RMB (Ring My Bell) – English Lyrics

• By: Aitch

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of UK Rap with Aitch! This song is a fantastic way to pick up contemporary British slang, colloquialisms, and the fast-paced lyrical flow that defines the modern Manchester music scene.

[English]

You can ring my bell.

You can ring my bell.

You can ring

>> [music]

>> She like to pick and choose. New purses,

different shoes. New purchase, different

dudes. Who's next in the kissing [music]

booth? She a lot, fit and rude. Guy box,

stick and move. On the top, lips [music]

and boobs. Bottom half got different

views.

She likes a man with cash, man with

class, Daniel's Jack. New black card

with some standard tax, though I can't

wait to get hands [music] on that. Okay.

Options. Not one man, she got options.

But I ain't insecure, baby, give me

more. Ring my bell with no problems.

>> [music]

[singing]

>> Plenty more fish in the sea. Caught one,

no more fishing for me. Thought to a

phone, [music] ain't sticking to me.

I don't think this one's fishing

for free. She only posts in the club or

the plane. Location, what city she be?

Selfie mode, girl stuck in the frame.

[music] Shame, she don't want a picture

with me. Don't play with her time. Turn

up late, got to pay you a fine. Drinks

on the house, don't pay for a wine.

>> [music]

>> Rebuy about waiting the line. Yeah.

Rings, blacks, hell, she make it flings

back. Well, I'm trying to kiss and tell.

She told me ring my

>> You can ring my

>> [music]

>> You can

ring my bell.

>> [music]

>> You can

ring my bell.

You can ring my bell. You can ring my

bell. Ring my bell.

You can ring my bell [music] anytime,

anywhere.

>> Rings, blacks, hell, she make it flings

back. Well, I'm trying to kiss and

>> You can ring my bell.

>> [music]

>> Ring my bell. You can ring my bell.

You can ring my

>> [music]

>> bell.

Ring my bell. You [music] can ring my

bell.

You can ring my bell.

>> [music]

>> You can ring my bell.

>> [singing]

>> Ring my bell.

You can ring my bell.

>> [singing]

>> Ring my bell.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
purse /pɜːrs/ A2	noun - A small bag for carrying money and personal items
purchase /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/ B1	noun - An item that has been bought
rude /ruːd/ B1	adjective - Offensively impolite or ill-mannered
insecure /ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊr/ B2	adjective - Uncertain or anxious about oneself
options /ˈɒpʃənz/ B1	noun - Choices or alternatives
shame /ʃeɪm/ B1	noun - A painful feeling of humiliation or distress
fine /faɪn/ A2	noun - A sum of money exacted as a penalty
rebuy /ˌriːˈbaɪ/ B2	verb - To buy something again
location /loʊˈkeɪʃən/ A1	noun - A particular place or position
standard /ˈstændərd/ A2	adjective - Used or accepted as normal or average

Key Grammar Structures

• She like to pick and choose.

  ➔ AAVE/Colloquial Third-Person Singular

  ➔ In standard English, it should be 'She likeS'. Here, Aitch uses the AAVE (African American Vernacular English) style, often found in hip-hop, where the 's' is dropped.

• Who's next in the kissing booth?

  ➔ Contraction of 'Who is'

  ➔ The "'s" acts as the verb 'is' for the question structure.

• But I ain't insecure, baby, give me more.

  ➔ AAVE 'ain't' as a negative auxiliary

  ➔ 'Ain't' is used here as a contraction for 'am not'.

• Caught one, no more fishing for me.

  ➔ Elliptical clause (Subject omission)

  ➔ The speaker omits 'I have' before 'caught'. It is common in informal speech.

• Location, what city she be?

  ➔ Habitual 'be' (AAVE)

  ➔ In AAVE, 'she be' is used to denote an ongoing or habitual state, rather than just 'she is'.

• Turn up late, got to pay you a fine.

  ➔ Imperative / Conditional implication

  ➔ This acts as a conditional: '[If I] turn up late, [I have] got to pay...'

• She make it flings back.

  ➔ Causative structure

  ➔ The structure 'make it [do something]' is used to describe causing an action to happen.

• I'm trying to kiss and tell.

  ➔ Present Continuous for intention

  ➔ Using 'I'm trying to' expresses an active effort or intent to perform the action.