How having a Pastor father saved me during university — Singer Spyro

Singer and songwriter Spyro has opened up on the challenges of growing up with his father who is a clergyman.

In a recent chat with Chude Jideonwo, the fledgling artiste disclosed that loving God was mandatory as a child under his father’s tutelage.

According to him, he and his siblings were made to study the Bible from cover to cover, with the morning devotion being the worst of all.

“My dad is a pastor and it was difficult growing up with a pastor. You’re going to have to be in church whether or not you want to be in church, you must love God by force. He made us study the Bible from cover to cover, whether you like it or not.

“The annoying thing was the morning devotion, it was when sleep was getting deepest that they would wake you up for morning devotion. What the thing does is that it makes you hate God instead of loving him because it’d be like, ‘This God wey wan ruin my life’.

“It was crazy, trust me it was a crazy experience. When I got into uni I saw it as my freedom and I never returned home for about four years. I was like, ‘Thank you Jesus for this open door,’ you know? I was waiting for it and I took it, then I didn’t even turn back,” Spyro shared.

Speaking further, the singer acknowledged the gains of growing up in a strictly religious household, adding that what his parents taught him remains with him.

“The good thing about having pastor parents is that even though I don’t like the approach and everything, that fear of God is still in me.

“So all through my university, I was saved, I didn’t do it for my parents; I just had the fear of God. That has worked for me until now, to this date, I don’t smoke drink or carry women. All that attests to the fear of God because my dad and mum aren’t here but God is seeing me.”