Black man, black man,
get your nappy head up off my bed.
Black man, black man,
get your nappy head up off my back
All the good you are to me,
you might as well be dead
Oh, black man, black man,
you know you ain't treating me right,
black man, oh black man,
you know you ain't treating me right.
You lay in bed both day and night,
know your baby's just too tight.
You no good rascal,
good -for -nothing rascal,
laziest man I ever found.
No good rascal,
good -for -nothin' rascal,
latest man I ever found.
You all right when you're walkin',
you no good when you lay down.
Why didn't you tell me,
why didn't you tell me,
the first time that you laid down?
Why didn't you tell me, tell me,
the first time that you laid down?
If you don't do something,
won't put your thick feet
in the ground.
I'm going to leave you, leave you,
and I'm go ing away to see you.
I'm going to leave you, yeah,
I'm going to leave you,
and I'm going away today.
If you keep on messing with me,
I'm going to break your D .T .A.