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Sistas

by Xiomara

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1.
The Magician 03:18
You’ve met misfortune I see Well we’re in the nick of time You’ve come to us in desperation  You’ve given yourself up to her Temple and soul and mind  My Sun there is no separation  Hmm The Tower is speaking through me to you  Telling you get yo shit together  Put back the pieces you stole from her heart  Ey you started out on your journey a Fool  But you cant act a fool forever  For a meager fee we will assist you We have wisdom to impart   Ohh Ohh Ohh  Ohh Ohh Ohh  Oh Oh Ohh Ohh Oh  Oh Oh Ohh  Oh Oh Ohh  Ey Yo O la la lo le le le a la le o  Ohh Ohh  Bounty and blessings in your future  Sun if you choose to carry on  We see you have no limitations  And if you decide to take on The Magician  You’ll have the powers of The World  Your inheritance will be blessed  if you just stay patient  Ey The Hanged Man is screaming through me to you  Telling you go inside  Stop and surrender yourself  Let it go  You setting out on this journey a Fool But you can’t play that card forever  No We are all here to guide you  Back to your soul  E le le  Le le le le  Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh  Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh  Ey ey ey ey yo O la la lo le le le a la le o Ohh Ohh   Ohh Ohh  Oh Yea  Kawo Kabiosile Ohh Ohh  Oh Yea  Kawo Kabiosile
2.
Sistas 03:44
Three Black queens in a Cadillac Eyes are low and their edges flat  Out for the night no going back  Gonna glow up, pour up, show up  40s in hand and a guitar slide Everybody blowin in my new ride  Pull up to the scene and we’re lookin fly  Gonna go up, go up, go up  ‘Cause The Town is burning,  And the heavens orange  Too many thoughts are rushin ‘round my head  I mustn’t lay and weep in bed “Call ya girl so y’all can shake it off”  Was my internal dialogue  Calling Meshelle yea  She said “you ready”  I said hell yea I just wanna kick it with my sistas  I just wanna kick it with my sistas I don’t really wanna kick it with ya  I just really wanna get with my sistas For your cut rate dreams I ain't signing a thing  Don’t even breathe in my direction (No approaching me)  ‘Cause ain’t no country for cowards  I got my 10,000 hours  Sometimes you gotta walk alone  Tell me am I preaching uh Sometimes I’m out here on my own  ‘Cause nobody’s speaking  Really I ain’t trippin ‘bout a thing  I’m with my Sistas  When I’m with ya can’t nobody even step  Believe me when I see ya  We gon do it like we used to do  Just me and you  Ohh Ohh  (Chorus 2x)
3.
Chardonnay 03:32
Mmm mm  Ooh Ooh  Ooh Oh  Don’t order the expensive Chardonnay  Even if it’s just your taste  Don’t borrow a glass as soon as you ask  The bottle is back in your face  Had a rip from the expensive bong yo  And now I ain't seen the light in so long  Seem like I just can’t get it right  Unless I’m singin' and blazin' alone  Stop fuckin with a woman’s soul  Knew you was trouble from the go, Oh  Wherever we go there goes your ego  You treat me so cold  Nothin that come will stay  Woah no nothin that come will stay,   O consider this a song for today oh  Nothin that come will stay  Don’t order the expensive Chardonnay (Don't do it)  Even if it’s just your taste (Don't do it)  Don’t borrow a glass as soon as you ask  (The bottle is back in your face)  Had a rip from the expensive bong (Blue harmony)  Oh now I ain't seen the light in so long (Who got a light?)  Feel like I just can’t get it right  Unless I’m singin' and blazin' alone  Stop fuckin with a woman’s soul  You knew you was trouble from the go, Oh  Wherever we go there goes your ego  You treat me so cold  Ey ey  Nothin that come will stay  (Nothin nothin, nothin nothin ey)  Woah naw nothin that come will stay, Oh  (Nothin nothin, nothin nothin ey)  Nothin that come will stay  (Nothin nothin, nothin nothin ey)  Woah naw nothin that come will stay  Break it down  Nothin that come will stay  Mmm nothin that come will stay  Ooh nothin that come will stay  (Nothin nothin, nothin nothin)  Oh naw nothin that come will stay  Mm Mmm  Mmmm  Ooh mm  Ooh Oh
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5.
Lamp 04:09
Magic master I want it rough Hop on this carpet, and pick me up  And if you hesitate I’m done  And we will see who’ll be the lonely one  Promise my freedom or naught at all  Love a sista just right and I’ll come whenever you call baby  Oh I’ll be your genie  bust all over your lamp Just love me the right way and baby  All of your wishes I’ll grant  Ohh  CHORUS: Tie me up (I want ya to) Throw me down (I wanna be) On my knees (get ready to)  Fuck around (I want ya too)  Tie me up (i i I want ya to)  Throw me down (I wanna be)  On my knees (get ready to) Fuck around  Magic master a great treasure awaits  You  had me tied up for the past thousand days (and nights) Ran out of stories to tell you from my head and so I  Started with out you Why you chain me in this cave? Oh babe you  You better believe in me  Or all will disappear  ‘Cause I been captive for 10,000 years  Tell me your desires and make em good  Mm and love me the right way  I really wish you would tame me   (Chorus x2)  
6.
Light Dep 03:40
