Chicago The Musical - When You're Good To Mama lyrics

And now ladies and gentlemen - the Keeper of the keys, the Countess of the clink, the mistress of Murderers Row, Matron Mama Morton! Ask any of the chickies in my pen They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother. . . .Hen I love them 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 ragu - Spice it up for Mama She'll get hot for you! When they pa** that basket Folks conribute to - You put in for Mama She'll put out for you! The folks a top 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!!