My don't understand She's impossible to the Now she says she's gettin' married He's a of a friend of the boy next door
He's got all of the best Half of a school When he his song and dancin' They know they can be happy as the on TV
She a change, she wants a life Where she can and they can thrive Some kind of of her own
A view, another slant way, another chance To get on her life
(Mama she understand) Mama she She don't even She know She don't
She's 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, pay you back when the welfare check comes
Nothin's as expected No one knows all the trouble we've But we'll pull ourselves It's the two of us now, of course, makes three
A little luck, an even We'll find a way to have our And even eat a or two
show you how We're now live it up Can't keep 'em
She understand me Don't me
So mama, understand (Mama, understand) If possible, we implore Could we just move in few things We get in the way and we'll sleep on the floor
'Cuz, times have getting tougher (Times been getting tough) It's an world outside say things will pick up by summer 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)
Mama don't She understand me (Mama understand me) (Mama, she understand me, yeah)