Reeling in my bones  Feelings come down like they’re supposed to do  And when I’m alone All I want is you  Sealed within my soul  Wheels are turning like they’re supposed to do  And when I am whole is only when I’m with you  Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh  Ahh Ahh Ahh  Fill me with your smoke  Sparks keep burnin like they’re supposed to do Every time I toke  All I feel is you  Come we’ll float away  Share emotions like they told us not to do  Twistin in the night we sway  And all I am is you  You awaken all of the love in me  You awaken all of the love in me  Carry you to ecstasy  Mary you  (Do do do do do  Do do do do do  Do do do do do  Do do do do do) Reeling in my bones  Feelings come down like they’re supposed to do  When I’m  When I’m alone  All I want is you  (All I want is  you you  you All I want is  you) 
7.
When the moon is full and the tide is high You can hear my mary cry  Find a new religion  Find a new religion  Find a new religion yea  Find a new religion  Now Mary was my sista  Y’all stay believing strangers  Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Yemoja Tahira  Their histories have shamed her  O holy one immaculate  Who led you to the manger  He need to find a new religion yea  Find a new religion  Nigga Mary was my sista (oh)  Oh find a new religion darling You need to find a new religion yea  Oh find a new religion  Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  ¿Que traigas Maria? They only know what they have read  Moyuba Yemoja  O the undertow will have their heads  Corona mentira  The roses will tear the veil  Omega O Magdalene  Cries raining on a coffin nail  I ain't yo mama  But it could be drama  And you ain't workin  And I don't care  And you can’t see me  But still you stare yea  And I ain't mama  Naw I aint yo daughter  I am not yo sista  Don’t speak my name  You need to find a new religion Find a new religion  Nigga Mary was my sista oh  Oh find a new religion  You need to find a new religion yea  Oh find a new religion  Nigga when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Throw a little sage in the spliff like  you need to back up  when I come through  homie something on you ain’t right  No it ain’t  Throw a sage in a spliff like  You need to back up when I come through Homie something on you ain’t right  No no   Throw a little sage in the spliff like  you need to back up  when I come through  homie something on you Homie something on you ain’t right No No  Throw a little sage in the spliff like  you need to back up  when I come through  homie something on you homie something on you ain’t right   Need to find a new religion yea  Find a new religion  Nigga Mary was my sista Oh  Find a new religion darling  You need to find a new religion yea  Oh find a new religion  Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Mary was my sister (oh ohh) Why ya stay believing strangers Nigga Mary was my sista Find a new religion  You need to find a new religion yea  Mm find a new religion  Mary was my sista Mm mm mm Find a new religion  (Chant) O Mary  O Tahira yea  Yemoja  O Nia yea O Mary Tahira yea  O Mama  O Mary yea  O Magdalene  Breonna  Yemoja yea O Nia  Oluwa  O Mary  Yemoja yea O Mama  O Mary yea O Magdalene  Yemoja  Tahira Breonna yea O Nia Oluwa  O Mary  O Magdalene  Breonna  Yemoja yea O Mary  O Magdalene  Tahira Yemoja 
8.
Livin livin livin livin livin In The Downside  A room for my weathered heart and me The path only I could travel  So you see I must be committed to it  And I wish y’all wouldn’t call me goddess  And steal my sweet Sistas by the gun  And I wish y’all’d stop calling me queen  And start treating me like one  Cause I’m living on the downside  Keep playing with life and you gon see  I’m just living on the downside  Keep paying the price for being me  The rent is too high to fathom  So I find myself on the 6th floor  I used to believe in Love  But I don’t really think that way anymore  And I wish you wouldn’t call me baby  As if the world can’t see I’m not the one  (the one for you not the one for you) And I wish you wouldn’t call me green  And every day you leave me so blue I’m just living on the downside  Keep throwing my heart into you and me yea I’m just living on the downside Keep playing with Love and you gon see I’m livin livin livin livin livin  On the downside  Keep paying the price for being me  I’m living living living living living living living livin  On the downside  Keep playing with life and you gon see  (WYA) Oh oh oh  Where you at  Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Oh Oh Oh  Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Oh Oh Oh  Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at Where you at
9.
The Rattler 03:49
Mmm Mmm I’m still stupid high from last night  With the flowers poking out of my brain  Just been standing here drinking in the shower for an hour  Think I may be going insane  You’re still the only one that I need   ‘Til you’re right there looking at me  Cause oh I knew we wouldn’t make it I just had to get you naked  I wanted to be over your knee  Come quickly while I’m conflicted  While I still want you  Cum quicker ‘fore I reconsider  But don’t cum before I do  I’m still stupid hot from last night  With the flowers pokin out of my brain  Just been standing here drinkin in the shower  For an hour  Think I’m maybe going insane  You’re still the only one that I need  ‘Til you’re right here looking at me  Cause oh I knew he wouldn’t make it I just had to getcha naked  Wanted to be over your knee yea Come quickly while I’m conflicted  While I still want you  Cum quicker ‘fore I reconsider  But don’t cum before I do  Ahh ahh ahh ahh  Ahh ahh ahh ahh Ahh ahh Oh 
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For Hanna 00:56
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Little Angel 04:14
