“Mother Earth” is a stripped down ode to lending a healing hand. The track seamlessly follows “Weaker Girl,” a testament to empowerment.

Banks said she wrote “Mother Earth” after her sister gave birth to a baby girl. At the time, Banks was also coming out of a depression, which she has struggled with since her youth. This is the embodiment of Banks' idea of a “wounded healer.” She told TIME: “[I think] a wounded healer is a lot more powerful than a healer that has not been wounded.”

“Mother Earth” also stems from feeling powerless in the eyes of the world and, more specifically, in the music business:

I want women to hear it because I want us to support each other. People are always trying to compare women. I get compared to other female musicians all the time. But if you’re gonna compare me to someone, why can’t you compare me to a man too? Why doesn’t that happen? I think in general there’s a fear of femininity.