Can you tell me why you're so uptight
out of your head and ain't talkin' right
Can you tell me why your mind ain't straight
out of touch and can't relate

Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'

Everybody's talkin' 'bout keepin' it together
but I see people splittin' when there's inclement weather
What you want is what I want so why can't we agree
if I could be inside of you maybe I could see why

Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy - Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin' - yeah

Now you and I ain't spoken
ain't spoken for a week
soon there won't be nothin'
nothin' left to speak
Things ain't the same since you've gone insane
let's take some time and ease the strain

Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'
Daddy's slippin'
Mama's trippin'


Notes

Ben Harper played a Gibson LG-2 with a Vox Wah Wah.

Musician/composer/arranger Eric Person played saxophone on "Mama's Trippin'" and "Ashes".
Eric Person : "It was a fun session. JP Plunier and Ben were in the control room telling me what they wanted. We started with Mama's Trippin'. I think it was the first time I heard it. I liked it, and the backing lines you hear me play, me and JP came up with that, but the solo is all me! And it was done in one take too! I also made up the harmonys and added that nice chord im blowing over at the end. I was the only musician there while I did my parts and solos, so there were no distractions. We then went to "Ashes." That was also done in one or two takes. I found the progression that was being played and just felt it and dealt it!"

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