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Hello great people of the openmic community, I sincerely welcome you to the hive openmic week 210 music competition. I am @ambmicheal and this is my first entry into the competition. I want to sincerely thank @jesuslnrs for the great initiative and his never-ending effort towards making this community worthwhile.

While checking the official post, I discover that The theme for the week is Renacer Del Fuego

Today, I would be doing the cover for the song titled:

Amazing Grace - Gospel Hymn

This song has been performed by several other musicians and also in they hymn books of the Anglican's but it was originally written by John Newton as far back as the 18th century And has since then become a song every person want to reckon with, the song is now in most hymn books and most believer tend to sing the song.

The life history/story of John Newton as a slave trader and a person that lost his mother at early age of 6 prompted him to write this song. He was at some point abandoned in West Africa where he ended up up being a slave before he finally made his way back to his country and became a slave trader properly.

On his way back to his hometown, he encountered a huge storm that almost took his life and after he got back, he fought many battles to abolish the african slave trade as he experienced what it felt like first hand and the experience was indeed not pleasing.

On his course of setting things right, he ended up writing amazing grace and as such we have lyrics like:

I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.

It is evident that without his experience, he wouldn't have come up with such an amazing song which was the start of his reborn in spirit and in God, he was directly thanking God for giving him a redemption and a second chance at life

SONG LYRICS

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now can see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come
'Twas grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead us home
And when we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We'll have no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now can see

AMAZING GRACE BY THE PETERSEN'S (VIDEO)

Thank you so much for watching and also for reading through my blog, you guys are the big real deal, see you again next time as I promise to do better, stay blessed and keep being amazingly wonderful.

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