I Wan'na Be Like You

An excerpt from what was singularly the most popular Disney animation ever! One of my all time favourites (not to say my dad's), the orang's zany charisma and superbly perfect characteristics, portrayed in The Jungle Book, are bound to survive for a long long time in the hearts of adults and children alike. His desires to become human and as such use Mowgli to find out the secret of making fire, is a brilliant concept in itself, a pre cursor to the heights of brilliance Disney animations would reach in the future!

Now I'm the king of the swingers
Oh, the jungle VIP
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me
I wanna be a man, mancub
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men
I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
Oh, oobee doo
I wanna be like you
I wanna walk like you
Talk like you, too
You'll see it's true
An ape like me
Can learn to be humen too

Now don't try to kid me, mancub
and don't get in a stew
What I desire is man's red fire
To make my dream come true
Give me the secret, mancub
Clue me what to do
Give me the power of man's red flower
So I can be like you
You!
I wanna be like you
I wanna talk like you
Walk like you, too
You'll see it's true
Someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like you
Can learn to be
Like someone like me!
I'll ape your mannerisms...we'll be a set of twins,

noone will know where man cub ends and orangutang begins

when I eat bananas I won't peel them with my feet,

coz then I'll be a man man cub and learn some etiquette, oh

scooby doo...I wanna be like you,

I wanna walk like you talk like you too,

you see its true an ape like me

can learn to be you hoo hoo man too

-Nostaligically, Twinky.