Ma - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Born in a log cabin in the back woods

The back woods of Mississippi

She drank moonshine

Chewed tobacco

Raised 13 children all by herself

(Yes she did, yes she did, yes she did, yes she did)

Never looked much like a lady

You see was too busy providing and raising her babies

Spent her evenings sitting in a rocking chair

Never had much a nothing but was always willing to share

Talking bout Ma

Talking bout Ma, yeah yeah yeah

Talking bout Ma

Education, nah she didn't have none

Never had a sick day in her life

Stronger than any two good men

Ya better believe it, oh yes she was

(Yes she was, yes she was, yes she was, yes she was)

Now look a here

When papa died, mama put her love on the shelf

Yes she did

She swore up and down on the good book

She didn't love nobody else

Make sure that we were in church every Sunday

Papa woulda wanted it that way, that she'd always say

Talking bout Ma

Talking bout Ma, yeah yeah yeah

Talking bout Ma

Every once in awhile when ma would get depressed

She'd go to the closet and get Pa's guitar

Set herself down in the rocking chair

Start strumming and humming, ha ha, yeah

That was Ma's way of letting off steam

In plain old English you could see

That ma was doing her thing

Every once in awhile she'd shout

Aaaah, let it all hang out

Wooo!

Talking bout Ma

Talking bout Ma, yeah yeah yeah

Talking bout Ma