Mama Raised The Hell Outta Me

When I stole that Baby Ruth
 she made me take it back
 when she find that Winston lighter
 she made me smoke the pipe
 Grounded me for three long weeks
 when I cheated on that test
 cut me off from my friend James
 when she smelled beer on his breath
 when the doors were open at the Baptist church
 you could bet that's where we'd be
 the devil never stood a chance
 with that woman on her knees
 'cause mama raised the hell outta me
 She threw that Penthouse magazine in the trash
 made me sleep outside the night I came home smashed
 sold my car when she called me
 and tamed me hard at that hotel
 and when I punched my boss at my first job
 she let me spend the night in jail
 when the doors were open at the Baptist church
 you could bet that's where we'd be
 the devil never stood a chance
 with that woman on her knees
 'cause mama raised the hell outta me
 I could be locked up or hooked on drugs
 or living on the street
 without her tough love
 there ain't no telling where I'd be
 when the doors were open at the Baptist church
 my butt was in that seat
 no that devil never stood a chance
 with that woman on her knees
 'cause mama raised the hell outta me
 Yeah, that devil never stood a chance
 with that woman on her knees
 'cause mama raised the hell outta me