Ratchet – English Lyrics

• By: Machine Gun Kelly, Ray Jr., Dub-O, Tezo, Pooh Gutta
• Album: Bitch I'm From Cleveland 3

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Uh, this one's for the ratchet

Yeah

All my bitches ratchet

Ratchet

Cleveland weekend

Ratchet

Guess he did

Yeah

Act like you don't know what I need, bitch

Hennessy and this weed, bitch

Act like I'm the police, bitch

Drop down on your knees

Act like you don't know what I said, bitch

Ass up with your legs split

Dick all in your mouth, talking bout

I don't used to give head, bitch

Girl, you know you be poppin' it

Don't act like you ain't ratchet

Pause, I make her pass it, my nigga hit

Cause he ratchet

Don't make me go get that

Ratchet, I'ma turn shit up and get ratchet

Never seen a ratchet get right

But I done seen these white chicks get ratchet

I need a ratchet bitch

I want a ratchet bitch

I want a ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my ratchet bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my niggas from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

You know we keep that ratchet

All my ratchet bitches get low

All my ratchet bitches get low

We smashin' bitches then trashin' bitches

Passin' bitches D-Rose

I fuck Keisha

I fuck Keisha

I fuck Tya

I fuck U.B.I., I always friends

I just get my roll on

Roll on

Get it, get it, get it

I just fucked my whole section

My nephew, my son, nigga, my step sisters started stripping

Held that bitch, I want my funds

C'mon, all I know is get ratchet, ratchet

All these hoes wanna get ratchet

Throwing all this cash

I just flood the stage like Magic

Screamin' Cleveland, Cleveland

In the club with my niggas, I'm Cleveland

Rolling grass, you snitch on my niggas

In the city, I'm that nigga

In the city, I'm that nigga

I fuck him, pop him, fuck her, fuck her

Now tell me who that nigga

I want a ratchet bitch

I want a ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

I love a ratchet bitch

Ratchet bitch

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my ratchet bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my niggas from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

You know we keep that ratchet

All my ratchet bitches get low

All my ratchet bitches get low

We smashin' bitches then trashin' bitches

Passin' bitches D-Rose

I fuck Keisha

I fuck Keisha

I fuck Tya

I fuck U.B.I., I always friends

I just get my roll on

Roll on

Get it, get it, get it

I just fucked my whole section

My nephew, my son, nigga, I ain't my step sisters started stripping

Held that bitch, I want my funds

C'mon, all I know is get ratchet, ratchet

All these hoes wanna get ratchet

Throwing all this cash

I just flood the stage like Magic

Screamin' Cleveland, Cleveland

In the club with my niggas, I'm Cleveland

Rolling grass, you snitch on my niggas

In the city, I'm that nigga

In the city, I'm that nigga

I fuck him, pop him, fuck her, fuck her

Now tell me who that nigga

Ah, this one's for the ratchet

Yeah

All my bitches ratchet

Ratchet

Cleveland weekend

Ratchet

Bitch, I'm from Cleveland

You know we keep that ratchet

Ah, this one's for the ratchet

Yeah

All my bitches ratchet

Ratchet

Cleveland weekend

Ratchet

Bitch, I'm from Cleveland

You know we keep that ratchet

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

All my bitches from Cleveland

You know we keep that ratchet

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ratchet /ˈrætʃɪt/ B2	adjective - uncouth, vulgar, or lacking in class noun - a person who behaves in a vulgar or uncouth manner
bitch /bɪtʃ/ B1	noun - offensive term for a woman, often used in a derogatory manner
smash /smæʃ/ A2	verb - to break something into pieces with a loud noise
trash /træʃ/ A1	noun - worthless or discarded material verb - to discard as worthless
pop /pɒp/ A2	verb - to make a short, sharp sound
strip /strɪp/ A2	verb - to remove clothing or covering
fund /fʌnd/ B1	noun - a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose
flood /flʌd/ A2	verb - to cover or submerge with water
roll /rəʊl/ A1	verb - to move in a circular motion
section /ˈsɛkʃən/ A2	noun - a part of something that is distinct from other parts
nephew /ˈnɛfjuː/ A1	noun - the son of one's brother or sister
cleveland /ˈkliːvlənd/ A1	noun - a city in Ohio, United States
weed /wiːd/ A2	noun - a wild plant growing where it is not wanted
cash /kæʃ/ A1	noun - money in the form of coins or banknotes
stage /steɪdʒ/ A1	noun - a raised platform used by performers
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ A1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces

Key Grammar Structures

• Act like you don't know what I need, bitch

  ➔ Imperative sentence with "like" + clause (comparison)

  ➔ The word "like" introduces a comparison, meaning "as if". Here it asks the listener to behave "as if" they don’t know what I need.

• Don't make me go get that, ratchet

  ➔ "make" + object + bare infinitive + infinitive phrase (causative construction)

  ➔ The verb "make" forces the object "me" to perform the action "go get that". The second verb "go" is a bare infinitive, followed by another infinitive phrase "get that".

• All my bitches from Cleveland

  ➔ Simple present with elliptical verb "are" omitted (zero copula)

  ➔ The verb "are" is left out, a common colloquial style: "All my bitches (are) from Cleveland".

• I want a ratchet bitch

  ➔ Verb "want" + indefinite article + noun phrase (direct object)

  ➔ "want" takes a direct object. Here the object is the noun phrase "a ratchet bitch".

• Now tell me who that nigga

  ➔ Imperative + embedded wh‑clause (indirect question) without auxiliary "do"

  ➔ The speaker commands "tell me" and follows it with an embedded question "who that nigga". In colloquial speech the auxiliary "do" is dropped (instead of "who *does* that nigga" or "who that nigga is").

• C'mon, all I know is get ratchet

  ➔ Clause "all I know is" + bare infinitive (subject complement)

  ➔ "All I know" is the subject clause, and it is followed by the bare infinitive "get ratchet" which functions as the complement describing what the speaker knows.

• We smashin' bitches then trashin' bitches

  ➔ Progressive meaning with present participles "smashin'"/"trashin'" without auxiliary "are" (colloquial drop)

  ➔ In informal speech the auxiliary "are" is often dropped, so "We smashin'..." means "We are smashin'...". The same applies to "trashin'".

• I just flood the stage like Magic

  ➔ "like" used as a preposition for comparison (simile)

  ➔ The preposition "like" introduces a comparison, meaning "in the same way as". Here it likens the speaker’s action to the magician’s performance.

• I fuck Keisha

  ➔ Simple present transitive verb without object pronoun (subject‑verb‑object)

  ➔ "fuck" is a transitive verb here; the direct object is the proper name "Keisha". The sentence follows the basic S‑V‑O order.