“Ẹ jẹ́ ká mí, ẹ jẹ́ ká simi; èèyàn ní ńfìdí èèyàn jókòó; èèyàn ìbá ṣe bí Ọlọ́run kò níí jẹ́ ká mí.”
English
Let us breathe, leave us in peace; the fashion is for people to sit on their behinds; were humans in the position of God they would not permit people to breathe.
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