Shadowing Practice: Eminem - Lose Yourself - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The Look,
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if you had one shot,
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one opportunity, he sees everything you ever wanted,
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one moment, that you captured, just let it slip, yo.
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His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there's vomit on his sweater already, Mom's forgetting he's nervous, been on the surface He looks calm
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and ready to drop bombs
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But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down The whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's choking how?
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Everybody's choking now The clock's run out, time's up, over, plow Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity Oh,
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there goes gravity, choke, he's so mad But he won't give up daddies He know he won't have it, he knows his whole back city's roast It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that,
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but he's pro He's so stagnant, he knows when he goes back to this mobile home That's when it's back to the lab again,
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yo This old Rhapsody better go capture this moment I hope it don't give up Lose yourself and the music,
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the moment you own it You better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once
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in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go Do only get one shot,
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do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime Your soul's escaping through this hole
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that is taping This world is mine for the taking Make me king as we move toward her New world order,
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our normal life is boring But superstardom's close to post-mortem It only grows harder, homie grows hotter He blows us all over,
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he's all on him Coast to coast shows he's known as the Globetrotter Lonely roads, God only knows he's grown father From home he's no father He goes home
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and barely knows his own daughter
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But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water These girls don't want him no more, he's co-prada Then moved on to the next move who flows He knows,
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dove and sold not her And so this old opera is told, it unfolds I suppose it's old partner,
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but the beat goes on Da-da-da-da-da-da Use yourself in the music, the moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot,
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do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime Use yourself in the music, the moment you own it,
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you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime No more games,
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I'ma change what you call rage Tear this s* and roof off like two dogs caged I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed I've been chewed up and spit out
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and moved off stage But I kept rhyming
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and stepped right in the next cypher Best believe somebody's paying
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the podpiper All the pain inside amplified by the fact
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that I can't get by with my ninder Five and I can't provide the right typer Life for my family,
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cause man these s* and proof stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Makai Pfeiffer This is my life and these times are
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so hard And it's getting even harder Trying to feed the water my seed Plus, see the thought of part of between being a father
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and a prima donna Baby mama drama screaming on it Too
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much for me to want to stand one spot Another damn monotony's gotten me to the point I'm like a snail,
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I've got to formulate a plot End up in jail or shot Success is my only option Failure's not,
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mama love you but this trail has got to go I cannot grow old in Salem's life So here I go, it's my shot Feet fail me not Cause maybe the only opportunity
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that I got You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot,
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cannot miss your chance to blow This opportunity grows once in
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a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music Take the moment, you won't it, you better never let it go You only get one shot,
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do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, you better You know nothing you're such a hard to, man
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 39 sentences and 775 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:29. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lifetime noun | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | The duration of the life of someone or something. |
| choke verb | /t͡ʃoʊk/ | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air… |
| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| gravity noun | /ˈɡɹævɪti/ | Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness… |
| trail noun | /tɹeɪl/ | The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the… |
| mood noun | /muːd/ | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| tape noun | /teɪ̯p/ | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. |
| daddy noun | /ˈdædi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| slip verb | /ˈslɪp/ | To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. |
| opera noun | /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ | A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. |
| palm noun | /pɑm/ | The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. |
| 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. |
| cage noun | /keɪd͡ʒ/ | An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get by with verb | To escape punishment or discipline, to get away with. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| move off verb | To start moving. | |
| run out verb | To use up or consume all | |
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, won't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 lifetime, choke, capture.
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.