SPOKEN: What's up here, mama, what's the matter? I know you wouldn't dare to treat me like that!
Paid my room rent last night, half past ten
Take my gal to the door, but she wouldn't go in
CHORUS: Landlady, don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
Landlady, don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I's takin' a gal for a ride, she try to get rough
"Mama, I been used to always strut my stuff, now
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time."
I said, "Please don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time."
Ain't these women funny, 'bout the way they do
Start to love another man, then go to doggin' you, now
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I said, please don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I buy you cigarettes and I buy you snuff
I know doggone well, now, when I get enough, now
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I said, please don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
Now, I makes from one to ten dollars every day
I know that's enough to let you have your way, now
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I said, please don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
Mama, you gettin' just like, says, a farmer's mule
Longer I live with you, harder you is to rule, now
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I said, don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
I told my wife, "You want me to wait,
You better stop your sister from showin' her shape."
CHORUS: Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time
Don't rush me, 'cause I been used to takin' my time