Split your guts, sing the blues
and at parties never mind your Ps and Qs
and the pimps, well they all wear snakeskin shoes.
Mr. Hammond, at a clip joint,
some recordings he wishes to anoint.
and the pimps, well they all wear snakeskin shoes.
sitting beside the side of the road,
bleeding to d**h, well watch your blood flow.
opera singers, do their thing,
Bessie slaps them on the back as they do sing.
and the pimps, well they all wear snakeskin shoes.