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<b>Ben Harper, "Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now"</b><br>
(1994)
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Papa, he left home today and said he aingt coming back again <br>
Said he aingt gonna be nobody's second best, just 'cause mama's got a special kind of friend <br>
Papa, he left home today, said he aingt coming back no more <br>
Said he aingt gonna take no damn back seat <br>
And how could mama do him so low <br>
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But mama's got a girlfriend now, boy <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend <br>
Mama's got a true friend <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
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You see Mama don't watch your damn football <br>
And your beer drinking just won't do <br>
You're just staying out late <br>
And you're preaching the hate <br>
And you never have been true <br>
You see, Mama, she want her somebody who will let her be herself <br>
So she's leaving you and your stinky damn ways, 'cause she's found somebody else <br>
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And Mama's got a girlfriend now boy <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend <br>
Mama's found a true friend <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
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Papa he left home today <br>
He was waving his hands and crying <br>
You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice that his heart was slowly dying <br>
But mama said: "Boy if I ever catch you 'round here again, you ain't never gonna have nobody else not a woman or a man" <br>
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Yeah! Mama's got a girlfriend now boy <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend <br>
Mama's found a true friend <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now, boy <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend <br>
Mama's found a true friend <br>
Mama's got a girlfriend now<br
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