A gypsy woman told my mother before I was born You got a boy child comin', he gonna be a son of a gun He gonna make pretty women jump and shout Then the world wanna know what this all about But you know I'm him, everybody knows I'm him Well, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him I got a black cat bone, I got a mojo too I got the John the Conqueroo, I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls lead me by my hand Then the world will know I'm that hoochie coochie man But you know I'm him, everybody knows I'm him Well, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him On the seventh hour, on the seventh day On the seventh month seven doctors say You were born for good luck that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars, don't you mess with me But you know I'm him, everybody knows I'm him Well, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm him