Download I Must Win By Timaya
Mirthe Sinkey
Yeah, they\u2019re still Igbo smokers, but we don\u2019t smoke Igbo right now. We smoke loud (laughs). So my parents would tell me \u2018musicians are igbo smokers and you want to waste your time.\u2019 Of course, they say education is the key\u2014they\u2019ve always told us that. Yeah, education is still the key. But I won\u2019t tell my child that if you don't go to school, you can't be great. No. You must go to school to know how to associate with people, to get the fundamentals and all. But that doesn't mean that would make you great. So I didn't see this, I just knew that I wanted to be heard. I wanted to be heard and this is what I love to do.
If you want to be a big time politician, you go go Abuja na. Abi? Abuja is the centre of politics. Some people for this Lagos, they go say \u2018he\u2019s a local politician.\u2019 True or false? When you never go Abuja, them go say \u2018no, your level never reach.\u2019 So I had to take that step. Of course there must be a starting point, that was Port Harcourt. And what I needed that time, I needed to collaborate with other artists. Even in America it\u2019s the same thing. You have to go to LA, you have to go to New York, Atlanta. But it\u2019s so unfortunate that when it has to do with music, it\u2019s just Lagos. That\u2019s why I moved to Lagos.
Egberi Papa is like the mouthpiece of the people. Papi Chulo is a chilled daddy. Big difference. It\u2019s King Perry that gave me Papi Chulo. He sang it in one of his own songs: \u201CPapi Chulo coming for the girls\u2026\u2019 I say, \u201Cnna, this song bad o.\u2019 I asked what is the meaning of Papi Chulo. He said \u201CCool Papi.\u2019 I said this thing is too big for you o (laughs). I say let me take this name na. \u201COga, it would even fit you sef,\u201D so he started calling me Papi. It\u2019s all God\u2019s plan. Like I always tell you, if you get to a point in your career or in your life, you cannot be able to see far anymore. In the sense that you cannot go to the streets. But you must have people that go to the streets to come and give you what is happening on the streets. Information. So the only way to give back is to just show love. That is what me and this King Perry, Runtown, Patoranking, all these people they\u2019ve been doing. But they have been giving back to me too. Because they\u2019ve been giving me, me I\u2019ve just been giving back.
[Chorus]
Born to Win
I no get anybody to help me so I must Win
All my life, everyday my dream is just to Win (Chulo way)
Me I no have anyone to support me so I must win
Na me be the boy back then dem dey borrow
Nobody really knows tomorrow
Timaya had shared his sentiments on Rema in an interview on Cool FM following a conversation detailing his collaboration on "Cold Outside" with BNXN fka Buju. The singer who'd spoken on his admiration of BNXN's talent was then asked if there were any other new-age acts he'd love to work with. Timaya had replied saying; "I must first of all, be your fan, like Rema I'm a fan of Rema. Among all the young boys he's the toppest. Yes o, Rema is their dad o". He then referenced elements of his artistry saying "Like he's intentional, his music, his stage performance..."