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

Said 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 ain't no heaven ain't no burning hell

Where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell

Oh it ain't no heaven now ain't no burning hell

Oh where I'm going 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 running 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 running 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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