One Jump Ahead - Adam Jacobs, Aladdin Original Broadway Cast

Gotta keep

One jump ahead of the breadline

One swing ahead of the sword

I steal only what I can't afford

And 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!

Scoundrel!

Take that!

Try a different tact, guys

Rip him open

'Round the back, guys

I can take a hint

Gotta face the facts

Could really use a friend or two

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!

Abu!

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

One hop ahead of the hump

One trick ahead of disaster

They're quick, but I'm much faster

Here goes

Better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landing

All I gotta do is jump!