The song that is always in my head and heart - Daughter of Eden by Johnny Clegg:
She's the daughter of Eden, she's the Sister of Hope
She's the Mother of Freedom, she's the Lover Unknown
She laughs and she jokes, she drinks and she smokes but she tells it like it is cause her mind is an arrow
She can't help herself, it's the truth's magnetic pull, it's the eye of the bull
And it makes you think while you bleed, what do you really believe?
When the chips are down, it's the people that count and she fights for those whose voices are drowned, whose voices are drowned.
She's the Daughter of Eden, she's the Sister of Hope
She's the Mother of Freedom, she's the Lover Unknown
When she looks at the world through the eyes in her heart, but the picture gets blurred cause she feels every part
And she turns your head, cause she's got great legs, and she walks on the earth like it's child from birth
Oh the natural bow of the hips that sway, she's the Daughter of Eden 'til the end of days, 'til the end of days.
She's the Daughter of Eden, she's the Sister of Hope
She's the Mother of Freedom, she's the Lover Unknown.
Hearing his words, I think of the women who gave their lives in solidarity with the poor of El Salvador (Same Fate As The Poor, by Judith Noone). They indeed saw with the eyes of their hearts, gave voice to those who had no voice, and were sisters of hope in a hopeless situation. Johnny Clegg wrote this song in honor of his sister and the other women of South Africa, but it rings true of strong women all over the world.
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