Wrist To Work – English Lyrics

• By: Kevin Gates, PK
• Album: In The Meantime

Lyrics & Translation

"Wrist To Work" by Kevin Gates featuring PK offers an unfiltered glimpse into the linguistic landscape of street-level hip-hop. Through its vivid storytelling and authentic slang, listeners can explore the gritty realities and the resilient mindset often depicted in this genre, providing a unique window into a specific cultural context and its linguistic expressions that encourage users to learn the language of the song.

[English]

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

You think I'm slippin', try to rip me, bet my pistol work.

Red bone in the backseat, I'm being chauffeured by Johnny

On the movie reel is a time to kill, but I'm steady strokin' on monkey

And I swear to God I kick her out the car, I smell my hand and it's funky

My trap house sits on the street, you can come and see if it's bumping

I can hit the mall for a deal, sneak, take a bitch to eat in Donkville

Hit Walmart, buy house slippers, come back, the bitch still jumpin'

I'm talking going pogo, hold on, I don't do no pogo

I'm too fresh to be jumpin' up and down, rockin' all of this Polo

Women playin' Marco Polo, I ain't even worth the mojo

Ask them why they go loco, find it sexy when I'm solo

Almost Sky-Dweller, go to Hell, in a duplex to the right

She can whip around on that, go get me some shit to light

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

You think I'm slippin', try to rip me, bet my pistol work!

(PK) I don't give a fuck and I think nothing doing the same

Click house on flame, but it ain't in my name

A couple grand is pocket change

I put that on your brain

My swag like cocaine

I put that in your veins

Shit your girl on my dick, say she wanna be for me now

But I got a girl that I love, her name Ina

And every time I dream of, bu-ku cocaína

A bitch call my phone, wake me up and fuck my dream up, wait it's a sale

Calling on my cell, my shit be blowing up

It be too hard to tell, me and Cheef be smokin' purple

It ain't too hard to smell, my dope be coming thick

It ain't too hard to sell. Alright.

White tail, red nose, she a reindeer (What that is?)

Powder sniffers, still a reindeer.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I just fell back in my section with a Mexican supply.

Take a good look at this counter, all this white shit 'bout to fly.

Fresh up out the power, lock it, probably go before it dry.

Niggas stoppin' by to buy, got Port Allen on my line.

In the middle of December, Block be clickin' like July.

They say my shit killin' people and I'm helpin' people die.

Those who choose to use it, use it, I just happen to supply.

Don't encourage marijuana, I just happen to get high.

Smart, very smart, he made me smart before he died.

Still way if they be ugly, suckin', fuckin' entertainers.

Seein' nothing as payment, all she want was entertainment.

Grindin' fiendin' to eat it, make the wrist whip a Mercedes.

White tail, red nose, she a reindeer (What that is?)

Powder sniffers, still a reindeer.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work.

You think I'm slippin', try to rip me, bet my pistol burn!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wrist /rɪst/ B1	noun - the joint connecting the hand to the forearm
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃən/ A1	noun - room where food is prepared and cooked
pistol /ˈpɪstəl/ B1	noun - a small handheld firearm
trap /træp/ B2	noun - a device or place designed to catch or hold something verb - to catch or ensnare
cocaine /ˈkoʊkeɪn/ C1	noun - a powerful stimulant drug made from coca leaves
marijuana /ˌmærɪˈwɑːnə/ C1	noun - the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant used as a drug
dope /doʊp/ B2	noun - slang for illegal drugs, especially marijuana adjective - excellent, cool (slang)
whip /wɪp/ B2	noun - slang for a car, especially a luxury vehicle verb - to beat or strike with a whip
Mercedes /mɚˈseɪdiːz/ C1	noun - brand of luxury automobiles from Germany
kill /kɪl/ B1	verb - to cause the death of a person or animal
sell /sɛl/ A2	verb - to give something to someone in exchange for money
solo /ˈsoʊloʊ/ B1	adjective - performed alone; not accompanied noun - a piece performed by a single performer
fresh /frɛʃ/ A2	adjective - new, recently made or obtained; not stale
slip /slɪp/ A2	verb - to slide unintentionally for a short distance noun - a small mistake or a brief loss of balance
rip /rɪp/ A2	verb - to tear or cut apart quickly noun - a tear or cut; also slang for a great performance
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B2	verb - to crush or reduce to small particles by friction noun - hard, continuous work or effort
flame /fleɪm/ A2	noun - the visible, gaseous part of a fire
swag /swæɡ/ C1	noun - stylish confidence or coolness; also promotional merchandise

Key Grammar Structures

• I swear to God, I'm in the kitchen, put my wrist to work

  ➔ Present Simple (contraction) + Imperative

  ➔ The word "I'm" is a contraction of "I am" used in the present simple. "put my wrist to work" is an imperative verb directing action.

• You think I'm slippin', try to rip me, bet my pistol work.

  ➔ Present Simple + Informal "bet" (that) clause

  ➔ The speaker uses "think" in the present simple. "bet" functions as an informal way of saying "I bet that my pistol works".

• Red bone in the backseat, I'm being chauffeured by Johnny

  ➔ Passive Voice (present continuous)

  ➔ "I'm being chauffeured" uses the passive form of the verb "to chauffeur" in the present continuous tense.

• On the movie reel is a time to kill, but I'm steady strokin' on monkey

  ➔ Inversion + Present Continuous

  ➔ The clause "On the movie reel is a time to kill" places the prepositional phrase before the verb (inversion). "I'm steady strokin'" is present continuous.

• I can hit the mall for a deal, sneak, take a bitch to eat in Donkville

  ➔ Modal verb + Bare infinitive

  ➔ "can" is a modal verb followed directly by the base form "hit" (bare infinitive). The same pattern applies to "sneak" and "take".

• I don't do no pogo

  ➔ Double Negative

  ➔ "don't" and "no" are both negative particles, creating a double negative.

• She can whip around on that, go get me some **shit** to light

  ➔ Modal verb + Bare infinitive + Causative construction

  ➔ "can" is a modal verb followed by the base verb "whip". The phrase "go get me" uses the bare infinitive "go" followed by another infinitive "get" to express a request.

• A couple grand is pocket change

  ➔ Subject‑Verb Agreement with Collective Noun

  ➔ "A couple grand" is treated as a singular amount, so the verb "is" is singular.

• They say my shit killin' people and I'm helpin' people die.

  ➔ Reported Speech + Gerund as object

  ➔ "They say" introduces reported speech. The verbs "killin'" and "helpin'" are gerunds functioning as objects of "say".