{"id":1784,"date":"2019-01-07T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2019-01-07T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:40:38","slug":"i-panicked-at-sound-of-closing-bell-sarkodie-on-abusive-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/07\/i-panicked-at-sound-of-closing-bell-sarkodie-on-abusive-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I panicked at sound of closing bell\u2019 &#8211; Sarkodie on abusive childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celebrated rapper,&nbsp;Sarkodie, has recounted how he suffered abuse at the hands of a guardian during his childhood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artiste, who took his turn on \u2018This Is Gospel\u2019 with&nbsp;Franky&nbsp;5 \non&nbsp;Hitz&nbsp;FM, opened up on the uncomfortable experience&nbsp;while stressing \nhis faith in God in those difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, his father once left him in the care of an elderly woman in&nbsp;Achimota&nbsp;who maltreated him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI spent a lot of my life at Mile 7&#8230;those were some dark times for \nme&#8230;I went through a whole lot&#8230;I didn\u2019t know where my mum was and I \ndidn\u2019t know where my dad was\u2026Dad&nbsp;took me to the&nbsp;woman to stay with her,\u201d\n he recounted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were like seven people living in a [small \nroom]&#8230;the&nbsp;maltreatment, as a child&nbsp;I think if you were living with \nyour mum, this won\u2019t be the situation\u2026But I did survive that and that \nmade me who I am,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper stated his abusive home made him always want to stay in his&nbsp;school even after&nbsp;school closes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI used to panic when I heard the closing bell from school&#8230;I wished\n school will just go through on to the next day,\u201d the artiste \nrecounted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarkodie&nbsp;indicated that these experiences influenced the composition of his \u2018Mile 7\u2019 song released in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople who know&nbsp;Sarkodie&nbsp;know a song called \u2018Mile 7 saga\u2019 which was a\n situation that happened in Mile 7. 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