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Whoa, you just got shanked, man!
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We gotta pull that out!
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Leave it.
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I'm chilling, Holmes.
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I don't care about that stupid shank.
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All right, we're gonna take a little roll here.
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J. Quellen.
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Here.
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You are present.
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Balake.
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I here.
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Uh-huh.
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D. Nice.
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Here.
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Good.
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Jessica.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Garvey.
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What is it, Aaron?
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Some of us need to leave a few minutes early today.
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Oh.
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Oh, is that so?
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Mm-hmm.
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And what, pray tell, is the reason for this premature exodus?
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Yearbook photos.
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We have to leave 15 minutes early to meet up with our clubs.
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All right, you know what?
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That might work with other substitute teachers, but I taught in the inner city for over 20 years.
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Now y'all want to leave my class early so y'all can go meet up at the club.
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Ain't none of y'all old enough to go to the damn club!
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Ridiculous.
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Mr. Garvey?
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God, son of a . Did I s-s-s-s-d-s-d-d-d, doctor?
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Just then?
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Yes.
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I'm gonna throw you out the goddamn window.
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What, Jaqueline?
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Mr. Garvey, we're telling the truth.
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We have clubs at this school.
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We have clubs for special interests.
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OK, I see.
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So y'all want to play.
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Y'all want to play.
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Yeah, OK, we're gonna play little games.
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Fine, I'll play.
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I'm more than happy to play some games with y'all.
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Anyone who's in a club, stand your ass up.
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Uh-huh.
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Oh, yeah.
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There it is.
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There it is.
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The usual suspects.
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What the hell club are you in, J.
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Quillen?
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Future leaders of America.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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How would you know if you're gonna be a leader in the future?
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Is there a stargate in your bedroom?
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Can you travel through time, J.
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Quillen?
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No. Then sit the flip down!
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Balakie, here's the thing.
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I don't even know why I'm about to ask you this.
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Bilacque, what club are you in?
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I'm part of the Spanish club.
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Sp.. this.. you about as Spanish as Rion Seacrest with your big-ass fraggle rock hair.
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How about you, D-Nice?
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I'm in the chess club.
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Uh, I'm sorry, sweetheart.
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You are not in the chess club.
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The mosquito bite club, maybe.
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Oh, it's hurtful.
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Truthful.
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There he is.
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Hey, hey, Ron.
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Hey.
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What club are you in?
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I'm the president of the Glee Club.
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Why do I talk?
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The Glee Club?!
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S- Like they gonna have a club dedicated to a TV show!
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Take your ass to Oshak Hennessey's office right now before I bust a club up in your butt!
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Okay.
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No!
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Okay, okay, okay, okay.
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Miscievous and deceitful, chicanerous and deplorable.
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This is Principal O'Shaughnessy.
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Students, please report to the gymnasium for your club photos.
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Fake announcement.
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Now, does anybody in here have a valid reason for leaving this classroom?
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Timothy.
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I gotta go pick up my daughter?
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You're excused.
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Yo, yo, yo, what up, what up, what up?
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Welcome to Battle Rap, you air.
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We're gonna battle rap every day in the month of February, y'all.
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Yo, I'm your host, Big P.
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That's right, that's right.
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To my left, we got the champion.
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Yo, introduce, son.
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Yeah, what's happening?
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This your boy, Rhino D, and I'm about to front hand.
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Backhand his ass off the boy.
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That's right, that's right, that's right.
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Am I right?
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We got the challenger.
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Introduce yourself, player.
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What's up, man?
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I'm Dilla Killer in the house.
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100 USDA pure meat.
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No filler right here, boy.
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Okay, okay, okay.
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Yo, Dilla lost a toss, so you go first.
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Okay, gentlemen, battle rap.
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Yeah, well, all right, yeah, man.
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Here we go, you're shook, son.
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I'm gonna eat you for breakfast.
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Because I'm a crook, son.
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a cup of feel from your girl's breastresses.
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Yeah!
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You're in the nipple, man.
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You don't even know, man.
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Hey, listen, man, you can't even win this 100-yard dash.
