[Intro: Z-Ro]
And every time I wake up (The payback, the payback)
It be on my mind every time I wake up (The payback, that's right, the payback)
And every time I wake up (The payback, huh, the payback)
Every time I wake up, mm (Hey, hey, hey)

[Chorus: Z-Ro]
Thanks for the loan, but now I'm rich, I'ma payback (Now I'm rich, I'ma)
And I ain't forget about that ho-ass shit, I'ma payback (Ho-ass shit, I'ma)
Hurt so bad every night and day, but now we get the payback
Every time I wake up, ooh (That's right, payback, uh)

[Verse 1: Z-Ro]
Goddamnit, I'm in trouble again, haters see me in court and they want me to lose (Ayy)
But, motherfuckеr, might already be lookin' like I'm winnin' it whеn they see me on the news (Ayy)
Yeah, it's a lot of success, but it's a lot of disappointment if you try to walk in my shoes (If you try to walk in my shoes)
But I ain't trippin, I'm a soldier, though, right? (Soldier, though, right?)
Can't complain when the Lord give me a war, I gotta fight (War, I gotta fight)
I remember when I was a lil' n***a
Runnin' up and down the street in Mo City, Texas, tryna get paid (Wow)
Shirt and pants dull as a motherfucker
Not dull as a motherfucker no more, I promise I'm sharp as a switchblade (Wow)
Wishin'-ass n***as always wishin' evil on me
Probably brought up our bitches, I swear to God you n***as bitch-made (Wow)
Type of n***as trick on bitches, ain't even got they rent paid
They ball up they forehead, they be mad as fuck when I get back
[Chorus: Z-Ro]
Thanks for the loan, but now I'm rich, I'ma payback (Now I'm rich, I'ma)
And I ain't forget about that ho-ass shit, I'ma payback (Ho-ass shit, I'ma)
Hurt so bad every night and day, but now we get the payback
Every time I wake up, ooh (That's right, payback)

[Verse 2: Kook]
I advise you hatin' suckers to stay back (Stay back)
Killa klan, we be One Deep, we don't play that (We don't play that)
You gon' do what to who? Why would you say that?
Payback could be where you stand, that's where you lay at (That's where you lay at)
Everybody always got somethin' to say about us (Say about us)
But they can say what they want, I ain't gon' play about us (Play about us, uh-uh)
Plottin' on a player downfall, but mess around and a n***a fuck around and down y'all (Down all of y'all)
See, karma is a little bit like payback
She gon' get you, n***a, even if it's from way back (Uh)
Yeah, you robbed him and they caught you years later
And they beat you and they stripped you, dropped you off and you can't find your way back (Way back)
I'ma get my lick back for sure
Really the only time in my life that I can say that I owe (Say that I owe)
Because I owe it to myself and I owe you an ass whoopin'
That's the only "owe a n***a" that I know
I don't owe you n***as shit, I'm in my bag, bitch

[Chorus: Z-Ro]
Thanks for the loan, but now I'm rich, I'ma payback (Now I'm rich, I'ma)
And I ain't forget about that ho-ass shit, I'ma payback (Ho-ass shit, I'ma)
Hurt so bad every night and day, but now we get the payback
Every time I wake up, ooh (That's right, payback, uh)
[Outro]
The payback
Payback
Payback