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ah you go enjoy am

Ah, you'll enjoy it.

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I go come

I will come.

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I go come

I will come.

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{ moh we || meh } we pray meh God keep us till dat day

Let's pray for God to keep us until that day.

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amen o > my sister !

Amen, my sister.

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na so o !

That's it.

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thank you !

Thank you!

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God go help us

God will help us.

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good morning > my people

Good morning, guys.

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# how una dey ?

How are you?

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# how your night ?

How was your night?

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# hope sey [ you sleep well ]

Hope you slept well.

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# how ?

How...

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my name na Charity sha

My name is Charity, anyway.

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# I from Delta State

I'm from Delta State.

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I come from Delta State |c but # na here >+ { my mama |c and my papa } born me

I'm from Delta State, but this is where my mom and dad had me.

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so na here >+ { I || I } grow up for Abuja

So it's here that I... I grew up in Abuja.

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# and my parents < # de bin carry people home

And my parents, they always brought people back home.

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de no dey carry me travel go home

They didn't take me with them when they went back home.

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# I dey always &

I always...

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na here >+ I dey

This is where I stayed.

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na here >+ I grow up

This is where I grew up.

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# so na here >+ I even go my school

So this is where I even went to school.

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# but I never finish sha + # cause of { some kind || no money }

I didn't finish, by the way, because of some kind of... I had no money.

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# so I just dey house

So, I am just at home.

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I con learn hairdressing

Then I learned hairdressing.

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# so now < I dey plait hair for my neighbours |c and # na dat one >+ { I take dey help mysef |c # take dey { f~ || # fe~ || get } mysef some kind tings } because # I no dey like to disturb my moder because she too < she no get money

So now, I plait hair for my neighbours, and that's how I get by, how I get myself f-... get myself certain things because I don't like to disturb my mother since she doesn't have any money either.

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everybody dey hustle

Everyone's working hard to get by.

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# my dad < # my fader no dey here

My dad, my father isn't here.

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im dey for Benin now sha

He's in Benin right now, anyway.

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na dere >+ im dey work

He works there.

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# so # and again mtschew # ehn dis our mtschew Abuja life < kai e no too easy o

So again, mtschew, this our, mtschew, Abuja life, it's not so easy.

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tings hard for here now

Things are difficult here now.

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# tings hard for Naija

Things are difficult in Nigeria.

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# no money

There is no money.

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people dey suffer

People are suffering.

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# in fact < tings cost for market die

In fact, things are really expensive in the market.

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# if you go market < # tings { wey you go fit see |c wey you go take |c wey you go buy } last year of # ( mah say ) # eh two hundred < # now e don be { six hundred |c seven hundred }

If you go to the market, the things you see that you would have bought last year for let's say uh... two hundred naira, now cost six hundred, seven hundred naira.

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# in fact < # to even eat now < if you no dey work < you are on your own

In fact, just to eat now, if you don't have a job, you are on your own.

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# you go suffer

You will suffer.

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# hunger dey

People are hungry.

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# even me sef < wey I con even say # God con even help me sef

Even me I'm saying that God has helped me.

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as I dey do my salon < God con help me

As I was working in my salon, God helped me out.

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I con get # admission

Then I was admitted.

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# in fact < I con dey even # cry for God sey [ God < # why you con even give me dis admission dis time wey be sey no money ?]

In fact, I was even crying to God, why did you get me accepted when I have no money?

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# ehn # no money

Uh... there is no money.

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to do my registration < no money

For my registration, there is no money.

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# my dad < for almost # { three month |c to four month } now < # de never pay am

My dad, for almost three months, almost four months now, has not been paid.

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# we just dey hustle for house

We're just barely getting by at home.

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in fact < before we eat < e no easy

In fact, just feeding yourself isn't easy.

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# and now wan even resume sef

And now, I'm about to start university too.

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# I no even know how we take even do my school

I don't know how my university even works.

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# I just dey pray [ meh God # open door for me ]

I was just praying for God to open some doors for me.

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meh God help me

God should help me.

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# and I just dey pray for dis country

And I'm just praying for this country.

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# meh God just open way for dis country

God should just make a way for this country.

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meh dis country go back to di way e dey before

This country should go back to the way it was before.

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# because we don even tire

Because we are tired.

