well listen up to what i say i wasn t born just yesterday i ve been down the road and back a time or two well this should come as no surprise you can t pull the wool over my eyes i ve had it up to here and now i m through and i m sick and tired of fools tired of playing by the rules time to strut my cool cause mama didn t raise no fool mama didn t raise no fool well my mama didn t raise no fool you can t tell me what to do cause my mama didn t raise no fool what goes around comes back around and i ve been around a few times by now i ve seen it all before and i ve paid my dues so don t tell me no stories and don t tell me no lies cause my mother brought me up to be a bad mother too and i m sick and tired of fools tired of playing by the rules time to strut my cool cause my mama didn t raise no fool mama didn t raise no fool well my mama didn t raise no fool you can t tell me what to do cause mama didn t raise mama didn t raise mama didn t raise no fool mama didn t raise no fool well my mama didn t raise no fool you can t tell me what to do cause my mama didn t raise no fool mama didn t raise no fool well my mama didn t raise no fool you can t tell me what to do cause my mama didn t raise no fool mama didn t raise no fool well my mama didn t raise no fool you can t tell me what to do cause my mama didn t raise no fool