GOD's love Surround

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BURG CITY RECORDS IN POETIC COLLABORATION WITH THE JB STUDIOS presents: GOD's love Surround THE SOVEREIGN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 🌌 PROLOGUE — BEFORE DI FIRST DUM [DUM… DUM… DUM… Talking drum cracks. Benin log drum answers. Lagos horn rises. Warri bass walks in.] Before JiNG get name—GOD know am, before BiNG get plan—GOD hold am, before Juju get voice—GOD teach am, before Continuum wake—GOD carry am. from-silence-to-sound-still-speaking-me, from-shadow-to-shine-still-reaching-me, from-question-to-answer-still-teaching-me, from-Juju-to-journey-still-leading-me. Before Juju know Juju—GOD know, before Juju find road—GOD dey guide, before Continuum get name—GOD hold di seed, before drum get beat—GOD plant di need. from-before-name-still-knowing-me, from-before-road-still-routing-me, from-before-drum-still-beating-me, from-before-Juju-still-loving-me. DUM… TING… Thank You, GOD. 🪘 I — LOVE BEFORE APPLAUSE GOD love JiNG before applause, GOD love BiNG before applause, GOD love Juju before di cause, GOD love Continuum before di laws. Before blueprint find paper, before system find structure, before rhythm find speaker, before future find picture— GOD was already there. from-pressure-to-purpose-still-forming-me, from-setback-to-setup-still-guiding-me, from-tears-to-testimony-still-lifting-me, from-hard-times-to-hope-still-carrying-me. II — BLACK RHYTHM & XOULFUL BLUES Black Rhythm bring heartbeat— hand-clap, foot-stomp, backbeat. Xoulful Blues bring memory— low-string ache, midnight story. When hope dey lean, we sing between. When road no clean, we groove di unseen. When night dey long, we hold di song. When test dey come, faith still dey strong. bass-knock, mind-lock, time-tick, heart-thick, pain-speak, faith-seek, Xoul-wake, Xound-break. DI BLUES NO BREAK DI XOUL. DI BLUES RESHAPE DI XOUL. III — SURVIVE DI HARD TIMES Waffi road bend, but vision no end. Rain dey fall, but faith dey stand. Market tough, but mind dey grand. Money tight, but value dey expand. Closed door teach another way. Delay no mean dream go stay. Setback carry lesson for day. Pressure sharpen purpose for clay. survive-dive, revive-thrive, test-come, faith-won, night-long, song-strong, Juju-rise, Continuum-run. When everything shout, “Stop!” Something inside answer: “PROCEED.” GOD IS iN THE WORK. 🧬 IV — JIING, BING & THE CONTINUUM JiNG spark—BiNG structure. Structure—system. System—memory. Memory—record. Record—research. Research—wisdom. Wisdom—future. Future—legacy. Legacy—Continuum. JiNG-spark, BiNG-mark, record-reach, wisdom-teach, people-rise, purpose-wise, Continuum-deep, wisdom-keep. Magician BiNG, CEO of BiNGiUM Research— question-to-structure, structure-to-wisdom. Celebrity Steve, CEO of SolidMove Technology Limited— vision-to-road, road-to-platform. Sunny Burgs, CEO of Burg City Records & SHOWUP Super-App— gate-to-Xound, memory-to-microphone. Together, dem be chambers inside one house— and di house na BRXB. V — NEW BINI, LASGIDI & WAFFI Bronze-bold, memory-hold, palace-gold, story-told, Idia-soul, drum-control, root-deep, harvest-reap. Queen Idia, Iyoba N’Uselu— wisdom-woman, courage-canon, your fire still dey beat di drum, your grace still dey guide di son. Chief Jacob Uwadiae Egharevba— seed-sower, lineage-law, you plant di root, we raise di fruit, di Continuum dey bear di truth. Lasgidi no sleep, Lasgidi no wait, hustle get rhythm, struggle get weight. From Ojuelegba to di midnight bridge, we turn pressure to power, pain to privilege. Fela teach di people—groove fit wake mind, Juju carry di message, leave silence behind. Horn dey preach, bass dey testify, di city dey move, but di truth no dey die. VI — JUJU’S TESTIMONY Juju—The Original African Man! No be juju-juju, no be magic-plan; na memory for marrow, root for hand, na Continuum standing where e began. Thank You, GOD, for breath wey stay, for road wey bend but no lead astray. For every night wey turn to day, for every hard time wey fade away. from-hard-times-to-hope-still-holding-me, from-broken-pieces-to-purpose-still-molding-me, from-survival-to-service-still-leading-me, from-Juju-to-Continuum-still-glorying-GOD. Call: WHO GIVE DI GIFT? Crowd: GOD! Call: HOW WE GO THANK AM? Crowd: AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN! VII — FULL XOUND DUM! CHA-KA! WAAAH! Lead: BLACK RHYTHM! Crowd: XOULFUL BLUES! Lead: JUJU XOUND! Crowd: BRXB! Lead: GOD LOVE JIING! Crowd: AGAIN! Lead: GOD LOVE BING! Crowd: AGAIN! Lead: GOD LOVE JUJU! Crowd: AGAIN! Lead: GOD LOVE DI CONTINUUM! Crowd: AGAIN! All: AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN! 🕊️ FINAL ALTAR GUM NUM… Thank You, GOD. CHUM SUM… For loving JiNG & BiNG. DRUM HUM… For carrying Juju through di hard times. LET JIING BE JIING. LET BING BE BING. LET JUJU GROOVE. LET DI CONTINUUM SING. Final whisper: Thank You, GOD Final drum: And after di drum, di silence itself say: AGAIN. GOD IS IN LOVE With JiNG & BiNG again & again & again!