The Halogen

Written by Gabriel Gee Black Egere(Based on a true life story)

It was to my surprise the music director (Name Withheld) called me after the church choir practice that i will be taking the rap in the second song the Church choir was to present on that day. I immediately answered cool and then it hit my head few minutes later that does this guy know what he is saying? It is not just a normal church service, but an annual event tagged Pastor's praise night which draws about 5000 to 6000 crowds with so many Dignitaries, E.G Governors, Deputy governors OBA's of Yoruba Land etc. all the top gospel artist were billed to perform and even the veterans like Evangelist Ebenezer Obey who happen to be one of my mentors. The late Sunny Okosun, Panam Percy Paul etc.

I began composing my rap and making sure i put my best out! We had just 3 weeks to the main event. I mastered my rap i could even rap it in my sleep. Lol It got to the main day. I was so excited i couldn’t sleep all through the night. We got to the church and the crowd were pouring in. what got me more excited was the new arrivals of the host choir outfits that were specially ordered and shipped from USA. Sincerely we all looked like a million bucks. Lol

The event started and the adrenaline rush was real, after a couple of electrifying performance from different artist. The choir was called to come out and perform their numbers. The first song we rendered was (I almost let go by Kurt Carr) the reception was overwhelming. Then it got to the second song. I stepped out from the crowd and stepped forward to grab the MIC. Knowing the gravity of the event. The song started and the energy was big, Knowing my rap was verse 2, i was just jumping around and showing I could dance. (LMAO) about 15 seconds to when my rap was to come in I stepped forward fully only then did THE HALOGEN reflect on my head and my brain went blank .I'm talking about a stage filled with about 30 powerful high tech lightening’s. I tried to remember how my rap was to begin and I couldn't, while dancing and showing so much confidence i still struggled and struggled in my head. I struggled so hard i was begging to remember what the first line of the rap was, my rap was 5 seconds to come in and i still couldn’t remember.it dawned on me that i was just about to embarrass myself and not just myself but the whole entire church publicly then i gave up and did a freestyle. Freestyle to a song hit them high by  B-Real Coolio, Method man,  Busta rhymes & LL Cool J from the 90's, I took some of method man's 16 bars and ate my mouth till the end the crowd at that point went crazy and full of energy. Then quickly we got back to the chorus and the choir took it from there, then the song was over and the crowd gave us a loud round of applause we all walked off the stage majestically. LOL

Knowing what just happened. I got back to my sit and was just very uncomfortable refusing to say a word but all my real hommies back then were stretching their hands to say well done and my favorite chycks were blowing me kisses from afar.my brain was still trying to comprehend what happened

to me on that stage. 10 minutes later i got up to go get a drink. gently and quietly sneaked out of my sit only then did i realize what the crowd was like.

Walked through the crowd and what i first heard was Owun ni yen(Yoruba) which means he is the one(English) more of it came from different angles and people started saying well done bro, the ones that knew me called my name(papa) and the ones close to where i walked through gave me a handshake. I put on a fake smile and I walked on. Many fingers pointed at me from the crowd but i kept moving till i got to where i needed to get the drink.

Told who sold a drink i needed a bottle of coke and one meat pie snack. Immediately i heard a lady voice from my back that said. You can take what you want, I will pay, I turned and it was someone i admired so much but never had the chance to get close to. I smiled and said. Really why would you pay for me and she said because you are a star. I smiled and took a deep breath. She went further to say you did very well out there.  And asked that what was the feeling to be out there doing what i did, before i started explaining, people came by and asked were you the one that just did the rap on stage? Then the lady answered and said yes. The people said wow. That was awesome keep it up, the lady turned back to me and said you see. You are a star. Things were never the same after that day for me.

Written by Gabriel Gee Black Egere

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