Caught in the reign of another man  All my days pass me by  Then ya came flying my way straight Straight across my mind At first I was a little unsure  Now I’m fasho  And maybe you can feel it by now  But so you know I’m all for you  Oh Oh Oh Oh  You’re my little angel   Oh Oh Oh Oh  And Oh I really want ya  Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh  You’re my little angel baby  Oh oh oh oh yea Oh I really want ya  Sometimes I cry and ask the night sky  Are my dreams really coming true See I could have the worst day All I need to feel free  Is a little laugh from you  Caught in a world full of suffering and pain  None alone could ever mend  So if you need me to love ya  I’ll be there, to tell you child  Again and again baby hey yea Oh Oh Oh Oh  You’re my little angel babe  Oh Oh Oh Oh  And Oh I really want ya baby yea  Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh  You’re my little angel baby  Oh oh oh oh yea Oh I really want ya 
12.
Easy 03:23
Time waits for no man’s fate Catch me on the dancefloor  Real gone into you  Watch me watch me watch me Watch me O watch my waist  I’m impatient baby make a reservation  Mm fall into place like bass  Love me love me love me  Ya love when I make that face  Don’t let me go Or let me down  We don’t even gotta wait around I see ya I need ya It’s simple baby  (Don’t let me go)  I know you  Never wanna let me down  But if ya gotta let me go  Take it easy  Oh baby baby  I know you  Never wanna let me go But if ya gotta let me down  Make it easy  Mm The temple is tumbling  Take me take me tonight  I belong to you  Mm mm mm  Watch how I take that thing  You’ve been patient  Wanna give you something  Crazier than you have known oh Slide in the place like bass Love me love me mm hmm  Ya love when I make that face  Don’t let me go or let me down  We don’t even gotta wait around  I see ya  I need ya  It’s simple baby  (Don’t let me go oh)  I know you  Never wanna let me down  But if ya gotta let me go  Take it easy  Oh baby baby  I know you Never wanna let me go  But if ya gotta let me down Make it easy  Don’t let me go oh no (oh no oh no) Don’t let me go oh no (oh no oh no) Ey Don’t let me go oh  Don’t 
13.
Barbara 04:19
(Do do do do do do do Do do do do do do do Do do do do do)  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara my friend  She never ends  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara  Oh my friend  Ey they never end  When we met she was singing  Doing her own thing  Couldn’t believe it  My child  Only fifteen  She’s makin a good thing  From a bad  On god she don’t know what she has  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara my friend  She never ends  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara  Oh my friend  Ey they never end  They’re living their best life  Loving their own way  Bowing to no one  I’m glad that I got to know them well And when it’s all over  Their name will keep ringing  (over and over)  Oh all through the halls  Oh the stories they could tell  They’d say  (Scatting x4)  Do do do do do do do do  Barbara  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara my friend  She never ends  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara  Oh my friend  Ey they never end  Oh oh oh Barbara my friend  Mm she never ends  Lemme tell ya bout Barbara  Oh my friends  They never end  Barbara my friend  She never ends Barbara oh my friend  They never end  (All)  Do do do do do do do  Do do do do do do do Do do do do do  Ah ah ah  Do do do do do do do  Do do do do do do do Do do do do do  Ah ah ah  (Melisma) Oh Barbara 
14.
Love  Love is like a shooting star  It’ll come out of nowhere and shine where you are  Love  Love will take you on a ride  Where your heart and your soul  Are on the outside  You can’t hide  No no no oh  You can’t hide  (Melisma) No  Love  Love is deeper than the ocean  It will float you to safety  When you’re open  Love  Will stand through the rain  It will comfort you in darkness  And wash away the pain  Oh love  Oh love  Love  Love can come in the silence  It can come when you don’t decide it  Love  Can creep up on you  And get into your heart  When you don’t want it to  Sometimes love can hurt  And sometimes we don’t get what  we deserve  But in time it will work  You just gotta trust and believe Believe in love  Oh Oh Believe in love  Yeah  Believe in love Oh just believe  Believe cause it believes in you  It believes in you  You can trust it too 
15.
Crown 04:05
(Sideshow sounds) I know you’re solo  And you’re alone you’re lonely But don’t ever fear  Cause I’m right here in your corner  And I’ll be standing here  A million years  You’re still my one my only  And when the whole world is crumbling down  And when the day ends I want you to hold me  Cause baby I still see your  Baby I still see your  Baby I still see your crown  With me you can put it down  I can still see your ultraviolet crown  With me you can put it down     And you don’t gotta be nobody that you aint naw Your energy it spoke before you came here And you never have to feel like you ain’t loved  Someone is thinking of ya (yea) We’re warriors intelligent and strong And although we won’t be here long  I’m still gonna be by your side  You’re the reason I sing this song  Oh Oh  Baby I still see your crown   With me you can put it down (don’t you ever wonder who you are)  I can still see your ultraviolet crown  With me you can put it down (you should never wonder who you are) Baby I still see your crown  With me you can put it down  I can still see your ultraviolet crown (ultraviolet crown oh)  With me you can put it down  Baby I  baby I  baby I  baby I  baby I  baby I (Repeat x 3)
16.
