the unbearable notice is; that you've to make up your mind to be the difference and not the other way round else people will misjudge you even though you're not that person.
Music star Davido and his former lover, Chioma Rowland, have gotten members of the online community talking as they were spotted again after the festivities of their son’s birthday parties.
A photo making the rounds online captured Davido and Chioma posing together alongside their son inside a church. The parents seemed to have visited a branch of the popular Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Davido carried Ifeanyi while Chioma posed just beside him for the photo. As expected, many Nigerians in the online community could not stop talking with some people suggesting that Chioma is still in love with the father of her child.
“The photo sparked reactions from members of the online community with some noting that Chioma still loves the singer”
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Here are some of the highlights from post comments and likes, 👇👇👇
salemchad said: “The way she stood next to him shows she’s still in love with him. And then the color combo.”
bibii___m said: “Chioma still loves Davido….it’s so obvious.” titilayyyo said: “Who else notice chef chi is very happy.”
floxylaah said: “Davido please come back to Chioma I love you both together.”
isaaction4u said: “Be like say them done come back together.”
miss.ifeyinwa said: “It’s the matching orange for me.”
However, Luno disclosed that the withdrawal and depositing of funds for Nigerian users will be done through a third-party platform.
“We believe that this is the safest and easiest-to-use solution currently available to our customers in Nigeria and look forward to you experiencing it for yourselves.”
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Luno warns users that it “does not set the price of bitcoin or any cryptocurrencies, we only facilitate transactions between customers.
The return of Naira deposits and withdrawals may cause significant price volatility, with the release of pent-up customer demand to buy and sell cryptocurrency causing unusual market behaviour that could last for several weeks,” Luno said.
You will be able to deposit and withdraw funds to and from the Luno platform using vouchers purchased and redeemed through a trusted third party provider.
“Representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin is placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. Representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin is placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021.”
The 20-track Punk boasts an array of guest stars, including A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Doja Cat, Drake, Future, Gunna, Juice WRLD, Post Malone, Mac Miller, Nate Ruess and Travis Scott.
Young Thug achieves his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 30) as his latest release, Punk, debuts in the top slot. The set earned 90,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 21, according to MRC Data.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.
“My Universe, with BTS, debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, marking the second leader for Coldplay”
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Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
The new Oct. 30, 2021-dated chart (where Punk debuts to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Oct. 26.
“All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes”
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3,899%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 48,000 (up 11,570%; making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 6,000 (up 589%; equaling 8.34 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 1,180%).
Let It Be was first released in 1970 as the final studio effort from the band. It spent four weeks atop the chart (June 13-July 4, 1970-dated charts).
For its special edition, the album was reintroduced in a variety of expanded formats and editions, including many with previously unreleased tracks.
For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
It’s common to have photos with a blurry subject. If the lighting isn’t great or if you’ve shaken your hands while capturing the image, you end up with a blurry photo which can be disappointing.
With the Pixel 6, though, you no longer have to be worried about people or faces in your pictures being blurred thanks to the new Tensor chip that has on-device Machine Learning capabilities.
The custom-designed Tensor chip enables Google to run its complex algorithms with ease which has resulted in new features like the Magic Eraser which can remove unwanted objects from your pictures.
Social media has become one of the primary sources of communication and connectivity with everyone. Social media includes everything from entertainment, news, podcasts and advertising to marketing and networking.
The list is, however, not limited to these activities only. People connect through live streaming platforms such as Discord, Twitch, Instagram Live, LinkedIn Live, Facebook and YouTube Live.
It goes without saying that scrolling through social media and posting parts of our lives have become familiar or “normal”. It’s funny to compare social media as the “new normal” for people.
“Are you willing to shift your company’s culture”?
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Google is exponentially effective in providing and creating an excellent working environment for its employees. For example, the “Google way” of motivating the workforce is to put its employees first, rather than exclusively rely on their results.
