it's her turn to live

mama raised us all her life

and now it's her turn to live

yeah

mama gave us everything

boy

now it's our turn to give

little brother

brother

don't you know?

you got the best mother

that the world has ever known

worked her fingers to the bone

now you're almost grown

and out on your own

she got the right to be left alone

i'm twenty

you're sixteen

and

brother

that's a-plenty

'cause when i came on the scene

mama was only seventeen

so she's still a young woman

if you know what i mean

she got the right

to the man of her dreams

yeah

she got the right

to the man of her dreams

say it again

now

she got the right

to the man of her dreams

oh. mama raised us all her life

and now it's her turn to live

her turn to live

ooh

mama raised us all her life

oh. and now it's her turn to live

oh

brother

now

mama gave us everything

boy

and now it's you're turn to give

well

well

well

he loves our mama

loves mama

mama loves him

and that could never harm her

but what hurts her is when a man comes in

you know

give him a chance to be your friend

she got the right to be loved again

talkin' about mama

she got the right to be loved again

she got the right to be loved again

mama raised us all her life

now it's her turn to live

ooh

brother

now

mama gave us everything

now it's our turn to give

her turn to live

and our turn to give

her turn to live

and our turn to give

mama got the right

mama got the right

mama got the right

mama got the right to live now