Mama been laid off Papa been laid off Billy can't get a job Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues My brother's been laid off For more than two years now Ooh can't get a job Ooh they gotta listen to the blues Help them to strive

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Papers I'm ready to sign them papers, papers, papers I done took all I can take but you leave me no options girl For you I gave my heart and turned my back against the world I done damn near lost my mama, I done been through so much drama

You know you shook me, you shook me all night long Whoa you shook me, pretty mama, you shook me all night long Oh you just kept on shakin' me baby, oh you done messed up my happy home What's gonna happen to my poor wife and child You know you move me

All our troubles gone Like when we were young Take me back to where we all began Here we are again like we should have been Oh my lady can I have this dance? Cross my heart and hope to die My mama says to pick the best

I don't wanna sign off (no way) Out here getting commas (commas) Like my dad, I'm a grinder (oh yeah) She don't want me locked up (locked up) Whip my wrist, it lock up (yeah) All my diamonds rocked up (oh yeah) Mama, I'm gon' wash up (wash up) I don't

She holds tight to me and the Bible On the back seat of my motorcycle Left her daddy standin' there Preachin' to the choir You see, God love her Oh me and God love her And a preacher's daughter She was baptized in dirty water Her mama cried the first time

Help me find my way, and mama save me Help me find today, mama please come and save me, oh There's nothing more that you can do It's gone beyond what you can't help me through An emptiness has covered me Oh mama come and save me Oh mama what have I gone

I'll give her melodies Oh, my mama She gave me these feathered breaths Oh, the mamas I'll be a mama I'll have a daughter She told me "use your voice My little bird"

Well my mama she didn't 'low me, just to stay out all night long, oh Lord Well my mama didn't 'low me, just to stay out all night long I didn't care what she didn't 'low, I would Boogie-woogie When I first came to town people, I was walkin' down Hastings

You are appreciated Don't you know I love you? Although my shadow's gone I will never leave you (Dear mama) Oh mama, I appreciate you