[piano intro] - [Female Announcer] Sister Ivy fuses Neo-soul, Jazz, R&B, and rock to carry poetic musings to the listeners ear on a groove-able sonic vehicle with influences spanning from Badu and Glasper to Radiohead and Pink Floyd.

Sister Ivy up next on "Echo Sessions."

♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ [bright upbeat music] - [male announcer] "Echo Sessions" is made possible by Prestige Subaru.

[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ ♪ You always get what you want, don't you love?

♪ ♪ You always get what you ask for, darling ♪ ♪ You always get what you want, don't you child?

♪ ♪ Just reach right in and crack the casing ♪ ♪ So sweet ♪ ♪ That drink, yeah ♪ ♪ Dribble that down your genderless chin ♪ ♪ I'll give you what you want for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ till I give you what I want to ♪ ♪ I'll give you what you want for now ♪ ♪ but just you wait ♪ ♪ till you get what's coming to ya ♪ ♪ I'll give you what you want for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ till I give you what I want to ♪ ♪ I'll give you what you want for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ till you get what's coming to you ♪ [soft jazz music] ♪ It's so easy ♪ ♪ To turn it on, yeah ♪ ♪ Up all night, you're bucking the system ♪ ♪ Wild, you're feeling free ♪ ♪ You see what you like ♪ ♪ push through the crowd ♪ ♪ and close on it effortlessly ♪ ♪ Suddenly I don't have fun ♪ ♪ Crossing the rails ♪ ♪ You found you moved to the wrong side of town ♪ ♪ We'll stutter, falls flat ♪ ♪ 'Cause you treat me like a doe in open season ♪ ♪ Somehow it's less than a fantasy, yeah ♪ ♪ When the clock of night lives in the shadows ♪ ♪ Shadows of fear, yeah ♪ ♪ Unveil the world just to set the scene ♪ ♪ Gray scale the damage ♪ ♪ Who takes the blame?

I did ♪ [soft guitar music] ♪ To do anything to go back ♪ ♪ To what you know ♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ I sought out comfort, sung to the next ♪ ♪ show ♪ [Rachel vocalizing] [Rachel singing the beat] [jazz music intensifies] ♪ I dare you to ♪ ♪ do anything ♪ ♪ I dare you to push out, push out further ♪ ♪ Into the ring ♪ ♪ 'Cause you always get what you want ♪ ♪ Don't you, love?

♪ ♪ You always get what you asked for, darling ♪ ♪ You always get what you want ♪ ♪ don't you, child?

♪ ♪ You just reach right in and crack the casing ♪ ♪ Well give them what they want for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ till you give them what you want to ♪ ♪ Give them what they want for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ till you get what's coming to them ♪ ♪ You give them what they for for now ♪ ♪ But just you wait ♪ ♪ Until you give them what you want to ♪ ♪ Will you give them what they want?

♪ ♪ Or will you give them what they need?

♪ ♪ It's so easy ♪ ♪ To get what you want ♪ ♪ But can you want what is needed ♪ ♪ From the tap ♪ [jazz music continues] [bass guitar solos] ♪ From the tap.

From the tap ♪ ♪ From the tap ♪ ♪ From the tap.

From the tap ♪ ♪ From the tap.

From the tap ♪ ♪ From the tap ♪ ♪ From the tap.

From the tap ♪ [jazz music slows] ♪ Graffiti on a run down factory ♪ ♪ Warnings ♪ ♪ Moser, poser, ruiner ♪ ♪ Warnings ♪ ♪ Shamer, blamer ♪ ♪ Anything to tame her ♪ ♪ As if this was she anything but ♪ ♪ An unstoppable force protected only when understood ♪ ♪ And in the only way you could, so primitively ♪ ♪ Marking facades ♪ ♪ Fluorescent and sparkling paint and neon light ♪ ♪ Won't make you a Saint ♪ ♪ But it may make you a citizen ♪ ♪ More than passer-by or Pilgrim ♪ ♪ You've become artisans of ♪ ♪ Warnings, warnings, warnings, warnings ♪ ♪ Warnings like the warnings of old shouted out loud ♪ ♪ To keep the predators out of this ♪ ♪ Piss-protected treasure safe and fear ♪ ♪ And the line becomes thinner here ♪ ♪ The fulcrum tough to pinpoint who holds the power ♪ ♪ Who holds the paint and on whose side are you anyways ♪ ♪ All this force you could foster ♪ ♪ Lying in wait ♪ [quiet vocalization] [soft jazz music continues] ♪ So you glanced to the right ♪ ♪ Where the alleyway has crumbled ♪ ♪ Sinkholes open mod and beckoning ♪ ♪ As you sip the juices of bitter beans, ♪ ♪ Sown incontinence ♪ ♪ Since seen as delivery rooms ♪ ♪ Bearing the blackest of drinks ♪ ♪ The heaviest sap of the oldest tree living ♪ ♪ Giving tools to breathe fire ♪ ♪ And what more could one want except perhaps to be a flyer, ♪ ♪ But do we ever fly?

