[MATRON]   Ask any of the chickies in my pen   They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother.. hen!   I love 'em all and all of them love me   Because the system works   The system called reciprocity...      Got a little motto   Always sees me through   When you're good to Mama   Mama's good to you.      There's a lot of favors   I'm prepared to do   You do one for Mama   She'll do one for you.      They say that life is tit for tat   And that's the way I live   So, I deserve a lot of tat   For what I've got to give   Don't you know that this hand   Washes that one too   When you're good to Mama   Mama's good to you!      If you want my gravy   Pepper my ragout   Spice it up for Mama   She'll get hot for you      When they pass that basket   Folk contribute to   You put in for Mama   She'll put out for you      The folks atop the ladder   Are the ones the world adores   So boost me up my ladder, Kid   And I'll boost you up yours      Let's all stroke together   Like the Princeton crew   When you're strokin' Mama   Mama's strokin' you      So what's the one conclusion   I can bring this number to?   When you're good to Mama   Mama's good to you!