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Shadowing practice: John Legend surprises Baptist Church in West Philly ("How I Got Over")

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  1. I grew up singing and playing gospel music.0:00
  2. Lead, a bunch of choirs, as a kid, even up through going to college and everything, I helped pay my way through school by being the director of music at0:03
  3. a church.0:10
  4. A lot of the greatest soul singers in American history started in a black church.0:11
  5. It's very obvious when you listen to gospel music and you listen to soul music, you can see and hear and feel the connection.0:16
  6. It's no different for me.0:23
  7. I haven't performed at church in a while.0:25
  8. I would love to, you know, just have that experience again.0:28
  9. I think it'll be fun.0:32
  10. One of my favorite albums of all time is called Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin.0:33
  11. And one of the coolest songs on there is a song called How I Got Over.0:37
  12. It's just a really good song.0:40
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  1. So I think we'll get the crowd, get the church moving with that one.0:42
  2. And Philadelphia is a great city for me because I went to school here.0:45
  3. I'm excited to be back performing here at the arena, but also here at the church this morning.0:48
  4. We have a phenomenal surprise.0:53
  5. I'm getting ready to hand my microphone over to the intercom.0:59
  6. The gifted John Legend!1:07
  7. Hey!1:32
  8. Say how I got over How I got over My soul look back and wonder How I got over Come on!1:33
  9. How I got over How I got over How I got over My soul look back and wonder How I got over Say how I got over How I got1:46
  10. over How I got over My soul look back and wonder How I got over Just as soon as I see Jesus The man who made me free The man2:00
  11. who planned and suffered He died for you and me I'm gonna thank Him because He brought me I'm gonna thank Him because He taught me I'm gonna thank Him2:17
  12. because He kept me I'm gonna thank Him because He never left me I'm gonna say How I got over How I got over Thank you For all you've done2:29
  13. for me Say how I got over How I got over My soul look back and wonder How I got over Say how I got over Say how I got2:43
  14. over My soul look back and wonder How I got over Gonna wear a diamond gem In the nude and rude and now Gonna walk the streets of gold In3:04
  15. a hole I am also Gonna view the host and wife Who's travelable this night Coming up from every nation Enjoy the great carnation I'm gonna say Hey Gonna thank3:18
  16. Him For all you've done for me How I got over Hey My soul look back and wonder How I got over How I got over Over My soul look3:40
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  26. how how how how how how how how how My soul My soul My soul My soul My soul How I got old Hey Hey Hey Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.5:31
  27. Thank you.6:07
  28. God bless you.6:12
  29. God bless you.6:13
  30. I thought it'd be cool to kind of go back and do something that explored my roots a little bit.6:15
  31. Surprised the choir, surprised the church, and did our thing with them.6:21
  32. And it was cool.6:25
  33. And it was just like church growing up for me.6:26
  34. This is definitely reminding me of my childhood.6:28
  35. That was fun.6:31
  36. The choir sounded good.6:34
  37. Thank you, God bless you.6:37
  38. My pleasure.6:38
  39. Thank you.6:39

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170 words per minute , faster than 35% of the catalogue
CEFR level
B2
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gonna ×10
Words worth knowing
choirs, carnation, explored, albums, phenomenal, gospel
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