Shadowing Practice: I Don't Know, Officer (Album Version (Explicit)) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It's 50 It's the unit That means it's money
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Nah, nigga, I don't know I don't know who got
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you I don't know who stabbed you I don't know who shot
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you I don't know who cut you I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know
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Cause you know how my squad do
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Nowadays, niggas snitching so much in the street
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But you gotta talk to them like they the police
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Nah, I don't know nothing I don't know nothin' bout poppin' the heat
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I don't know nothin' bout settlin' no beef in the street
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Nah, I don't know nothin' bout baggin' the grams I ain't never had no spot on went hand -to -hand Me?
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I don't know nothin' bout takin' a stand I ain't never got a nigga ass stuck in a can
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Nah, I don't know nothin' bout draw or hash
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Coke, dope, etch, dust, and crystal meth
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Nah, I'm just tryna rap to get me some cash
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Keep the hip -hop police off my ass
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Nah, nigga, I don't know, I don't know who got you I don't know who stabbed you,
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I don't know who shot you I don't know who cut you, I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know, cause you know how my squad play out
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That's my word on this stack of bibles I don't know who did it, I don't know who's responsible
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All I know who's spitting, all I know who's giving me all this cash
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Just to put down 12 to get in your ass
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Listen, keep it far away from me I ain't got time for sitting in the penitentiary
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All I know is I'm rich, all I know is that G, you ain't work
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When your album drop, they go berserk
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Man, video play, crazy radio spins
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Number one all the time, our reign never ends
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Don't point the thing at us, somebody shit hangin'
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They had to beef with us, cause we don't know Nathan Nah,
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nigga, I don't know, I don't know who got you I don't know who stabbed you,
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I don't know who shot you I don't know who cut you, I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know, cause you know how my squad do I don't know nothing about jumping out, splitting homeboy head
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But for real, that's fucked up, they say that homeboy dead I can't even think who would want him dead
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Have no idea what type of gun they done him with You see, I hear no evil when I see no evil Ain't tryna talk to,
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hear from, I see those people
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And I ain't had the little homies burned up, no regal I'm really tryna do this music thing
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and just go legal I don't know why my name in your female phone
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But you really starting to sound like a female, Holmes Don't know why they told you that we sell stones
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We on the internet trying to get our email on Nah nigga,
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I don't know, I don't know who got you I don't know who stabbed you,
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I don't know who shot you I don't know who cut you, I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know, cause you know how my squad do
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Nah nigga, I don't know who sent them young boys through They aired the strip,
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shit just be happening out the blue I don't be around here, I ain't hip to the news I don't know why
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that man clutching on his shit when you move I don't know why that other rapper got strict for his juice
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You know how easy it is to get you confused I wasn't even in New York, I was just on a cruise
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Some weird way out in the islands with your bitch in the coos
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Oops, my bitch in the coos, dudes get hit when they snooze
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Lose their hit from the ooze, ooze all over the street I don't know why they said what's up, I don't know who's in that jeep
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They talk about me all day, but I ain't losing no sleep
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Nah, nigga, I don't know, I don't know who got you I don't know who stabbed you
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and I don't know who shot you I don't know who cut you, I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know cause you know I'm my squad, dude I don't know why my charm bout as big as your palm
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And why the diamond chain I wear is bout as long as your arm
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You tell me, how many diamonds in my bezel,
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there's one For every time I had to grind up in the ghetto I could show you how to do it,
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you tired of riding Buick's I don't know why niggas rap for years and can't make out of music
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Even when I don't do it, chicks release, body fluids, body drop Shawty poppin',
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niggas wanna tie me to it I don't know how long that Fabby won't
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Just say I'm their daddy while they saw them
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See before niggas just keep coming at me
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Got as many beats as 50 and a nigga go to church
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Could you imagine if my hands was on work?
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I don't know
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Nah, nigga, I don't know I don't know who got
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you I don't know who stabbed you I don't know who shot
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you I don't know who cut you I don't know who robbed you
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But you think I know
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Cause you know how my squad do
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Let's go Let's go
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Let's go Let's go Let's go.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Don't Know, Officer (Album Version (Explicit))”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: nigga, bout, robbed, stabbed, squad. This video has 71 sentences and 943 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:18. The speaker talks fast, about 219 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 76% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| bout noun | /ˈbaʊt/ | A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. |
| rob verb | /ɹɑb/ | To steal from, especially using force or violence. |
| stab verb | /stæb/ | To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. |
| diamond noun | /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| confused adjective | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | unable to think clearly or understand |
| dust noun | /dʌst/ | Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber… |
| crystal noun | /ˈkɹɪstəl/ | A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. |
| spin verb | /spɪn/ | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. |
| daddy noun | /ˈdædi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| strip verb | /ˈstɹɪp/ | To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. |
| 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. |
| strict adjective | /stɹɪkt/ | Strained; drawn close; tight. |
| cruise noun | /kɹuz/ | A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burn up verb | To catch fire and burn until destroyed. |
| jump out verb | To emerge suddenly. |
| make out of verb | To construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance). |
| play out verb | To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion. |
| put down to verb | To ascribe; to assume to be the cause of a situation. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 79 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, ain't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: hash /ˈhæʃ/, penitentiary /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
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 bout, rob, stab.
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.