Who's buyin drinks? Little jam about payin the drink bill

Paga La Cuenta Sinverguenza - Manuel Samaniego

Alcoholism exists all over the globe for a lot of reasons, no? Other species get what the Irish call "The Thirst," as shown in the BBC segment on boozy monkeys. Then, we also see higher rates of alcoholism on low-income communities.

It's kind of a grim subject to breach on an otherwise light-hearted blog, but the drink often gets weaved into Peruvian music because it's a big part of chillin culture. Like I brought up in this piece, chicha music gets its name from the low strength, Incan corn beer that costs maybe $.13 American dolores. It's common to go through maybe 8-10 of these 16-20oz jars before wrapping up for the night and walking a surprisingly straight line back to wherever you're staying.

This song I came across at the "black market" near the bus station in Cuzco. I kinda also figured out the slang term for cash-money, which is plata. They're telling their friend to pay the chicha bill if he has money, ("Si tienes plata"), but he doesn't. It's always the question of the night and this song, with initial boozy banter over the start. Cop it!