Shadowing Practice: Central Cee “Doja" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The first line is just, it's kind of like, in somewhat controversial, like it just sounds like something I'm not supposed to be able to say.
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I think it's the opening line, the Doja Cat line, like TikTok just ate it up.
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The song was like, it's different to any other song that I've made.
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All of my other songs, I just do them kind of spare at the moment this is the only song
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that I've had the lyrics to the hook before I had the beat.
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I just spent more time on the song.
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I feel like every line bangs, every line hits.
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It is literally what I say.
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I'm not homophobic.
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My girlfriend is bisexual.
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She was the first proper gay person that I really communicated with.
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I feel that homophobia is quite, it's almost embedded in a culture.
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Rap music, even just the hood, it's quite known.
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It's embedded in us to kind of almost shone upon, which I don't think is right.
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I want to add in, bro, personally, homophobia, I think it's so weird.
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You see when I see people that are moving so hateful towards, why do you care what other people are doing bro?
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That's mad to me.
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I don't know.
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It's a you problem though.
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That's crazy.
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So I'm definitely against homophobia, I'll put it, I'll say it like that.
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I spend a lot of time on TikTok.
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I think I see Doja Cat on TikTok a lot.
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She must have just been in the back of my mind when I'm listening to her beat.
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I was on the airplane when I wrote the verse.
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She must have just been in the back of my mind, maybe more aesthetically than musically.
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She's hard though.
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I definitely appreciate her music, same way.
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God knows if she's heard the song or not.
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I don't know.
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We're from the streets of a fold of music.
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That's already a given.
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That's just a precaution that we always have to take, so when you get famous you have to take into consideration,
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but it's something that's just kind of natural to us, I'd say.
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Yeah, all the fucking flight attendants and that silly stuff is not too big of a deal to me.
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I don't care too much about that.
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The hundred M's now, that's another story.
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it.
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I got to kick back sometimes and wonder how life would have been
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if I never did take them risk and would have prospered.
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Prior to this, I've been making music 10 years bro.
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Coming up to 10 years, it's only picked up the last two years.
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So that goes without saying that was almost a risk.
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As time's ticking by, forget the time.
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I'm financially, I'm spending money going studio when I don't have much money.
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Putting everything on the line to try and make the music thing happen, that's a risk in itself.
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since made a love grow fonder, UK rap or UK drill, gotta mention my name.
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If you talk about a genre, do you know what's funny, yeah?
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In real life, I don't really care.
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Day to day, I'd like to say I'm pretty humble.
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Sometimes I want my flowers, sometimes I don't really care, but the numbers don't lie.
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You can see that I deserve to say that I've got the bragging rights.
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It wasn't even intentional, but now the songs come out,
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I've seen little funny memes and and people joking around like I'm putting an end to homophobia, obviously it's still a big problem,
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but it's cool to hear that and be a part of that.
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I think that's cool, personally.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Central Cee “Doja" Official Lyrics & Meaning”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: song, homophobia, Tiktok, bro, risk. This video has 56 sentences and 608 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:00. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
silly adjective/ˈsɪl.i/Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
hook noun/hʊk/A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
lyrics noun/ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/The words to a song (or other vocal music).
bang noun/ˈbæŋ/A sudden percussive noise.
consideration noun/kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
spare adjective/spɛɚ/Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
controversial adjective/ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
communicate verb/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
verse noun/ˈvɝs/A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
genre noun/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
shine verb/ʃaɪn/To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
humble adjective/ˈhʌmbəl/Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
drill noun/dɹɪl/A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
fold verb/ˈfəʊld/To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come out verb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/To be discovered; to be revealed.
come up to verbTo approach.
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • It's a you problem though.
  • We're from the streets of a fold of music.
  • I don't care too much about that.
  • In real life, I don't really care.
  • I think that's cool, personally.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, shine /ʃaɪn/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
  • Long words — get the stress right: consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, bisexual /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(əw).əl/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like flower, silly, hook.

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.

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