@rolithompson: There are songs that don’t just play ,they carry you. The first time I heard Sogio, I didn’t just hear music. I heard my people. I heard the river. I heard something in me that I didn’t have words for yet. Madam Julie Coker Julie Coker sang that song and planted something in the soul of every Itsekiri child who would come after her. I am one of those children. I am Roli Thompson. I am Itsekiri. And today, as our people prepare to come home to gather, to remember, to celebrate who we are before our king Ogiame Atuwatse III CFR Oluofwarri and our OloriAtuwatse III …I felt I could not walk into that homecoming without first carrying this song back with me. This song is not mine. It belongs to Madam Julie. It belongs to our mothers and grandmothers who hummed it in their kitchens and sang it at the waterside. I am only a vessel carrying it forward so the next generation can hear what we came from. Miss Julie if this ever reaches you I want you to know..you are the reason I believe that Itsekiri music deserves to be heard by the whole world. What you built did not die. We are still here. We are still singing. It would be an honour to stand beside you and sing Sogio together one day, God willing. Until then this is my thank you. This is my homecoming gift to you, and to all of us. #Sogio #ADaughtersReturn #JulieCoker #WarriKingdom #ItsekiriCulture @👑IWERE👑PRINCESS👑ALERO❤️ @itsekiri to the world 🌍 @The Itsekiri Chat Group Credits Producer: Michael Owhor ( Voltage sounds) Lead guitar: Irechi Hart Matthew Matthew_de_guitarist by N Extra piano: Dkeyz Muzic

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