Chicago movie - When You're Good to Mama lyrics

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Song by Queen Latifah / Taye Diggs<br /><br>

[MATRON]<br>

Ask any of the chickies in my pen<br>

They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen<br>

I love 'em all and all of them love me<br>

Because the system works<br>

The system called reciprocity...<br>

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Got a little motto<br>

Always sees me through<br>

When you're good to Mama<br>

Mama's good to you.<br>

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There's a lot of favors<br>

I'm prepared to do<br>

You do one for Mama<br>

She'll do one for you.<br>

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They say that life is tit for tat<br>

And that's the way I live<br>

So, I deserve a lot of tat<br>

For what I've got to give<br>

Don't you know that this hand<br>

Washes that one too<br>

When you're good to Mama<br>

Mama's good to you!<br>

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If you want my gravy<br>

Pepper my ragout<br>

Spice it up for Mama<br>

She'll get hot for you<br>

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When they pass that basket<br>

Folk contribut to<br>

You out in for Mama<br>

She'll put out for you<br>

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The folks atop the ladder<br>

Are the ones the world adores<br>

So boost me up my ladder, Kid<br>

And I'll boost you up yours<br>

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Let's all stroke together<br>

Like the Princeton crew<br>

When you're strokin' Mama<br>

Mama's strokin' you<br>

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So what's the one conclusion<br>

I can bring this number to?<br>

When you're good to Mama<br>

Mama's good to you!<br>

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