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But let me ask you a question.
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What do they call that?
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A mustache?
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Relax, man.
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Hey.
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I need you to relax a little bit, though, dog.
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You should take it down a little bit.
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What the fuck are you doing?
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Can you take a down a little bit, man?
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Come on, would you, a horse?
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That's the last one.
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Yo, what's up, dog?
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You know my is rich.
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I'm swimming in Samolians.
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I mean, what am I supposed to do with this miniature black Napoleon?
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Hey, man!
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Hey, bro, get your...
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Hey, hey!
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Hey, hey, get your...
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Hey, hey, get your...
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Look at this.
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Look at this.
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Look at that.
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Look at that, look at that.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Go get it, man, go get it.
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That's a boy, huh?
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Yeah, man, here we go.
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Yeah, man, look at your chain.
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And these fake ass killers.
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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I'm sorry.
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You okay?
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I'm sorry, man.
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I'm sorry.
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Hey, hey, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, hey, hey.
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I don't know what to do.
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Why are you doing me?
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Why would you?
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No, listen.
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No, no, no, no, come on.
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What are you doing?
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You guys gotta go man.
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Come on man.
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You're all done man.
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That's right man.
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Yo we got a champion still.
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We got a champion still.
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We got a champion still.
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Give me the hat.
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Levi.
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Levi.
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No you're hitting him.
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Give me the hat.
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Listen man.
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I want you to look out on the lake man.
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I just want you to look out and imagine a place man where you can do your thing man.
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Oh!
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Well, you and I can go and do our thing, but never have to forfeit, yeah.
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You can scream and shout and shove people back and forth, but we don't never have to quit.
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Yeah!
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Okay, but look out on lake, man.
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Look out on the lake.
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Ain't one for one.
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No matter what happens, man, I start rapping.
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And the rhyme stays off the floor.
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And I'm turning the tide.
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And no matter what you do, you can push and shove and scream, but we'll never get disqualified.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh!
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Right, man, for good measure, while you're looking at the lake, just give me one more good...
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Ah!
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Hey, Jodinklage.
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Yeah, Le Carpatron.
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Check out Leoz.
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I wonder what he's dreaming about.
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He is probably dreaming about what we is gonna do to the team from the West.
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I wonder.
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Tavarius, yes.
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T-King for short.
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I'm a bad man, the jammer, and an awful sport.
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Smoothie Wallace, you could call me Ty Royal, wrapping up brushes like aluminum foil.
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The Kringle Berry, I'm very scary.
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If I got the ball, you best be wary.
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Le Carpetron, Duke Marion.
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I love the ball so much, I wanna marry it.
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Cause the Eastern School's gonna beat the Bulls from the West.
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Oh yeah.
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Where football's concerned, we gonna show you that we are the best.
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We are the best.
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I'm Ibrahim Moyes, Zeus.
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And my rhymes are clean like my name was Dr. Seuss.
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Copacus the third, they call me the pro.
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I get in at that bog with my earloaf.
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Shower handle, that's my name.
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Power candles, sounds the same.
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With Jack Marius, Desuarius, and Javaris and Lamar.
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I like to watch him play saxophone.
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To Marcus plays guitar.
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Cause the Eastern School's gonna beat the rules from the West.
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Okay, don't you know it.
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Where football's concerned, we gonna show you that we are the best.
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Indeedy, we are the best.
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It must have been all a dream. Or was it?
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Oh, it's on.
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Running through the feathers and padded my stats Y'all know me,
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I'm washing beard Catch so many balls it's a little weird Cause you know we're gonna win against the East
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Listen what we say We're gonna get the most points
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and they're gonna get the least They're trying to call the voices running through my head Back it up, it's hard to get shut I hit the juby
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and make a noise like thud Can't block me and all of
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that jazz Cause y'all don't want none of this osmotized The player TJ AJ Formerly known...
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Louis!
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As Mouse Cop. And Darkity.
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I'm the touchdown man that's Grundleplett.
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But y'all ain't ready for my man Dan Smith.
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Yo, yo.
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Smith, Daniel.
