Shadowing Practice: Eminem - Without Me (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Opie Trice, real name, no gimmicks Two trailer park girls go round the outside,

round the outside, round the outside Two trailer park girls go round the outside,

round the outside, round the outside Guess who's back, back again?

Shady's back, to the freak Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back,

guess who's back Guess who's back,

guess who's back I've created a monster Cause nobody wants to see Marcel no more They want shady,

I'm chopped liver Well if you want shady, this is what I'll give you Little bit of weed, mixing some heartache Got some vodka that'll jumpstart my heart Wicker than the shocks

when I get shocked At the hospital by the doctor

when I'm not cooperating When I'm rocking the table while he's operating You waited this long to stop debating Cause I'm back, I'm on the rag and ovulating I know that you got a job,

Miss Cheney But your husband's heart problem's complicating So the FCC won't let me be Or let me be me,

so let me see They try to shut me down on MTV But it feels so empty without me So, come on and get rum on your lips Fuck that,

come on your lips So come on your tits and get ready Cause this shit's about to get heavy, I just settled all my lawsuits Fuck you, Demi!

Now this looks like a job for me So everybody just follow me A little controversy,

cause it feels so empty without me I said this looks like a job for me, so everybody just follow me Cause we need a little controversy,

cause it feels so empty without me Little aliens, kids feeling rebellious, embarrassed, the parents still listen to Elvis They start feeling like prisoners helpless,

so someone comes along on a mission and yells A visionary, vision is scary, can start a revolution, balloon the airwaves are revel

Just let me revel in the askin' the fact that I got everyone kissin' my ass And it's a disaster, such a catastrophe For you to see so damn much of my ass you ask for me Well I'm back,

na na na na na na na na na Fix your minutes

and a tunin in a manner Enterin and up under your skin like a splinter The center of attention, back for the winter I'm in a resting,

the best things in wrestling Investing in your kids' ears and nesting Testing, attention please Feel the tension, soon as someone mentions me Here's my 10 cents,

my 2 cents is free A nuisance, who stink?

You stink for me?

Now this looks like a job for me So everybody just follow me Cause we need a little controversy

Cause it feels so empty without me I said this looks like a job for me

So everybody just follow me Cause we need a little controversy Cause it feels so empty without me

A tisket of task and I put tit for tat with I go tit for tat with anybody who's talking this shit, that shit, Chris Kirkpatrick You can get your ass kicked worse than them little-end biscuit bastards And Moby,

you can get stomped by Obie, you 36-year-old boy, the fat clone on me You don't know me, you're too old, let's go, it's over, nobody listens to techno, now let's go Just give me the signal,

I'll be there with a whole list full of new insults, I've been dope Suspenseful with a pencil ever since Prince turned himself into a symbol

But sometimes the shit just seems Everybody only wants to disgust me So this must mean I'm disgusting But it's just me,

I'm just obscene So I'm not the first king of controversy

I am the worst things I'm Elvis Presley to do black music So selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy But there's a concept

that works Twenty million other white rappers emerge

But no matter how many fish in the sea It'll be

so empty without me Now this looks like a job for me

So everybody just follow me Cause we need a little controversy

Cause it feels so empty without me I said this looks like a job for me

So everybody just follow me Cause we need a little controversy Cause it feels

so empty without me And here la la la La la la la la La la la la la oh

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Eminem - Without Me”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: guess, empty, controversy, everybody, round. This video has 39 sentences and 756 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:41. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% 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
stink verb	/stɪŋk/	To have a strong bad smell.
shady adjective	/ˈʃeɪdi/	Abounding in shades.
lip noun	/lɪp/	Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
airwaves noun		Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
biscuit noun	/ˈbɪs.kɪt/	A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
complicate verb	/ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/	To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
gimmick noun	/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/	A trick or device used to attain some end.
heartache noun	/ˈhɑːteɪk/	Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.
nuisance noun	/ˈnuː.səns/	A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
obscene adjective	/əbˈsiːn/	Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
ovulate verb	/ˈɒvjʊleɪt/	To produce eggs or ova.
rebellious adjective	/ɹəˈbɛliəs/	Showing rebellion.
selfishly adverb		In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
splinter noun	/ˈsplɪn.tə/	A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
techno noun	/ˈtɛknoʊ/	A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go round verb	To physically swirl or rotate.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shady /ˈʃeɪdi/, visionary /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
Long words — get the stress right: visionary /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/, catastrophe /kəˈtæstɹəfi/, cooperate /kəʊˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/

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 stink, shady, lip.

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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