To my grandmother You mind me of the winter’s eve  When lo the sinking sun  Casts soft bright rays upon the snow And day now almost done  In silence deep prepares to leave  And calmly waits the signal “go” Your eyes are faded vestal lights  That once the hearth illum’d  Where vestal virgin’s vigil kept And budding virtue bloomed Like stars that beam on summer nights  Your eyes by joy and sorrow swept Asleep one night an angel kissed your hair and in the morn  The raven threads were silv’ry grey  The angel fair had borne Your youth away ere it you missed  And left old age to bless your way Smile on for when you smile it seems  I cannot do a wrong  Your smiles go with me all the while  And make life one sweet song  And oft at night my troubled dream Grows gay at thoughts of your bright smile  Dark Africa with caucasian blood  To tinge your veins combined  Your proud head bowed to slavery’s thrall  Your hands to toil consigned  The lord of hosts becalmed the flood  The God Omnipotent o’er all   Your ears have heard the din of war  The marshal tramp of feet  Your voice has risen to your god in supplications sweet May angels kiss each furrowed scar Upon your brow where care has trod  God bless the hands all withered now  By age and weary care  God rest the feet that sought the way to freedom  Bright and fair God bless thy life and e’er endow thee with new strength  Each new-born day Mae Smith Johnson  Eleggua Ago Aña (Choral)  Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh  Oh
17.
(Laughing) Ah  Ah Ah  I’m gon do what I want to  You gon do what you can (hey) If ya want to see what I got for you  Baby come on over and dance  O don’t you like the smell of my perfume  And the fire smoke in my hand (hey) Don’t  Don’t you  Dontcha Like it  I can see you wandering right to me  Like your body stuck in a trance (hey)  If you’re wondering how it feel uh huh  Gonna let ya know in advance I could break ya back if you want me to Are you down with taking that chance? (hey)  Don’t  Don’t you  Dontcha Like it  Mmm  I’m gon do what I want to  You gon do what you can (hey) If ya want to see what I got for you  Baby come on over and dance  O don’t you like the smell of my perfume  And the fire smoke in my hand (hey) Don’t  Don’t you  Dontcha Like it  Gonna be out front if you want me  I got a pound of smoke in my bag  See ya tried to take me for joke oh no Tried to conquer all of my land  Got a pretty face on this coconut  Wanna go? Do you wanna dance?  O Don’t  Don’t you  Dontcha Like it  Ahh  Me gusta me gusta Me gusta me gusta Me gusta me gusta  Me gusta me gusta  I can see you wandering right to me  Like your body stuck in a trance (hey)  If you’re wondering how it feel uh huh  Gonna let ya know in advance I could break ya back if you want me to Are you down with taking that chance? (hey) Don’t  Don’t you  Dontcha Like It  (Chant)  Hey Hey  Hey Hua 
18.
Find a new religion  Find a new religion  Nigga Mary was my sista oh  Find a new religion darling   You need to find a new religion yea Oh oh oh find a new religion  Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Now Mary was my sista  Y’all stay believing strangers  Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Yemoja Tahira  Their histories have shamed her  O holy one immaculate  Who led you to the manger   He need to find a new religion yea  Oh oh oh find a new religion  Nigga Mary was my sista (oh)  Oh oh oh find a new religion darling You need to find a new religion yea  Oh find a new religion Tell me when the last time you heard of  Of a man that wasn’t dangerous  Throw a little sage in a spliff like  You need to back up when I come through  Homie something on you ain’t right No no Throw the sage in the spliff like  You need to back up when I come through  Homie something on you ain’t right No it ain’t  Ey throw a little sage in a spliff like  You need to to backup when I come through  Homie something on you  Homie something on you aint right  No no  Throw a little sage in the spliff like  You need to backup when I come through  homie something on you  Homie something on you ain’t right  (Whispered) Get em Come on  Come on  Woo  Wooooah Oo oo oo Ahhhh Ahhhh Oo oo (Guitar Solo)  Oh ¿Que traigas Maria? They only know what they have read  Moyuba Yemoja  O the undertow will have their heads  Corona mentira  The roses will tear the veil  Omega O Magdalene  Cries raining on a coffin nail  I ain't yo mama  And it could be drama  And you ain't workin  And I don't care  And you can’t see me yea  But still you stare yea  And I ain't mama  Naw I aint yo daughter  I am not yo sista  (Don’t speak my name) You need to find a new religion yea Oh oh oh find a new religion darling  Mary was my sista  O Mary  O Nia yea Oluwa Breonna O Mary  O Nia yea Oluwa Breonna 
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O Mother 02:52
O Mother Why do they treat me like I'm not a man?  I wonder (I wonder) Does anybody know just who I am? Or can I love the world exactly how it is? Or do I have to split? Is there anybody rooting for the kid? O Mother (O Mother Ahh) Is this not the way you taught me to behave? I won't just sit here (I won't just sit here Ahh) And let them treat me like a slave (no I won’t) Oh can I love the world and hate how it makes me feel? Cause I don't want to kneel Is there anyone who's got my back for real? (Guitar Solo)  O Mother (O Mother o mother o mother) I do not think I live here anymore I wonder (O Mother O Mother) Is it wrong I do not want to live at all Can I love the world enough to give a spin? Or am I giving in? Do we burn the old one down and start again? Oh start again Yea start again Oh start again Oh Mama 