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Other kickers in the league don't hold a candle.
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Cheerleaders up on my chocolate crotch.
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What's goddamn baby?
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Cocker Spaniel.
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BYU, why you be mad?
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Cause the bitch wanna get with me.
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Got Swisher's tweets and Dutchies.
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Rolling in numbers, summer teams, Ketouchies.
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Hitting field goals, blunted.
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Been drunk when I'm hunted.
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Been like a hundred times that I've already done it.
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Oh, , see, these haters thought I was playing Stan Away from my faces with all the they saying
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But just remember you talking When you tossing those gauntlets,
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I'm Dan Smith And the West is getting rowdy like monsters I'm telling you,
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Vinnie, no disrespect to your dearly departed grandmother, but my aunt makes imposter.
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Forget about it.
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Your aunt lives in this neighborhood.
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Seems kind of dangerous.
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What are you, McGruff the Crime Dog?
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Come on, we're late already.
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You say she lives in this house here?
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What the f* is the matter with you, Vinnie?
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You're being rude.
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Let's go.
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I'm not trying to be rude.
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The lights are off.
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Maybe we...
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Let's come back later.
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She's probably just taking a nap after the huge meal she just made for us.
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Go in.
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I don't have the key.
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You should go in first.
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Oh, Marron, she said she'd leave it open.
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Vinnie, stop being such a struance and get in there.
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All right.
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All right.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh .
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Surprise.
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Okay, let's get this thing going.
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Everybody take a seat.
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We gotta have more meetings, Holmes.
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Because I'm telling you, man, we got to get organized.
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Ugh.
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Carlito ain't got a seat, man.
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Someone get him a chair.
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Nah, I'm cool.
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No, dude, get him a chair, homies.
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Nah, man.
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I'm gonna sit gangster.
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But Carlito, it doesn't look like it's comfortable, man.
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It's comfortable, man.
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Why don't you just sit in the chair?
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I never sit in no chair, Ese.
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Uh-uh.
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You never, ever gonna catch me sitting in no chairs.
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Like, Ese, you know that that's loco, right?
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Oh, yeah.
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It's cool, Carlito.
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No one's gonna think you're soft if you sit in a chair.
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Yes.
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We're all sitting in chairs.
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Bunch of ass culeros.
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OK?
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I don't have no time to sit in no chair.
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Huh.
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OK.
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Not that we're all here.
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You know what about why, though?
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Like, it don't make no sense for you to set yourself up with a rule like that.
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No, it's, like, limiting.
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Yeah, limiting.
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Limiting.
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I mean, sometimes people sit in chairs.
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Man, all of you guys with your ass chairs.
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There.
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Okay, Carlito, quit playing and sit in the chair, pendejo.
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No. Carlito, we have to have this meeting now, Ese.
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Get up!
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I'm good right here, man.
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You know...
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I'm chillin'.
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Go ahead with your meeting.
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Okay, but you know it's gonna be weird.
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You don't care it's gonna be weird?
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Weird for you, maybe.
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He doesn't care.
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Okay.
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Okay, homies, so this is what we have to do.
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Like, we gotta sell more drugs, and we gotta make more crimes happen.
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Roberto, where are we?
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Carlito!
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You're bleeding, ese!
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Who cares, man?
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Oh.
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Yo, bro, you just got shanked, man!
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We gotta pull that out!
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Leave it.
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I'm chilling, Holmes.
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I don't care about that stupid shank.
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Carlito.
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Carlito, wake up, man!
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Carlito!
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They don't even bother, Ese.
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How dare you, Emilio?
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I don't need those defibrillator.
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I don't even want to come back to life, Homps.
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Carlito! Where?
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Go back into your body!
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My body's stupid, Homps.
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I'm fine right here on the spirit plane.
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Life is for .
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Carlito!
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Carlito, go to the light!
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Nah, I'm good, man.
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Carlito, that's heaven, man.
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I don't need to go to heaven, Homps.
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Heaven is for .
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Oh, boy.
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Hello, and welcome to the fifth annual meeting of the Tallahassee Black Republicans.
