Joy Denalane - Stranger in This Land

Some deep felt soul to complete this superb evening of star searching dance after a perfect bbq. “My mother used to cook and clean for the rich folk on the hill. Made sure I got an education, I could hardly pay the bill.” The narrator made it to school, and like all poets “started questioning the contradictions in this land.” The power of education is important, but depressing for a thinker. The education does not erase your past, your knowledge of how the rich treat the poor, nor the knowledge that what you learn will not turn others into better people. Beautiful song. Shoutouts for Start Over and Sometimes Love. Joy Denalaine