"Word to your mother" was a thing around the time this was written and the history of potentially ambiguous maternal reference is probably about as long as that of language itself.

"Say hi to your mom for me." -- Biff Tannen, Back to the Future

I'm pretty sure Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake did that at the start of their song about threesomes they did with Lady Gaga.

And if I recall correctly, one of their mothers was played by Susan Sarandon?

> Andy Samberg and Mark Whalberg

Andy Samberg AS Mark Whalberg :)