Well look out mama your little girl she has changed   She cut her baby curls   And she's got her act rearranged   Look out daddy what she needs now   She can't find at home   Oh rickie wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Rickie wants a man of her own      Mama says her little girl won't talk to her anymore   She just goes in her room, turns on the radio and shuts   The door   She's got her own bathroom, tv, stereo, extension phone   Oh, but mama, rickie wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Rickie wants a man of her own      Well daddy says when he drop her off friday night at the   Gym   She slides way down in the front seat   So the kids won't see her with him   She don't do no work   She won't tell nobody when she's coming home   And she makes poor daddy wait down on the corner   At midnight all alone      Well daddy's pullin' out his hair   He says that girl ain't got no direction   She don't care to bring her boyfriends home   To pass daddy's inspection   Now we're left peeking through the curtains   Everytime that we hear a horn blow   Well I guess rickie wants a man of her own      Mama says: "son, talk to her, she'll listen to you"   Yeah, she listens real nice and she does what she wants   To do   Well daddy says: "she wears her jeans so tight   Well, you change 'em or you're staying home"ah, but daddy, rickie wants a man   Of her   She wants a man of her   Rickie wants a man of her own   She's almost grown      Rickie wants a man of her   She wants a man of her   Rickie wants a man of her own