When You Re Good To Mama lyrics

[MATRON]
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!