bishop daniel obinim claims hit track “lapaz toyota”

Bishop Daniel Obinim

Controversial self-styled Christian
leader Bishop Daniel Obinim, best remembered for invading a radio
station with a carpenter’s crowbar to assault some persons, is in the
news again for another reason that has nothing to do with Christianity.

Bishop
Obinim, leader of God’s Way Church, is claiming that he made circular
music ‘Lapaz Toyota’, by hiplife artiste Guru, a mega-hit.

This
revelation from a Christian leader comes as a shock, especially when
‘Lapaz Toyota’ was largely considered to have profane lyrics.

Bishop
Obinim was recently shown on Metro TV telling his congregation that
Guru sent him a copy of the ‘Lapaz Toyota’ CD for special prayers to be
said over the song and that after the prayers, the song became a hit.

The Christian Bishop and his congregation were seen on TV singing the song right in the church auditorium.

Meanwhile, opinions remain divided on whether ‘Lapaz Toyota’ should be rated 18.

This
follows claims that the song has some profane notes, with emphasis on a
controversial and popular line somewhere in the lyrics which some music
observers interpret to mean “Lick my d**k”.

However, Guru has
raised objections, saying the song has got nothing profane in it and
denied usage of profane words as “Lick my d**k.”

He spoke with
NEWS-ONE in a previous interview: “I believe in people and how they feel
comfortable with what they think and how they think like.

That
word is not lick my d**k or hit man. No, no, no, it is far from that.
Even the starting of the song, people have their own way of
interpreting.

But the word is hikma, it is a hook. I got that idea from an old song. Hikma is a name.

“No,
‘Lapaz Toyota’ is not a profane song. I got this idea when I was
driving around Lapaz. That was when I was planning for the new single
after my ‘Mmaa Kuo’.

So I was trying to target the masses and
targeting the masses is all about coming out with something that can
build up to that line.

So I was driving around Lapaz, and I saw
this well-dressed guy with the girlfriend seated by him in his car. They
were kind of very happy but my only problem was the car.” “You don’t
expect such a beautiful girl and well-dressed guy to be in such a car.
So I realized oh ok….I was trying to understand the reason why they were
happy.

So I realized, we should be content with whatever we
have. If the car does not look so good, they are still ok with it. It
is kind of a priceless thing but they cherish it. That motivated me to
record the song.

Somewhere along the line, while recording the
song, these whole ideas came up. ‘Lapaz Toyota’ is not referring to a
lady, [but] rather appreciating something priceless,” he added.