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I’m A Mother
By Joy Lynn Clark 7/9/2024 (I wrote and sang this song to an acoustic instrumental of a very famous song while on a coffee break from hiking the Appalachian Trail) Not your daughter I’m a mother are you some other? Oh Missy That is not your name I’ll just dis you Cause I know her I can’t hear you you can’t hear me say your missy this just can’t be Must be Rachel I don’t think so you can hear her how do you know? make me sister but your none to me I’m a mother this just can’t be Not your daughter I’m a mother are you some other?…
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Chorus of the Mal
By Joy Lynn Clark 5/20/2020 Here is another one that was performed by Dazee Dizzle. I wrote the chorus on my reading packet for Latin American Studies Class. I took a photo of it.
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Meds / Live With this
By Joy Lynn Clark 5/14/2018 I wrote this song a number of years ago. I ended up producing it around 2016 or 2017. Have a listen. Special Acknowledgment to Dave Grohl, Mos Def and Boogie Down Productions
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The Pure Voice
10/20/2017 As I read the poetry and short stories of Latin American Women writers, a voice inside my head said, “Just say you are Latin American”. As I contemplated this it occurred to me that my parents don’t speak latin (or Spanish), and we speak English. I was born in Illinois. I have ancestors from many tribes. I was born on what was formerly Sauk land. So were my parents. The Native Americans died. My dad eats corn tamales. As I read these women’s stories I realized that I never thought white was any more synonymous with purity than black. If I can not claim a sort of unity with…
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Broom at the Jazz Showcase
9/22/2015 Joy Lynn Clark I was making my way down the slightly snow covered sidewalk when I started to think about the Jazz Showcase. I had been here years ago looking for a job as a cocktail waitress on the day that Marsalis happened to be there. I didn’t interview well. I was too busy staring at all of the photographs on the wall and the stage. I didn’t maintain eye contact. Oh well, that was an awesome spot. I am going to have to come and see a show one day. As I made my way down the street toward the club I knew I was gonna need some…
