGGONNNNYAAMMMAA BAAGIIIITTHHII BABBBBAAAA!!!!" I never clapped so hard in my live then began singing "the circle of life....."

this song brings people together anywhere :)

[jazzie5150]

i remember when my dad took me, my brother, and my mom to see this :) i was 4. it was (and still is) effin' EPIC! :D

[Marisssa1234]

ME : Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyamaaaaaaaaaa

Classroom: AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *kid falls*

teacher:MARISSA SHUT UR MOUTH!!

ME: (((.O

[Marisssa1234]

every time we watch an animal video i start singing this song and every one laughs and then my tacher tells me to shut up

[dudeproductions100]

@xAlaskaCandy the theme song is zulu

[SupernaturalBaby08]

Do ads have a circle of life? Do they die eventually?

[Pixie5756]

I think my sacred scripture teacher is obsesed with this song... or Lion King... or both. I'd don't mind because so am I ;)

[bookloverholic]

I recently went to see Lion King at the theatre, it was amazing

[WiTh0uTy0u3dg]

PINK PAJAMAS, PENGUINS ON THE BOTTOM!!! XD ahaha thats all I hear in the background as she sings (0:34)

[Dottherabbitrulz]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg

lolz... for me it sounds like "iguana hanging with obama" xD

[PearStalker]

@Dottherabbitrulz HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 

[HarryPotterHD99]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg oh common :) It's Pink Llamas Penguins in Pajamas :) Get it right :)

[DistantCityLight]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg LOL. yeah I guess it does kind of sound like that

[ForeveraStarkid394]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg I hear 'pink pajama, pink pajama bottoms' :P

[surfylilqt]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg lol so true

[bfflz21]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg lol

[HarryPotterHD99]

@WiTh0uTy0u3dg No. Penguins in PAJAMAS of course!

[cutiepie100412]

iLove how i can understand these songs cause im african ^.^

[DisneySongsLover]

Translated:

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba = There comes a lion

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama = Oh yes, it's a lion

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba = There comes a lion

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama = Oh yes, it's a lion

Siyo Nqoba = We're going to conquer

Ingonyama nengw' enamabaal = It's a lion and a tiger

Hope that helps. ^^

[mirandavelasquez86]

@DisneySongsLover that did help a lot thanks lol

[independen1998]

@DisneySongsLover What is the name of the language and its race

[DisneySongsLover]

@independen1998 It's either Swahili or Zulu as for race I'm not to sure.

[JohnHaloWarrior95]

@DisneySongsLover I think it's Zulu because the Zulu alphabet actually has a letter that requires that pop sound to pronounce properly.

[CamJar99]

@DisneySongsLover race, i don't know but i know where the main area's are! tanzania, uganda, kenya. and i bet swahilli, zulu there is a major chance!!!! XD i don't know

[psytaebien]

@DisneySongsLover It's Zulu and Ingonyama nengw' enamabaal = A lion and a leopard come to this open place.

Makes more sense as tigers don't live in Africa.

[XLauncaX]

@DisneySongsLover if I remember properlly it was Swahili

[TheOtherHolly]

@DisneySongsLover It's probably Swahili, considering all the main characters' names are Swahili.

[megasonic4]

@DisneySongsLover its swahili

[BloodRose411]

@independen1998 im pretty sure its swahili but i cant remember the race

[WolfOfPower123]

@independen1998 it sounds like afracan language

[CamJar99]

@WolfOfPower123 which one

[TerisKaminari]

@DisneySongsLover So where's the tiger in the movie? =P lol. That's what I'd like to know xD

[TheDollyTube]

@DisneySongsLover In the 1994 film The Lion King, in the "Circle of Life" song, the phrases Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (English: A lion and a leopard come to this open place), Nants ingonyama bakithi Baba (English: Here comes a lion, Father) and Siyonqoba (English: We will conquer) were used. In some movie songs, like "This Land", the voice says Busa leli zwe bo (Rule this land) and Busa ngothando bo (Rule with love) were used too.

They are speaking Zulu, one of the 11 languages of South Africa

[HarryPotterHD99]

@DisneySongsLover Wrong. Pink Llamas Penquin in Pajama's of course ;)

[nidashahid87]

at 0:49 what do those words mean?

[babybunnylover01]

great song but how do u do the slide show thing

???????????

[captainpearl1313]

Boaz High School Grad Class 2011 performed this song during homecoming week....we ended up winning the contest for all the Disney songs performed and the entire week of games & the float building. Class of 2011.......nuff said! Go Pirates!

