A gypsy woman told my mama on the night I was born "You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son-of-a-gun Gonna make the pretty woman, Lord, jump and shout You know he's gonna show them all what it's all about!"
Because I am Oh, everybody knows I am I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man Everybody knows that I am!
So on the seventh hour of the seventh day Of the seventh month, seven doctors say "He was born for good luck, Lord, can't you see" I got seven hundred dollars in my pocket, baby Don't you mess with me!
Because I am Lord, everybody knows I am Ohw! I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man Lord, everybody knows that I am Yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah I am the Hoochie Coochie Man (Oh, alright, yeah!).
I got a black cat bone I got a mojo tooth I got a sharp straight razor I'm about to fuck with you I was born for good luck Lord, can't you see I got seven hundred dollars in my pocket, baby Now don't you mess with me!
Because I am Oh, everybody knows I am Oh yeah, baby I'm the Hoochie Coochie Man Everybody knows that I am Ooohh Yeah!