[03:24.00]My Black Mama - Part Ii - Son House
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[03:24.00]Hey, black mama, what's the matter with you?
[03:24.00]Said it aint satisfaction, don't care what I do,
[03:24.00]Hey, mama, what's the matter with you?
[03:24.00]Said it aint satisfaction, baby, don't care what I do.
[03:24.00]You take a brown-skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town,
[03:24.00]But a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down,
[03:24.00]Oh, a brown skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town,
[03:24.00]Oh, but a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down.
[03:24.00]Aint no heaven, aint no burnin' hell
[03:24.00]Where I'm goin' when I die, can't nobody tell,
[03:24.00]Oh, it aint no heaven now, aint no burnin' hell
[03:24.00]Oh, where I'm goin' when I die, can't nobody tell.
[03:24.00]Well, my black mama's face shines like the sun,
[03:24.00]Oh, lipstick and powder sure won't help her none,
[03:24.00]My black mama's face shines like the sun,
[03:24.00]Oh, lipstick and powder, well, that sure won't help her none
[03:24.00]Well, you see my milk cow, tell her hurry home
[03:24.00]I aint had no milk since that cow been gone,
[03:24.00]If you see my milk cow, tell her hurry home,
[03:24.00]Yeah, I aint had no milk since that cow been gone.
[03:24.00]Well, I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run
[03:24.00]He aint the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun,
[03:24.00]I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run,
[03:24.00]He aint the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun.
[03:24.00]Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul,
[03:24.00]Wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold,
[03:24.00]Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul,
[03:24.00]Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.