To many, Moses Ssali a.k.a. Bebe Cool, was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Having been fathered by a prominent politician, Bidandi Ssali, who once served as a minister in the cabinet of the ruling government, one can be forgiven for assuming that Bebe Cool has had it easy in life.
Contrary to popular belief, however, Bebe Cool’s is a story of hardwork and perseverance. In his new song, ‘Gyenvudde’, the hoarse-voiced artist narrates how he embraced his uniqueness and overcame several challenges in order to bring forth one of the most beautiful voices of the past two decades.
The 44-year-old star says he hustled a lot in life to make it to where he is. In one of the song verses, Bebe Cool recounts how while in school, he washed kids’ clothes in exchange for sugar to add into his porridge because he couldn’t afford the sweet substance.
“During my school time I used to wash children’s clothes to be given sugar to put in porridge, and I was always the first to get to the kitchen to be served porridge. I used to walk from Kanyanya stage to Kalerwe with not even Shs50 on me but I didn’t give up,” Bebe Cool stated.
Bebe believes that everyone has a past journey that involves a lot of good and bad but mostly unbelievable challenges and in his case, his past shaped his future. He also asked his haters to chill him because he is now unstoppable.
“I’m hard because I have gone through a hard and tough life. That is why I am now unstoppable musically, socially, politically, and economically,” said Bebe Cool.
The singer has been in the music industry for over two decades and is arguably considered one of the best veteran Ugandan artistes who have earned fame throughout the East African community.
This Week on Wednesday, the Gagamel chief dropped impressive visuals of this inspirational song, which he and team shot in the ghettos of Kansanga.
Upon release, he took to his Facebook page and posted:
“Everyone has a history or call it a past journey that involves a lot of good and bad but mostly unbelievable challenges. But your past will shape you hence shape your future. Am hard because I have grown through a hard and tough life that am now unstoppable musically, socially, politically and economically . Enjoy this Afro-club banger in my mother language, deep and rich in Ugandan style.”
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