[Verse 1]
I went back home about a month ago
To see my mama and my papa and the rest of the folks
When I got there mom was sitting on the porch
Just a-rockin' and a-hummin' like she always did
She said, "Sit down, son, I know what you like
I'm gonna fry us up some funky bread tonight"
I said "Fry some bread" (That's what she said)
Fry some bread? (Yeah)
The kind of bread she made was called hoe cake bread
(And it's extra greasy, on a wood stove, in a big ol' skillet, that's the way it's done)
That's the way you make that hoe cake, flour dough (That's it, yeah)

[Chorus]
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread

[Verse 2]
Then papa come home about when the sun went down
I say, "What's happenin', pop?"
I said, "Mom's just rollin' up some dough in there, we gon' fry some bread tonight
Some hoe cake bread, I know you know what that is"

[Chorus]
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
[Interlude]
Then in walked my brother and my sister
Cousin Amos, Cousin Clarence, Cousin Rufus
And that fine Cousin Johnnie Mae
Boy, she look so good I wish she wasn't my cousin
(You know she bad, she ain't my cousin)

We smell the bread and we come to eat
This good ol' stuff you call hoe cake bread
(Hoe cake bread, you know that stuff on top of the stove)
And we was soppin' molasses, drippin' butter all over the place and droppin' crumbs
And havin' a good time (You know we was)
We was gettin' down, party like this was the last time (Yeah)

[Chorus]
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my brother, breakin' bread with my sister, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my cousin, breakin' bread with my buddies, breakin' bread

[Interlude]
Yeah, my buddies Bo and Chad, they was cut up just now
They was doin' it, boy
That hoe cake bread is good (Yeah, you know it's good)
(Like cracklin' bread)
(You get that bread, get some of that grease all over your fingers)
(Have the molasses runnin' down the side of your mouth)
Drippin' on your chest (Haha, yeah)
[Chorus]
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my brother, breakin' bread with my sister, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my cousin, breakin' bread with my buddies, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my brother, breakin' bread with my sister, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my cousin, breakin' bread with my buddies, breakin' bread

[Interlude]
Yeah, my buddies Bo and Chad (They alright with me)
Boy, I'ma bring some of this bread back to New York with me
(Ayy man, you ready to know how they accept it?) I know how to eat it, believe that
(Oh yeah, okay, I know you want to share with your other buddies in the Apple)
Hey, they oughta get some, you know, I know they got to remember where that come from
(I don't know, some of them might be done got too hip)
Never get too hip for hoe cake bread

[Chorus]
Breakin' bread with my mama, breakin' bread with my papa, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my brother, breakin' bread with my sister, breakin' bread
Breakin' bread with my cousin, breakin' bread with my buddies, breakin' bread