When You`re Good To Mama

<br>And now ladies and gentlemen -<br><br>the Keeper of the keys, <br><br>the Countess of the clink,<br><br>the mistress of Murderers Row,<br><br>Matron Mama Morton!<br><br><br><br>Ask any of the chickies in my pen <br><br>They`ll tell you I`m the biggest Mutha. . . .Hen<br><br>I love them all and all of them love me -<br><br>Because the system works;<br><br>the system called reciprocity! <br><br><br><br>Got a little motto <br><br>Always sees me through -<br><br>When you`re good to Mama <br><br>Mama`s good to you! <br><br><br><br>There`s a lot of favors <br><br>I`m prepared to do -<br><br>You do one for Mama <br><br>She`ll do one for you!<br><br><br><br>They say that life is tit for tat <br><br>And that`s the way I live -<br><br>So, I deserve a lot of tat <br><br>For what I`ve got to give!<br><br><br><br>Don`t you know that this <br><br>hand washes that one too -<br><br>When you`re good to Mama <br><br>Mama`s good to you! <br><br><br><br>If you want my gravy <br><br>Pepper my raggoo - <br><br>Spice it up for Mama <br><br>She`ll get hot for you! <br><br><br><br>When they pass that basket <br><br>Folks conribute too - <br><br>You put in for Mama<br><br>She`ll put out for you! <br><br><br><br>The folks a top the ladder<br><br>are the ones the world adores -<br><br>So boost me up the ladder kid<br><br>and I`ll boost you up yours!<br><br><br><br>Let`s all stroke together <br><br>Like the Princeton crew -<br><br>When you`re strokin` Mama <br><br>Mama`s strokin` you!<br><br><br><br>So what`s the one conclusion <br><br>I can bring this number to?<br><br>When you`re good to Mama <br><br>Mama`s good to you!!