Now, I've got a pepper mama But she don't mean me no good Now, I've got a pepper mama She don't mean me no good Now, you know she don't treat me Like a woman should Now, she mistreat me in the mo'nin And she mistreat me late at night She mistreat me in the mo'nin She mistreat me late at night Now ya know she's a mean woman She won't treat no one right Pepper mama, pepper mama Why do you treat me so mean? Pepper mama, pepper mama Why do you treat me so mean? You treat me just like A man you never seen 'I'll take it lightly for me, now' 'Play it for Mr. McCoy, yas sir' (Guitar) I'm gonna leave my pepper mama She won't treat me good no mo' I'm gonna leave my pepper mama She won't treat me good no mo' Now she have mistreat me And drove me from her do'. ~