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Gospel musician Joyce Blessing needs more than a blessing to overcome the heat being piled on her. The songstress is about to pay a heavy price for a song on her new album called "Heavy Price" for an alleged infringement on copyright laws. Graphic Showbiz reports that Blessing has been written to by the law firm Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa and Ankomah that she should "withdraw the infringing song and its corresponding video from the market forthwith, unless and until you have obtained the joint consent of our clients." According to the paper, the song in question is titled "Nyame Egwamma" but the law firm has claimed and written to Blessing that it is a repuduction of a song written by their clients Ace Ankomah and Joyful Way Inc titled "W'ahenni To Rentwa Da" in 1994. Ankomah and Joyful Way Inc through their lawyers have given Joyce Blessing a seven day ultimatum to withdraw the song and accompanying video from the market or they will "exploit all of their legal options." Blessing says she has always thought the song in question was a Presbyterian hymn. Meanwhile, her management team led by Kwesi Ennin thinks seven days is too short a time to withdraw all the music and video from the market. "We practically cannot withdraw them all within the stipulated time," he said, adding that they "hope to come to an amicable settlement."