Gypsy woman told my mother Just before I was born Said, you got a boy-child's comin' Gonna be a son-of-a-gun Gonna make pretty women's Loud, jump and shout And then the world wanna know Just what this all about You know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him I'm the hoochie-coochie man child And everybody knows I'm him I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got John the Conqueror I'm gonna mess with you Gonna make you girls, yeah Lead me by my hand Then the world gonna know I'm the hoochie-coochie man Don't you know I'm him Everybody knows I'm him I'm the hoochie-coochie man child Everybody knows I'm him On the seventh hour of the seven day Of the seventh month, seven doctor say I was born for good luck Just wait and see I got seven hundred dollars So don't you mess with me You know I'm him Well everybody knows I'm him I'm the hoochie-coochie man baby And everybody knows I am him I'm the hoochie-choochie man