Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie

Here comes that boy in the street
Making eyes at me again
Do they all think that I'm a toy
To be played with by every boy?
Well, they're wrong to think I
Will be caught by the wink of an eye

Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie

The greatest pastime in this man's world
Is playin' tricks on every young girl
To have one is how they get their kicks
But not me because I know their tricks
And they're wrong to think I
Will be caught by the wink of an eye

My mama didn't lie, she didn't lie
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie

I remember what my mama told me:
She said, "Girl stay in your class
You got a whole lot of growin' and learnin' to do
So girl don't cha go so fast
The greatest pastime in this man's world
Is playin' tricks on every young girl
To have one is how they get their kicks
But not me because I know their tricks
And they're wrong to think I
Will be caught by the wink of an eye

My mama didn't lie, she didn't lie
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie