Bout to be the last to run
Bout to be the one unhung
Bout to see the clasp undone
I have got to share this with you judge

Bout to see that I’m the one
Out to seek the rising sun
Opened up my mouth and sung
What I’ve been singing all along

Cuz you plead with you mother, plead with your mother
That path is no good

Run little lady, the cops are gonna come
Gotta run tell your mother to go hide the gun
Mother say “Child, what you talking about?
There ain’t no such thing like that inside this house!”
You plead with you mother, you plead with you mother
For the sake and the lives of your sister, your brother
And you pray that she’ll do the right thing

I was only six years old
I would set the day they’d go
Walking in my suede shoes oh
I would have walked for miles and miles
Wouldn’t see the day they’d know
Wouldn’t be a child-like flow
Never had the right to go
Now I’m seeking a way now judge

Cuz you plead with you mother, plead with your mother
That path is no good

Run little lady, the cops are gonna come
Gotta run tell your mother to go hide the gun
Mother say “Child, what you talking about?
There ain’t no such thing like that inside this house!”
You plead with you mother, you plead with you mother
For the sake and the lives of your sister, your brother
And you pray that she’ll do the right thing

Mother, mother I love you so much
And I know you’ll do right in front of the judge
Mother, mother I love you so much
And I know you do right in front of the Almighty Judge