If a child lives with money well, he learns to spend his time   If a child lives with crazy he goes out of his mind   I didn't live with nothin' that's worth talkin' about   But I didn't live with nothin' no I never went without   But there is one thing that I really need to know   What do you have to live with before you learn to grow up   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   I've taken giant steps I've wlaked far away from home   But I need a little help can I make it on my own   Some days I can and some days I can't   And some days I just don't know where it is I'm at   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   Crazy mean crazy people on the street   Mean crazy mean half the people that you meet   You can't love 'em you can't trust 'em   You can't take 'em anywhere   You can't hold 'em you can't tell 'em   That you ever really care   Tell me where will I go when I cannot go to you   Where I don't know when you go I'm going too   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   Mama, mama, mama, mama help me   Mama, mama, mama tell me what to do   Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy help me   Daddy, daddy, daddy tell me what to do