You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away Your freedom away You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away And you wouldn't You know it makes sense child To follow mama's style She hasn't got it in for us Growing up just takes a while Growing up just takes a while She moulds her puppet, ties on the strings For the whole wide world to see She'll drag you down and chain you up Takes her lifetime to break free Takes her lifetime to break free Don't speak, don't think Don't move, don't breathe She'll take you down again You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away Your freedom away You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away And you wouldn't like that would you So what if you're the problem child You know that mama's always right Don't you know what's right or wrong When you're out of mama's sight When you're out of mama's sight Now tell her that it's time to leave And you'll see mama cry Just walk on right out the door There's the whole wide world outside There's the whole wide world outside Don't speak, don't think Don't move, don't breathe She'll take you down again You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away Your freedom away You better be good Or mama will take your freedom away And you wouldn't like that would you