Boy, what's the matter with you?
You ain't got no pep at all today! I always gets tired when it gets hot like this, you know
You is lazy, Is I?
You just natu'lly lazy! That's what's the matter with me?
You're doing nothing all the day No, I don't never do nothing
You is loafin' on the levee Yeah!
Was you born that way? Yeah, I was born just like I is now, just like I is

I know, but you is lazy! Yeah
Just look at you,
You just natu'lly lazy Yeah, I'm lazy!
Sitting there watching them muddy waters play Yeah
'Cause you're heart's never heavy Oh, no
Tell me, boy, was you born that way? Just like I is now, just like I is
Now, look here with that chicken so sweet, Chicken!
And gravy five inches deep, Good gravy!
The kind that melts right in your mouth Great Caesar!
You sleep 'til you eat, Loves to sleep
You eat 'til you sleep, Eat, too
That's your busy day down South Busy sleepin'

You'se lazy, Yeah, I is
Just natu'lly lazy, Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm
Down in Dixie let him stay, Oh, what's that?
Lordy, but he's lucky,
He was born that way