When You're Good To Mama - Queen Latifah (奎因·拉蒂法)/Taye Diggs
Written by:Fred EbbJohn Kander
And now Ladies and Gentlemen
现在,女士们,先生们
The keeper of the keys
钥匙保管员
The countess of the clink
身上叮当作响的伯爵夫人
The mistress of murderers row
杀人犯的情妇们
Matron Mama Morton
舍监莫顿妈妈来也!
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
随便问个我笔下的年轻姑娘
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
她们会告诉你,我是最婆婆妈妈的人
I love them all and all of them love me
我爱她们所有人,她们也都爱我
Because the system works
因为这个体系管用
The system called reciprocity
这个体系叫做互惠主义
Got a little motto
有句座右铭
Always sees me through:
一直帮我渡过难关
"When you're good to Mama Mama's good to you"
你对莫顿妈妈好,她就对你好
There's a lot of favours I'm prepared to do
我很乐意做许多的善举
You do one for Mama she'll do one for you
你为莫顿妈妈做一件善举,她就会报你以一件善举
They say that life is tit for tat
他们说,人生就是有恩必报
And that's the way I live
那就是我的生活方式
So I deserve a lot of tat
所以我需要很多恩德
For what I've got to give
我才会回报
Don't you know that this hand
难道你不知道
Washes that one too
我们双手的存在就是相互扶持吗
When you're good to Mama Mama's good to you
你对莫顿妈妈好,她就对你好
If you want my gravy
你如果想要我的肉汁
Pepper my Ragu
给我的意面放上辣椒
Spice it up for mama
帮莫顿妈妈调好味道
She'll get hot for you
她会帮你加热
When they pass that basket
当她们递过篮子
Folks contribute too
其他人也会出力
You put in for Mama
你对莫顿妈妈投之以桃
She'll put out for you
她就会对你报之以李
The folks at top the ladder
金字塔顶端的人们
Are the ones the world adores
是全世界都敬而畏之的人
So boost me up my ladder kid
所以对我施以援手吧,孩子
And I'll boost you up yours
我也会对你施以援手
Lets all stroke together
让我们一起发力
Like the princeton crew
就像划普林斯顿赛艇一样
When your stroking Mama Mama's stroking you
让你莫顿妈妈痛苦,她就会让你痛苦
So what's the one conclusion
所以这就是结论
I could bring this number to -
我会得出这样的结论
When you're good to Mama Mamas good to you
你对莫顿妈妈好,她就对你好