Junior: Mama Used to Say

Junior
'Mama Used to Say'
May 1982

'Junior' was the stage name of the English R & B singer Norman Washington Giscombe (b. 1957). 'Mama Used to Say' was a single off his 1982 debut album, Ji. 

The accompanying video was very low-budget and required Junior to dance and gesture against a static backdrop, but his dancing skills were as much up to the task as anyone could've hope for.

Released in the UK, the single went to No. 7 on the charts, and when released in the US, it went to No. 30 in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 24 1982.

Ooh
Yeah, girl

Said a small boy once asked, When will I grow up
When will I see what grownups do see
In his fight to come of age, he would have to know the age
To be recognized is when I'm not unmasked

And mama used to say, Take your time, young man
Mama used to say, Don't you rush to get old
Mama used to say, Take it in your stride
Mama used to say, Live your life

As the years went rushin' by he would cut down on his age
He would tell his girl of how it used to be
How his mommy passed away, but these lines she would say
And at the time he couldn't understand

Mama used to say, Take your time, young man
Mama used to say, Don't you rush to get old
Mama used to say, Take it in your stride
Mama used to say, Live your life

You're young,…