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 pa** 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