When You're Good to Mama

ask any of the chickies in my pen
they'll tell you i'm the biggest mother
hen

I love them all and they love me
because the system works
the system called reciprocity

got a little motto
always sees me through
when your good to mama
mama's good to you

there's a lot of favors
i'm prepared to do
you do one for mama
she'll do one for you

they say that life is tit for tat
and that's the way I live
so, I deserve a lot of tat
for what I've got to give

don't you know that this hand
washes that one too
when your good to mama
mama's good to you

if you want my gravy
pepper my ragout
spice it up for mama
she'll get hot for you

when the pass that basket
folks contribute to
you put in for mama
she'll put out for you

let 's all stroke together
like the princeton crew
when your stroking mama
mama's stroking you

so what's the conclusion
i can bring this number to
when your good to mama
mama's good to you