Laminate

I laminate my certificate
(Laminate!)
Rain no go touch my destiny
(My destiny)
Fold my dream inside waterproof
(Waterproof)
Laminate, e must to shine

Photocopy shop by the junction
Fifty naira make am forever
The man press the hot machine
My paper come out like trophy
Rejection letter fit dey come
E go meet my file waterproof
I carry my folder like briefcase
My slippers no know say dem be slippers

Dem fit delay am
Dem no fit deny am
Dem fit delay am
Dem no fit deny am

I laminate my certificate
(Laminate!)
Rain no go touch my destiny
(My destiny)
Fold my dream inside waterproof
(Waterproof)
Laminate, e must to shine

Seventeen interviews this year
My shirt collar dey tired
But the eighteenth one dey different
I feel am for my chest that morning
The oga look my file dey laugh
Say who waterproof application
I say the same person wey go
Waterproof your company future

Shine shine!
(E must shine)
Shine shine!
(E must shine)

The offer letter come by email
Nothing to laminate again
I print am anyway, one copy
Carry am to the same junction shop
The man press am hot, no charge me

I laminate my certificate
(Laminate!)
Rain no go touch my destiny
(My destiny)
Dream came out of the waterproof
(Waterproof)
Laminate, e don dey shine

No charge me
Laminate