Google regularly shares the journey of its new and long-time employees through storytelling on LinkedIn. They have regular blogs on how their employees work and what motivates them to work. When employees quit Google, they share that they often regard their journey as a rewarding one.
Through its regular social media posts and blog articles, Google has shifted its company’s culture. These posts also provide a public relations tactic since they openly provide their internal relations to the public. This tactic is effective in creating consumer trust in the Google brand.
“Do you want to build your business through authentic personal branding”?
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The first question is critical to consider since personal branding is essential in recognizing a company and its products or services. Personal branding has become a smart way to “market” yourself and create brand awareness.
Consider the example of Elon Musk. When you think of Musk, you immediately think of his electronic automobile company Tesla. You might also think of his space vehicular company SpaceX.
Musk’s personal branding “game” is strong, and his online presence is vital. A single tweet from him on which cryptocurrency to watch influences crypto investors to rush and buy those cryptos.
According to Instagram’s official website, verification “is a tool to help people find the real accounts of public figures and brands, and it means we verified this is a notable and authentic Instagram account.”
It was never intended to become a status symbol in society, but the fact that the culture views it as such means that it carries much more weight than letting people know a particular account is authentic.
Not long ago, I asked a friend a question. “When you see a blue check on somebody’s profile, even if you have never heard of them before, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?” Without hesitation, my friend answered that the person “must be famous” or “at least the real deal at whatever they do.” And in this simple response lies the answer to why getting verified on Instagram matters.
“When you see a blue check on somebody’s profile, even if you have never heard of them before, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?”
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I spent a great amount of time building relationships with journalists and today have the contacts of thousands of writers at the world’s biggest publications like Forbes, The New York Times, Success Magazine and more.
Throughout the early months of 2021, I focused heavily on getting myself featured in top publications instead of just focusing on clients. After countless emails, pitch rejections and pitch acceptances, I built a strong line up of news articles for myself to add to my Instagram verification application.
Before submitting, however, I made the decision to do something I don’t see many people talk about when it comes to getting verified on Instagram: I pursued getting verified on other platforms first so that I could show Instagram that I’ve already been recognized as a noteworthy person.
“A blue verification badge gives you instant credibility with absolute strangers even when they don’t know exactly what you do”.
TRISTANJAMESJR
If you have a brand or business, people buy from you and want to work with you when they know you, like you or trust you. A blue verification badge gives you instant credibility with absolute strangers even when they don’t know exactly what you do.
You become looked at as an authority in whatever space you’re in and gain power that needs to be handled responsibly because people tend to take you at your word.
I spent most of the last few years building businesses, traveling as a speaker and making content on social media.
“And in this simple responses lies the answer to why getting verified on Instagram matters”.
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Every once in a while, small publications would reach out and write a story about me. Whenever I applied for verification, however, I always got rejected.
It was around this time that I started my PR agency and in the process of helping others land major news articles, I started doing the same for myself.
After getting verified on Facebook and TikTok, I applied for Instagram verification by submitting these social-media links along with three news articles.
The UK government is on course for a diplomatic collision with Brussels as Brexit minister Lord Frost warned it would be a “historic misjudgement” for the bloc not to rewrite key parts of the agreement.
Accusing the EU of being “disrespectful” to Britain, Lord Frost demanded leaders effectively tear up the Northern Ireland protocol he negotiated alongside Boris Johnson just two years ago and replace it with a new treaty.
Delivering a speech in Lisbon, he risked inflaming tensions, claiming the bloc was attempting to “encourage UK political forces to reverse the referendum result or least keep us closely aligned with the EU”.
“Brexit minister blasts ‘disrespectful’ opposition to Brexit as he demands new Northern Ireland protocol”
JAMESTRISTAN
“The EU and we have got into a low-equilibrium somewhat fractious relationship,” he said.
“Fixing the very serious problem we have in the Northern Ireland protocol is a prerequisite for getting to a better place.”
