Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spending cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You won't go skankin' anymore
Just finish cleaning up your room
Let's see that dust move with that broom
Take all that garbage outside
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakkety Yak

Now you put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the Laundromat
And when you've finished doing that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakkety Yak

Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip he knows what cooks
You tell them hooligans outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakkety Yak