Checked Out

Dinner was good, everybody ate Waiter brought the check,

dropped it by my plate Used to do math before I touched

that thing Tax plus tip,

what tomorrow might bring Looked at the number,

waited for the sting Funny little moment—didn't feel a thing Card hit

the table, conversation stayed Didn't check the balance,

I just fucking paid No deep breath

No second look

No moving money while nobody looked Number hit

Mood stayed same—

The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Saw that number,

didn't change my night The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Signed my name and pushed it to the

side Don't need a yacht,

don't need a plane I just want the number not to change

my brain The check didn't scare me

And damn, that felt nice

Tuesday morning, dashboard light Mechanic called with a number I didn't like

Brakes need this, something else needs that He kept explaining—I said,

“Yeah, fix that”

Then my phone rang,

somebody needed help

Normally I'd start calculating myself Sent what they needed,

put the phone away Three different numbers,

still a normal day

Car gets fixed

Friend gets through

Dinner gets paid like it's supposed to do Nothing flashy

Nothing changed—

The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Saw that number,

didn't change my night

The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Paid it once and kept on living life

Don't need a yacht,

don't need a plane

Just enough that numbers don't control the day The check didn't scare

me

And damn, that felt nice

DINNER? ( PAID!)

CAR? ( PAID!)

YOU GOOD?

Yeah.

( THEN KEEP THE NIGHT MOVING!) The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Didn't lose a minute of a damn good

night

The check didn't scare me

( PAY THAT SHIT!) Number came and went right out of sight

No gold watch, no champagne rain

Just enough that money doesn't change my face

The check

didn't scare me— (

PAY THAT SHIT!)