Rake It Up – English Lyrics

• By: Yo Gotti, Nicki Minaj
• Album: I Still Am

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Ear Drummers (30, you a fool for this one)

Aw, this the strip club anthem, nigga, what's up?

Young Money (yeah)

Me and Mike WiLL pull up to AOD back to back

Them AMG 63's (Mike WiLL Made-It, nigga)

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up, rake it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up)

I made love to a stripper (stripper), first I had to tip her

20,000 ones (woo), she said I'm that nigga (I am)

I said, "I'm that nigga, bitch, I already know it" (I know it)

I come with bad weather (ksh), they say I'm a storm (ayy)

VVS's in my charm, that's a Roc-A-Fella chain

I was sendin' bricks to Harlem back when Jay was still with Dame

I'm in Phillipe Chow (what?) I got a Patek on (okay)

Got a stripper with me, she picked up the check, home (phrrr)

She gon' fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

She don't need make-up (make-up)

She gon' rake it up, rake it up (rake it up)

She gon' tell a nigga pay up (pay up)

She said pay for the pussy, pay for the pussy (pay)

Wait for the pussy, wait for the pussy (wait)

Asked God to forgive me (why?)

'Cause I prayed for the pussy, prayed for the pussy

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up, rake it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (yo, yo)

Brought out the pink Lamborghini just to race with Chyna

Brought the Wraith to Chyna just to race in China

Lil' bad Trini bitch but she mixed with China

Real thick vagina, smuggle bricks to China (woo)

I say all my Nicki (yo), cut the check (cut the check)

Buss it down, turn your goofy down (down) pound

I'ma do splits on it, yes, splits on it (splits)

I'm a bad bitch, I'ma throw fits on it (fits)

I'ma bust it open! I'ma go stupid and be a ditz on it (ditz)

I don't date honey (no), cookie on tsunami (oh)

All my niggas wife me once they get that good punani (oh)

I think he need a Bonnie, I might just let him find me

Never trust a big butt and a smile, word to Ronnie

Re-rep Queens like Supreme, ask Webb and Nitti

A-ask Bimmy and Joe, nigga, run me my dough

Wr-wrist game is freezin' like it wait in the cold

Nickname is Nicki, but my name ain't Nicole (rrr)

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up, rake it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up)

Well, I'm the dough boy, the one they talking about

All these gossiping ass niggas got my name in they mouth

I know the bad bitches but know niggas who bitches too

They should bleed once a month 'cause that's what these bitches do You

A bitch and ya bitch should expose you

All that pillow talking nigga that's what the hoes do You a bitch

Word to my nigga, Short

We won't never write no statement, we ain't showing up in court

We don't do no gossiping, we don't do no arguing

We don't beef on social sites, we just hit our target

We don't do no rumors, we don't don't pay no shooters (brrr)

You a little bitty bitch, you should work at Hooters (yo)

You a old hater, you a fucking cougar

You a bitch and he a bitch and y'all like twin sisters

Respect ya hustle, get ya money, baby, win with us

Ya boyfriend acting like a bitch then why you still with him?

I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up, fuck it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up, rake it up)

Back it up, back it up (back it up, back it up)

I tell all my hoes (what?) "Rake it up (rake it, rake it)

Break it down (break it down), bag it up" (bag it up, bag it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Fuck it up, fuck it up (fuck it up)

Rake it up, rake it up (rake it up)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rake /reɪk/ B2	verb - To collect money aggressively (slang)
break /breɪk/ B1	verb - To separate into parts; dismantle
bag /bæɡ/ B2	verb - To secure money/profit (slang)
stripper /ˈstrɪpər/ C1	noun - A performer who removes clothing for entertainment
bitch /bɪtʃ/ C1	noun - Derogatory term for a woman (vulgar slang)
dough /doʊ/ B2	noun - Money (informal slang)
brick /brɪk/ C1	noun - Compressed kilo of drugs (slang)
thick /θɪk/ B1	adjective - Having a full, curvaceous body shape (slang)
nigga /ˈnɪɡə/ C2	noun - Controversial term among African Americans (highly contextual)
pussy /ˈpʊsi/ C2	noun - Vulgar term for female genitalia
splits /splɪts/ B2	noun - Gymnastic move where legs extend in opposite directions
gossip /ˈɡɒsɪp/ B1	verb - To talk about others' private lives
rumor /ˈruːmər/ B1	noun - Unverified information spread among people
fuck /fʌk/ C1	verb - To perform exceptionally well (vulgar slang)
back /bæk/ A2	verb - To move backwards
tip /tɪp/ B1	verb - To give money for service
hoes /hoʊz/ C2	noun - Derogatory term for promiscuous women (vulgar slang)
check /tʃek/ A2	noun - Payment document

Key Grammar Structures

• I tell all my hoes, "Rake it up, break it down, bag it up"

  ➔ Reporting verb + imperative clause

  ➔ The verb "tell" introduces a quoted imperative: "Rake it up…".

• I made love to a stripper, first I had to tip her

  ➔ Past simple + "had to" for past obligation

  ➔ The phrase "had to" shows a necessary action in the past.

• She don't need make‑up

  ➔ Present simple negative with "don't" (non‑standard for third‑person singular)

  ➔ "don't" is used here instead of the standard "doesn't".

• I was sendin' bricks to Harlem back when Jay was still with Dame

  ➔ Past continuous (was + –ing) for an ongoing past action

  ➔ "was sendin'" shows that the action was ongoing at that time.

• She gon' fuck it up, fuck it up

  ➔ Colloquial future using "gon'" = "going to"

  ➔ "gon'" is a slang contraction of "going to".

• We won't never write no statement, we ain't showing up in court

  ➔ Double negative (won't never, no) – non‑standard usage

  ➔ "won't never" and "no" create a double negative, which is informal and non‑standard.

• I say all my Nicki, cut the check

  ➔ Imperative verb after a reporting verb

  ➔ "cut" is an imperative command following the verb "say".

• We don't do no rumors, we don't don't pay no shooters

  ➔ Double negative with "don't ... no" – informal, non‑standard

  ➔ "don't ... no" creates a double negative, which is colloquial and non‑standard.