Mr. P: One Named Peter | Vibe.ng Magazine October 2017 Issue | Page 13

possible to make sure he was always in their lives;
no matter how much his job demanded from him.
‘Thank God for phones’ he said. I video-call and
talk to them all the time and one thing for sure is,
out of sight is not out of mind. I try my p
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best to make sure that the little time I have I
spend with them. I was on tour but I’m back for
a week to head out on Thursday…Look at them
here watching us because they feel you guys are
taking their time because I’m supposed to be
chilling with them. I promised to take them to the
park today but I told them we will go tomorrow;
I don’t joke with my family. i can’t trade them for
the fans… I’m sorry…’
Cameron’s friend had asked him in school about
the disbandment of P-Square and he brought the
question home to daddy.
‘I told him we just don’t sing together anymore.
Music is like football. Morata and Ronaldo used
to be together but where’s Morata today? He is
in Chelsea…what if it is a particular company
that wants to sign me for three hundred ­million
Pounds? The same money, I go collect am give
Paul fifty million Pounds. We go even fight real
fight post am for una. Abi? It is showbiz for
Christ’s sake…’
Celebrities like Waje and Tiwa have expressed
their fear of their children gravitating towards
music but not Peter.
‘I will allow them. Truth is our parents never gave
us that moral support 100 percent; except our
mother when she discovered that it was going
to work out. but I think some of us, our parents
stopped us from being whatever we wanted to
be. They always wanted us to be doctors or
lawyers… You can’t beat talent. It stays in you.’
Despite the numerous projects Peter has in the
works, he has learned the magic of delegation.
Back in the day, he would choreograph dances