My don't understand She's to the core Now she says that she's gettin' He's a friend of a friend of the boy next
He's got all of the best Half of a school When he does his and dancin' They know can be happy as the shows on TV
She needs a change, she wants a Where she can grow and they can Some kind of of her own
A view, another slant way, another chance To get on with her
(Mama she understand) Mama she She don't even She know She don't
gotta know If she can cut on her own But like the man "You can never go again"
You gotta see the new place Mom, gonna feel right at home Could you just that deposit Mama, we'll pay you when the welfare check comes
gone as expected No one knows all the trouble we've But we'll pull ourselves It's the two of us now, of course, baby makes
A little luck, an break We'll find a way to have our And eat a piece or two
We'll you how We're now We'll it up Can't keep 'em
She understand me Don't me
So mama, understand (Mama, understand) If it's possible, we Could we just move in few things We won't get in the way and we'll on the floor
'Cuz, times have been getting (Times been getting tough) It's an world outside They say things will pick up by Can we borrow the car, will you watch little a lot
Mama understand don't understand me
Mama don't Mama don't me (Mama don't me) (Mama don't me, no)
don't understand She don't me (Mama don't me) (Mama, she understand me, yeah)