Parchman Prison Prayer - A solo version of
Hosanna features a singer with a soothing, sweet tenor
accompanied only by what sounds like some faint tapping
on a chair or a table. Locked Down, Mama Prays for Me,
one of two original pieces on the album, is the spoken-
word performed over a background of fingers snapping
and a vocalist singing the Canton Spirituals song Ride This
Train, which serves as both a joyful invitation and a gentle
word of caution. The original song: Running for My Life
becomes, I Gotta Run, a fifty-second free-form repetition
of the titular lyrics. Only at the very end of the track is the
thought completed, by a group singing, hauntingly, in the background.