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This Road Know Me

“This Road Know Me” is track 19 on Rob Matare's Afrobeats album Day Don Break, released July 29, 2026. Afrobeats and log-drum Amapiano from first light: play the log drum, no work tomorrow, stay for morning.

Rob MatareAfrobeats3:20Movement & Celebration

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“This Road Know Me” lyrics

This road know me by my name
By my name
Kiosk woman keep my change
Keep my change
Streetlight follow me reach home
Reach home
This road know me, I no forget

My road o
Eh
My road o
Eh

The vulcanizer patch my bicycle
Free of charge, him wave me go
Church speaker dey teach the chorus
The meaning dey come with the joy
I hawk groundnut for this corner
Rain or sun, same wooden tray
The gutter chop my folded fifty
The road return am times ten

No matter where I reach
No matter where I reach
I go carry you for chest
I go carry you for chest

This road know me by my name
By my name
Kiosk woman keep my change
Keep my change
Streetlight follow me reach home
Reach home
This road know me, I no forget

Now my car dey slow down here
Not because of the potholes
The vulcanizer don old small
Him boy dey do the pumping now
I buy groundnut from one small girl
I pay her like say na gold
She never guess na my old corner
The road know, the road dey smile

Kiosk woman don grey for edges
She still keep my change like before
Church speaker dey sing my childhood
She hand me one faded fifty
Say she keep am since that year

This road know me by my name
By my name
Kiosk woman keep my change
Keep my change
Streetlight follow me reach home
Reach home
This road know me, I no forget
I no forget o

Groundnut corner
This road know me

Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.

More from Day Don Break

  1. 1Drum Dey Call2:45
  2. 2Guest List3:08
  3. 3No Space3:06
  4. 4Twenty-Two Steps3:11
  5. 5Radio Off2:40
  6. 6Gladiator3:02
  7. 7Lightbearer3:02
  8. 8Play The Log Drum2:49
  9. 9Roco2:58
  10. 10Mister Rider2:58
  11. 11One Umbrella3:01
  12. 12Low Volume3:32
  13. 13Come Collect3:02
  14. 14Measure Me3:00
  15. 15Make E Be Eleven3:10
  16. 16No Expiry3:29
  17. 17Blank Cheque3:05
  18. 18Seven Seeds3:05
  19. 20Clipper Crown3:05
  20. 21No Work Tomorrow3:02
  21. 22Final Call3:33
  22. 23Stay For Morning3:29
  23. 24Day Don Break3:36

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