"Just Got Paid" is a 1988 single by Bahamian R&B singer–songwriter Johnny Kemp.

The song started as an instrumental track by Teddy Riley intended for Keith Sweat's 1987 debut Make It Last Forever,[3] but Sweat ultimately passed on the song.

[3] Kemp then recorded a demo of the song, intending for it to be used by another singer; his scratch vocal ended up on the final release.

1 on the U.S. R&B and Dance charts and reached No.

[4][5] "Just Got Paid" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989, losing to Anita Baker's "Giving You the Best That I Got".