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Now, I'm .
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Royally .
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Last November, Barack Obama was re-elected president, and the black vote went almost entirely to him.
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We're not getting our message out, obviously.
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The Republican Party is and should be the only home for black voters.
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Now people think that black voters are a monolith.
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We're not a monolith.
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What?
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No, we're not.
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In fact, black Republicans alone are an extremely diverse group of people.
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Now to speak more on diversity, I present tonight's speaker, Mr. Douglas Jackson.
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Now I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, I'm .
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I am royally .
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The liberal media thinks that republicanism is not for black people.
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Now you tell me what about fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, and limited government is unappealing to black people?
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We're not a model level.
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We come in all different shapes and sizes.
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Yes, we do.
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Now who here would like to come up to this podium and speak about the diversity amongst black Republicans?
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Gentlemen, we have a real treat today.
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A gentleman who is a little bit eccentric, a little bit outside of the box, if you will.
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But I can't think of a better person to speak on diversity amongst black Republicans than this gentleman right here, all the way from Orlando, my good friend, Arthur Washington, ladies and gentlemen.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for the introduction, Brother Douglas.
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Thank you for being here, Brother Arthur.
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However, I am .
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Royally .
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Indeed, indeed.
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All right.
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Democrats think they have a right to all the black people.
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But that is not the case.
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We are not a monolith.
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Democrats may be cool, but they ain't practical.
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There you go.
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Republicans are practical.
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Black people are practical.
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Come to think of it, get those pants.
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I think black Republicans are pretty cool.
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Not to mention very diverse.
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Excuse me, gentlemen.
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Sorry to interrupt.
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Someone's white wife is here to pick them up?
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Oh, whoa.
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Let's hope you... Was her name Emily?
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Uh, she was white.
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Okay.
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This is the fight everybody's been waiting for.
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But when I get Andre in the ring, man, it's gonna be cruel and quick.
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It's is gonna be like one, two, one, two, boom, and you out.
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Man, you, Claudius Lewis.
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I'm gonna you right in the ass.
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Yeah, I'm gonna bend you over and you right in the .
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All right, you know what?
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Andre, he likes to be trying to get into his opponent's hairs by saying crazy stuff.
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He ain't gonna get into my head.
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He ain't gonna get into my head.
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No, I'm not gonna get in your head.
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I'm gonna get in your .
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Just like I said, just right up in there in that tiny little minuscule hole of yours.
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This is what's gonna happen.
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I'm gonna take you to a nice, high, fancy, highfalutin' restaurant, and I'm gonna buy you things, wine and dine you.
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And we're gonna find some things that we have in common, and they're gonna become inside jokes to us.
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And then we're just gonna laugh about them in the taxi all the way to your house, where I'm gonna you in the ass.
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Okay, now, just me personally,
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I've never, you know, I ain't never seen Andre take it that far before, but whatever.
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Yeah, whatever, I'll tell you whatever.
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Whatever, I'm finally gonna feel comfortable taking you out to dinner parties, and then all of our friends, we're also couples, they're just gonna laugh at us because we're that couple that holds hands all the time.
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Let me tell you something, Claudius, we love each other so very much that no matter how tired I am, no matter how much I've dealt with over the day, I'm just gonna leave it at the door when I you in the ass.
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Okay, you know what, man?
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It's time for you to stop all that nonsense right now, All right?
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He just said he's gonna take me to dinner parties.
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He did say dinner parties.
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Snuggle on the couch every night.
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I'm gonna let you pick the movie.
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Even though you always pick the movie.
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Then I'm gonna take you out for a walk on the beach
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and the moonlight's gonna bounce off of your scalp and I'm just gonna kiss you so tenderly while the waves break.
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And then right there, right then, I'm gonna you in the sandy .
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All right, it's time for you to shut your full mouth.
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Is it time?
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Yes, it is time.
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It's time for you to shut your mouth.
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We're gonna spend the golden years together.
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Oh, yeah?
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Yeah.
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I'm gonna support you all the way through your run through city council.
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Yeah, that's right.