Meanwhile, UK businesses urged Boris Johnson to pull back from the brink, warning that his threat to tear up the protocol could trigger punitive tariffs on British products – including 10 per cent on car exports to the EU.
“Christmas showdown looms as Brussels sets out plans to resolve Northern Ireland crisis by end of year”
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The scene was set for a Christmas showdown, with observers unsure whether Mr Sefcovic’s initiative had provided enough “wriggle room” for Mr Frost and Mr Johnson to back down from their hardline stance.
In an eagerly-anticipated press conference at the European Commission HQ, Mr Sefcovic set out what he described as “a robust package of creative and practical solutions” to the bureaucracy and shortages that have bedevilled Northern Ireland since the full implementation of Brexit at the start of 2021.
Kanye West has earned his first ever Diamond certification, with ‘Stronger’ surpassing the 10 million sales mark earlier this week.
Released in 2007 from West’s third album ‘Graduation’, the track has reached the milestone 14 years later.
Tracks need to surpass 10 million sales to be certified Diamond according to the RIAA
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Sharing the news via Twitter, Def Jam Records said: “Kanye West’s ‘Stronger’ is now @RIAA certified DIAMOND! Congratulations to Yeezy and the entire team.”
Earlier this year, it was revealed just 58 songs have been certified Diamond, which is the Recording Industry Association of America highest honour and is worth the equivalent of ten Platinum plaques.
“West also recently announced he is looking at expanding his empire of fashion and music”
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Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ was the fastest song to ever earn the classification while tracks by Justin Bieber (‘Baby’, ‘Sorry’), Eminem (‘Not Afraid’, ‘Lose Yourself’), Lady Gaga (‘Poker Face’, ‘Bad Romance’) and Drake (‘God’s Plan’) have also achieved the milestone.
Meanwhile, it’s been announced that an “intimate” new documentary about West, titled jeen-yuhs, is coming to Netflix next year.
The director seemed to walk back earlier comments he’d made to The New York Times, and said that he regrets not putting his thoughts across like this:
Nothing if not the uninhibited creative expression of one man. Collider’s own Matt Goldberg wrote in his review that Gunn’s
“sensibilities are all over this film from the gory violence to the pitchblack sense of humor to the concept of found family among a group of rejects”
COLLIDER
In that NYT interview, Gunn said that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige “gives more notes” and is “way more involved with editing than people are at Warner Bros.”
The director tipped his hat to the new brass at WB, and said that he was given unprecedented creative freedom.
And it shows. The Suicide Squad performance…
“Gunn was sort of poached by WB in 2018 after he was fired by Disney for unearthed inappropriate tweets from a decade ago, for which he has apologized.”
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This led to a delay in the third Guardians movie, the script for which Gunn had already written and turned in.
In 2019, he was rehired by Disney to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3after sustained fan pressure and a public vote of confidence from the franchise’s cast. The film is now slated for a May 5, 2023 release.
Izuku Midoriya has always wanted to be a superhero since he was a kid. Thanks to All Might, these dreams of becoming a pro hero were set on the right path, but things have taken a turn as of late.
With society upturned, Izuku has been fighting solo, and it turns out the My Hero Academia manga has a name for his dark form.
Clearly, Izuku is in a dark place right now, so the name of his current form fits.
“The boy learned that not only did Shigaraki escape the massive raid on the Paranormal Liberation Army, but his allies did too.”
COMICBOOK
If fans are lucky, the hero will not be stuck in this place for much longer, and we have his classmates to thank.
The creator explains in his notes for My Hero Academia volume 31 that Dark Deku describes his physical and mental state. The hero is stuck in a rut when he dons this look, and its sharp designs mirror the splintered state of his psyche.
It’s hard to imagine anyone doing justice to the role in the way that Hugh Jackman did in Fox’s X-Men franchise.
However, a new video has surfaced online teasing what Scott Eastwood could look like in the role (through the use of DeepFake technology) if he were to play the character in the MCU – and it’s a pretty convincing one.
