[00:00.00]Safety Mama - Bessie Smith
[00:12.82]Let me tell you how and why
[00:17.62]What no-good man done to me
[00:24.79]He called me pretty young and wild
[00:30.47]After that he let me be
[00:36.96]He'd taken advantage of my yo
[00:43.05]And that you understand
[00:47.67]So wait a while
[00:50.81]I show you chile
[00:54.28]Just how to treat a no-good man
[00:59.84]Make him stay at home wash and iron
[01:07.41]Tell all the neighbors he
[01:09.61]Done lost his mind
[01:12.71]Give your house rent shake
[01:15.55]On Saturday night
[01:18.68]Monday morning you'll hold
[01:21.45]Collectors good and tight
[01:25.76]You see a man you really like
[01:31.07]Let him bite that monkey
[01:33.48]Brother in his back
[01:36.81]When his cruel heart turn
[01:40.12]His love breaks down
[01:43.51]Hold him where you got him
[01:45.75]Make him stay in town
[01:48.80]'Cause I'm a safety woman
[01:52.62]Lookin' for a safety man
[02:00.38]I made him stay at home
[02:03.97]Help me wash and iron
[02:08.06]The neighbors know he
[02:09.99]Done lost his mind
[02:12.84]I give a house rent
[02:14.98]Shake on Saturday night
[02:18.85]Monday morning I held
[02:21.61]Collectors good and tight
[02:25.68]I seen a man I really like
[02:30.92]I let him bite that monkey
[02:33.11]Brother smack in his back
[02:35.89]When his cruel heart turn
[02:39.78]His love breaks down
[02:42.64]I hold it where I had it
[02:45.22]And he stayed in town
[02:48.16]I'm a safety woman
[02:50.73]And I had to have a safety man
[02:57.91]Say I ain't good lookin'
[03:03.82]I'm built for speed
[03:06.85]I've got everything a pigmeat needs
[03:11.06]'Cause I'm a safety woman
[03:14.82]A lookin' for safety man