

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!)