♪ ♪ At least with the mind's eye ♪ ♪ Pilots of passengers or powders ♪ ♪ Some to explode and some in blood ♪ ♪ We count them as assets, ♪ ♪ like pieces on a chessboard or battleships ♪ ♪ The mark of a creature continuously at war ♪ ♪ But what for?

♪ ♪ To hold the power?

♪ ♪ To hold the paint?

♪ ♪ Well it ain't that simple power and the paint ♪ ♪ It stains ♪ ♪ Remains longer than we care to admit ♪ ♪ Mementos of the souls ♪ ♪ Who bought the things we thought came free.

♪ ♪ If you were me, maybe you'd see ♪ ♪ It's not about that thing you think you want ♪ ♪ Just about what you need ♪ ♪ That beat ♪ ♪ That beat, that beat, that beat, that beat, that beat ♪ ♪ That beat, that beat, that beat, that beat, that beat ♪ ♪ And you always get what you want, don't you?

♪ ♪ So long as you're still breathing ♪ ♪ I said, you will always get what you want ♪ ♪ At least what you need ♪ ♪ While you're breathing heart beating ♪ ♪ Blood pumping through your veins ♪ ♪ Keep you standing up ♪ ♪ Have you forgotten?

♪ ♪ Have you forgotten what it means ♪ ♪ To be a creature continuously in flux?

♪ ♪ Simultaneously everything ♪ ♪ And not that much ♪ [drum sticks clicking] ♪ Push, push me, push me to ♪ [fast-paced jazz music begins] ♪ Push me to the edge ♪ ♪ I say push me, oh ♪ ♪ Push me till my insides scramble to ♪ ♪ Eek out as something ♪ ♪ To catch into a napkin ♪ ♪ To crumble till dry ♪ ♪ Push, push me, push me to ♪ ♪ Push me to the edge ♪ ♪ I say push me, oh ♪ [Rachel singing the beat] ♪ The edge ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ [Rachel vocalizing] ♪ OH, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ This turbulence ♪ ♪ Exalts of men's stereotype ♪ ♪ So pure ♪ ♪ So bright ♪ ♪ Since I knocked off the burdened ties ♪ ♪ With the rest of the mud mask ♪ ♪ To show you no wrinkles ♪ ♪ To show you no wrinkles ♪ ♪ They shoulda, they shoulda, ♪ ♪ They shoulda died ♪ ♪ Should have died ♪ ♪ You didn't want no age to mark you ♪ ♪ Said you make ♪ ♪ Make another, make another world ♪ ♪ Make another world to adore you ♪ ♪ And in from that turn ♪ ♪ World an army invisible ♪ ♪ Divisible infinite ♪ ♪ Angel blood ♪ ♪ Their palms are perfect ♪ ♪ Porcelain type of clean ♪ [jazz music slows] ♪ Push ♪ ♪ Me ♪ ♪ Till I can't be sweet, I will ♪ ♪ Drip my bitter drops ♪ ♪ On your tongue ♪ ♪ Tasteless and true ♪ ♪ See through all your veneers ♪ ♪ Alligator tears me precious love ♪ [jazz music continues] [drum solo begins] [music slowly intensifies] ♪ Got some other concerns ♪ ♪ My love is bigger ♪ ♪ Let me hang onto it till it's grown ♪ ♪ Large enough to swallow you whole ♪ ♪ Yeah, go ahead and push ♪ ♪ Push me, push me to ♪ ♪ Push me to the edge ♪ [Rachel vocalizing] - All right.

