Lyric discussion by starla33 

Cover art for Work Your Way Out lyrics by Ani DiFranco

i think she's saying that to get to know people you start on the inside, at the inner core of who they are. i think she wants to get to the true being of a person, to transcend words, skin, stereotypes, or whatever could be on the surface. but i'm not sure what she means by being "caught like bottled water the light daughter." maybe she feels held in, not able to express herself, she is bottled up. (i don't know :)

I interpret "light daughter" meaning she is stuck (or bottled) in her stereotype of a white woman. And everyone wears a different label, but it doesn't say anything about who we actually are. Because at our core, we are all citizens of the womb. This is a great perspective of sexism and racism in society. We learn from a young age to not discriminate and treat people equally... but we forget so easily...

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