Stranger In This Land-Joy Denalane

[ti:Stranger In This Land] [ar:Joy Denalane] [al:在线热搜(欧美)系列12] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stranger In This Land - Joy Denalane [00:13.21]I was the daughter [00:14.60] [00:18.95]Of a little known king [00:21.81] [00:22.36]When they came [00:23.83]And put me in a castle [00:25.37] [00:28.19]My eyes had never seen [00:31.42] [00:32.68]They spoke in tongues [00:33.88]I've never heard [00:35.09] [00:36.13]They took me to the sea [00:38.24] [00:38.75]At the edge of the earth [00:44.05]I journied tempest waters [00:46.15] [00:47.14]Reached these distant shores [00:49.15]My clothes are tattered [00:50.98] [00:52.05]And my soul is worn [00:53.63] [00:54.40]I bore a daughter [00:56.11]In captivity [00:56.97] [00:58.82]They came late one night [01:00.87]To take her away from me [01:02.51] [01:05.45]I cried and I cried [01:07.61] [01:08.12]Oh, Lord have mercy on me [01:09.80] [01:10.87]Can't they see [01:12.66]That little girl [01:13.40]Is royalty [01:14.35]I held my ground [01:17.78]And took my stand [01:20.12]Can't help [01:21.74]Feeling sometimes [01:23.92] [01:24.92]That I'm a stranger [01:27.49] [01:29.00]In this land [01:30.31]In this land of mine [01:33.95] [01:38.08]My mother used [01:39.46]To cook and clean [01:41.02] [01:42.64]For the rich folks [01:44.12]On the hill [01:45.68] [01:47.66]Made sure [01:48.39]I got an education [01:49.75] [01:53.08]And could hardly [01:53.93]Pay the bills [01:55.16] [01:56.72]I studied [01:58.33]Schools of thought [02:02.49]And philosophies of man [02:04.78]Started questioning [02:05.92]The contradictions [02:06.72]In this land [02:09.05]I left the classroom [02:10.56] [02:11.08]Joined the rallies [02:12.39]In the street [02:13.13] [02:14.55]Marching hand in hand [02:15.99] [02:16.60]In the Mississippi heat [02:19.30]I spent so many years [02:21.50]Of my life on the move [02:23.35] [02:25.06]That confrontation [02:25.56]Was the only thing i knew [02:28.89] [02:30.40]Talking unity and how [02:32.18]We gone push on through [02:33.46] [02:34.26]Can't even say no more [02:37.44] [02:38.17]If anything's improved [02:39.68] [03:25.59]I'm a family man [03:27.04] [03:27.64]With a wife [03:28.32] [03:29.59]And two kids to feed [03:31.57] [03:34.48]I dedicated my life [03:36.95] [03:40.05]To seeing we succeed [03:42.05] [03:44.27]The way I sought to make it [03:46.48] [03:47.00]I learned to follow the rules [03:48.79] [03:50.32]So we can make sure [03:51.79]Our children visit [03:53.37]The finest schools [03:55.31]Grandmas on the weekends [03:57.86]Going on about the good old days [03:59.53] [04:01.25]When decent black folks [04:02.36] [04:03.83]Be trying to make a change [04:05.65]My parents used to tell me [04:07.55] [04:08.17]To live my life steadfast [04:09.82] [04:10.78]But some may ask me [04:13.35]What it is that I have