The gypsy woman told my mother before I was born I got a boy-child's coming, he gonna be a son of a gun. He gonna make pretty womens jump and shout Then the world wanna know what this all about
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
I got the black cat bone, I got a mojo tooth I got the John the Conquerer Root, I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls lead me by my hand Then the world will know the hoochie coochie man
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
On the seventh hours, on the seventh day On the seventh month, the seven doctors say 'He was born for good luck and that you'll see' I got seven hundred dollars; don't you mess with me
But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Yeah, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here