I had a friend one time, at least I thought he was my friend
For he came to me, said "I ain´t got no place to go"
I said "take it easy man, you can come home to my house,
I´ll get you a pillow where you can rest your head"
Took him home with me, let him in my house,
Let him drive my Cadillac that I could not afford
When I found out he´d been messin´ around with my baby

You know I´m mad like Al Capone (I´m burnin´ up)
I said I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
Like Sonny Liston yeah (I´m burnin´ up)
You know baby I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
Like Cassius Clay (I´m burnin´ up)
You know I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up) you know I´m mad
Yeah baby, alright baby (I´m burnin´ up)
I´m mad, come on (I´m burnin´ up)

Took him home with me, introduced him to my baby,
He began to talk to her, made her think the moon was blue
You know I think I ought to tell you daddy
I´m mad, I said I´m mad with you
I don´t know what I´m gonna do to you
I might drown you, I might shoot you
I just don´t know because I´m mad

I said I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
You know I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
I don´t have to tell you I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
I´m mad with you yeah (I´m burnin´ up)
I said I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
Yeah yeah yeah (I´m burnin´ up)
I said I´m mad (I´m burnin´ up)
You know I´m mad, oh baby I´m mad
Oh I said I´m mad, you know I´m mad, oh baby I´m mad