Before You Say I Do

You know my shoe size,
You know my best food.
But before the matching outfits,
Wetin we agree to?

Before you say “I do,”
Shine your eye, make love no blind you!
Make we talk am, me and you.
No be only “I love you,”
Wetin life go look like for two?

Talk am now!
No assume!
Ká sọ̀rọ̀,
Give the truth room!

Money matter, bring am to light,
What we earn, what we owe, make the figures right.
Who we dey support? How much we fit send?
No let hidden debt introduce itself at the end.

Before you say “I do,”
Shine your eye, make love no blind you!
Make we talk am, me and you.
No be only “I love you,”
Wetin life go look like for two?

Children matter, what do we each want?
No say yes because na wetin your partner want.
When? How many? How we go share the care?
If the journey hard, how we go face am as a pair?

Talk am now!
No assume!
Ká sọ̀rọ̀,
Give the truth room!

Faith matter, more than Sunday dress,
What do we believe? How we live am under stress?
Prayer, church, the values we go teach,
Make daily choices match the faith we preach.

Before you say “I do,”
Shine your eye, make love no blind you!
Make we talk am, me and you.
No be only “I love you,”
Wetin life go look like for two?

Family matter, we love our people well,
But who gets a say in the house where we dwell?
Visits and support, make we both agree,
Honour our parents, still build our own family.

Work and location, where we go stay?
Your offer na Abuja, my work na far away.
Who fit move? Which dream needs room?
No hide the question underneath perfume.

Talk am now!
No assume!
Ká sọ̀rọ̀,
Give the truth room!

Home no dey run on “Baby, I miss you,”
Food, laundry, cleaning, somebody must do.
If both of us work, how we go share?
No crown one person manager of all the care.

Do background check, no stop for sweet talk,
Meet the people wey know how he walks.
Who's his pastor? Who are his friends?
Who does he listen to when counsel lands?
No be pastor name alone make person true,
When correction comes, wetin he dey do?

When we disagree, how we go talk?
Can we seek counsel before we choose to walk?
Some things fit bend, some needs go deep,
No promise a change you don't intend to keep.
Proverbs teaches: listen before reply,
So ask, then hear, no turn truth to a fight.
Better know now where we don't agree,
Than say “I do” to who we hope we'll see.

Before you say “I do,”
Shine your eye, make love no blind you!
Make we talk am, me and you.
No be only “I love you,”
Wetin life go look like for two?

Talk am now!
No assume!
Ká sọ̀rọ̀,
Give the truth room!

We don choose colour,
We don choose date.
Make we know the life
We wan create.