| A-now-now, when you see a drunk man | 
| It made-a you mad | 
| When you get drunk | 
| You look-a just as bad | 
| You better cut that out | 
| Yeah, you better cut that out | 
| You better cut that out, boy | 
| Befo' it be too, late | 
| A-now-now, when you get high | 
| You know now, you’ll get worse | 
| When you get drunk | 
| You throw a rock in a hearst | 
| You better cut that out | 
| Yeah, you better cut that out | 
| Ya better cut that out, boy | 
| Befo' it be too, late | 
| I see you’re on your knees | 
| You know you mistreat a friend | 
| The next thing you know | 
| You’ll been wonderin' where you been | 
| You better cut that out | 
| Yeah, you better cut that out | 
| Ya better cut that out, boy | 
| Befo' it be too, late | 
| Ya went downtown | 
| Ya say, you didn’t go to stay long | 
| The next time I saw ya | 
| You’s in another man’s home | 
| You better cut that out | 
| Yeah, you better cut that out | 
| Ya better cut that out, boy | 
| Befo' it be too, late | 
| Well now, when you get high | 
| You don’t know what to do | 
| You say you get high | 
| Because you feelin' blue | 
| An you better cut that out | 
| Yeah, you better cut that out | 
| Well, ya better cut that out, boy | 
| Befo' it be too, late |