“It’s safe to say that Wolverine is one of the most popular Marvel Comics characters of all time.”
BAMSMACKPOW
Following Disney’s recent merger with Fox, the rights to the X-Men characters have since found their way back to Marvel, meaning that the MCU can adapt all of the X-Men characters, including Wolverine – with rumors already beginning to swirl in regards to when he will debut.
YouTube user StryderHD has made an impression on fans of popular franchises in recent months with a string of convincing videos that reimagine what certain characters could look like with different actors playing their parts.
I’ve been a victim of racism for most of my life. This has given me the intuition and hindsight to infallibly detect the type of racist one is dealing with.
First, there are the Empathetic racists. They call you up whenever there’s a racist incident reported on in the media. They demonstrate alongside you at Black Lives Matter protests, they talk about how shocked they are at open displays of racism.
“They work to ensure that everyone is treated fairly. They work toward a better world for humanity.”
GETREVUE
The Supremacist racists are those that believe that white people are superior to black and brown people. They categorize all nonwhites as sub-human. In fact, they dehumanize black people to better abuse them.
They feel threatened by what they say is “the big replacement”: a white extremist theory that says that black and brown people are willfully trying to out-populate white people.
“Without the iPhone cameras filming, these people will kill black people whenever they have a chance.”
GETREVUE
So the reality is that racists can belong to one or several of the above categories. Some can be Supremacist racists and Sadist racists at the same time.
Others can be Empathetic racists and Fetishist racists. Cross-pollination occurs across these categories all the time, but whatever the racist, they are harmful and sometimes life-threatening to black and brown people.
Nigeria’s number one Starboy, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid or Big Wiz has revealed one of the kind of people in his DM, who are sliding in for Tickets to access his forthcoming Made In Lagos Tour.
Big Wiz took to his Insta-story to share a screenshot of a lady offering him Blow Job in exchange for two tickets. The mysterious lady slide into Wizkid’s DM with the message;
See screenshots above,
Between September 10, 2021, and January 22, 2022, Wizkid will perform in Maryland, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Minneapolis, Colorado, Nevada, California, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Ontario, and Quebec.
Wizkid has approved Naira Marley’s proposal to name every 30th of May as “Marlians Day” in Nigeria, shortly after Naira Marley announced the proposed date on Twitter.
The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, cofounders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, was finalised on Monday, a court document showed.
The couple filed for divorce on May 3, after 27 years of marriage, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together. They said at the time they had reached an agreement on how to divide their marital assets.
No details of that agreement were disclosed in the final divorce order filed on Monday in King County Superior Court in Seattle, United States, Reuters news agency reported.
“The couple filed for divorce after 27 years of marriage, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.”
Aljazeera
The Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has become one of the most powerful and influential forces in global public health, spending more than $50bn over the past two decades to bring a business approach to combating poverty and disease.
Bill, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and Melinda, an author and businesswoman, had announced their decision to separate in early May in an identical statement posted on their individual Twitter accounts.
Director Jon M. Chu brings the vibrant world of “Crazy Rich Asians” to life with all the style and glamour of a big-budget Hollywood movie — but early on in the project he had a big choice to make, joining author Kevin Kwan in turning down a massive Netflix payday to ensure the groundbreaking project would make its impact on the big screen.
The Palo Alto-born USC graduate had spent the last decade becoming one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising studio directors with credits including “Step Up 2 the Streets,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and the “Now You See Me” films.
But Chu, who will direct an adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” in 2019 and is developing a film based on the Thai cave rescue, realized the time had come to focus his message — and put his money where his mouth was.ADVERTISEMENTnullnull
In your own words: What’s your Hollywood story?
My mom’s from Taiwan. My dad’s from mainland China. They came over when they were 19, 20 years old. I’m the youngest of five kids from the Silicon Valley — Los Altos Hills, California, to be specific.
