My Black Mama Part 1

Hey, black mama, what's the matter with you?

Said it ain't satisfaction, don't care what I do

Hey, mama, what's the matter with you?

Well it ain't satisfaction, baby, don't care what I do

You take a brown-skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town

But a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Oh, a brown skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town

Oh, but a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Ain't no heaven, ain't no burnin' hell

Where I'm goin' when I die, can't nobody tell

Oh, it ain't no heaven now, ain't no burnin' hell

Oh, where I'm goin' when I die, can't nobody tell

Well, my black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh, lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

My black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh, lipstick and powder, well, that sure won't help her none

Well, you see my milk cow, tell her hurry home

I ain't had no milk since that cow been gone

If you see my milk cow, tell her hurry home

Yeah, I ain't had no milk since that cow been gone

Well, I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He ain't the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun

I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He ain't the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun

Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

Wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold

Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

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