Black coffee (ooh) Is my name Black coffee (black coffee) We're not a thing Black coffee (ooh) Freshly ground and fully prepared Hot black coffee, boy (black coffee) Mmm that's where it's at (mean it) Way back yonder when I don't know when See I got hungover before I was ten You see my skin is white but my soul is black And a hot black coffee, that's where it's at (Black coffee) that's what I'm talking about (Black coffee) (Black coffee) ooh, you've got to feel it in the air (Black coffee) (Black coffee) Will you hear that? Some black tea It can't compare with me (can't compare with me) Black tea (ooh) Well it's as good as, it's as good as It's as good as it can be But it's a cup of black coffee That a working man needs to see, yeah Here in america, where it's the land of the free And you can get what you want if you've got some do re mi And I've got me a job, and I'm working like a slave Yeah I'm independent and you know I get paid Say I got me a man, and I got me a little place I got a spit of black coffee, and how good it tastes I said a, a dime is all it costs in the States For a cup of black coffee and how good it tastes (Black coffee) and alright (Black coffee) oh (Black coffee) that's what I want, that's what I need (Black coffee) ooh, what I want me (Black coffee) that's what I want, that's what I need (Black coffee) that's what I'm talking about, and it's what I'm talking about (Black coffee) a black coffee (Black coffee) a black coffee, child (Black coffee) it's where it's at, it's where it's at (Black coffee) it's where it's at, what I need Black coffee