[drum stick clicking] [relaxed trumpet instrumental] ♪ We are calling you to come back home ♪ ♪ Too wake, to say the storm is over ♪ ♪ We'll bring you comfort from the deep world ♪ ♪ A life too short to live it sober ♪ ♪ Or have you been in Oz too long?

♪ ♪ Accustomed to the colors ♪ ♪ You'll need a warrior's heart ♪ ♪ Why would you choose a world of grey?

♪ [relaxed jazz music continues] [bass guitar playing quietly] ♪ In the moment you're just like the rest ♪ ♪ Accepting numbers on a wire ♪ ♪ What is this weakness?

♪ ♪ Do you speak less?

♪ ♪ When others truly need your fire ♪ ♪ Submerge yourself again ♪ ♪ Beneath the current ♪ ♪ You need a warrior's heart ♪ ♪ To brave the dark ♪ ♪ Or have you been in Oz too long?

♪ ♪ Accustomed to the colors ♪ ♪ When you're living only to consume all ♪ ♪ Why would you choose a world of gray?

♪ [relaxed jazz music continues] ♪ Sunshine ♪ ♪ Sunshine ♪ ♪ When did you get ♪ ♪ so proud?

♪ [relaxed jazz music continues] ♪ Teach them ♪ ♪ To tame a heart ♪ ♪ Yeah, too proud to come home ♪ ♪ Too proud to come home ♪ ♪ Too proud to come home ♪ ♪ Too proud ♪ ♪ To come home ♪ [relaxed jazz music intensifies] [instrumentals increase in tempo] [jazz music continues to increase volume and tempo] [music continues increasing in intensity] [drumsticks clicking] [gentle slow jazz music begins] [Rachel vocalizing] ♪ I've never seen a rainbow without first seeing rain ♪ ♪ And for awhile that was ♪ ♪ Reason enough to abstain from loving you ♪ ♪ But there are moments when I ♪ ♪ Wish I could melt with you, linger like ♪ ♪ Plumes of smoke from lovers' ♪ ♪ Cigarette's hanging just outside the door ♪ ♪ Golden light glimmering ♪ ♪ Movin' faintly, softly ♪ ♪ Blend the boundary line ♪ ♪ With time and sweet caress ♪ ♪ It's time ♪ ♪ Way past time ♪ ♪ It's time to say it ♪ ♪ If you don't want me to go ♪ ♪ I've been wandering for sometime ♪ ♪ Too flippant to truly make my mind up ♪ ♪ On how to move with such as one as you ♪ ♪ Who changes faster ♪ ♪ Than all the season do ♪ ♪ No clues, no fuse ♪ ♪ No leads to follow, you sent me awhirl ♪ ♪ But leave the center of me hollow ♪ ♪ I could stay ♪ ♪ But my time is borrowed too old to ♪ ♪ Pine for avoidable sorrows ♪ ♪ All the time we wasted ♪ ♪ Don't regret or replace it ♪ ♪ Still it's foolish to neglect the signs ♪ ♪ It's time ♪ ♪ Way past time ♪ ♪ It's time to say it ♪ ♪ If you don't want me to go ♪ ♪ It's time ♪ ♪ Way past time ♪ ♪ It's time to say it ♪ ♪ If you don't want me to go ♪ [jazz music slows] [jazz music starts increasing in tempo] [Rachel vocalizing] ♪ I swear ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ I swear in time you'll find it's ♪ ♪ Fine to have me on your mind ♪ ♪ I swear in time you'll find ♪ ♪ You'll wish I'd gone and made you mind ♪ ♪ I swear in time you'll find ♪ ♪ You'll wish I'd gone and made you mine ♪ ♪ I swear in time you'll fine it's ♪ ♪ Fine to have me on your mind ♪ ♪ You've got to understand ♪ ♪ Step by step, hand over hand ♪ ♪ I've gotta chase my horizons ♪ ♪ With or without a man ♪ ♪ It's time ♪ ♪ Way past time ♪ ♪ It's time to say it ♪ ♪ If you don't want me to go ♪ ♪ To go ♪ ♪ To go ♪ ♪ To go ♪ ♪ To go ♪ - Thank you so much for tuning in, listening to my rambling, listening to us have a good time.

We hope it induced a good time for you as well.

[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ - [male announcer] "Echo Sessions" is made possible by Prestige Subaru.