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# how we go dey for # wey dey say { norm~ || no } money

How could we be in... what we say norm-... there is no money.

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{ nothing |r nothing }

Nothing at all.

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mtschew # in fact < dis country ma don even tire person

Mtschew, in fact, I'm tired of this country.

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# okay you even open salon # sey [ make you dey work ]

Okay, you even opened a salon to work.

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# people &

People...

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no money

No money!

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{ people || customers } will come = # de go dey price low

People... customers will come and ask for low prices.

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# and tings for market cost

When things in the market are expensive.

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# de go dey price low

They will ask for low prices.

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# some < if you even do dem well < # de no go pay

Some, even if you treat them well, won't pay you.

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# ehn ?

What?

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# { why || why } &

Why... why...

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{ wetin || wetin } we dey &

What... what are we...

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{ where || where } dis Naija dey go for dis country ?

Where... where are we going in this country?

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where we dey go ?

Where are we going?

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# we just need di hand of God sha

Anyway, we just need the hand of God.

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we just need meh God help us + because < # in fact < # if God no help us < # we wonder where we dey go

We just need God to help us, because, in fact, without God's help, we don't know where we're going.

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# { my broders |c and my sisters } wey dey hear my voice < # { anywhere wey una dey |c anyting wey una dey do } < # meh una put God

Brothers and sisters, as you hear my voice, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, you should put God first.

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meh God dey first o

God should come first.

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because God < # na im >+ dey first

Because God, He comes first.

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without God < # you are on your own # because if not < # if you don't have God < # you go suffer

Without God, you're on your own, because if not, if you don't have God, you'll suffer.

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# you go suffer

You'll suffer.

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# and anyting you dey do again < # make sure you dey hardworking

Also, whatever you do, make sure you work hard.

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# if you dey hardworking < # hunger no go meet you = hunger no go # near you = # hunger no go come where you dey

If you work hard, you will not go hungry, you won't know hunger.

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# ehn # wetin dey happen for me before < wetin don happen to me before wey I know sey [ kai < # I no fit forget am |c and in fact < { na God || # na God } >+ na im even do dat one be sey # [ na my school stuff |c # na my school ] ]

Well, what happened to me before, what happened to me before which I remember and can't forget, and which in fact was God... it's God, He is the one who did it, it is my school stuff... it's my school.

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because { as I dey do dis hairdressing |c # and I dey write JAMB } < # { no be sey [ I no dey pass am ] |c but I no dey get admission }

Because as I was doing my hairdressing and taking the JAMB, I wasn't failing but I wasn't going to get in either.

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# I don pray

I prayed.

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mtschew # but in fact < e con even get time wey be sey [ { I come || I just comot } my mind ] |c be sey # [ maybe God no wan mah go school again ] |c or be sey [ I no dey favour to go school ]

Mtschew, but in fact, it got to a time when... I just took my mind away from it saying maybe God doesn't want me to go to school again, or I'm not meant to go to school.

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# so now < { di last time wey I write JAMB || # di last time wey I write JAMB } < # I no get admission

So, then the last time I sat for JAMB... the last time I wrote JAMB, I didn't get in.

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# I { wait |r wait |r wait |r wait |r wait }

I waited and waited.

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# for all di whole schools < de don start lectures

All the schools had started classes.

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# and me < I dey house

I was at home.

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# everyday < I go dey tink

Everyday, I was thinking.

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# why me < I no get admission now ?

Why didn't I get in?

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wetin be all dese tings ?

What is all this?

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mtschew # naim I say [ toh mah just kuma forget about am now ]

Mtschew, that was when I said well, let me just forget about it.

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# now I even go look for work

I even went to look for a job.

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# as I look for work < I con dey work # di day wey I complete two weeks because { everybody { wey # I don || wey } || everybody } wey promise me sey [ de go help me for my admission ] < # de tell me sey [ mah no worry = mah no worry ]

As I looked for a job, I was working then, the day I had worked for exactly two weeks, because everybody I had... who... everybody who promised me they would help me for my admission, they told me not to worry, not to worry

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de would &

They would...

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any means < # de go help me = de go help me

By any means, they would definitely help me.

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# school start = # lecture start = # no news = { noting |r noting }

School started, lectures started, no news, nothing at all.

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# I say [ toh # maybe # I no go get admission dis ] &

I said, well, maybe I won't get in...