They started a restaurant called Chef Chu’s. Fifty years, next year. My dad works every day, and they always taught us that America’s the greatest place in the world: If you work hard and focus on what you do, you can be the best and you can do anything you want.
I went to USC film school, made a bunch of shorts there. Luckily, I got discovered off of my musical short “When the Kids Are Away,” and I started making movies. It’s kind of an insane Cinderella story.
I got a call from Steven Spielberg on a Friday night and got my catapult into the business. I’ve done a bunch of movies, but it wasn’t until a couple years ago where I really questioned what kind of movies I wanted to make. I found “Crazy Rich Asians” and I feel like this is the beginning of my Chapter Two.
What made you feel that you had to be a part of bringing “Crazy Rich Asians” to the big screen?
I wanted to find something that was more personal, and the most personal thing was tackling my own cultural identity — something I was too scared to deal with before… Hopefully through this movie you realize everyone’s trying to find their place. Everyone’s trying to find their role in this life, and you’re not alone in your struggle.
Jon M. Chu, director of “Crazy Rich Asians,” says that what’s both personal and universal about the story is: “Everyone’s trying to find their place.”
I want to bring back that old Hollywood charm.
“CRAZY RICH ASIANS” STAR HENRY GOLDING
“Crazy Rich Asians” is the first movie of its kind in 25 years. What does it mean to you to be part of this moment?
I remember growing up as a kid and not seeing a lot of people on the big screen, or even behind the screen, that looked like me. So the fact that we get to show romantic leads in a contemporary movie, showing this experience of an Asian American going out into the world and discovering Asia, that we’re not just one blob of Asian people, means so much.
I think about my young self. I think about my daughter who was just born a year ago, and the world I want her to live in. I want her to live in a world where she’s seeing Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh and Lisa Lu be these strong independent people that don’t need a man in their life to be fulfilled, and that love themselves and know that they’re worth every inch of their existence, and can be anything and do whatever they want.
When you were young, who inspired you?
I remember making my first project. I was making videos with my family and I got this Sharper Image mixer. I used all the VHS tapes to cut it together and I showed my parents in the living room and they cried when they watched it, and I felt heard for the first time. Being one of five kids, to be heard is a big deal! I knew I was going to do this for the rest of my life whether I was going to be paid for it or not.
Growing up I remember seeing people like Rufio [played by Dante Basco] in “Hook” and being like, “That guy’s so cool.” I got to play him every time I was playing with my friends. Even though it was just a little small thing, I know how much that can mean to a kid. So as we make this, I hope it gives inspiration to others — not just that they can be these characters, but that other writers and directors with other stories … don’t have to depend on one story with one set of characters.
These other stories we can hear that we don’t even know exist right now — that’s why I’m really excited for the future. Where there are cracks is where the light can come in. ADVERTISEMENT
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By: Likeh_Omah_Jikah. Artiste; CEO- LIKEH-O-J-B.org. writer of ‘A DANCING MOON’ (poem). A singer & a song-writer. A lifestyle blogger. And a BELIEVER.
Excuse me, Sir, I pray—I can’t yet speak, I’m crying now and have been all the week; Toos’ not alone this morning suit good Masters, I’ve that within for which there are no p’asters! Plea, would you know the why I’m crying? ‘The Cosmic Muse‘ long sick is now a-dying!
And if she’s gone, ‘en my tears will never stop; For as a play’r, I can’t squeeze out one drop; I’m brave and untouched, but that’s nothing, I’d rather lose my bread, and a hot tea; Than—I lose my head; T’ sweet co’en is laid upon ‘he bier. Shelter and I shall be chief-moun’rs-here!
To her a mawkish-drab of spurious breed, Who deals in sentiments, will succeed. Poor Neo and I are dead to all intents; We could as soon speak Latin as Sentiments. Both nervous grown, to keep our Spirits up, We now and then, take down a heaty cup.
