My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2

Well black mama what's the matter with you today

Ain't satisfactory don't care what I do

Hey mama what's the matter with you

Baby it ain't satisfactory baby I don't care what I do

You say a brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town

Say a jet real black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

A brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town

A black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Yeah it ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell

Said I where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell

It ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell

Oh where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell

Well my black mama's face shine like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

My black mama's face shine like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

Well if you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home

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

If you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home

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

Well I'm going to the race track to see my pony run

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

I'm going to the race track to see my pony run

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

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

I wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

Mmm

Well I solemnly swear Lord I raise my right hand

That I'm going to get me a woman you get you another man

I solemnly swear Lord I raise my right hand

That I'm going to get me a woman you get you another man

I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read

Oh hurry hurry gal you love is dead

I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read

Oh hurry hurry gal you love is dead

I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road

I got there she was lying on the cooling board

I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road

Oh when I got there she lying on the cooling board

Well I walked up close I looked down in her face

Good old gal got to lay there till the judgment day

I walked up close and I looked down in her face

Good old gal got to lay there till the judgment day

Oh my woman's so black she stays apart of this town

Can't nothing go when the poor gal is around

Oh my black mama she stays apart of this town

Oh can't nothing go when the poor gal is around

Oh some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad

It's the worst old feeling that I ever had

Some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad

But it's the worst old feeling Lord that I ever had

Mmm I fold my arms and I walked away

That's all right mama your troubles will come some day

I fold my arms and I walked away

That's all right mama your troubles will come some day