[00:23.100]Ask any of the chickies in my pen[00:28.300]They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen[00:33.500]I love 'em all and all of them love me[00:36.210]Because the system works[00:43.240]The system called reciprocity...[00:48.840][00:52.600]Got a little motto[00:56.480]Always sees me through[00:58.640]When you're good to Mama[01:01.870]Mama's good to you.[01:04.970][01:10.339]There's a lot of favors[01:13.100]I'm prepared to do[01:15.890]You do one for Mama[01:17.699]She'll do one for you.[01:21.339][01:25.600]They say that life is tit for tat[01:27.110]And that's the way I live[01:30.699]So, I deserve a lot of tat[01:32.710]For what I've got to give[01:35.479]Don't you know that this hand[01:38.390]Washes that one too[01:41.279]When you're good to Mama[01:47.580]Mama's good to you![01:50.589][01:56.860]If you want my gravy[02:01.900]Pepper my ragout[02:04.749]Spice it up for Mama[02:06.200]She'll get hot for you[02:10.310][02:13.590]When they pass that basket[02:16.550]Folk contribute to[02:20.200]You put in for Mama[02:21.620]She'll put out for you[02:26.478][02:29.210]The folks atop the ladder[02:32.180]Are the ones the world adores[02:34.550]So boost me up my ladder, Kid[02:37.600]And I'll boost you up yours[02:38.240][02:38.860]Let's all stroke together[02:42.728]Like the Princeton crew[02:45.550]When you're strokin' Mama[02:48.170]Mama's strokin' you[02:48.880][02:51.890]So what's the one conclusion[02:53.670]I can bring this number to?[02:59.530]When you're good to Mama[03:07.560]Mama's good to you!