Real Life Story Behind My Song "If You Ask Me" - Omawumi

In 2011, Omawumi released "If You Ask Me" a song which talks about molestation and abuse by one's own father. Since then, there has been speculation about who the song is about - if it's about Omawumi's own life, or someone else's?

Now, 12 years later, Omawumi is finally opening up about the real life story of who the song is about and explaining everything that really happened. Here's what Omawumi said

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Speaking about the real life story behind what inspired the song "If You Ask Me", Omawumi explained saying:

OMAWUMI: It was something that I witnessed a long time ago. I write music from things that I witnessed, experience, other people stories. So I just saw a young girl who was being beaten by her father and then the father was shouting at her that she went to go and sleep with somebody because of GCE or JAMB form .

And then she was like “shebi you used to do it to me! Haven’t you taken me somewhere to remove pregnancy and everyone was shouting “Ah! Ah!” Trust that I don’t mind my business. I was driving past, I wound down my window glass and I observed what was going on. The event passed, but it stuck in my head. So, I called Cobahms and I was like, telling him, there’s a song in my head, but I’m going to change it! But when I sang it, he said no! You have a song! Put it out like that. And that’s how the song came. So, “If you ask me” song is about a father molesting his daughter. It was just like a way of crying out, because this is something that usually happens. The first people who molest children and young people in their homes are their relatives and their domestic staff. It was just a way of calling people’s attention to it, but you know, in a fun way and that’s what I tend to do with my music.

What do you think about what Omawumi said about the song, and about the real life story behind the song? Sadly, Omawumi is correct. Even till this day, parents molesting children is still something that is so rampant in society, many years after this song's release. Hmmm. Nawa! Let me know what you think about this story, and this song, by leaving a comment either below or on my Jide Okonjo Facebook post.

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