[Hook] Way down in the jungle deep Rumble, rumble in the jungle, jungle The streets stay hot in the jungle heat, yo Rumble, rumble in the jungle, jungle Uuh uuh uuh uuh aah aah, uuh aah aah Heh hoh hoh, heh hoh hoh Uuh uuh uuh uuh aah aah, uuh aah aah Heh hoh hoh, heh hoh hoh (Rumble in the jungle, jungle) [Verse 1] Lions, tigers, bears, oh my Stick up kids, pimps, and hustlers, no lie The vultures circling, you know you're gon' die Best to duck quick when them pigs roll by Peaco*ks get wop and stay fly Hyenas move in packs, and bats come out at night They scurry 'round like rats, tote gats, but so blind They don't see they're ain't nothing but low lives Monkeys hang around in trees and stay high Elephants got trunks of cash, they're big time Panthers hate zebras, they're black but act white The farm, they're probably where mice they shoot dice That's where the chickens be clucking, stripping, tricking, and f**ing What they got up in their brains a whole lot of nothing Got wolves on the prowl, got heaters they're dumping [?] crocodiles [?] controlling the hunting Sheep sport timbs and gold teeth grins It's like a jungle whenever the beef ends Snakes out there hollering 'bout "we friends" Set you up at the pawn, have you thrown off the deep end Usually deer don't come around 'cause predators eat them Murders at the swamp like every weekend It's savage in the concrete jungle, the street's grim Gorillas rule from the edges of forests to deep ends [Bridge] (Rumble in the jungle, jungle) [Hook] [Verse 2] Now gorillas in the mist what's trifling From extortion to d** to all types of sin Animal communities not liking them Any rival apes take the life of them The model is "get laid, get paid" Any Tarzan n***a get brave get sprayed Seems like nobody could defeat them 'Til one day, lion king of the jungle, creeping See Lion did time in the zoo for beasting
Caught body when him and the cattle were beefing Heard Lion got released, they're having a meeting "Yo, Lion gon' try to stop us from eating" Gorillas said "we're leave you leaking" Lion said "we're gon' leave you cease to breathing" It all went down one rainy evening Gorilla got his goons to catch Lion sleeping Loaded the banana clips Heard Lion's at the farm [?] "let's handle this" A little birdie got the word, told the parrot what he heard Parrot repeated to Lion what's about to occur Rhino said "I got your back, Lion, give me the word" "I do my dirt all up on my lonely" that is what he preferred [Bridge] [Hook] [Verse 3] Lion got his gun co*ked, ready to burst Waiting to give Gorilla a ride in back of a hearse Gorilla creeping through in the whip Hippopotamus yells "duck quick, it's a hit" Lion pulls out the 9 millimeter spit Aimed for Gorilla head, but he missed Gorilla let off his banana clip, brings Lion in the hit The buffalo stampede, Lion let off another six Caught Gorilla in his chest, his blood drip Another car pulls up, "who that", it's Gorilla's clique His goons, Chimpanzee and Baboon Lion only got one shot left, it's bad news Gorilla laying, dying from gunshot wounds Chimpanzee screaming "yo, buck that fool, Baboon" Go for his gun, *click*, *boom* Before the smoke cleared "damn, who shot who?" Lion hit him in the face Chimp pulls the gun from his waist, on a rampage spraying the place Giraffes balling in the park move out the way caught a stray Stool pigeon called the pigs on the scene right away Lion shot chimp, run up on him with his gun co*ked The pig show up "halt [?]", the chimp drops Got the cuffs on Lion, three hots and the cots Sent him back to the zoo rest of his life, cage locked It's like a jungle sometimes, it's hard knocks Think about which animal you represent on the block [Bridge] [Hook]