“PAY BACK” serves as the triumphant opening to Timaya’s album, Gladiator. This song is an unapologetic, celebratory anthem, and it immediately sets a tone of victory and resilience.
“PAY BACK” is highly autobiographical, with Timaya reflecting on his humble beginnings and boldly confronting past hurdles and rejections. He asserts his superstar status and the successful outcome of his unwavering hustle, boasting about those who doubted him now having to witness his success.
The song is pure vindication wrapped in an infectious, high-energy package, making it an immediate declaration of triumph and a powerful opener for the Gladiator project.
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Back then when we broke Gad damn
We don't have to pay back
Back then when life bin dey show me pepper
We don't have to pay back
I bought all the places wey dey tell me no
I fuck all the ladies wey dey tell me no
Back inna the days, they say we no go blow
We no only blow, now we don explode
Now my guys now chop chicken and chips
Back then we know, na plantain and beans
Everybody know as e dey go
No be say Papi Chulo wanna show
Back then when we broke Gad damn
We don't have to pay back
Back then when life bin dey show me pepper
We don't have to pay back
Me I'm a freeman now like Nelson Mandela
When me come around the girls dem admire
Dem know say the boy can't expire
Ta ta ta ta, ta ta ta ta ta ta
Tell them now, it's payback
Tell them now
Tell them now, it's payback
Tell them now
Tell them now, it's payback
Tell them now
Tell them now, it's payback
Tell them now
Back then when we broke Gad damn
We don't have to pay back
Back then when life bin dey show me pepper
We don't have to pay back
I bought all the places wey dey tell me no
I fuck all the ladies wey dey tell me no
Back inna the days, they say we no go blow
We no only blow, now we don explode
Now my guys now chop chicken and chips
Back then we know, na plantain and beans
Everybody know as e dey go
No be say Papi Chulo wanna show
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