HIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL - WEEK N° 133 - ROUND 1 || SEVEN LIFE COMPOSED BY BEAUTIFUL NUBIA(Cover)

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Good day everyone my name is @Joshuabbey, How are you doing over there.? Greetings to everyone from here, Kudos to the admin @musiczone, moderators and to All the participants, I say greetings to you all.

In this week 133 of the Hive musical contest, i will be singing a song titled : Seven life composed and produced by Beautiful nubia. The song is a song that is talking about the african culture, decribing the african environment in a musical way. This song is also a song that is full of hope for a better future. I am proud to be an african guy, what about you?

Are you an African, or do you have it in plan to visit Africa for holiday in the nearest furure? That will be a nice decision, you will have a lot of fun. You dont even need to visit a Zoo or a tourist center to have fun in Africa, everything is fun... Of cos i am not saying that other places in the world are not, infact there are many places i wish to visit. I want to travel round the world, visit America, Europe, Asia, Australia... Yes i want to, but there is no place like home.

Now lets talk about African ways. Although i wont be able to touch all that, but i will say just little that i can say here. Lets start from: -

African Childhood : This is the most fascinating of them all. Infact as i am growing into adulthood, i still miss this childhood in African way. As a child, there are lots of fun, because we grow up together in unity and hamony without any barrier. Especially if you are from a polygamous family where we have like 18 children of different mothers growing up together, 😉 😁 that will be alot of fun for sure. Going down to the stream to fetch water together, the bush hunting for birds and rats or the 5 team type of street football that we enjoy together, I cant forget all those..

Another aspect of African culture that is Fun is **Marriage engagement. ** When you look at the way marriage engagement is conducted in Afica, you will understand what i am saying. Marriage engagement moat time takes place in the bride family compound, and that means they will ve hosting the groom family. The groom family wont come empty handed though, they will come with bridal gift for the family and the bride... Some family demands for what they want as gift while some just collect anything brought.. There will be dancing, different kind of food and drinks foe auch events ..

I cant say it all, the song Seven life (African boy) will add to what i have been saying about african ways, i hope you will pay attention to the lyrica and not just to the beat and your expectations about my presentation...

The lyrics of the song goes thus:

In my journey through the world, over land and over sea
I see different cultures and different people's ways
I was born where the sun never sets and never rises
I was born where the heat is like a second skin
Children crying on the streets, automobiles are making noise
The land is growing dry and weak, spirits dying low
The forefathers are calling me: never tire, never weaken
The pride in me is bursting loose, I'm an African boy
On the farm, my father called me down behind a tree
He said, "Prostrate at my feet and say a few prayers"
Then he told me all the stories of my brave ancestors
Said, "Look into my eyes, son, you were born to be great"
So in the twilight I went home behind my father with a hoe
Listening to the songs of birds, whispers of the night
I was singing, "Seven goats, seven beads
Seven cowries, seven nuts
Seven lives that's what I've got, I'm an African boy
Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild
I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy"
In the evening, mother called me down into her hut
She said, "Lay upon my bosom and say a few prayers"
Then she told me to go forward, never looking back
"The spirits are with you, and you will never fail"
So I go into the world, into the deeps, into the wild
In the marketplace, I danced the sound of bata
Dancing - seven jumps, seven wriggles
Seven cowries, seven nuts
Seven lifes, that's what I've got
I'm an African boy
Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild
I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy
Seven goats, seven beads
Seven cowries, seven nuts
Seven lifes that's what I've got, I'm an African boy
Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild
I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy

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