I used to beg for food & clean rooms for my mates. -Tonto Dikeh

Here is what Tonto Dikeh wrote about
her struggles before the fame…Read
and be inspired..
Hmmmm looking back and all I can say
iz Lord I thank you for talent oh life waz
nt easy somtimz it seemz iz d end of d
world, n somtimz I even sit n ask God
why me? N somtimz I used to say why
waz I nt born abroad cuz I used to think
money fall frm tree ova der! Uni life
waz so hard for me, handouts I could
not afford I beg frm hand to hand jst to
eat!
Den wil be jeans @ alaba market if d
jeanz is longer Dan me I will cut it to
my size n I will say iz rugged jeans! I
will ask frdz for favour b4 they help
they will ask me to do somtin for dem
eg clean their room, help with course
work jst to hav 2000 nair gosh, I never
allowed dat to pull me down play like
play I finished my uni n graduate with
2nd class Engineering!
Job waz hard to get mov frm place to
place until 1 day I came across a poster
dat says BE THE NEXT MOVIE STAR I
applied and to GOD be the Glory THEY
called me I waz sort listed for the realty
TV show tho I dint win tho I dint win but
I came out 2nd and the rest iz history
so palz if I can make it in 9ja! U can
also do d same life iz full of HARD
TIMEZ but never let it break u down,
never give up fight for what u believe
cause God haz iz special plan for u! Diz
my life my story hope to read urz som
day n I see greatness in daz readn diz
#EasyLionEasyTiger #poko

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