[lauren2397]

Also, this is my ringtone. Went off in the middle of English class. I got a couple high fives.

[lauren2397]

Google Translate won't translate this for me.

[iCobrax]

the.most.epic.song.ever.

[dafalconater]

best.alarm.ever

[noephezulu]

its "nansi ingwenyama yabakithi baba"

[Gone2Huntin]

I love this song :) i once lifted my cat up like rafiki did simba and she did not scratch me or bite but just looked at me like "Uhhhhhh dude can you let me down now"

[xxPoisonDrummerxx]

My cats always seem to vanish when I play this song.

[LoveeMeeReallii]

singing this in music:-)

[KeyaAshley]

You wanna wake some people up in the morning get you some good speakers, and turn this WAYYYYYYY up

[TheBlahBlahNews]

@KeyaAshley I can just see my neighbours acting the scene out in their pj's >.<

[T4K13]

You.. are my hero. <3

[left4deadrox]

Thi song always gives me chills ^_^ Love it tho

[Jinoushka]

I think they are speaking EPIC!

[MsLPSFOREVER]

16 people dont know the meaning of the circle of life

[MsLPSFOREVER]

this song gives me chills

[3Mcflyfan]

i saw lion king in theature, AMAZING would see it again it was just soooo good x

[ChristinaShea98]

Ya know what Book of Mormon (the musical) taught me?

Africa is nothing like the Lion King. :P

[JasperWhitlock1000]

OHHH shit.....this made me cry soooo much!!!! How i loved my childhood!!<3 i really feel sorry for the kids of today that have to see bulshit of movies.

[wontmakeorbreakme]

I want to learn the words in Zulu here...

[MizzJessika18]

Still the best Disney song..like ever.. It's sad.. kids 10 years from now won't know the epicness and beauty of this. Amen for the 90s!

[TameWeevil]

@MizzJessika18 They will now that it's been re-released in theaters.

[12121212laura]

I remember cheering on Simba when he fought Scar. I remember booing at Ursela, when she took Ariels voice. I remember fighting the Huns side by side with Mulan. I remember the wind through my hair, running by Pocahontas. I remember being locked in the Beast's castle. I remember laughing and having fun with Mickey and his friends. I don't remember watching Teen Drama on stupid Disney Channel. Copy and paste this to all you favorite Disney Videos, and let's start a revolution.

[kiarag123454]

0:29 that smeans in english There comes a lion, Fatherr searched it up B)

[quisengprincess]

I was in science class today and we were watching a movie on animals and my friend Benji started to sing this song then I joined in, then my friend Kailey, and in within 10 seconds our whole class was singing it. It was awesome!

[Bethany13WWEFAN]

@quisengprincess Awesome!! ;)

[hailey4leafclover]

@quisengprincess we did the same thing

[dina22goodtobetrue]

this is my ring tone...im 16

[ChibiEii]

@dina22goodtobetrue I had Power Rangers Intro as my ringtone for weeks and I'm 21 ;')

[amychinnu]

u knw wat v r doin a play......THE LION KING..n our singers r too gud

[MissHeater17]

our*

[Happytobeme767]

7 girls ages 15-18 singing this song at the top of thier lungs! best night ever!

[babycake2532]

It is my dream to star in this play on Broadway <3

Wish me luck

U never know one day i might be up there belting this out at the top of my lungs.

[lilcayray]

i busted out in science class singing this...it was first period biology and it was 7:15 in the morning. Not only did my teacher look at me funny, my best friend joined in with me.

[snickerz911411]

@lilcayray Omg I did the same thing to except I sang 'I Just Can't Wait To be King' my friend joined in. best moring ever

[Sulie97]

i didn't get what the lady was talking about when i was young, but now that im older i know what The Great Circle Of Life means. :)

I love Lion king and always will. ;3

[Dottherabbitrulz]

when they sang "Ingonyama nengw' enamabala" it kinda sounded like "iguana hanging with obama"...

[MegaSpock78]

@Dottherabbitrulz HA HA HA THAT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!!

[MartinezIlandra15]

Haha. Trying to sing the being is the hardest part but I still bust out the lyrics!

[Viczilla118]

i was rafiki in a school play in primary school and i had to do all dis Natswenya stuff

and you nowhat

i sucked my accents all british now so i couldnt do it properly 

[cocopixar]

this vid is broken it has a dislike button and all the people ho disliked it r broken thumb up for people ho believe in this song

[Amanda1234558]

this is also african singing

[firelily12]

I'm so mad that I didn't get to see this in theaters. I grew up with this wonderful movie. I feel like I really missed out :(

[casedinlight]

"Till we find OUR place" not "are".

