Lyrics
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 (Repeat)
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 (Repeat)
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 (Repeat)
Post-Chorus (Repeat)
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, Repeat)
There's a miracle
There's a miracle
There's a miracle with my name on it
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"With My Name [Laugh Last]" opens with a bold declaration of eventual triumph, laughing both first and last, before immediately crediting that confidence to God rather than personal circumstance. That confident opening, borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin expression, sets up the song's repeated central image of a miracle bearing the singer's own name.
Its verses name specific reassurances, testimonies that will surely come to pass, mercy described as more reliable than any alternative, and the Holy Spirit named directly as a constant, present support. That combination of future confidence and present companionship keeps the song's hope from feeling distant or abstract.
Sung in a mix of English, Nigerian Pidgin, and Yoruba within contemporary African gospel tradition, the song functions as a declaration of personal, guaranteed breakthrough, its repeated chorus treating an awaited miracle as already claimed and specifically assigned rather than uncertain or generic.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 30:5 Describes joy coming in the morning after a night of weeping, echoed in the song's confident declaration of laughing last.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 Describes God's mercies as new every morning, echoed in the song's description of mercy as more reliable than anything else.