Karaoke When You're Good to Mama Chicago (film)

Ask any of the chickies in my pen

They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother, hen

I love them all and all of them love me

Because the system works the system called

Reciprocity

Got a little motto

Always sees me through

When you're good to Mama

Mama's good to you

There's a lot of favors

I'm prepared to do

You do one for Mama

She'll do one for you

They say that life is tit for tat and that's the way I live

So I deserve a lot of tat for what I've got to give

Don't you know that this hand washes that one too

When you're good to Mama

Mama's good to you

If you want my gravy

Pepper my ragout

Spice it up for Mama

She'll get hot for you

When they pass that basket folks contribute to

You put in for Mama

She'll put out for you

The folks atop the ladder are the ones the world adores

So boost me up my ladder kid and I'll boost you up yours

Let's all stroke together like the Princeton crew

When you're strokin' Mama

Mama's strokin' you

So what's the one conclusion

I can bring this number to?

When you're good to Mama

Mama's good to you

Ah yeah