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The Bare Necessities Lyrics

From Disney’s 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, anthropomorphic bear Baloo expounds upon Mowgli the importance of taking it easy. Essentially a precursor to Hakuna Matata.

[Spoken Intro: Baloo]

All you gotta do is...

[Chorus: Baloo]

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

Old Mother Nature's recipes

That bring the bare necessities of life

[Verse 1: Baloo]

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam

I couldn't be fonder of my big home

The bees are buzzin' in the tree

To make some honey just for me

When you look under the rocks and plants

And take a glance at the fancy ants

Then maybe try a few

[Skit: Baloo,

Mowgli

&

Bagheera

]

You eat ants?

Hahaha, you gotta believe it

And you're gonna love the way they tickle

Mowgli, look out![Pre-Chorus: Baloo &

Mowgli

]

The bare necessities of life will come to you (

When?

)

They'll come to you

[Chorus: Baloo]

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

[Verse 2: Baloo &

Mowgli

]

Now when you pick a pawpaw

Or a prickly pear (

Ow!

)

And you prick a raw paw

Well, next time beware

Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw

When you pick a pear

Try to use the claw

But you don't need to use the claw

When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw

Have I given you a clue?

(

Golly, thanks Baloo!

)

[Skit: Bagheera &

Baloo

]

Paw-paw, ha! Of all the silly gibberish

C'mon Baggy, get with the beat![Pre-Chorus: Baloo &

Mowgli

]

The bare necessities of life will come to you

(

They'll come to me!

)

They'll come to you

[Interlude: Baloo &

Mowgli

]

How about scratchin' that ol' left shoulder while you're up there, Mowgli?

Now just a hair lower.. There, right there. That's it. Ahh..

This is beautiful. That's good. Kid, we've got to get to a tree

This calls for some big scratch!

You're lots of fun, Baloo!

Right on it.. Yeah! That's delicious! Oh, ooo! Just a little bit--

Mmm.. yeah.. ha-ha.. ooo

Mm... mmm... ha-ha.. ooo. yeah!

Oh man, this is really livin'

[Bridge: Baloo]

So just try and relax, yeah, cool it

Fall apart in my backyard

'Cause let me tell you something,

little britches

If you act like that bee acts, uh-uh

You're working too hard

And don't spend your time lookin' around

For something you want that can't be found

When you find out you can live without it

And go along not thinkin' about it

I'll tell you something true

The bare necessities of life will come to you[Skit: Bagheera &

Baloo

]

Ahh.. I give up. Well I hope his luck holds out

Mowgli, how 'bout you singing?

[Chorus: Baloo,

Mowgli

&

Both

]

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

(

Yeah, man!

)

I mean the bare necessities

Old Mother Nature's recipes

That bring the bare necessities of life

(Yeah!)

With just the bare necessities of life

Yeah, man!