Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
“Pay to Cum” was Bad Brain’s debut single, originally released in 1980, a year before it would appear on their their full-length self-titled album. The 7" single has since been reissued by Dischord Records.
The original 7" single sleeve
The song also gave its name to Pay To Cum 1979-1981, a compi...
[Verse 1]
I make decisions with precision
Lost inside this manned collision
Just to see that what to be is
Perfectly my fantasy
I came to know with now dismay
That in this world we all must pay
Pay to write, pay to play
Pay to cum, pay to fight
[Post-Verse 1]
And all in time, with just our minds
We soon will find what's left behind
[Verse 2]
Not long ago, when things were slow
We all got by with what we know
The end is near, hearts filled with fear
Don't want to listen to what they hear
And so it's now we choose to fight
To stick up for our bloody right
The right to ring, the right to dance
The right is ours, we'll take the chance
[Post-Verse 2]
At peace together, apiece apart
A piece of wisdom from our hearts
Pay to Cum was written by Bad Brains.
Pay to Cum was produced by Jimi Quidd.
About his incredibly fast and difficult bassline on “Pay to Cum,” Darryl Jenifer told Premiere Guitar,
Well it wasn’t that fast at first. It started very slow, but the times change. We’d play “Pay to Cum” at a show in the late ’70s and early ’80s, and the kids who thought we were playing fast would...