What shall we do?, If Art forsake us! They’ll turn us out, ‘d no one el’ ‘ll take us. But why can’t I be moral?, well, ‘lemme’ try, My heart thus pre’ing f’ward fixed my face ‘d eye. With a sententious look that noth’ means, Faces are blocks in-sentimental-scenes.
Pleasure seems sweet, but pr’ves a glass of Bitters; Hence, I begin again, all is not Gold that glitters. When ign’rance jabs in, folly is at hand, Learn’ is far better than house and land. Let not your potent trip for, who tri’s may stumble; And potent is not virtue if she tumble.
Concept: “Thinking out of the box” Is an abstract term. So, that “box” doesn’t practically exist. The box in that term just signifies a way or level of thinking so to say. So basically “thinking out of the box” is just a way of thinking beyond what the world perceives as normal or original or what the society may see as normal. It can also mean to be creative i.e. not following or copying ideas that already exist. In other words being a pace-setter. It like thinking beyond the natural trail of thoughts accustomed to us human. Thinking in a more sophisticated manner too different to that of a common. So Mr., GODSON is saying that “thinking out of the box is wanting to be more than what the common man would wish for, or what a common man would consider otherwise impossible”
Intro; the giggles of fools are like the crackling of twigs, and under the cooking pot; it evaporates.
Verse. 1: You’re the product of your thought…eerie! You’re the motion and the force you need. You’re the one that’s cosing it, if you ain’t ‘ok’ then these words are heeks. Morgue! You should not worry and don’t worry me. Cos, I’ve said out these words with no MANDOLIN. And you still said you not wallowing in AGONY. Well, this rhythm is no bract in a granary. I just made hit, a BANJO in the grammar ring. And you feel it, as the glamor in a Diamond-Ring.
>I just wished you not blind. Viz is bravo real. Trust mine basis is no crime; this is TRAP for Real.
Am out for real. A man for real.
I can’t describe bold. This province is ripe 4 Real. Mama’s cowboy and this story is down 4 Real. You asked for it. Per ounce for rate.
>I just wished you not blind. Viz is bravo real. Trust mine basis is no crime; this is TRAP for Real.
Am out for real. A man for real.
I can’t describe bold. This province is ripe 4 Real. Mama’s cowboy and this story is down 4 Real. You asked for it. Per ounce for rate.
Chorus: Many don’t know really. That men has done nothing yet, all we just want is more wins. Added yearly that Rio and Aikido; They touch you and pass you, and if they liked you, they’d house you and tax until you in that “DARK” knew. They hurt you and got you up, to fill their vacuum.
Soul! Think out the buzz. And think about yo—-u, Think outsyd the box. Niggah! Am here to guard you, When you there in that bathroom. Just think about you. When you there in that balcony. Just think about you.
Verse. 2: Mind you. The devil is still out deceiving; I need not lying that’s only Jesus can save you. I’ve read about “YONI” and learnt the smudge, you glaring too. Just! What in the Sam-Hill is hell scalding that nudge? Now lemme askew: who’s create the curves and angles? Am sure you don’t know, don’t you dare fly off the handle. I’ve read in bible; of how Moses flicked the handle, and started to grumble instead of leading God’s people. I’ve heard the promise. And there, I took a shift than grumbling.
It’s now a come true, with the “Holy Spirit” in control. I made it short too, credit double thanks to who?
And this “God Flow” Jesus wash out the bleed. Had, paid the sort through with “Giovanni Fibroin” thanks to him.
Soul! Think out the buzz. And think about yo—-u, Think outsyd the box. Niggah! Am here to guard you, When you there in that bathroom. Just think about you. When you there in that balcony. Just think about you.
If it weren’t for talking then why don’t you bury it in the darkhole Than worry a vacuum. Why not you healing the fat wound. Just think about you My Niggah! Am here to guard you
The truth is rare, less you destroy it, and be the swirl Our weak are slain; and our windows slammed. Now, We Restraining Yeah!
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