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(upbeat music)

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-: Hi, nice to see you. I'm Sister Sumayya.

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And I am going to share

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a dance, song, and drum rhythm with you today.

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The name of the dance - and some

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of you may already know it,

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and if you do, please sing along,

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if you know the dance,

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please dance along, if you know the drum rhythm,

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please drum along with me.

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So the name of the dance

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and the name of the drum rhythm is "Fanga."

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Fanga is drum rhythm.

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Alaffia - yeah, see, I know you remember -

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alaffia is welcome

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from the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

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And ase is power.

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In some circles they say it means, "And so it is.

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"And so will be it."

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But I like to use it as power,

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and personal power, we all have personal power.

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So fanga, drum rhythm.

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Alaffia, welcome.

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Ase, power.

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Drum rhythm, welcome, power.

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Fanga,

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alaffia, ase, ase.

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This song is a call-and-response, meaning,

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when I - I'm the caller, and you'll be the response.

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I call and you respond.

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We don't sing together, we sing separate.

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It's like an echo.

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I'll say it first and then you say it.

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Fanga.

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Alaffia.

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Ase.

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Ase.

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Good.

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Fanga.

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Alaffia.

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Ase.

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Ase.

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One more time, my turn.

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Fanga.

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Your turn.

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Alaffia.

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Ase.

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Ase.

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Very good! Now I'm gonna sing.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪

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Your turn.

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There you go.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪

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Two more times.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪

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Nice.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪

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Now we're gonna go into ase, ready?

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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Very nice.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪

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(clapping)

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You see I'm clapping, 
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keep time. 
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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(clapping)

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(clapping)

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Good, very good!

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Remember we have to keep time, 
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so the way we keep time is snapping (snaps),

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clapping (claps), or tapping (taps).

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Snap (snaps), clap (claps), tap (taps).

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Snap (snaps), clap (claps), tap (taps).

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That's how you keep time in music,

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that's how you keep time in dance.

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So now I'm gonna keep time with my feet while I sing.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(tapping)

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You see I'm keeping time with my feet.

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(tapping)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(tapping)

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That's called the downbeat.

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(tapping)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(tapping)

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(tapping)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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Now I'm gonna add my hands, 
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up to the sky, here we go! 
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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(tapping)

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Can you do it with me?

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(tapping)

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Yes? Up to the sky,

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and down to the earth.

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There's a poem: from my mouth, we welcome,

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and from our hearts, we reach down to the earth.

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That's what your hands are translating.

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That's the language.

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From our mouths, we welcome!

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And from our hearts, we reach down to the earth.

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Yes?

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I'm going to play the drum while you do the dance.

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Maybe we should go over it one more time.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia ♪

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See that? Now go to the earth, go back.

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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♪ Fanga, alaffia ♪

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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Yes?

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♪ Fanga, alaffia ♪

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♪ Ase, ase ♪

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Yes? We're gonna go to the drum,

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now you're gonna do the dance,

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while I play the rhythm.

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Gonna introduce my drum to you,

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this is called the djembe,

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this is the bowl,

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this is the stem.

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Just like the human body,

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the drum has to breathe in order

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for it to get the maximum sound from it.

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Now, this is goat skin,

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I call these

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(taps drums)

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my kids, because kids

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(taps drums)

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are goats!

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Anyway, the middle of the drum is the bass (pats drum),

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and the side is the tone (pats drum).

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Bass (drum beat), tone (drum beat).

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Now you can, yourself, get a pot,

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a pan, or your thighs (pats thighs),

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or your hands (claps),

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and clap the rhythms.

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(thigh pats and hand claps)

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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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Right?

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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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You can use your thighs!

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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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So there's one bass and three tones, yes?

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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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Bass, tone-tone-tone! 
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You ready to dance it?

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All right.

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I'll do the singin',

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and you're gonna sing while you dance.

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Now there's something called the musical break

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that I'm gonna play for you that tells you

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when to start the dance,

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when to change the dance step,

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and when to stop the dance.

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That's called a musical break.

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A musical break, and it sounds like this.

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(drumbeats)

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That's the musical break.

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(drumbeats)

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That tells the dancers and the drummers

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and anyone else in the city, in the village

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that there's something going on

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at Sister Sumayya's house.

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Sister Sumayya is getting ready to dance,

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Sister Sumayya is getting ready to sing,

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Sister Sumayya is getting ready to drum.

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That's called the musical break.

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(drumbeats)

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Okay? And then we go into the rhythm.

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I'm gonna play that,

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and then I'll start the song.

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That's gonna be your cue.

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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(drumbeats)

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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(drumbeats)

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Did you get it?

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Did you understand that?

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I'll go over one thing.

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(tapping)

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom buh-bom!

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom buh-bom!

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom buh-bom!

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom buh-bom!

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom bop!

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Yes? That's your job.

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Bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom buh-bom!

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bop, bom-bom-bom, bom-bom bop!

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Now that you're keeping time with your feet.

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(tapping)

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Very good, very good.

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And then you're gonna jump four times, ase.

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♪ Ase (claps), ase ♪

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♪ Ase (claps), ase ♪

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♪ Ase (claps), ase ♪

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♪ Ase (claps), ase ♪

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Fanga?

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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Okay, let's try it with the music!

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Remember the musical break!

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Here we go.

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Take a deep breath in (breaths in),

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let it out with sound (breaths out).

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Deep breath in through the nose (breaths in),

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let it out with sound (breaths out).

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Deep breath in through the nose (breaths in),

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let it out with sound (breaths out).

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One more, in through the nose (breaths in)

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let it out with sound (breaths out).

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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(drumbeats)

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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
(drumbeats)

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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(drumbeats)

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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(drumbeats)

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♪ Ase ♪ 
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♪ Ase, ase ♪ 
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♪ Ase, ase ♪ 
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♪ Ase, ase ♪ 
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♪ Ase, fanga ♪ 
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♪ Fanga, alaffia, ase, ase ♪ 
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(drumbeats)

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Very good!

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(claps)

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I know you're out there,

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it was good to spend time with you today!

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My name is Sister Sumayya,

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and stay safe,

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be kind,

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and spread joy.

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Thank you.

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(upbeat music)