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Speaker 1: Nigerian music icon Divine Ecobo, popularly known as Rama, has

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narrated how Christ Ambassy Church founded by Pastor Chris Oyakilom

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helped him his mother and family went the felt very

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lost and abandoned after his father, Justice Ikobo, died in

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a controversial manner at a hotel in Benin City in

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two thousand and eight. Rama, who was born in the

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year two thousand and was just only eight years old

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when his father was reported dead at a hotel after

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allegedly having time with a lady. Said the thevenin senior

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pastor of the Christ Embassy Church in Benin City, Reverend

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Tom Amen Kennon, opened show for his mother, through which

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he said his mother was able to cut up for

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the family after everything the hard were taken away from

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them following the death of his father, who was the

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then general manager of the Ado State government owned eighty

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of publishing company. The single led the narration during the

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Christ Embassy Church servants he attended on Sunday, September first,

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twenty twenty four in Benin City after his homecoming concert

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on Friday held at Samuel of Bemudia Stadium, an event

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which has been the top of the town and it

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has been trending on social media platforms since on Tuesday,

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when the Guinness Book of World Record Music Star arrived

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the Edo State capital. Ahead of the event. Raymer in

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twenty twenty had accused the People’s Democratic Party PDP over

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the death of his father, Justice Ecobo the music Standard.

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This known via his Twitter page on Monday, September twenty eighth,

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twenty twenty, where he asked the former ruling party to

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come clean about his late father’s mysterious death. PDP, you

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all need to explain what happened to my father in

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that hotel room. Justice Ekobo’s son has risen, he tweeted.

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His father, Justice Ecobo, was found dead in a room

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at Ben’s Hotel in Benet City, the state’s capital, in

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two thousand and eight. According to media reports, Ecoma checked

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in with a few female friend at about eight three

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pm on the day he died. The lady reportedly left

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the hotel premises after spending some hours with the deceased. Rayma,

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while expressing gratitude to the church on Sunday for its

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guidance and support, especially for coming through for his family

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after the death of his father, donated over one hundred

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and five million miers to the church infrastructure and widows

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who were present during the Sunday service, Raema said, I’m

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not here to give myself any accolades or glory. I

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am here to give God the glory. I feel like

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it is important to give back because the church has

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embraced and prayed for me and has kept being very

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consistent with my spirit. Firsty, I want to give a

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pledge of forty million miras to the infrastructure of the church.

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I want to pledge twenty million miras to Rhapsody of

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Realities and build the fact that I came from the

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teen’s I also want to pledge twenty five million liers

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to the infrastructure of the team’s church. I pledging twenty

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millionlyers to widows in church today. Before making the donations

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for widows in the church, remnarrated how the church supported

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his family during a difficult time after his father’s passing.

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When I was eighty years old, when I lost my dad,

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we felt very lost and abandoned. All that we had

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was taken from us and we felt very alone. I

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remember at the time Pastor Joy and Pastor Tom, the

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pastors of this church. They opened a shop for my

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mom and dad was how she managed to take care

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of us. Ahead of the homecoming concert, the honor of

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many honors Rama with the royal plaque. They over presented

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the plaque to Remer when the singer paid him a

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visit at his palace ahead of his homecoming concert at

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the Augay Stadium in Benin City. At the Ober Paralas,

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Rama sang his popular heat track Baby Calmed Down to

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entertain the Monarch. Videos posted online by font seekers showed

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the Ober appeared and entertained, and he come be seen

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asking one of his daughters, Princess Ogogo, to join Rima.

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The princess and her little sister quickly left the corner

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of the palace hall and joined Rama where he was

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sang the music together with him, and both she and

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her little sister took photographs with Riema while the King

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watched them with a royal smile. Princess Olgigon was later

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mandated by the king to present the royal plate to Rima,

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which she did with joy and signs of happiness all

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over her face. Also ahead of the concert, Rima attended

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the groundbreaking ceremony of a six thousand capacity a door

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arena named after him by Governor Godwin of Basseki. AD

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State Governor Godwin of Basseki had stated that the popular

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musician Rama was a bad stud performer at his twenty

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sixteen in inauguration ceremony. In a post on ex social

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media platform on Friday, Obaseki pressed Drama’s achievements in the

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music industry, noting that he has become a global sensation

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in just eight years. The governor expressed his pride in

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Rama’s journey, saying only a few cold how imagined that heighstreamer,

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who was one of the mastage acts at my inauguration

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in twenty sixteen, would achieve global sensation startles by twenty

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twenty four. During his homecoming concerts on Friday, Rima called

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the Saint, showing his value for women. He had some

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challenges of funds jumping offstage to hunt him, which led

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to some situations where he kicked one of the fans

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who jumped off stage with the security network mounted by

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the bodyguards, and the fan was seen working directly first

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to first to Rima when the music start kicked him

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and the fun was later dropped off stage by the bodyguards.

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Handle how with care them not they throw a woman.

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Riema Cuts showed a bouncer who wanted to fling a

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lady who climbed the stage to hug him. Rima thereafter

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gifted the lady two million naira looking at the way

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he treated female funds with care and the manner he

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treated the male funds at the concert. Some social media

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users took to burials online platforms to express their opinions.

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One of the first book comments sections monitored. Some of

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the social media users stated, as reported below, those any controversial.

