Runaway Caroline (feat. Vincent Watson)

from Sistas (Radio Edit) by Xiomara

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lyrics

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

credits

from Sistas (Radio Edit), released July 16, 2021
Music: Xiomara & Vincent ‘Baba Efun’ Watson
Lyrics: Xiomara & Mae Smith Johnson

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Xiomara San Francisco, California

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