Moses Bliss - With My Name [Laugh Last] Lyrics

Lyrics

Here are the lyrics for "With My Name On It" by Moses Bliss, including English translations for the Nigerian Pidgin and Yoruba lines:

[Intro] Na me go laugh first, na me go still laugh last (I am the one who will laugh first, and I will still laugh last) Are you ready? Eh! Somebody! Anybody! Let's go! Let's go!

[Verse 1] Soon na all that your testimony go enter (Soon all your testimonies will come to pass) No need to bother, Oluwa dey your matter (No need to bother, God is handling your situation) All things are working, tomorrow will be greater Give Him the praise now, there's a miracle with your name on it

[Chorus] There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it

[Post-Chorus] See, there's a miracle There's a miracle (I can feel it!) There's a miracle (I can see it!) There's a miracle with my name on it There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it

[Verse 2] Na me go laugh first, na me go still laugh last (I am the one who will laugh first, and I will still laugh last) I no go suffer, na Your mercy sure pass (I will not suffer, Your mercy is the most reliable) I know say it gon' last, Holy Ghost na my standby (I know that it will last, the Holy Ghost is my standby) There's a miracle with my name on it

Na me go laugh first, na me go still laugh last (I am the one who will laugh first, and I will still laugh last) I no go suffer, na Your mercy sure pass (I will not suffer, Your mercy is the most reliable) I know say it gon' last, Holy Ghost na my standby (I know that it will last, the Holy Ghost is my standby) There's a miracle with my name on it

[Chorus] There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it

[Post-Chorus] Lift your hands and say! There's a miracle There's a miracle (I can feel it!) There's a miracle (I can see it!) There's a miracle with my name on it See, there's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it

[Outro / Choir Chants] There's a miracle There's a miracle There's a miracle with my name on it (Repeats multiple times until the end with ad-libs)

Video

Moses Bliss - With My Name [Laugh Last] (Official Video)

Meaning & Inspiration

I’m sitting here with the kitchen light flickering, the kind of cheap bulb that hums when it’s tired. Moses Bliss is singing about a miracle with his name on it, and honestly, the first time I heard it, I wanted to throw the radio out the window. It’s too loud. It’s too sure of itself. When you’ve been eating pig slop and sleeping in fields, hearing someone talk about "laughing last" feels like a taunt.

But then that line hits: “I no go suffer, na Your mercy sure pass.”

My mercy isn't sure. My mercy is usually whatever I can scrape together from the floorboards after I've burned every bridge I ever built. I’m the kid who took the inheritance, went to the city, and made a mess so big I can still smell the smoke on my clothes even after a hundred showers. When I hear him say mercy is "sure," I don't feel like dancing. I feel like crying, because I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I keep waiting for the Father to say, "Yeah, I see you, but you’re still a mess."

Except the Scripture says He ran to me while I was still far off (Luke 15:20). He didn't wait for me to wash the stink off. He didn't wait for me to get my act together. He just met me in the mud.

That’s why the talk of a miracle "with my name on it" stops being just some catchy hook. It feels scandalous. I don’t deserve a miracle. I deserve a lecture. I deserve a quiet corner where I can reflect on my idiocy. But this song—this grit, this unrelenting noise—it forces me to look at the fact that His grace isn't a suggestion; it’s an invasion. It’s not a polite knocking; it’s the door being kicked down.

Maybe that’s what the "laughing last" part is about. It’s not about beating the people who looked down on me or proving I’m better. It’s about realizing that if the Creator of everything decided to attach my name to a miracle, then my failures don't have the final say.

I’m still shaking, though. I don’t know if I fully believe it. Most days, I’m just trying to keep the dust off my boots. But Moses Bliss is singing it like it’s a fact, like the Holy Ghost is actually standing right there in the room waiting for me to catch up. I don’t have it all figured out. I’m still raw, and the guilt comes back in waves, but if there really is a miracle with my name on it, I suppose I can stop running for five minutes to see what it looks like. Even if I don't feel holy. Even if I'm still stained.