RoboCop – English Lyrics

• By: Kanye West
• Album: 808s & Heartbreak

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the evolution of modern pop songwriting with 'RoboCop.' This track is a masterclass in using metaphors to express complex heartbreak, offering listeners a unique opportunity to study how West blends colloquial American English with vivid, tech-inspired imagery.

[English]

'Bout the baddest girl I ever seen

Straight up out a movie scene

Who knew she was a drama queen

That'd turn my life to Stephen King's?

Up late night like she on patrol

Checking everything like I'm on parole

I told her there's some things she don't need to know

She never let it go, oh

Okay, okay, okay, okay

You will never stop it now

You never stop it now

Okay, okay, okay

You will never stop it now

You need to drop it now

Drop it, drop it

'Cause I don't want no Robocop

You moving like a Robocop

When did you become a Robocop?

Now I don't need no Robocop

Just looking at your history

You like the girl from Misery

She said she ain't take it to this degree

Well, let's agree to disagree

Shorty kind of crazy but it turn me on

Keep it up enough to keep it goin' on

I told her there's some things she don't need to know

She never let it go, oh

Okay, okay, okay, okay

You will never stop it now

You never stop it now

Okay, okay, okay

You will never stop it now

You need to drop it now

Drop it, drop it

'Cause I don't want no Robocop

You moving like a Robocop

When did you become a Robocop?

Somebody please make her stop

Stop, drop, roll, pop

B- I'm cold, I

Ain't used to being told, "Stop"

So I could never be your robot

Fast or slow, you can stay, you can go

Now, now that you know

Now, now that you know

Yeah, I had her before but that happened before

You get mad when you know

So just don't ask me no more

Okay, okay, okay, uh, uh

It ain't okay, okay, okay, uh

...

You spoiled little L.A. girl

You're just an L.A. girl

You spoiled little L.A. girl

You're just and L.A. girl

...

You spoiled little L.A. girl

You're just an L.A. girl (you need to stop it now)

You spoiled little L.A. girl

You're just an L.A. girl (you need to stop it now)

Oh, you're kidding me

You must be joking

Or you are smoking

Oh, oh, you're kidding me

Oh, you're kidding me

Haha, that was a good one

Your first good one in a while

Your first good one in a while

You need to stop it now

You need to stop it now

Oh, you need to stop it now

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
baddest /ˈbædɪst/ A2	adjective - In slang, the best, most attractive, or most impressive.
drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ B1	noun - An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.
patrol /pəˈtroʊl/ B2	noun - The action of monitoring an area at regular intervals.
parole /pəˈroʊl/ C1	noun - The release of a prisoner temporarily or permanently before the completion of a sentence.
history /ˈhɪstəri/ A2	noun - The past events connected with someone or something.
degree /dɪˈɡriː/ A2	noun - The extent or intensity of something.
agree /əˈɡriː/ A2	verb - To have the same opinion about something.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - Mentally deranged or extremely foolish/unpredictable.
robot /ˈroʊbɒt/ A2	noun - A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.
spoiled /spɔɪld/ B2	adjective - Harm the character of someone by being too lenient or indulgent.
joking /ˈdʒoʊkɪŋ/ A2	verb - To make jokes or tell funny stories.
smoking /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ A1	verb - To inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or a drug.

Key Grammar Structures

• 'Bout the baddest girl I ever seen

  ➔ Present perfect tense with superlative adjective

  ➔ Using "ever seen" (have ever seen) after a superlative ("baddest") to describe a life experience.

• That'd turn my life to Stephen King's?

  ➔ Second Conditional (would + verb)

  ➔ The contraction "'d" stands for "would," indicating a hypothetical or future-in-the-past outcome.

• She said she ain't take it to this degree

  ➔ Non-standard usage of 'ain't' for did not / has not

  ➔ In African American Vernacular English (AAVE), "ain't" is used as a versatile negative marker.

• I told her there's some things she don't need to know

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun (that)

  ➔ The full phrase is "some things (that) she don't need to know"; "that" is often omitted in informal English.

• I had her before but that happened before

  ➔ Simple Past tense for completed actions

  ➔ Used "had" and "happened" to refer to events fixed in a time period before now.

• You must be joking

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction (must + be)

  ➔ Here, "must be" expresses a strong logical conclusion or certainty based on the speaker's perspective.