When I was a young boy my mama would say Son, you aint always gonna get your way Times will be good, times will be bad You aint always gonna get a winning hand Son, she always said, you gotta stand tall Even when it looks like youll take a fall Life is short and sometimes sweet Get yout of the kitchen if you cant take the heat Everything she said was true My mama never was a fool Gotta live your life by the golden rule I guess its true what they say Really true what they say I guess what mama said Was true Cant have your cake and eat it too, babe I never doubted any word my Mutha said With all the sinnin runnin round my head Everything she said was true My mama never was a fool Gotta live your life by the golden rule I guess its true what they say Everything she said was true Mama never was a fool Gotta live your life by the golden rule I guess its true what they say Really true what they say I guess what mama said Was true Cant have your cake and eat it too, babe