Ask any of the chickies in my pen
They´ll tell you I´m the biggest mother hen
I love ´em 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
Folk contribut to
You out 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!