You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   Your freedom away   You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   And you wouldn't   You know it makes sense child   To follow mama's style   She hasn't got it in for us   Growing up just takes a while   Growing up just takes a while   She moulds her puppet, ties on the strings   For the whole wide world to see   She'll drag you down and chain you up   Takes her lifetime to break free   Takes her lifetime to break free   Don't speak, don't think   Don't move, don't breathe   She'll take you down again     You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   Your freedom away   You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   And you wouldn't like that would you     So what if you're the problem child   You know that mama's always right   Don't you know what's right or wrong   When you're out of mama's sight   When you're out of mama's sight   Now tell her that it's time to leave   And you'll see mama cry   Just walk on right out the door   There's the whole wide world outside   There's the whole wide world outside   Don't speak, don't think   Don't move, don't breathe   She'll take you down again     You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   Your freedom away   You better be good   Or mama will take your freedom away   And you wouldn't like that would you