Felecia wrote the song in the spring/summer of 1990 after being inspired by a black minister preaching on Jerry Falwell's TV program. How John Reinhardt's song came to be that same year (fall), the question should be directed to Mr. Rodney Sexton from Gainesville GA area. He will know. The story behind Little Jan's version is she wanted to cut Felecia out entirely and just take the song. When Felecia balked, Jan decided to write her own version so her name would appear on the song. After a compromise Jan came up with "On my Mothers Side" and gave Felecia a third credit. Liberty loved Wendy and sang with them several times. I am positive he would not have approved if he'd known but Felecia never like the "business" side of singing so she let it go. Not much to do after that but get what you can. The original version on You tube by "Liberty" is the version that started it all.