Tell Mama Your dogs ain't found a good girl, one that love you and give you warning Now you find that you been misused, well how many girls can think all right She'd embarrass you anywhere, she'd make her friends think that she didn't care Give me the chance and I'd been begging And I just want to take care of you and I want you to Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama, what you need Tell Mama, what you want and how that girl does things all right Let me hear you say "Yash" The girl you had didn't have no sense, she wasn't worth all the time you spent Had another man kick you out the door, now that same dude is wearing your clothes Tell your Mama, what you want, tell your Mama, what you need Tell your Mama, what you got to have