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I am the last person that will even go for

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celebrity concerts. Top more of climbing stage to meet one.

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I don’t give importance to all those people since life.

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If it was a girl, he would have hugged her

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and danced with her waiting man do man loved Golden.

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From my observation, he didn’t heed the boy. He didn’t

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see the boy on time. He was just demonstrating and

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dancing to the music before before he noticed the guy

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and as a result of the hands and lens he

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was kicking out. He hit him by mistake. But why

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was someone climb stage to talk rama when he is

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singing ozeba music? Way carry natural highnays Antwy Sunday loved

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Golden exactly. Rayma didn’t kick him intentionally. The boy bunked

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into Rima when he was about to do the base

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leg work dance Valley. David Nawa he for manage the

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boy hand n A and the way his bodyguards pushed

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the boy of the long stage. When Pray met the boy,

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you’ll get better wound. And that’s not fair, Rama. These

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are your fans and a. Anyways, it’s people that like

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going for all these concerts. If it’s a girl, would

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they have treated her that way? The boy said, for

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no client stage like that.

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Speaker 2: Na.

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Speaker 1: In November twenty twenty two, Rama treated and asked people

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not to compare him. If anyone sounds like me, I

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am grateful. Imagine dressing the game with hits without having

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an impact or influence. Sometimes the comparison is just shameful

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to watch. When you look at the age guard, I

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can wear them born for two thousand. They worry you

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like this. In my twenty twenty three, Nigerian Aphroobets singer

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Divine Ecobo, popularly known as Rama, has met his debut

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in the Guinness World Book of Records. The NY one

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artist pulled of the fit with his global hit song

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Calm Down, which meant history as the first number one

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hit on the official men A chart, the world’s first

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regional streaming chart. Guinness World Record recognized Drama for a

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chieldren the epic Fit in a statement on its website.

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It confound that Rama was being recognized for securing the

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first number one hit on the world’s first regional streaming

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chart and first ever official chart in the Middle East

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North Africa MENA, according to Bangad newspaper. In twenty twenty three,

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several media reported that in the Indian music industry chart

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week dated night January twenty twenty three, Rama’s Calm Down

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tops the chart as it begins twenty twenty three as

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the number one song in India, according to Paul’s Nigerian

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News Network. In July twenty twenty four, several media reported

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that Alphabet star Rama is reportedly said to be paid

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three million dollars to perform at the wedding ceremony of

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anant Ambani, son of India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, and

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radical merchant. In August twenty twenty four, Jislova reported that

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the Nigerian artist Divine Ecomo known as Rama, recently addressed

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his performance at the wedding of Anand Ambani, the soul

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of India’s Wildness individual Mukesh Ambani and Radical Merchant, the

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daughter of prominent pharmaceutical magnats Byron and Sheiln Merchant, in

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a video that has gained significant attention. Raymer definitely made waves.

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Well News broke that he was allegedly paid three million

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dollars around four point five billionlyres for a performance at

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a fancy wedding. In a recent chat with g r

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M Dealy, he shared that plane at that wedding was

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a major milestone for him. Although he didn’t specifically say

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whether the four point five billion Lyres figure was accurate,

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the Calmdown Hits Meca did mentioned that he got a

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healthy pay check. The interview asked, is it true you

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got p three million dollars for the Ambani’s wedding in India.

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Raema responded by saying, he he he, That is all

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I can say to be honest. Money wise, it was

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a great achievement. It was beautiful. I love India and

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Indian loves me.

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Speaker 2: Two.

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Speaker 1: It is just feel good to see some said that

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people showed me for, criticized me for, and I am

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benefiting off of that. Imagine if I had stopped, Imagine

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if I had listened to the troths. And I think

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I feel I how to switch it up. And four

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years later it paid, and it paid big.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Right, I don’t know.

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Speaker 4: He had to give myself any form of opperly glory

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and we had to keep God to come. And I feel.

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Speaker 5: Like it’s important to give back because the church has

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embraced me, has prayed for me, has kept a very

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good system from my spirits. Firstly, I want to give

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a pledge of forty million now toy in the.

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Speaker 3: Structure of the church, to the infrastructure of the church.

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I want to pledge twenty million now to perhaps to your.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, being the fact that I gave

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up with Teas Church, I also one of players twenty

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five million until the infrastructure of this struct And also

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I would say when I was afol, when I lost

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my dad, and I felt very nice right about all

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that we.

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Speaker 2: Had was taken.

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Speaker 6: Us were pard and I remember at the time past

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the joy.

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Speaker 4: Of us sometimes the bush.

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Speaker 3: They opened the shop.

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Speaker 6: That was what she managed to take care of us,

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feed us and many’s hand. Just to add to that,

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if there’s any widow in church today, I’m pledging twenty

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million to anyone.

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Speaker 3: What you?

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Speaker 2: What did you say?

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Speaker 5: Hey?

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Speaker 2: When I arrest me, I didn’t know. I will know you.

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Look my dad? What am you? I love you? But

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when I love you about yours? Where we would? I

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thought I would dych two many a bob chuck my

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that song? How many people? How many people been the auto?

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I mean my friends and made us speak out your friends,

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give me the auto with a friend. Too many of

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you got the goods one day, breath day, you bring

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knees in the morning’s out where