Break The Rules – English Lyrics

• By: B.o.B
• Album: E.A.R.T.H Mixtape

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into B.o.B's "Break The Rules" to explore English through a lens of rebellion and self-expression. This song is special for its powerful message of challenging norms and its rich, thought-provoking vocabulary that encourages critical thinking and linguistic expansion.

[English]

How you doing sir?

Hey how you doing?

Good. Real quick man, reason why I stopped you, you know it's a 55, you're doing 91

Uh, I-

What's the hurry man?

I'm taking my girl out on a date tonight

You don't got any more marijuana in the car do you?

Nah

No, you smoke it all?

Yup

Alright, what I'm gonna get you to do, is just uh, don't- don't touch that gun, alright man?

Alright

Will you just step on out here real quick with me, okay?

Alright

I don't make the rules

I just break the rules

Best stay in tune

Cause I'm breaking news

I pay my dues

I done paid my dues

Can't tell me shit

Don't know you dudes

I'm so Un-Traditional, you so regular, you so basic, you so unoriginal

Not a second go by that I'm not offending you

They say "Bob ain't Hip-Hop" I don't know why, I guess it must be the stage name

Now put me on the track with any M.C., motherfucker know you better bring your A-Game

And they say I need to clean my lyrics, to a child it sounds suggestive

Okay, I do that when the fucking government stops harbouring child molestors

In a time when you could be face down arrested, and get shot if you sound aggressive

And here I go

Trying to break through to the troubled youth but I guess I can't cause your child was sheltered

How protective is too protective

How neglected is too neglected

How every year it's a new Flu Epidemic

How every year it's a new terrorist group with nuclear weapons

Can't be coincidental, orchestrated like an instrumental

If you use your mental, life ain't complicated, this shit is usually simple

I don't make the rules

I just break the rules

Best stay in tune

Cause I'm breaking news

I pay my dues

I done paid my dues

Can't tell me shit

Don't know you dudes

Owe you shit? I don't owe you shit

And you know that shit, and you know that shit

I won't Coexist with no bogus bitch

Poof, be gone, Hocus Pocus bitch

Got no time for clown ass niggas

[?] full of gossip niggas

Word on the street, you a bottom nigga

Old private party illuminati member

Bobby don't give no fucks, oh no

Talk all that shit on the photo, Top all that shit on the timeline

When they see me they still want a photo

I call that free promo

This shit is amazing, this is the awakening

History in the making

They want me to behave but I can't cause I can not be bought

There is not a journey that can not be sought

I plan to embark

Is there light at the end of the ship (?)

How can we evolve?

A nation of children that can not be taught

They say this shit is just cannabis talk, but without it my thoughts are just crammed in a vault

I don't make the rules

I just break the rules

Best stay in tune

Cause I'm breaking news

I pay my dues

I done paid my dues

Can't tell me shit

Don't know you dude

No ticket?

Nope

Aw

Praise the lord!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces suddenly or forcibly verb - to violate a rule or law
rule /ruːl/ A1	noun - a statement that tells people what they should do
pay /peɪ/ A1	verb - to give money for goods or services
traditional /trəˈdɪʃənl/ B1	adjective - following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued over time
basic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ A2	adjective - forming the main part of something
original /əˈrɪdʒənl/ A2	adjective - not copied from someone else
offend /əˈfend/ B1	verb - to make someone upset or angry
suggestive /səˈdʒɛstɪv/ B2	adjective - suggesting an idea or thought, especially something bad or sexual
harbor /ˈhɑːrbər/ B1	verb - to give shelter or protection to someone
coincidental /ˌkoʊɪnˈsɪdɛntl/ C1	adjective - happening by chance at the same time
orchestrated /ˈɔːrkəstreɪtɪd/ C1	adjective - carefully arranged or planned
embark /ɪmˈbɑːrk/ B2	verb - to begin a course of action
evolve /ɪˈvɑːlv/ B2	verb - to develop gradually
cannabis /ˈkænəbɪs/ B2	noun - a drug that comes from the hemp plant
awaken /əˈweɪkən/ B1	verb - to stop sleeping
behave /bɪˈheɪv/ A2	verb - to act in a particular way
embark /ɪmˈbɑːrk/ B2	verb - to board a ship or aircraft