Shadowing Practice: 2pac hit em up video (no music) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I ain't got no motherfuckers, man.
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That's why I fucked your bitch, you fat motherfucker.
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Take money.
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Westside, bad boy killers, you know.
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You know who the realest is, niggas, we bring it to you.
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That's all right.
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Take money.
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First off, fuck your bitch in the clique you claim.
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Westside, when we ride, come equip with game.
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You claim to be a player, but I fucked your wife.
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We bust on bad boys, niggas fuck for life.
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Plus, Puffy trying to see me weak, hearts I rip.
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Bicky Smalls and Junior Mafia, some monk -ass bitches.
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We keep on coming while we running for your jewels Steady gunning, keep on busting at them fools You know the rules Lil' Caesar, go ask your homie how I'll leave you Cut your young ass up,
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leave you in pieces Now be deceased Lil' Kim, don't fuck around with real G's Quick to snatch your ugly ass off the streets
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So fuck peace I'll let them niggas know it's on for life Don't let the West Side ride the night
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Bad boy murdered on wax and kilt Fuck with me and get your caps peeled You know, see Grab your Glocks when you see Tupac Call the cops when you see Tupac,
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who shot me but your punks didn't finish Now you're about to feel the wrath of a menace, nigga I hit him up Check this out, you motherfuckers know what time it is I don't even know
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why I'm on this track Y 'all niggas ain't even on
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my level I'ma let my little homies ride on you bitch
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made ass bad boy bitches Feel me Get out the way yo, get out the way yo Biggie Smalls just got dropped, little Moo passed the Mac
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And let me hit him in his back Frank White need to get spanked right for setting traps Little accident murderers, and I ain't never heard of ya Poisonous cats attack
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when I'm serving ya Spank and shake your whole style when I yank Guard your rank, cause I'ma slam your ass in the paint Puffy weaker than the fucking block,
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I'm running through nigga And I smoke his union mafia in front of you nigga With the ready power, tucked in my gas under my Eddie Bauer Your clout petty sour, I push packages every hour,
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hit him up Grab your glocks when you see Tupac Call the cops when you see Tupac, uh Who shot me but your punks didn't finish Now you're about to feel the wrath of a menace Nigga,
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we hit him up, people how we do it, keep it real, it's penitentiary steel This ain't no freestyle battle, all you niggas gettin' killed with your mouths open Tryna come up off of me,
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you in the clouds open Smokin' dope, it's like a Sherma, all niggas think they learn to fly But they burn, motherfucker, you deserve to die Talkin' bout you gettin' money,
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but it's funny to me All you niggas livin' bummy, why you fuckin' with me?
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I'm a self -made millionaire, thug livin' out of prison, pistols in the air Biggie, remember when I used to let you sleep on the couch
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And beg a bitch to let you sleep in the house
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Now it's all about Versace You copy my style Five shots
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couldn't drop me I took it in smile Now I'm about
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to set the record straight With my AK I'm still the thug
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That you love to hate Motherfucker I hear them up I'm from any W jurors With plenty murders
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and curves No points in commas We bring the drama to
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all you herbs Knuckle check the scenario Little C's I bring
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you fake G's To your knees Coppin' pleasing D -Genario Little Kim is you coked up
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or doped up Get your little Junior Wopper Click smoked up
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What the fuck is you stupid I take money Crashing and mashing through Brooklyn With my click, looting, shooting and polluting your block With 15 shot, cock lock to your not Outlaw,
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mafia, click Moving up another notch in your pox top spots Get mopped
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and dropped And all your fake ass East Coast props Brainstormed and locked Use a beat biter, a pox style taker I'll tell you to your face,
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you ain't shit but a faker So for the Alizade with a chaser Pop to get murdered for the paper Edie, I mean the processing of the caper Like a loke,
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with Lil' Caesar and a choke Untoing smoke, we ain't no motherfucking joke Thug life, niggas better be knowing We approaching in the wide open gun
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smoking No need for hoping it's a battle lost I got them crossed as soon as the funk is popping off Nigga, I hit them up Now you tell me who won I see them,
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they run They don't want to see us Whole junior mafia clique, dressing up, trying to be us How the fuck they gonna be the mob when we always on our job We millionaires,
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killing they fair, but somebody gotta do it Oh yeah, Mob D You want to fuck with us, you little young ass motherfuckers No one of you niggas got sickle cell or something You fucking with me,
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nigga You fucking around and have a seizure
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or a heart attack You better back the fuck up Before
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you get smacked the fuck up This is how we do
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it on our side Any of you niggas from New York That want to bring it, bring it But we ain't singing We bringing drama Fuck you
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and your motherfucking mama We gonna kill all you motherfuckers Now
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when I came out I told you it was just about
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Biggie Then everybody had to open their mouth With a motherfucker
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opinion Well this is how we gonna do this Fuck Mob
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Deep Fuck Biggie Fuck Bad Boy as a staff Wrecking label
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And as a motherfucking crew And if you want to be down with bad boy, then fuck you too.
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Chino XL, fuck you too.
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All you motherfuckers, fuck you too.
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Take money.
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Take money.
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All of y 'all motherfuckers, fuck you, die slow, motherfucker.
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My foe foe, make sure all y 'all kids don't grow.
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You motherfuckers can't be us or see us.
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We motherfucking thug life riders west side till we die.
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Out here in California, nigga, we warn you, we'll bomb on you motherfuckers.
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We do our job.
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You think you mob, nigga, we the motherfucking mob.
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Ain't nothing but kill us and the real niggas, all you motherfuckers fill us.
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Our shits go triple and four quarts.
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Nice money.
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You niggas laugh because our staff got guns in they motherfuckers belts.
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You know how it is when we drop records they fell.
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You niggas can't feel it.
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We the realest.
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Fuck em.
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We bad boy killin'.
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I kill it, I kill it, I kill it, I kill it
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “2pac hit em up video”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: kill, nigga, motherfucker, boy, motherfucking. This video has 78 sentences and 1322 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:21. The speaker talks fast, about 247 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| thug noun | /θʌɡ/ | A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization. |
| mafia noun | /ˈmɑfi.ə/ | A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. |
| clique noun | /kliːk/ | A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. |
| glock noun | A glockenspiel. | |
| homie noun | /ˈhoʊ.mi/ | Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. |
| livin noun | A particular protein that inhibits apoptosis | |
| westside noun | /ˈwɛst.saɪd/ | The western side of a building, street, area etc. |
| menace noun | /ˈmɛnɪs/ | A perceived threat or danger. |
| wrath noun | /ɹæθ/ | Great anger; (countable) an instance of this. |
| millionaire noun | /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ | Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies). |
| dope noun | [doʊp] | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| bust verb | /bʌst/ | To break. |
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| chaser noun | /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/ | Something or someone who chases. |
| penitentiary noun | /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/ | A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| dress up verb | To put on special or fancy clothes. | |
| move up verb | To promote, put onto a higher level. | |
| pop off verb | To leave and return in a short time. | |
| run through verb | To summarise briefly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I ain't got no motherfuckers, man.
- You motherfuckers can't be us or see us.
- You niggas can't feel it.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 35 contractions and reduced forms, such as ain't, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thug /θʌɡ/, wrath /ɹæθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: penitentiary /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/, mash /mæʃ/, seizure /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
- Long words — get the stress right: millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, penitentiary /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thug, mafia, clique.
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.