The song “steppin Stone” relates to the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God” in that it shows the relationship between janie and many of her male companions. This specifically relates to Janie and her former Husband Joe Starks. When meeting Joe starks he was a young man with lots of ambitions which drove to wanting to be the mayor of an all black town called Eatonville. Upon meeting Janie he, promises to give her a better life by making her his wife and ultimately giving her the title of mayor’s wife. One thing he does not mention in this deal was the fact that he would be walking all over her just to establish himself as the dominant figure in town. The lines go: “But now you're walkin’ ‘round like you’re front page news, you have been awful