Ask any of the chickies in my pen They´ll tell you I´m the biggest mother hen I love ´em all and all of them love me Because the system works The system called reciprocity...
Got a little motto Always sees me through When you´re 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 you´re 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 they pass that basket Folk contribut to You out in for Mama She´ll put out for you
The folks atop the ladder Are the ones the world adores So boost me up my ladder, Kid And I´ll boost you up yours
Let´s all stroke together Like the Princeton crew When you´re strokin´ Mama Mama´s strokin´ you
So what´s the one conclusion I can bring this number to? When you´re good to Mama Mama´s good to you!
