I Dey Live For Shelter For Obodo Oyinbo Because Say I Dey Broke  – Tiwa Savage Don Yarn Us Her Tori

Popular Naija singer Tiwa Savage don reflect on the time wey she dey very  broke and kon dey live for shelter for Obodo Oyinbo,  Bedford–Stuyvesant, New York.

The  singer yarn this statement for one surprise party wey her friends organise for her album launch, Celia.

Make Una read and watch video wey singer, Lami Phillips post on her Instagram account.


“I think I was 22 and we were in New York. I was living in Bed-Stuy, kind of like a shelter. A lot of people didn’t know this.

“I was in a shelter for women that had drug abuse problems.

“I just graduated from school. You know as an international student you can’t work. So, I couldn’t work. I was doing the side thing in Bed-Stuy which is like the hood in Brooklyn,”


“She was ordering food and I ordered appetizers because I was so broke and I was so hungry.

“And I remember she was looking at me and asked, ‘what are you ordering?.’ And I was just lying that I’m not hungry.

“And then she just started asking me, ‘are you sure?.’ And then I just started crying. And then she’s just like, ‘what is the matter?.’ I said, ‘Elohor, I don’t have money.’

“She just started ordering stuff and she even ordered stuff for me to take home.

“I remember going home to my little box or whatever, and I was just crying. This girl literally made my day.

“So, the first time they put my picture in Times Square, she was the first person I called,” .

She went on to advice everyone in the gathering not to allow time to rob them of their destiny.

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