In an interview with Ebuka Uchendu on Rubbing Minds, Small Doctor revealed that it was his mother who inspired the song during a phone conversation.
According to him, at the 2016 edition of the Headies Award, he had lost the Best Street Hip-Hop Artist category to Olamide. After the ceremony, he received a call from his mother and she said: “Ah winner, winner, winner,” and while he tried to inform her that he had lost out, the mother replied him: “You better work hard, Ko ma lo gba penalty lo throw-in next year.” (translation: You better work hard, so you don’t play a penalty into a throw in)
