
Song · Old Selector
Sunshine on My Side
“Sunshine on My Side” is track 3 on Rob Matare's Afrobeats album Old Selector, released October 9, 2026. Roots reggae and Afrobeats from under the zinc roof: Mount Zion mornings, market days and giving thanks anyway.
“Sunshine on My Side” lyrics
Oh oh oh (sunshine)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Whatever come, whatever go
I got sunshine on my side
Woke up to a bill I couldn't pay
Same old cloud on the kitchen windowpane
But she text me a heart and a "how you feel"
And the whole grey Monday start to heal
Cold coffee going warm on the windowsill
And the grey went soft and the sky got real
I don't need a jackpot, don't need it loud
Don't need the whole of the whole downtown
Just a girl who laugh when the world get loud
And a sliver of blue behind the cloud
When the sky go grey, let it fall, let it fall
I got a warm right hand when my back's to the wall
Trouble come knocking, I don't even hide
'Cause I got sunshine on my side
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Storm can come but I'll be alright
(oh oh oh)
She's the reason that I rise
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Rain or shine, I'll be alright
I got sunshine on my side
Boss man frown and the traffic slow
Phone at two percent and nowhere to go
Empty tank light blinking, running slow
But she save me a plate and she leave the light
And the whole dumb day turn out alright
They can keep the yacht and the fancy car
Keep the rooftop pool and the caviar
I'll take the stoop and the old guitar
I'll take the porch and the jam jar
A ribbon of gold in a working life
And the warmest laugh cutting through the strife
When the sky go grey, let it fall, let it fall
I got a warm right hand when my back's to the wall
Trouble come knocking, I don't even hide
'Cause I got sunshine on my side
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Storm can come but I'll be alright
(oh oh oh)
She's the reason that I rise
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Rain or shine, I'll be alright
I got sunshine on my side
They repossessed the car on a Thursday morning
Took the couch and the TV without a warning
But she boiled two cups of tea on the empty floor
And I swear I never felt so rich before
Let them take the furniture, take the whole downstairs
Long as she's laughing when I climb the stairs
(Oh oh oh, on my side)
Let the thunder roll, let the river ride
I got sunshine, sunshine on my side
Boss man frown and the traffic slow
I got sunshine on my side
Boss man frown and the traffic slow
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Rain or shine, I'll be alright
I got sunshine on my side
I got sunshine on my side
(oh oh oh)
Storm can come but I'll be alright
(oh oh oh)
She's the reason that I rise
I got sunshine on my side
Oh oh oh (sunshine)
Oh oh oh (on my side)
Whatever come, whatever go
I got sunshine on my side
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Old Selector
- 1Coffee for One3:22
- 2Before the Morning Bus4:04
- 4Jump the Broom4:04
- 5Fire Beside Ya3:51
- 6Market Woman3:32
- 7One Pot3:03
- 8Long Way From Yard3:43
- 9Old Selector3:34
- 10Concrete Can't Grow2:58
- 11Rudeboy Don't Cry3:25
- 12River Wash It Clean3:14
- 13Mount Zion Morning3:20
- 14Sand Between My Toes3:42
- 15Slow Down the Sun4:02
- 16Whole Place a Skank2:25
- 17Better Soon Come3:31
- 18Hold It Steady3:13
- 19Give Thanks Anyway3:09
- 20Daddy's Sound3:02
- 21Under the Zinc Roof4:39
- 22We Got Time to Know4:36
- 23Walk Good3:38
- 24Shade Tree Court4:56