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This quote and story is an excerpt from my book titled GO!ALSZ coming soon kindly enjoy the read.

‘Was in a neighborhood and I decided to stop by to hail a producer friend, which I did… in the middle of our gist he said this

Producer: when are you going to focus a little more on your music?

Me: Soon I’m on it in my mind 🤣 for real I’ve been working on something,mostly in my head though

(It was no joke what I said to him🤣. Funny how I was first a singer even as a child before venturing into Dance, but you know it’s never so easy getting people to see and accept you in a hat different from what they’re used to🤦🏾‍♀️that was a lesson I learnt the hard way🥺. A story for another day I’ll give you the details all the way. So, back to my studio day

Producer: Really, that’s nice oh can I hear it?

Me: Lol!!! Calm down naaa… there’s just about three lines I scribbled down that year but that’s all I’ve got sha, so I’m waiting for some more inspiration 🙃

Producer: No wahala, Sing it like that just sing something now I want to hear you

Me: Ah! sing what again?

Producer: Your song now, lets here it jor.

(After plenty forward and backward moments I got into the boot and did the first and only take.😂 I repeated a few lines, 💆🏾‍♀️though I came up with a second verse 🤷🏾‍♀️ while singing and a little spoken word thinggiiii along the line. 🙃

Stepping out of the recording boot all I heard was…

Producer: WOW!!! Pope, Deaconess,Minister, Evangelist‼️

Too much hype 🤦🏾‍♀️😂 now that’s how dramatic H2increase my Producer gets on most days, I just shook my head oh, because I did not understand 😅 so, on and on he went 😂

I went home feeling really happy blessed and fulfilled in a way, I had let it out finally, that sound was stuck for so long inside me and I was grateful to H2Increase.

He (my Producer) called that weekend to say this 👇🏾

Producer: Highly Esteemed Ma🤣 (please note, he’s the joker himself) this song is for me oh, it’s so powerful

(Now that guhhh me feeling really good so of course he continued😂 )

Producer: I’m not kidding oh I pray with it over and over again I can’t get over it . You know what?

Me: What now?🙄

Producer: Find a day you don’t have much on your plate, come let’s redo the voicing, let’s get it done and over with it’s an awesome song really, at least be done with the recording then when you’re ready to take it, you make your payment.

(After a brief pause he continued) I just want you to know that I’m so blessed to know you and be a part of your music journey

Me: Thank you Pope(mimicking his hype style)

he then said “I’ll send you the rough work now so you can listen” and I did listen , I sat staring at the phone and wondering exactly what just happened. I had just heard my own song, like I’m just learning what I really sound like, and this was just a regular day yet it felt like my birthday.🥺 Hmmn, on a good day I’ll tell you all about my recording journey, all I’ve gone through trying to make this moment happen, all kinds of producers the good the bad the ugly.🥳

he went on to say “this is actually perfect, I’m fine with it but you sound quite low at the beginning coz you were still booting🤣” I laughed out loud (he continued ) “so we need to redo it ok” (honestly y’all, I sounded low at the beginning mostly coz I felt I was just laying a pattern to the first verse so I didn’t think it necessary to project, but somehow I couldn’t stop and the song didn’t end till 4 mins later)

We fixed a date for the actual recording, a Friday, the very next week and then like a BOMB the COVID lockdown came on us and that first recording was all we had.

Being indoors for about 3 months made me understand why God put this exact lyric in my heart and why he allowed the entire song flow right there because that rough file my Producer sent played over and over again at home everyday. It was really a strengthening song for us all(my family).

I had to do an instant trip far away from town (PH City)right after the lockdown (to Lag) and that trip lasted over a year.

Somewhere inbetween I called my producer and said “do you still have the rough work with the low volume” he said “yeah but it’s just that they might not get your lyrics” so I said “Fine, work on it. I’ll have it out with a lyric video for the first release. Also send your details I’ll send that thing right away.m(😉if you know what I mean).

He did just that. I thought to let you in a little bit on what this journey was like so you’ll know that as imperfect as it all felt while everything happened. It was the perfect timing and God was in it from the first step.

Also to let you know that these are my baby steps in my music journey because I have been engrossed in every other part of me apart from my Music. I have learnt many lessons one of which is giving myself the permission to explore all of me. I’ve learnt to allow myself begin a new race or journey, be a baby, start from abc in any thing I have to, need to or want to while thriving as a Boss in other areas of my life, these are my first recordings out and I’m encouraged plus emotional about it, every song on this EP titled “Pages Flipping” came out in an imperfect state but I made up my mind to bring it all to you as it is, to take you with me on this path if you don’t mind, let’s journey especially to this sound titled “Keep On Keeping On” because it came to me raw, from my heart and I’ll bring it to you like so(as my naija people will say) It’s certainly just the beginning and it can only get better.

Here’s a snippet of the produce. I really hope you can hear the words in the beginning and if you don’t I hope the lyrics help convey to you all in my spirit.

The official release date will be announced shortly, it’s this month though😉. I’ll give you the video shoot gist on that day.

Moral lesson: 👉🏽I learnt to put in my best the first time, coz it really might be the only time 😂. 👉🏽There’s no need making a move without God.

Note: Your best isn’t necessarily your strongest or most preferred … for me, it’s what my heart says, what it releases or offers in that given time and space.

Preach.

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