English really is a dead language. 

[danceislife1026]

its inu nyama neng wenama bala

[kelly19091]

my cat hates this song because he knows what's coming...

[eleettu15987jb]

@kelly19091 wats coming?

[Samurairanger1]

@kelly19091 what's coming that your cat hates it....

[aaeess212]

@Samurairanger1 she lifts her cat up like simba, which i do wiff my puppy too ;P

[KeyaAshley]

@kelly19091 LMBOOOOOO

[jelena8179]

@kelly19091 Let me guess you hold your cat in the air like they did Simba LMAO poor cat

[kelly19091]

@jelena8179 hahaha yep, he literally runs out of the room now.

[02Dyane]

i took my little cousins to watch The Lion King in theaters. i swear i was more excited than they were :) haha it was funny the parent that were sitting next to us were laughing at me. i just kept on smiling and laughing :D

[javaje92]

What is this about Japanese? How did that come up in the conversation? Or should I say comments...

It's a beautiful African-ish song here. In my experience when a group of people hear African music, everybody just jumps up and dances. :P

Oh, and I love ALL languages! It sounds so... So... Awesome! ^w^

[CarolineLuvsUx]

I held my god daughter in the air when she was first born and sang this :D

[yummyelves777]

1:43-1:46 and 3:14-3:18 are my favorite parts, and it's because the back up singers sound amazing.

Oh, I love this movie <3

[sequoya11]

sometimes I hold up my 13 year old daughter and sing this. But then see looks at me like "wth" and I put her down.... lol

[CrazyHermit]

i got kicked out of the movie theater for singing this outloud. thumbs up if you want me to show up as the monkey to the movie theater and sing this outloud again

[EmoCosplayer16]

@CrazyHermit ok explain how that happens i would have loved it...and i did the same thing except for Mamma Mia...weird...

[iHeartHPandTwilight]

@CrazyHermit i sung outloud too and embaresed my little sis ohhhh good times

[JitterStaticfLoor]

@CrazyHermit You should of took a video?

[snowyangel97]

@CrazyHermit Can you get your friend or someone to film it? I think it'd be funny.xDD

[Juwenna]

@CrazyHermit and post a movie if you really do! :)

[TwiTwiFutureCat]

@CrazyHermit I know how you feel. I got bitched at for quoting the movie as it was playing. I didn't realize I was being so loud. XD;

[volunteernation16]

@CrazyHermit I don't believe you.

[mskaybaby18]

13 ppl didnt enjoy their childhood and know nothing abt the Circle of Life

[BritZ1997]

I would hold up my dog and sing this but she weighs like 40 pounds! And I can't lift that! So I just do it with stuffed animals!

[MrCheese1256]

@BritZ1997 I feel ya my dog is like 20 or 30 i almost fell over

[whitefuryfx]

Sometimes i hold my cat up and sing this

[theincomeman]

This is my favrate song in the lion king 1.

[Emmie1234100]

@mousy554 i was born in 2002 but lion king my fav movie

[balletgirl21100]

may peace be on earth. no more hatred and violence in our hearts!

[mousy554]

I'm sorry for screwing up this video but..

@2:08 - are place?

[tomvernon15]

Love the lion king!!

[mousy554]

@tomvernon15 unless you're a 90's kid, you will never love the lion king as much as others do...

[tomvernon15]

@mousy554 Im pretty sure i was born in 94 so i think that qualifies me as a 90's kid? ha

[mousy554]

@tomvernon15 That's good then :)

[HuskyFan41]

Absolutely fantastic! I remember singing this in an assembly with my class once and I remember the rest of the school lapping it up. And why not? It's cushty!

[13wlflvr]

i love the african beginning

[spideykoonrulz]

The lion king was my childhood, everything about it is a part of me. The lion king 2 was a great story as well, some of my favorite songs are in that movie. I wonder why they don't do a next episode to it, and no, not 1 1/2, because it was good, and funny, but it wasn't really a sequel. I want to see what happens next, with simba, kovu, nala and kiara, I want to see what's next in the story. Anyone agree?

[Bakugirl18]

@spideykoonrulz i totally agree!!

[carolina591987]

<<waiting for the subtitles

[xawesomegirlx1]

Possibly the most famous disney song ever.

[PercyJacksonFan613]

Whatever languge they're singing in, the word for "Awesome" in it is pronounced "DisneySongsLover". This has to be true!