Try my bes' to tell the children the res' Try my bes' to tell the children, tell them the res' The res' is to love Let them love Let them love Love within equality Love within justice Love within rights Let them love Let them love Let them love themselves Let them love Pleases me to see you carry them around Show dem places, places what they don't know What they don't know, show dem Pleases me to see You taught them the way Way to love each and ev'ryone
Let them love, now Let them love Mamie, mamie 'Cause I'm your part (?) administration Ignorance, see Feelings, feelings are liquid Feelings, feelings are liquid That's why I gots to say to you Hold your stick, mamie, don't you beat Mamie, mamie, I talk to you Mamie, I beg you, I beg you Don't you beat the little children Don't beat them so hard Don't beat them so hard, now mamie Feelings, feelings are liquid Feel it, feel it, feel it......