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You're gonna be tired and exhausted and overworked.
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But we're still gonna find the energy to go antiquing on the weekend.
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And then you're gonna be on your deathbed.
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And you're gonna be sitting there, and you're gonna be dying.
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I'm gonna be right beside you, and I'm gonna be crying.
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And right at that moment, when you cross over from this world into the next, I'm gonna you in the .
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Oh, man, I wish you'd try.
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Oh, you do?
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I wish that you would try, man.
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No, I love the village as much as the next guy, but I'm telling you, if we continue to self-segregate ourselves, the entire gay community is going to continue to be margarinized.
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I was just saying this to Claudius the other night, right after I him in the ass.
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Yeah, he did, he did.
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Anyway, enough politics.
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Cheers, everyone.
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Cheers.
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
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We are about to begin boarding South Northern Airlines flight 34 to Grand Rapids.
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Okay, excuse me, boarding group one.
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I'm in boarding group one, excuse me, I'm in boarding group one.
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And we would like to begin pre-boarding with our first class passengers.
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First class passengers only, please.
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Next, our business class passengers may now board.
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Okay, now we would like to welcome our Regal Alliance Elite members.
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Regal Alliance Elite members.
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Okay, now all passengers with children.
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Anyone with small children, you may board now.
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Okay, we would like to continue boarding with uniformed military personnel.
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What?
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Why could.. this is...
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Thank you for your service.
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Thank you so much for your service.
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God bless you.
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Thank you for your service.
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Thank you for your service.
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Alright, people in wheelchairs.
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Any priests, nuns, rabbis, imams?
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What?
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Why do they get special treatment?
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As-salamu alaykum.
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I've never...
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That's typical.
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Any old people in wheelchairs with babies?
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Any old religious people with military babies?
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What's a military?
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Thank you for your service.
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Jason Schwartzman.
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Anyone with a blue suitcase, you may now board.
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Finally.
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No, not you, sir.
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Not me.
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This is a blue suitcase.
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That's a blue computer bag.
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So you're not going to let me on, then?
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Damn it!
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Damn it!
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Damn it!
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Damn it!
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Damn it!
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God damn it!
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Anyone who doesn't seem cranky.
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Drunk people.
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You will now be boarding any drunk people.
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Drunk people can board.
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All right, it's...
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Nope, it's my bed.
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Sir...
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Just...
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Ooh.
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Hello?
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Oh, hey, Christian.
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Yeah.
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Totally.
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Well, you have your favorites and I have my favorites.
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Okay.
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Call you later.
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Ciao, ciao.
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Boarding Group One.
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Jason Schwartzman!
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Jason Schwartzman!
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Give up your hands!
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Jason Schwartzman!
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I got him!
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I got Schwartzman here!
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Everyone, Jason Schwartzman's alive!
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Yeah!
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We got Jason Schwartzman, let's wrap it up, people!
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Boarding Group One over here!
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We're the Boarding Group One.
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Ah!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 540 sentences and 3276 words to shadow. The speech runs for 24:54. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| passenger noun | /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. |
| practical adjective | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. |
| diversity noun | /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ | The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness. |
| introduce verb | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). |
| amongst | /əˈmʌŋst/ | Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| rude adjective | /ɹuːd/ | Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous. |
| diverse adjective | /daɪˈvɜːs/ | Consisting of different elements; various. |
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| aunt noun | /ɑːnt/ | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| scream verb | /skɹiːm/ | To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek. |
| cheers | /t͡ʃɪəz/ | A common toast used when drinking in company. |
| voter noun | /ˈvoʊtɚ/ | Someone who votes or is entitled to vote. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run through verb | To summarise briefly. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| come up to verb | To approach. |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| go ahead with verb | To resume something previously cancelled or delayed; to continue something despite known concerns. |
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've already done · I've dealt |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | Been drunk · be margarinized |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 202 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, timothy /ˈtɪməθi/, feather /ˈfɛðə/, monolith /ˈmɑn.əˌlɪθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, wash /wɑʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, aluminum /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/, locomotive /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like gentleman, passenger, practical.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.