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Sistas (Album 2021) by Xiomara

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released July 16, 2021

Recorded and Mixed by Kevin Friedrichsen
at The Grey Room, Oakland, CA 2020-2021

Mastered by Morgan Garcia

All Songs Written by Xiomara
Except “Believe In Love”, Written, produced, and performed by B. DeVeaux,
and “O Mother”, a cover, originally written and performed by Aaron Livingston
Additional writing, chorus on "Light Dep", by Andrew "DRUVVY" McLean

Produced and Arranged by Xiomara
Co-Produced and Arranged by Aaron Livingston

Additional Production and Musical Contributions by

Aaron Livingston
Andrew “DRUVVY” McLean
Clark Sims
Vincent “Baba Efun” Watson
Amarinder Singh
Kevin Friedrichsen
Eric Finland
Joseph Keion Minatee
Xiomara

Appearance by Tempest Charles on “Sistas” (Track 2)

Cover Art Photo by Miss Lopez Media
Cover Art Edit by Xiomara
Cover Photo Lighting by Carlos Gonzalez

Special Thanks

Marci
Tempest Charles
Rickey Mindlin
Nikki Coupee
Mother of my Heart
Salvatore Fullmore
and my whole family and team!

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Xiomara’s vocal styling flows effortlessly along the Jazz, Soul, R&B and Hip-Hop spectrum. With influences ranging from Afro- Cuban folkloric rhythms through Blues and Classical, hers is a unique sound, only partially explained by her Oakland, California roots. As an artist, and producer, Xiomara strives to create sounds that bridge the gap between past and future. ... more

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