This song conveys such truth. If you give away the things you believe, if you compromise on your core values, nothing you gain by doing it is adequate compensation. The say Jesus put it was What does it profit you, if you gan the whole world, but lose your own soul?
Your soul is you. It the only you that is. Your body is just a shell. When you die, you step out it like taking off a coat. Nothing that you have except the love you give, your hope and faith goes with you. Those are the only things you can accrue in this life and take to the next.
If you don’t love anybody. If you haven’t placed your hope and your faith in Jesus, then you have nothing.
Tracy Chapman is more than a singer. She’s a poet and in some ways, a prophet of our culture. In this song, she’s at her best.
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