told me when I was young
She said,
Donna, before you grow,
don't you go out and bring me no little plum snatchers home.
You see, my mama taught me good, y 'all,
good, y 'all, all about the birds and bees.
And now that I'm up and on my own,
I socks my thing to who I please.
Because mama's baby
ain't a baby no more
No, no, no, no
Mama's baby ain't a baby no more
No, no, no
You see, my auntie up and told me
She said just the other day
She said, child, when you was a baby
Me and your mama used to check and play
She said the very first time she held me
Oh, and looked into my eyes
She said that I was gonna give
some man the blues
I'd just wait till I'd get some size
You see, mama's baby
ain't a baby no more
No, no, no, no, mama's baby
Ain't a baby no more
No, no, no, no, no, mama
No, mama
No
No, mama
Oh, no
Ain't a baby no more
I know a woman can't go
around giving her love away
But things ain't like they used to be,
my times is different today
You see a woman is just like a flower
and a man is just like a bee
He had to sample the honey to see if it's right
before he'd take to the honey tree
Yeah, yeah, mama
Now I wanna respect my mama
But mama's got me to understand
I got to give some of my love away
When I meet that special man