Video Phone – English Lyrics

• By: Beyoncé, Lady Gaga
• Album: I Am... Sasha Fierce

Lyrics & Translation

Thinking of learning English? Why not start with the bold and empowering lyrics of 'Video Phone'? This collaboration between Beyoncé and Lady Gaga is not just a catchy tune, but a cultural snapshot of the late 2000s. Analyzing the direct and flirtatious language can be a fun way to pick up modern slang and expressions, all while enjoying a piece of pop music history.

[English]

Shawty, watcha name is?

(Uh, uh) Them hustlas keep on talkin'

(Uh, uh) They like the way I'm walkin'

(Uh, uh) You saying that you want me

So press record, I'll let you film me

On your video phone

Make a cameo

Take me on your video phone

I can handle you

Watch me on your video phone

On your video, video

If you want me you can watch me on your video phone

I love how you approach me

Fresh white, with your pants, hanging grown man low

Everythin' you sayin' soundin' good to me

Don't need me to convince me anymore

Swagger, it's right, one blade is tight

And I smell your cologne in the air

Baby, you doin' somethin' right

You just cancelled every other man here

You say you love my bag, and the color of my nails

You can see that I got it goin' on

I wanna make sure you remember me

So I'm gon' leave my number on your video phone

I got no time for frontin'

I know just what I'm wantin'

If it's gonna be you and me,

When I call it, better see me

On your video screen

(Uh, uh) Them hustlas keep on talkin'

(Uh, uh) They like the way I'm walkin'

(Uh, uh) You saying that you want me

So press record, I'll let you film me

On your video phone

Make a cameo

Take me on your video phone

I can handle you

Watch me on your video phone

On your video, video

If you want me you can watch me on your video phone

You my phone star

And I'm happy when my lights flashin'

'Cause you on my receiver

Habba, habba

Honey, baby you so sexy that you should win an Oscar

And when you miss me, just remember that I always got you with me

I'll be your Gene, you'll be my Brando

I'ma put you in my move if you think that you can handle

(Can you handle it?)

I know you like that

Turn you into a star, I got it like that

Baby, do fight it

Cuz when I miss your call,

I hit you right back

(On my video phone)

Them hustlas like my fashion (You wanna video me?)

They like the way I'm walkin' (You like what you see?)

You sayin' that you want me (Go on and video me)

So press record, I'll let you film me

On your video phone

Make a cameo

Tape me on your video phone

I can handle you

Watch me on your video phone

On your video, video

If you want me you can watch me on your video phone

Can you handle it?

Can you handle it? (Tell 'em, B)

Can you handle it?

Can you handle it?

You like what you see? (Can you handle it?)

You wanna video me? (Can you handle it?)

You like what you see? (Can you handle it?)

Go on and video me (Can you handle it?)

You like what you see? (Can you handle it?)

You wanna video me?

[Beyoncé]

You know them Gs, they be hollerin', 'specially them hot ones

Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston, to New Orleans

When they see me, they be like "Yo B, let me call you"

You breakin' my focus, boy, you cute and you ballin'

You like it when I shake it?

Shawty on a mission, what yo name is?

What, you want me naked?

If you likin' this position you can tape it

on your video phone

Hustla keep on talkin'

You like the way it's poppin'

You sayin' that you want me

Press record and baby, film me

On your video phone, make a cameo (Film me)

Tape me on your video phone, I can handle you (Film me)

Watch me on your video phone, on your video, video (Film Me)

If you want me you can watch me on your video phone

Uh, uh, uh, ah, uh

Uh, uh, uh, ah, uh

(If you want me you can watch me on your) Video phone

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
video /ˈvɪdiˌoʊ/ A1	noun - a recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape. adjective - relating to or used in the transmission or reception of moving visual images
phone /foʊn/ A1	noun - a telephone
want /wɑːnt/ A1	verb - to have a desire to possess or do (something)
watch /wɒtʃ/ A1	verb - look at something for a period of time
see /siː/ A1	verb - perceive with the eyes
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known
talk /tɔːk/ A2	verb - to say things; speak
walk /wɔːk/ A2	verb - to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn
record /rɪˈkɔːrd/ B1	verb - to set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference, especially officially
handle /ˈhændl/ B1	verb - manage (a situation or problem)
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - have a great liking for
fresh /freʃ/ B1	adjective - newly made or obtained; not stale, contaminated, or decayed
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - to be desired or approved of
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun

Key Grammar Structures

• You saying that you want me

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "You saying" uses the present continuous tense to indicate an ongoing action.

• I can handle you

  ➔ Modal verb 'can'

  ➔ The modal verb 'can' expresses ability or possibility.

• If you want me you can watch me on your video phone

  ➔ Conditional sentence

  ➔ This sentence uses a conditional structure to express a situation that depends on another.

• I love how you approach me

  ➔ Noun clause

  ➔ The phrase "how you approach me" is a noun clause acting as the object of the verb 'love'.

• You just cancelled every other man here

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase "You just cancelled" uses the simple past tense to indicate a completed action.

• I know just what I'm wantin'

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "I know" uses the present simple tense to express a general truth or fact.

• You like what you see?

  ➔ Interrogative form

  ➔ This sentence is in interrogative form, asking for confirmation or information.