Rockstar – English Lyrics

• By: DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
• Album: BLAME IT ON BABY (DELUXE)

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the hard-hitting anthem “Rockstar” by DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, a track that blends hip-hop and trap to depict the artists' raw realities and rise to fame. Learn about the deeper meaning behind the lyrics, the creation of its unique guitar-driven beat, and the song’s impact during the Black Lives Matter movement. Discover how this chart-topping hit reflects on gun violence, personal trauma, and the artists' perspectives on their own success.

[English]

Woo, woo

I pull up like

How you pull up, Baby? How you pull up? (Oh, oh, oh)

How you pull up? I pull up (woo, Seth in the kitchen)

Let's go

Brand-new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car

With the pistol on my hip like I'm a cop (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Have you ever met a real nigga rockstar?

This ain't no guitar, bitch, this a Glock (woo)

My Glock told me to promise you gon' squeeze me (woo)

You better let me go the day you need me (woo)

Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin' (woo)

And if I ain't enough, go get the chop

It's safe to say I earned it

Ain't a nigga gave me nothin' (yeah, yeah, yeah)

I'm ready to hop out on a nigga, get to bustin'

Know you heard me say, "You play, you lay"

Don't make me push the button

Full of pain, dropped enough tears to fill up a fuckin' bucket

Goin' for buckets, I bought a chopper

I got a big drum, it hold a 100, ain't goin' for nothin'

I'm ready to air it out on all these niggas, I can see 'em runnin'

Just talked to my mama

She hit me on FaceTime just to check up on me and my brother

I'm really the baby, she know that her youngest son

Was always guaranteed to get the money (okay, let's go)

She know that her baby boy was always guaranteed to get the loot

She know what I do, she know 'fore I run from a nigga

I'ma pull it out and shoot (boom)

PTSD, I'm always waking up in cold sweats like I got the flu

My daughter a G

She saw me kill a nigga in front of her before the age of two

And I'll kill another nigga too

'Fore I let another nigga do somethin' to you

Long as you know that, don't let nobody tell you different

Daddy love you (yeah, yeah)

Let's go

Brand-new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car

With the pistol on my hip like I'm a cop (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Have you ever met a real nigga rockstar?

This ain't no guitar, bitch, this a Glock (woo)

My Glock told me to promise you gon' squeeze me (woo)

You better let me go the day you need me (woo)

Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin' (yeah)

And if I ain't enough, go get the chop (yeah, yeah)

Keep a Glocky when I ride in the Suburban

'Cause the codeine had a young nigga swervin'

I got the mop, watch me wash 'em like detergent

And I'm ballin', that's why it's diamonds on my jersey

Slide on opps' side and flip the block back, yeah, yeah

My junior popped him and left him lopsided, yeah, yeah

We spin his block, got the rebound, Dennis Rodman

You fool me one time, you can't cross me again

1200 horsepower, I get lost in the wind

If he talkin' on the yard, the pen' dogs'll take his chin

Maybach SUV for my refugees

Buy blocks in the hood, put money in the streets

I was solo when the opps caught me at the gas station

Had it on me, 30 thousand, thought it was my last day

But they ain't even want no smoke

If I had to choose it, murder what she wrote

Let's go

Brand-new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car

With the pistol on my hip like I'm a cop (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Have you ever met a real nigga rockstar?

This ain't no guitar, bitch, this a Glock (woo)

My Glock told me to promise you gon' squeeze me (woo)

You better let me go the day you need me (woo)

Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin' (woo)

And if I ain't enough, go get the chop

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pull /pʊl/ A2	verb - to move or bring something toward oneself
pistol /ˈpɪstəl/ B1	noun - a small firearm designed to be held in one hand
rockstar /ˈrɒkstɑːr/ B1	noun - a famous and successful musician, especially in rock music
Glock /ɡlɒk/ B2	noun - a brand of semi-automatic pistol
squeeze /skwiːz/ A2	verb - to press or apply force to something
bust /bʌst/ B1	verb - to break or cause to break suddenly verb - to shoot or fire a gun
chopper /ˈtʃɒpər/ B2	noun - a helicopter or a large knife
guarantee /ˌɡærənˈtiː/ B2	verb - to promise or assure something
loot /luːt/ B1	noun - money or valuables taken by force or stolen
PTSD /ˈpiː.tiː.ɛs.diː/ C1	noun - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental health condition triggered by a terrifying event
swervin /ˈswɜːrvɪn/ B1	verb - to turn or change direction suddenly
detergent /dɪˈtɜːrdʒənt/ B1	noun - a cleaning product used to remove dirt
rebound /riˈbaʊnd/ B2	noun - a recovery from a setback or failure
refugees /ˌrefjuˈdʒiːz/ B1	noun - people who have been forced to leave their country to escape war or persecution
solo /ˈsəʊləʊ/ A2	adjective - alone or without others

Key Grammar Structures

• Brand-new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car

  ➔ Adjective + Noun (collocation), Imperative

  ➔ The use of "brand-new" as an adjective modifying "Lamborghini" exemplifies a common adjective-noun collocation. "Fuck" is used in imperative to express a strong command/statement.

• Have you ever met a real nigga rockstar?

  ➔ Present Perfect, Rhetorical Question

  ➔ The phrase "Have you ever met" uses the present perfect tense to inquire about an experience up to the present. It functions as a rhetorical question, not expecting a literal answer.

• My Glock told me to promise you gon' squeeze me

  ➔ Indirect Speech, Future Tense (colloquial "gon'"), Pronoun usage (me)

  ➔ The phrase "told me to promise" suggests indirect speech. "Gon'" is a colloquial form of "going to", indicating future tense. The pronoun "me" is used as the indirect object.

• You better let me go the day you need me

  ➔ Conditional clause (implied), Verb tense agreement

  ➔ This sentence implies a conditional clause where the speaker's 'going' is determined by the day someone needs them. The verbs are in agreement for tense (present and future).

• Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin'

  ➔ Adverbial Clause of Time, Imperative, slang

  ➔ "Soon as" introduces an adverbial clause of time. "Get to bustin'" uses the imperative mood to command action, and "bustin'" is slang.

• And if I ain't enough, go get the chop

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Type 1), Imperative

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional clause expressing a real possibility. The main clause uses the imperative form "go get".

• Know you heard me say, "You play, you lay"

  ➔ Reported Speech, Direct quotation

  ➔ The sentence uses reported speech, presenting what the speaker said and includes a direct quotation, using quotation marks.

• Full of pain, dropped enough tears to fill up a fuckin' bucket

  ➔ Participial phrase, Infinitive clause (to fill up), Colloquial (fuckin')

  ➔ "Full of pain" is a participial phrase. "To fill up" is an infinitive clause. "Fuckin'" is colloquial for 'fucking'.

• I'm really the baby, she know that her youngest son was always guaranteed to get the money

  ➔ Emphasis with "really", Relative clause, Passive voice ("was guaranteed")

  ➔ The word "really" emphasizes the speaker's status. "That her youngest son" introduces a relative clause. "Was guaranteed" uses the passive voice.