Explain It To Her Mama (Live At Wattstax / 1972)

Explain it to her mama, you better tell it to your daughter

You know you love her, mama, she's your baby, you want her

She felt just like a woman but she was still a teen

She learned all around the facts of life but not the in between

And when she asked her mama, mama said ?Daughter wait

I'll teach you all there is to know but at a later date?

You better explain it to her mama 'cause she don't understand

How she's suppose to act with the strong, young handsome man

She was all so curious as she just had to know

But now it really didn't let her just to tell us all

This fellow she was dating who kept whispering in her ears

Soon he was saying just what she wanna give

Explain it to her mama 'cause she don't understand

How she's suppose to act with the strong, young handsome man

He was a way bit older and he had been around

It took a little doin' but he broke her resistance down

You kept more of mama 'cause it seems so very right

She decided this was true love on that one summer night, you better, oh

Forget about it mama, you told her things she never known

Now that she's a mama she can explain it to her own

Explain it to her mama, you better tell it to your daughter

You know you love her mama, she's your baby, you want her

Explain it to her mama, you better tell it to your daughter

You know you love her mama, she's your baby, you want her