Shadowing Practice: Eminem - Rap God (Explicit) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Look.
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I was going to go easy on you, not to hurt your feelings, but...
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I'm only going to get this one chance.
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Something's wrong, I can feel it.
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It's just a feeling I've got.
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Like something's about to happen, but I don't know what.
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If that means what I think it means, we're in trouble.
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Big trouble.
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And if he is bananas, as you say, I'm not taking any chances.
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You're just one of a stock.
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I must be in my jeans I got a laptop in my back pocket My pinnacle walk
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when I hackcock it Got a fat knock from
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that rat profit Made a living
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and a killing off it Ever since Bill Clinton was still
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in office With Monica Lewinsky feeling on his nutsack I'm an MC still as honest
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But as rude and as indecent as all hell syllables Killaholic, killimauri This libbity -hibbity -hibbity -hip -pop You really wanna get
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into a piece of match with this rap Ready rat pack
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and a mac in the back of the yak -back -pack
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-rap -grap -gap -gap -gap Giddy -yak -nap The exact same time I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts
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While I'm practicing
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that I'll still be able to break a motherfucking table Over the back of a couple of faggots
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and crack at a hat Only realized it was Iran I was under aftermath after the fact How could I not blow?
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All I do is drop F -bombs!
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Still my wrath of attack rappers I have in a rough time period Here's a maxi pad, it's actually disasterously bad For the whack while I'm massively constructing this masterpiece!
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I'm beginning to feel like a rap guy, rap guy All my people from the front to the back, now, back, now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap?
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Box, slap, box!
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Let me show you maintaining this shit ain't that hard, that hard!
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Everybody wants the key and the secret to rapping mortality like I have got!
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Exuberance everybody loves to move from a nuisance hit the earth like an asteroid made nothing
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but shoot for the moon sense Pew MC's get taken to
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school with this music cuz I use it as a vehicle
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to bust the rhyme now I lead a new school for
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a student Me I'm a product of rockin lock him Shabazz
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Dupac in W A Q P A dot ring y 'all
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are easy thank you they got slim Inspired enough to intake roll up blow up
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and be in a position to meet run D and C
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and induct him into the motherfucking rockin Roll hall of fame even though I walk in the church
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and burst in a ball of flames only hall of fame
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I'll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame on the wall of fame on the wall of fame
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You fags niggas all in the game, till I walk a flock of flames.
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Off a planking, tell me what in the fuck are you thinking?
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Little gay looking boy, so gay I can barely say it with a straight face looking boy.
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You witnessing a massacre like you're watching a church gathering take place looking boy.
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Boy, they that boy's gay, that's all they say looking boy.
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You get it from Zupad in the back and the way to go from your label it'd be gay looking boy.
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Hey looking boy, what you say looking boy?
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I get it hell yeah from Dre looking boy.
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I'm a work for everything I have, never asked nobody to shake it out my face looking boy.
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Basically boy, you're never gonna be capable of keeping up with the same taste looking boy.
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I'm beginning to feel like a rap guard, rap guard All my people from the front to the back knob, back knob The way I'm racing around the track call me NASCAR,
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NASCAR Failing hard of the trailer park the white trash dog Kneel before General Zod, this plan is Krypton No, ASKAR, ASKAR, so you be Thor and I be Odin,
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be Throatin, I'm omnipotent Let off then I'm reloadin, immediately with these bombs I'm totin And I should not be woken, I'm the walking dead But I'm just a talking head,
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a zombie floatin But I got your mom deep throatin, I'm out my rhyme We have nothing in common poodle I'm a doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage pupil to me.
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My honesty's brutal but it's honestly futile
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if I don't utilize what I do though for good at least once in a
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while so I wanna make sure somewhere in the chicken scratch I scribble and doodle.
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When you come by up here with the skin color of mine you get too big
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and hit it comes trying to since you like
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that one line I said on a back from the Mathers LP one
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when I tried to say I'll take seven kids from Columbine
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put them all in a line at an AK -47 a revolver and a nine!
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See if I get away with it now that I ain't as big as I was but I'm...
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Morphin' into an immortal comin' through the portal you're stuck in a time war from 2004 -o!
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And I don't know what the fuck that you rhyme for!
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Now you're pointless as Rapunzel with fuckin' cornrows you like normal for being normal!
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Raygun from the future just to come and shoot ya, like when Fabulous made Ray J mad, 'cause Fab said he looked like a faggot Mayweather's pads he went to a man -nolly play piano.
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Man, oh man, that was a 24 /7 special on the cable channel.
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So Ray J went straight to the radio station the very next day, "Hey Fab, I'ma kill you !" Lyrics coming at you with supersonic speed, JK Fab.
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I know the way to get him motivated, I make elevating music, you make elevator music.
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Oh, he's too mainstream.
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Well, that's what they do when they get jealous, they can fuse it.
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It's not hip -hop, it's pop, cause I found a hell of a way to fuse it.
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With rock, shock rap, with dark, don't want to lose yourself, I'll make him lose it.
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I don't know how to make songs like that, I don't know what words to use.
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Let me know when it occurs to you while I'm ripping any one of these verses that verses you use curtains, I'm inadvertently hurting you.
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How many verses I gotta murder to?
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Prove that if you were half as nice in songs, you could sacrifice versions to, uh!
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School flunky, pill junky, but look at the accolades, he skills brungly.
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Full of myself, but still hungry I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to
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when I'm a million leagues above me Ill when I speak in tongues, but it's still tongue -in -cheek, fuck you, I'm drunk, so Satan take the fucking wheel,
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I'm asleep in the front's Pumping heavy D in the voice, still chunky but funky But in my head there's something I can feel, tugging and struggling Angels fight with devils
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and here's what they want from me They're asking me to eliminate some of the women hate
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But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred I had the situation and understand the discrimination.
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But fuck it, life's hand in you lemons, make lemonade then.
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But if I can't battle the women, how the fuck am I supposed to bake?
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I'm a king then.
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Don't mistake if I see.
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It's a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas
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and take a vacation to trip abroad and make a fall on a face and don't be a retard.
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Be a king?
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Think not.
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Why be a king when you can be a god?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 92 sentences and 1318 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:59. The speaker talks fast, about 220 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 73% 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 |
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| fame noun | /feɪm/ | One's reputation. |
| verse noun | /ˈvɝs/ | A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. |
| rhyme noun | /ɹaɪm/ | Rhyming verse (poetic form). |
| flame noun | /fleɪm/ | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. |
| slap noun | /slæp/ | A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. |
| fuse noun | /fjuːz/ | A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive. |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| occur verb | /əˈkɜː/ | To happen or take place. |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| label noun | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| vacation noun | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. |
| get away with verb | To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one. |
| keep up with verb | To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one. |
| let off verb | To cause to explode or come out; to release. |
| roll up verb | To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, aftermath /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/, wrath /ɹæθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, trash /tɹæʃ/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, discrimination /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: discrimination /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/, mortality /mɔɹˈtælɪti/
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 fame, verse, rhyme.
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.