Mama Raised the Hell Outta Me

When I stole that Baby Ruth

She made me take it back

When she found that Winston lighter

She made me smoke the pipe

Grounded me for three long weeks

When I cheated on that test

Cut me off from my friend James

When she smelled beer on his breath

Mama raised the hell outta me

When the doors were open at the Baptist church

You could bet that where we'd be

The devil never stood a chance

With that woman on her knees

'Cause mama raised the hell outta me

She threw that Penthouse magazine in the thrash

Made me sleep outside the night I came home smashed

Sold my car when she called me

And tamed me hard at that hotel

And when I punched my boss at my first job

She let me spend the night in jail

Mama raised the hell outta me

When the doors were open at the Baptist church

You could bet that where we'd be

The devil never stood a chance

With that woman on her knees

'Cause mama raised the hell outta me

I could be locked up or hooked on drugs

Or living on the street

Without her tough love

There ain't no telling where I'd be

Mama raised the hell outta me

When the doors were open at the Baptist church

My butt was in that seat

Well, that devil never stood a chance

With that woman on her knees

'Cause mama raised the hell outta me

Yeah, that devil never stood a chance

With that woman on her knees

'Cause mama raised the hell outta me