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We Got Time to Know

“We Got Time to Know” is track 22 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.

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“We Got Time to Know” lyrics

No rush (no rush)
Let it grow slow
No rush (no rush)
We got time to know
Everybody racing to the finish line
But the sweetest fruit take a little time
You don't gotta prove it on the second night
Let it build up easy, let it build up right
I don't need your whole heart in a single day
Just the honest little pieces on the way
Put your phone face-down and your worry too
No rush, let me get to know you
Kettle humming low on the evening stove
Two warm cups and a quiet cove
The world say hurry, say grab and go
But a love that will last, it grow slow
Like a garden in the early spring
No rush, let it be a gentle thing
We could stay in bed till the noon bell ring
Let the whole loud world do its rushing thing
Coffee going cold but we let it be
Just your slow heartbeat next to me
No rush, let it grow slow
(no rush)
We got time to know
(no rush)
Every quiet Sunday, every gentle door
No rush, we can build some more
(no rush)
No rush (let it grow)
No rush (nice and slow)
Plant a little seed by the window sill
No rush, we got time to fill
We can watch a whole movie and not say a word
Trade the loudest love for the softest heard
Learn the way you take your morning tea
Learn the little things you never show to me
No pressure on the promise, no weight on the vow
Just the two of us learning the here and now
Let the story open like a slow good book
No rush, take another look
Learn how you like your eggs in the pan
Learn the quiet way you hold my hand
The world say hurry, say grab and go
But a love that will last, it grow slow
Like a garden in the early spring
No rush, let it be a gentle thing
We fold the warm laundry off the line
Your shirt beside mine, folded fine
No hurry in the way we stack the plates
This is how a slow love waits
No rush, let it grow slow
(no rush)
We got time to know
(no rush)
Every quiet Sunday, every gentle door
No rush, we can build some more
(no rush)
No rush (let it grow)
No rush (nice and slow)
Plant a little seed by the window sill
No rush, we got time to fill
I moved too fast in the loves before
Grabbed too tight and I lost the door
So this time I'm learning how to wait
Let the good thing come at the good thing's rate
Your quiet breathing and the kettle low
No rush, let it grow
Every good thing come in time
No rush, no rush, be mine
Let the kettle whistle low and slow
Take your time, let the good thing grow
No rush, let it grow slow
(no rush)
We got time to know
(no rush)
Every quiet Sunday, every gentle door
No rush, we can build some more
(no rush)
No rush (let it grow)
No rush (nice and slow)
Plant a little seed by the window sill
No rush, we got time to fill
No rush (no rush)
Let it grow slow
No rush (no rush)
We got time to know

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

More from Old Selector

  1. 1Coffee for One3:22
  2. 2Before the Morning Bus4:04
  3. 3Sunshine on My Side4:33
  4. 4Jump the Broom4:04
  5. 5Fire Beside Ya3:51
  6. 6Market Woman3:32
  7. 7One Pot3:03
  8. 8Long Way From Yard3:43
  9. 9Old Selector3:34
  10. 10Concrete Can't Grow2:58
  11. 11Rudeboy Don't Cry3:25
  12. 12River Wash It Clean3:14
  13. 13Mount Zion Morning3:20
  14. 14Sand Between My Toes3:42
  15. 15Slow Down the Sun4:02
  16. 16Whole Place a Skank2:25
  17. 17Better Soon Come3:31
  18. 18Hold It Steady3:13
  19. 19Give Thanks Anyway3:09
  20. 20Daddy's Sound3:02
  21. 21Under the Zinc Roof4:39
  22. 23Walk Good3:38
  23. 24Shade Tree Court4:56

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