Singer, Teni reveals what she wants written on her grave
Nigerian singer, Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni, has revealed the epitaph she wants on her grave.
The 30-year-old said she wants her loved ones to write: “She lived life on her own terms”.
She disclosed this when she featured as a guest in the latest episode of the Tea With Tay podcast hosted by actor, Temisan Emmanuel Ahwieh, aka Taymesan.
Teni said, “My father died when I was two years old. If you die today, life goes on. You don’t get to express yourself."
“Expressing yourself is very important. The people who judge you will die too. So, they would die with their own stories. You die with your own story. I’m living my life because this is my term to let the world know who I am."
“It’s my terms to sing when I’m feeling down when I’m feeling up. It’s my term to express myself. I’m not going to be here forever. None of us are leaving this world alive."
“On my grave, I want them to write, ‘She lived life on her terms.’ Yes, I want to die happy. I’m going to die empty."
“A lot of people are carrying so much greatness in them but are too afraid to express themselves. Trust me, the graveyard is full of so many dreams and talents. Things that could have changed the world.”
"And you see the fear of what will people say, people will never stop talking I swear to God. There's people I done good for that hates me, there's people I have helped that you will go outside and they will talk ill of me. No matter what you do, they will be somebody that will not like what you are doing".
"I'm not living my life to beg for your acceptance, the most important acceptance is me accepting myself, anything outside of that, I can't help you I'm sorry, I'm going to be myself in every way possible", Teni said and it stirred massive reactions from the general public.
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