Cynthia Eviro surprises students at her old London school

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00:00We're going to take you into a choir practice and by the way they have no idea you're here.

00:07They don't know? Oh my god. Let's do this.

00:30I thought you were Aaron trying to cry.

00:34So first of all, I want to hear you sing.

00:36That's how I know you're Nigerian.

00:39He says, first of all, I want to hear you sing.

00:42Yes.

00:43We want to hear you sing.

00:44Okay.

00:45I can sing with you.

00:46With the gang?

00:47Would you mind?

00:48No, I don't mind at all.

00:49Please.

01:00Let me say before we part.

01:02So much of me is made of what I learned from you.

01:08You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart.

01:14Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

01:20Because I need you.

01:23Because I need you.

01:25I have been changed for good.

01:45Cynthia, thank you so much.

01:47Thank you very much.

01:48That was really special.

01:49Thank you very much.