Shadowing Practice: Drake - First Person Shooter ft. J. Cole - Learn English Speaking with Video
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They're on me.
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I'm getting cooked.
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Check my six.
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Check my six!
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Fuck!
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Hello?
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No, no, no, no. Everything's good here.
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Everybody's working, working hard.
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Nobody has left their desks all day.
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I've been keeping an eye on them.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, sir.
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First person shooter mode, returning your song to a funeral
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So them niggas just say they don't office, you better be talking about working in cubicles
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Yeah, them boys had a lot, but I knew the code A lot of niggas debating my numero
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Not the three, not the two, I'm at UNO Yeah Numero, UNO, me and Drizzy, this shit like the Super Bowl Man,
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this shit damn it big as the Big as the what?
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Big is the what?
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Big is the what?
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Big is the Super Bowl, but the difference is It's just two guys playing shit
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that they did in the studio Niggas usually send their verses back to me
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And they be terrible just like a two -year -old I love a dinner with some fine women
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When they start debating about who the gold I'm like, go ahead, say it then
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Who the gold?
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Who the gold?
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Who the gold?
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Who the gold?
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Who you bitches really rooting for?
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Like a kid that had bad from January to November, nigga It's just doing cold
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Big as the what?
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Big as the what?
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Big as the what?
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Big as the Super Bowl Niggas
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so thirsty to put me in beef I said to my words
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and start looking too deep I look at the tweets
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and start sucking my teeth I'm letting it rock cause
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I love the mystique I still wanna give me a song who I be Can't trust everything
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that you saw on IG Just know
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if I diss you I make sure you know
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that I hit you like I'm on your call ID I'm naming the album to fall off
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It's pretty ironic cause it ain't no follow for me
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Stealing this bitch getting bigger, they waiting on the kid to come drop like a father to be Love when they argue,
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don't heart as MC, is it K -Dot, is it Aubrey or me?
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We the big three like we started to leave, but right now I feel like Muhammad Ali Yeah,
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Muhammad Ali, the one that ain't calling this shit ain't connecting
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No more, feel like I got a job in our teeth Rhyming with me is the biggest mistake,
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the Spider -Man meme is me looking at Drake It's like we recruited your homies to be demon deacons,
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we got them attending your wake Ain't how the gang got away from the bars, man, and shit like a prison escape
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Everybody steppers, we're fucking it, everybody breakfast, and I'm about to clear up my plate
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When I show up, it's motion picture, blockbuster The goat with the golden pin, the top toucher, the spot rusher
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Spray this whole shit up, the crop duster
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Not Russia, but a plot pressure to your cranium Coals automatic when aiming him, with the boy in the status of stadium
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Hey, I'm about to, I'm about to,
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I'm about to, yo, yo I'm about to click out on this shit,
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I'm about to click, woo I'm about to click out on this shit, I'm about to click, woo I'm down to click out on you hoes
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and make a crime scene I click the trigger on her stick like a high beam
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And I would bend a wheel bit when I was 19
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She call my number, leave her hanging, she got dry clean
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She got her Android, her messages is lime green I search one name and end up seeing 2010s Nadine,
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Christine, Justine, Kathleen, Charlene, Pauline, Claudine Man, I pack them in this phone like some sardines
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And they send me naked pictures just to small things
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You niggas still taking pictures on a golf stream
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My youngest richer than you rappers and they all stream I really hate that you been selling them some false dreams
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Man, if your pub was up for sale, I'd buy the whole thing
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Would they ever give me flowers?
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Well, of course not
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They don't wanna have that talk, cause it's a sore spot
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They know the boy the one that got a boycott I told
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Jimmy Jam I'd use a Grammy as a doorstop
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Girl, give me some hair because I need it
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And if I fuck with you, then after I might eat it Niggas talking about when it's gonna be repeated
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What the fuck, bro, I don't want away from Michael Nigga, beat it, nigga, beat it
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What, beat it, what, beat it, what, beat it
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What, beat it, what, beat it, what, beat it
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What, beat it, what, beat it, what, beat it
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Don't even pay me back on none of them favors I don't want it
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Drake - First Person Shooter ft. J. Cole”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beat, nigga, click, gold, Bowl. This video has 77 sentences and 823 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:51. The speaker talks at a natural 169 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 14 of its 77 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| naked adjective | /ˈneɪkɪd/ | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| funeral noun | /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/ | A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. |
| automatic adjective | /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ | Capable of operating without external control or intervention. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| trigger noun | /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ | A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. |
| spray noun | /spɹeɪ/ | A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. |
| verse noun | /ˈvɝs/ | A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. |
| tweet noun | /ˈtwiːt/ | The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clear up verb | /klɪəˈɹʌp/ | To clarify, to correct a misconception. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, ain't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shooter /ˈʃuːtəː/, rusher /ˈɹʌʃə(ɹ)/
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 argue, jimmy, desk.
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.