there are a few things i wanna explain to you and i ll try to define to the best of my ability mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess i ma tell you one more thing and won t tell y all nothin else mama growin up was crazy in my days we got our ass kicked mama didn t play no cause talkin back is foul play she had her own way of gettin across which was a belt of steel she d tell us from the work we could all but kneel gettin nasty in front of guests was the way she d like to do it she ll say straighten your shit up or you can stop em from comin and yo guys knew what time it was even they was checked i got a down ass mama mama don t take no mess now shit got hectic cause mama was tipped she ll tell you in a minute don t let your mouth get yo ass whipped mama did it all by herself king and queen of this house yellin i want my daddy would get your ass thrown out now when it came to partyin moms got wild don t nuttin get old but clothes and they come back as styles yo i got a down ass mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess can you dig it beings it was all girls shit was always missing from panties to makeup if it was gone then she was bitchin she wants to know who s been in the house i said no company checkin her dresser sayin what happened to my money if it was on then it was on cause money don t walk somebody better talk find the stuff she done lost i got my butt whooped for everything i did wrong and it was on cause niggas kept playin on my phone don t let moms go to a conference and the teacher confess man i m tell you mama don t take no mess why watch me go down fight to keep it goin but really not knowin cause the truth is what they re showin you don t have a friend friends come and go is what she ll say never tell your deepest secret you ll get hurt that way love is a game and it s okay if you play but they re dogs dressed as men tryin to be your friend and baby watch out don t take a step unless you know which way you re goin times are gettin lonely but i ll be a honey i ll never leave ya believe that love is in the air no matter what you done moms ll be there i got a down ass mama  mama don t take no mess because i m aware that you have to use what you have to get what you want this is the reason i m asking you to tighten up your shit be proud of your black body and use it that s your natural gift so girls use it but you got to get yo shit together mama don t take no mess i m beggin you please do like i told you moms didn t play the okey doke oke can get choked huh fuck around and get yo neck broke tellin your friends hold up wait man moms ll let me go walk in the house and mom straight say no the type of moms to whup you in the store if she hasta just to let you know you re the child she s the master livin it to the fullest playin 40 like she s 20 y know some old tricks from a young pro brought up in a church house and every sunday was a must when moms couldn t make it we rode the church bus don t say you couldn t fade it cause that was plannin yo week no church no runnin the streets g we didn t neglect our chores that was number one for thirty on the dot we was on the run she used to pull up at the dance have the dj to call us out after two o clock wasn t no hangin out sometimes she waited in the batterram or stood at the front do people used to ask what she came fo hell wasn t nuttin get close moms was loc no joke i got a down ass mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mama mama don t take no mess mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess mmmm mmm mmm mama mama don t take no mess get them drive by shooters out of my living room and off my couch you know we expecting company is that it i gotta go hell naw that ain t it 1