Robocop – English Lyrics

• By: Kanye West

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kanye West's "Robocop," a captivating track from his groundbreaking *808s & Heartbreak* album. This song offers a unique blend of orchestral production and Auto-Tuned vocals, providing a rich sonic landscape for exploring themes of control and distrust in relationships. By engaging with its poignant lyrics and innovative sound, users can gain insights into emotional vulnerability and the complexities of human connection, making it an excellent piece to understand contemporary English expression in music.

[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 - most bad; worst in behavior or quality
drama ˈdrɑːmə A1	noun - a serious play for theater, television, or radio
queen kwiːn A1	noun - a female ruler of a kingdom
patrol pəˈtroʊl A2	verb - to keep watch over an area by regularly walking or traveling through it
parole pəˈroʊl B1	noun - the conditional release of a prisoner before the end of their sentence
Robocop ˈroʊboʊkɒp A2	noun - a fictional cybernetic policeman from a movie
history ˈhɪstəri A1	noun - the study of past events, particularly in human affairs
Misery ˈmɪzəri A2	noun - a state of extreme unhappiness
degree dɪˈɡriː A2	noun - a step or stage in a process or scale
crazy ˈkreɪzi A1	adjective - mentally deranged; extremely foolish
turn tɜːrn A1	verb - to change direction or position
spoiled spɔɪld A2	adjective - overindulged and therefore poorly disciplined
joking ˈdʒoʊkɪŋ A1	verb - to say something funny or playful not meant to be taken seriously
smoking ˈsmoʊkɪŋ A1	verb - to inhale and exhale smoke from a cigarette or other substance

Key Grammar Structures

• Who knew she was a drama queen

  ➔ interrogative pronoun as subject (who) in a past‑simple question

  ➔ The word "who" functions as the subject of the verb "knew", so no auxiliary verb is needed.

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

  ➔ modal verb "would" (contracted) in a conditional clause

  ➔ "That'd" = "that would" shows a hypothetical result; the clause is not certain.

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

  ➔ negative modal "need to" for lack of necessity

  ➔ "don't need to" means there is no requirement for her to do it.

• You will never stop it now

  ➔ future simple (will + base verb) for a firm prediction

  ➔ "will never stop" uses "will" to show a definite future action that will not happen.

• When did you become a Robocop?

  ➔ question formation with auxiliary "did" in the past simple

  ➔ "did" is placed before the subject "you" to form a past‑tense question.

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

  ➔ reported speech with backshifting and colloquial contraction "ain't"

  ➔ "She said" introduces reported speech; "ain't" replaces "is not" and the verb stays in base form "take".

• Now that you know

  ➔ conjunction "now that" introducing a causal subordinate clause

  ➔ "Now that" means "because now you have this information", linking cause and result.

• So I could never be your robot

  ➔ modal "could" for an unreal possibility in a conditional meaning

  ➔ "could" expresses that, under the imagined condition, becoming a robot is impossible.