| I need home, home cookin', yeah!
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| I need home, home cookin', yeah!
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| He said, a woman’s place
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| Is in the kitchen
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| But in the kitchen, you are a flop
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| Them meals that you been fixin'
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| They ain’t nothin' but yesterday’s slop
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| An' I like, your wiggly walk
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| I like your baby talk, yeah!
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| You’re neat, the way you look
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| But you ain’t nothin'
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| If you can’t cook
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| I need home, home cookin', yeah!
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| I need home, home cookin', yeah!
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| Hot! | 
| I sweat all day
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| I rush back home, to see what you cookin'
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| Your beans are burned
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| You’ve ruined my place
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| And in the mirror, I find you lookin'
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| Now, I like sweet candied yams
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| And I like homemade ham-hocks
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| Instead of study, how you look
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| You oughta study
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| Your mama’s cookbook
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| If you want a soul man
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| Get to rattlin', them pots and pans
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| I need home, home cookin'
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| I need home, home cookin'
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| Yeah!
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| Hot gravy
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| That pot roast
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| That pickled beets
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| And sugared toast
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| I like your wiggly walk, yeah!
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| And I like your way a-talkin'
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| And you look neat, the way you look
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| But you ain’t nothin'
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| If you can’t cook
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| I need home, home cookin'
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| I’m in the mood
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| For soul food
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| I said, home, home cookin' |