Ask any of the birdies in my pen
They’ll tell you I’m the biggest Mutha. . . .Hen
I love them 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!

If you want my gravy
Pepper my ragu -
Spice it up for Mama
She’ll get hot for you!

When they pass that basket
Folks contribute to -
You put in for Mama
She’ll put out for you!

The folks a top 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!!