TWO YEARS AGO, I WROTE MY WEDDING SONG

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[ I wrote this song two years ago. I sat in the corner of my room in the middle of the night with my phone and my earpiece. I think it was around August. I used to record myself a lot during this period. I had just finished from Polytechnic and was waiting for University to resume from the strike that was ongoing then.

I enjoyed recording myself a lot because it was like an outlet for me. The day I recorded tis, my friends had told me my sound was "too american-ish" and it made me feel somehow. How can a black queen like me be sounding like my ex-colonizers. I knew they were not lying because I listened a lot of American songs (Ariana Grande was my favorite artiste at this time) but I also listened to Nigerian songs. I was a devout 30BG fan (still am).

So this particular night, I dared myself to write something my ancestors will be proud of. Even though, I had no idea of how I was going to sound, I was not discouraged. I went to youtube and searched for a beat that resonated with me. After finding the beat, I started recording immediately. It took me about one hour and I was done with recording.

When I first heard it, I HATED it. After showing it to my friends, I never played it again until recently when I stumbled on it, and I played it out with a really great sound system. I was mind blown. I realized the song was actually not bad. I think the earpiece I used did not let me fully like what I was hearing.

Two years down and I can say I am proud of my songwriting years. I dont write songs anymore sadly because I have no time to do so but I would love to go back to it soon.

I wrote this song from the perspective of a young woman who is about to get married and happily remincising with her father how she had anticipated the day. It is a really beautiful song. It's not complete though. I hope to complete one day when I can and hopefully dropa proper studio recording but till then, enjoy this snippet lyric video. Let me know what you think of the song in the comments.

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