

Song · Blessing Too Loud
Not What It Looks Like
“Not What It Looks Like” is track 23 on Rob Matare's Afrobeats album Blessing Too Loud, released October 9, 2026. Afrobeats about blessings you can't keep quiet: grown from gravel, made it to Friday, and a table for two next Thursday.
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“Not What It Looks Like” lyrics
I saw you. Don't lie to me.
Baby... it's not what it looks like.
Found a receipt in your jacket
Tuesday, two-fifteen, downtown
Then Ama's car by the restaurant
Parked where you said you'd never be found
You in the corner, whispering low
Her hand on your phone, not mine
She's been my best friend since we were nine
So why do you both keep checking the time?
Baby, put the phone down
Let me get a word in
Five more days is all I'm asking
Then you'll see where this ends
It's not what it looks like (then what is it?)
Give me five more days (five days?)
Look at me, you know my eyes
It's not what it looks like
Yes, I went to see Ama
Yes, I paid in cash
Yes, I hid the screen when you walked in
But I swear it's not like that
Then say it plain, say it now
I can't, not yet, not here
Five days is a long time
For something I've planned all year
Baby, put the phone down
Let me get a word in
Five more days is all I'm asking
Then you'll see where this ends
It's not what it looks like (then what is it?)
Give me five more days (five days?)
Look at me, you know my eyes
It's not what it looks like
(Spoken) Okay. Turn around.
That receipt was for a ring
Ama helped me find your size
Your mother's on the phone right now
Crying happy on the line
It's not what it looks like (it's better)
One knee in the restaurant light
You said "yes" before I asked
It's not what it looks like
Yes
(Both) It's not what it looks like
(Both) It's not what it looks like
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Blessing Too Loud
- 1Grew From Gravel4:32
- 2Doors That Closed4:18
- 3Made It To Friday4:31
- 4Mango After Winter5:26
- 5Blessing In Traffic4:31
- 6Two Plates2:46
- 7Market Day3:13
- 8Bad Day Run Away3:41
- 9The Ones Who Stayed5:19
- 10Patch What We Love4:45
- 11Visa Stamp Waist3:42
- 12The Fountain Remembers2:57
- 13Seven Dresses2:59
- 14Two Chairs in the Courtyard3:12
- 15Moon Over Marrakech3:15
- 16Red Dress, Blue Moon2:49
- 17Don’t Say Goodbye in French3:22
- 18The Radio Still Loves You2:46
- 19Suya by Midnight2:39
- 20We Turned True2:37
- 21I Hear You in the Wood3:50
- 22Table for Two Next Thursday3:29
- 24Say Amen Quick3:36