[id:$00000000] [ar:Joy Denalane] [ti:Stranger In This Land] [by:] [hash:3444f7c8a5a127111545f4404f6972cf] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:337048] [offset:0] [00:00.92]Joy Denalane - Stranger In This Land [00:13.56]I was the daughter [00:19.04]Of a little known king [00:22.95]When they came [00:23.81]And put me in a castle [00:28.18]My eyes had never seen [00:33.30]They spoke in tongues [00:34.67]I've never heard [00:36.20]They took me to the sea [00:38.94]At the edge of the earth [00:44.17]I journied tempest waters [00:47.47]Reached these distant shores [00:49.76]My clothes are tattered [00:52.50]And my soul is worn [00:54.89]I bore a daughter [00:56.51]In captivity [00:58.98]They came late one night [01:01.42]To take her away from me [01:05.78]I cried and I cried [01:07.56]Oh lord have mercy on me [01:11.22]Can't they see [01:12.08]That little girl [01:13.84]Is royalty [01:14.96]I held my ground [01:17.45]And took my stand [01:19.23]Can't help [01:20.70]Feeling sometimes [01:25.17]That I'm a stranger [01:29.82]In this land [01:31.95]In this land of mine [01:38.35]My mother used [01:39.47]To cook and clean [01:42.98]For the rich folks [01:44.30]On the hill [01:48.06]Made sure [01:48.67]I got an education [01:53.75]And could hardly [01:54.83]Pay the bills [01:58.48]I studied [01:59.34]Schools of thought [02:00.51]And philosophies of man [02:02.85]Started questioning [02:05.02]The contradictions [02:06.39]In this land [02:09.34]I left the classroom [02:10.81]Joined the rallies [02:12.54]In the street [02:15.03]Marching hand in hand [02:17.21]In the mississippi heat [02:20.11]I spent so many years [02:21.68]Of my life on the move [02:25.34]That confrontation [02:26.56]Was the only thing I knew [02:30.87]Talking unity and how [02:32.95]We gone push on through [02:36.10]Can't even say no more [02:38.72]If anything's improved [02:40.90]I held my ground [02:42.68]And took my stand [02:45.77]Can't help [02:47.04]Feeling sometimes [02:51.26]That I'm a stranger [02:53.44]In this land [02:55.99]In this land of mine [03:25.87]I'm a family man [03:28.00]With a wife [03:29.88]And two kids to feed [03:34.70]I dedicated my life [03:40.24]To seeing we succeed [03:44.61]The way I sought to make it [03:47.15]I learned to follow the rules [03:50.60]So we can make sure [03:52.25]Our children visit [03:52.91]The finest schools [03:56.06]Grandmas on the weekends [03:57.99]Going on about the good old days [04:01.55]When decent black folks [04:04.14]Be trying to make a change [04:05.86]My parents used to tell me [04:08.50]To live my life steadfast [04:11.81]But some may ask me [04:13.82]What it is that I have [04:16.26]I held my ground [04:17.83]And took my stand [04:22.60]Can't help [04:23.32]Feeling sometimes [04:26.92]That I'm a stranger [04:31.42]In this land [04:33.40]In this land of mine [04:38.02]I held my ground [04:39.64]And took my stand [04:41.93]Can't help [04:43.35]Feeling sometimes [04:49.52]That I'm a stranger [04:52.31]In this land [04:54.63]In this land of mine