[Verse 1]
[JANJA]
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
When you live in the Outlands
It's better to make your own rules
Ask anyone outside the Pride Lands
The Circle of Life is for fools!

[HYENAS]
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!

[JANJA]
We go where we want when we want to
And we eat, yes, we eat as we please
(Ah! Ah!)
That Kion can't give us a curfew

[MZINGO]
Or tell us to stay in the trees!

[HYENAS]
No!

[Chorus]
[JANJA & HYENAS]
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!
No one's safe, so the time is right
The Circle of Life's gonna feel our bite
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!
[HYENAS]
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!

[Verse 2]
[JANJA]
So before this new Guard is ready
To defend the Pride Lands from harm
(Ah! Ah!)
We'll make them all feel unsteady
We'll give them cause for alarm!

[HYENAS]
Yeah!

[Chorus]
[JANJA & HYENAS]
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!
No one's safe, so the time is right
The Circle of Life's gonna feel our bite
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!

[Hyenas]
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!
Ha ha ha ha ha ah ah!
[Verse 3]
[JANJA]
All right, fellas, bring it in
Here's the plan
While the animals are in their slumber
We'll be creeping beneath
And just like a roaring thunder
We'll wake them up with our teeth!

[Chorus]
[JANJA & HYENAS]
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!
No one's safe, so the time is right
The Circle of Life's gonna feel our bite
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!

Tonight we strike! (Tonight we strike!)
Tonight we strike!
No one's safe, so the time is right (Nobody's safe!)
The Circle of Life's gonna feel our bite (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
Tonight we strike
Tonight we strike

The Circle of Life's gonna feel our bite
Tonight we strike!
Tonight we strike!