Reviewed by George Luke

After listening to this a couple of times, I've decided not to do a standard review but rather to use this space to say a few words of advice to the artist, speaking as someone who grew up in Africa and now makes a living (just about) playing African gospel music on the radio. Sandra, you've got a nice voice and I'm sure you can write great songs. My advice to you is this: don't feel obligated to write songs in English. Write in a language you feel your most free expressing yourself in. If that means singing in Swahili (or whatever your native tongue happens to be), then do that, instead of coming up with really trite, simplistic lyrics just because some marketing person has said 'You need to sing in English; that's what the public understands.' You'll sound a lot more natural and confident, and the English speakers will enjoy it a lot more than this.

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