Lyrics:

One Just Ahead is the Broadway adaption of One Jump Ahead, featured in the original film. This version keeps most of the original lyrics, but removes lines about Abu and adds lines from the ensemble.
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

Just a little snack, guys

Rip him open, take it back, guys

I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
I could use a friend or two

True

Oh, it's sad, Aladdin's hit the bottom
He's become a one man rise in crime
I'd blame parents, except he hasn't got 'em

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
Outrage
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

Vandal

One hop ahead of the hump

Street rat

One trick ahead of disaster

Scoundrel

They're quick, but I'm much faster

Take that

Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin' all I gotta do is jump

Don't let him get away

Sometimes it's just way too easy