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