Paycheck, check, check, check, check Well it's another one Me just get mi paycheck, and me a wait fi the other one Versatile, Agent Sasco Hear me nuh, woii Hand to mouth As me get the money, it done! And it feel like next month end nah go come As me get the money, it done, it done, it done, it done Hand to mouth Me get pay pon Friday And by Saturday it's like me don't know where that deh But no feel say me squander mi money Me work too hard fi it fi take it and dash 'way A long time me no save Gone are the days when me coulda have a thing stash 'way Me lose big outta track Monday, so me nah go back deh Me haffi try something else Get mi pay, me pray fi Jah bless it All kinda way me try stretch it Me try pick three, but me never yet catch it All the lotto, me haffi lef' it And I don't waan break the law One of mi friend tell me fi try partner But, the same week when me get mi draw Mi hand gone back a mi jaw Hand to mouth As me get the money, it done! And it feel like next month end nah go come As me get the money, it done, it done, it done, it done Hand to mouth Last night was a fault night And likkle more so, you hear say me and the boss fight About six week wages him owe me and come a tell man story But story can't put food pon mi table Story can't put on back mi cable So, bossman keep your fable You know say mi life unstable Hear me nuh Me owe one months rent and me haffi pay half Me couldn't pay light so that haffi stay off Me have whole heap more bills fi clear off The six week thing just throw me way off Lord, me pray me no get laid off (woii) 'Cause if me get laid off me coulda try theif And end up inna prison like Bernard Madoff Hand to mouth As me get the money, it done! And it feel like next month end nah go come As me get the money, it done, it done, it done, it done Hand to mouth Granny say: How water walk go a pumpkin But, me waan ask you something A weh the money walk gone when a month end? Me waan some tire and me waan fix mi front end Water commission dem take me fi fool How mi bill heavy so and me nuh have pool? Lord, between this and the light bill, the youth dem cyan go a school Hand to mouth As me get the money, it done! And it feel like next month end nah go come As me get the money, it done, it done, it done, it done Hand to mouth As me get the money, it done! And it feel like next month end nah go come As me get the money, it done, it done, it done, it done Hand to mouth