Rat In Mi Kitchen Lyrics
There`s a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna go?
I`m gonna fix that rat thats what I`m gonna do,
I`m gonna fix that rat.
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I`m gonna pull you up
I`m gonna check-out inside your brain
You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust
Make me feel disgraced
And you just don`t give a damn
If I had my way
If I had my say
I`d like to see you hang

i think this song has influenced many chefs and cooks to be paranoid while in the kitchen.

hahahahaha yeah

whoa calm down man, it wasn't that funny.

Sounds more like a crap-talking co-worker....

Joking aside, UB40 is really one of a kind. Their live sound is incredible. I like how he relates a guy talking shit to a rat being in his kitchen and how he's gonna "fix" him. Clever way to write relatively threatening lyrics to an upbeat song.

Rat=Traitor I heard often it was about Thatcher.
Seems story is it got written due to there really being a rat in the kitchen, but the rest of the lyrics are about those in power at that time and the effect on people.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080211191449AA7jtb0

It was very popular song in the USSR in the late 80s and we were told 'Rat in mi kitchen' is about Radio bbc 3 (RAT) which sits on the kitchen table telling lies 24/7 to people all over the UK and the whole world. Now we can say the same about motherf***ing Russia Today (RT in mi kitchen) as of the other russian propaganda tv and radio stations.

I think it refers to a traitor, someone that broke your trust or maybe a spy...

Rat in the Kitchen was about scum MARGARET THATCHER and how she destroyed our Country. For Thatcher see Liz Truss she is trying to copy cat her and take the Country down. Also, the (English) Beat from Coventry wrote a song called Stand Down Margaret.

its actually about maggie thatcher