Shadowing Practice: iShowSpeed's First Time Working Out With A Girl! - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creating lesson...
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What's up?
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What's up?
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We're good.
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What's up?
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So, look, what we about to do?
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Back in biceps and triceps.
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Oh, hell yeah.
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Let's go.
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Because I.. this whole tour...
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I ain't even working out yet this whole tour.
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How long have you been in Florida?
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I've been here for two days.
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How long have you been working out for?
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I'm about like four or over four years.
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Four years? Where are we going?
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How old are you?
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I'm 20.
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You're 20?
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Damn!
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You know I'm 22?
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Bro, you know what?
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You sound like Mickey Mouse.
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Huh?
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You sound like Mickey Mouse.
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Yeah, no, I don't have to dream 21 until January.
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January what?
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5th.
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Aw, .
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Oh, it was your birthday.
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January 21st. Aw.
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Oh, yeah, baby.
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Oh, yeah, baby.
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Oh, yeah.
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All right, so what are we doing today?
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Back in arms.
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Back in arms.
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Hell, yeah.
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This is my first time working out with a girl.
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You know I never worked out with a girl before.
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Yeah, because girls usually don't work out for real.
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Yeah, that's true.
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Go for him, go for him.
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You getting that burn in, baby?
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Everybody working out.
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Whoa, you got guns.
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What the hell?
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Oh, my God.
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Yo, you had a sleeper body for real.
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I didn't even realize.
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You can tell she worked out, bro.
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She got guns on her.
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How many did?
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Oh, eight.
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Hold on.
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Like that?
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Yeah. Do that?
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Yeah, hold on.
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Like that?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Bora, bora.
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Puxa, puxa, puxa!
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Vai!
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Caraca, man!
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Mais ou...
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Mais ou...
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Mais ou...
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Mais ou...
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Boa, garoto!
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Osta!
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Vai!
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I can't build a freezer, right?
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Vai, vai!
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Like acting like a girl?
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Hey, it's light, it's light.
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Yeah, go ahead.
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It's light.
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It's light.
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You're a part of it.
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You're a part of it.
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It's light.
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Try, bro.
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I'm good now.
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Like this.
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Pop with the floor, man.
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No, no, no, no. What's up, bro?
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I'm not on the circuit.
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I'm not on the circuit.
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I'm not on the circuit.
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I'm not on the circuit.
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I'm not on the circuit.
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I'm not on the circuit.
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Now go up.
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I'm trying.
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Get my thigh.
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Yeah, boy.
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Oh, I'm going to put your hand back.
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What happened?
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It's also if you like put your other arm like kind of like chug the...
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Like that?
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Yeah.
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3, 4,
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you gotta get 6, get 6, 5, 6, 7, you gotta get Rick,
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gotta go Rick, go Rick.
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You did curls already?
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Yeah, I'm still doing stuff.
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4 seconds, curl 85.
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I'm in bed.
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I'm in bed.
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So I want to try something crazy. And then...
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You got him?
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And then you do, yeah?
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I got over that.
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Keep it together.
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On your chest.
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Keep it it together.
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Keep it together on your chest.
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When you go back.
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Then push up.
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Keep it together on your chest.
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Lean back.
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There you go.
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Bring it down.
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Back up.
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Got another one?
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That's cool.
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Drop it.
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There you go.
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Oh my god.
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I just dumbbell pressed 100, Chad.
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Nobody in Chad can do that.
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Nobody in Chad can do that.
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I'm so strong, Rudy, bro.
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Why, bro?
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Oh, that's right for me.
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Can you do any voice impressions?
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Yep.
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It's me!
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No, no, no. No, not here, not here.
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Are you, like, any weird voices?
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Yep.
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Why?
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Because I got one.
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What?
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Hey.
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Hey, what you doing?
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What the?
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Yo.
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Yo, yo, chat.
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Try it.
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No, hell no. What the?
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Where did that come from?
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What the hell?
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Chat, where did that come from?
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You do m?
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What?
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How do you know how to do that?
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Why do you know how to do that?
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I have no idea.
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I don't know where I'm leaning.
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This?
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Yeah.
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I kind of like slightly bend forward a little bit.
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Oh, go.
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Man, you can still go heavier.
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I know.
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Dude. That looks like you.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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What, man?
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Why you talking?
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Come on.
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Aw, yeah oh yeah
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oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah one ten Up.
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Up.
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Up.
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Up.
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Up.
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Up.
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Up.
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Here you go.
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Nice.
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Nice.
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Nice.
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You already 10 on your column.
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Man can't push.
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I would never fold my head.
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See he playing.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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He's boy.
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He's boy.
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He playing.
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He playing.
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He playing.
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He's like right there.
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He goes.
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He goes.
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He goes.
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He goes.
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He goes.
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He goes.
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Come on.
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Come on.
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Come on.
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I was on the ground.
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I was on the ground.
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I was on the ground.
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Stop, stop.
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I was on the knees.
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Keep this one tap.
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Get the other side.
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We got you, dog.
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Get the legs in the ground.
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Yes, I will stop it.
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On my life, we got you.
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No, no, no. No, no, no. Look, look, he's there.
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Look, look, look.
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Look, we got you, bro.
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Look, look, look.
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When you say stop, I take you.
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Go.
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Hey!
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No, no, don't do that.
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Alright, we just start.
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Speed, speed, speed, let's switch off.
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Speed, speed, switch off with this.
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No, come here.
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Come on down.
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I'm going to do it.
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Everybody get on him.
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Can we get this one?
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No, it's better, it's better.
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No, he's going to do it.
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No, he's going to do it.
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oh He's stuck.
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Okay, man.
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He's stuck.
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Hey!
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He's playing.
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He's counting.
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He knows he's committed.
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Bro, he's bored.
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Ready?
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Come on.
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Come here.
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Come here.
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Come here, bro.
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There's one.
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Come on, bro.
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I'm not leaving until you give me one.
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We're back.
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We're back.
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We're back.
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I'm not leaving.
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I'll go first.
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Rebecca, she a girl.
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She...
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Rebecca, look.
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Rebecca Vedras, Vedras.
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She a whole female.
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This is a whole female right here.
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I got it.
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She could probably bench him.
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Man, no, no, no, no, no. See?
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But I don't want to.
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She's a whole girl, bro.
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She's a whole female.
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Whole damn female, man.
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No, I don't want to, no, pa.
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oh she doing 20 bye bye thank you bro i just
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want one i want one from you one i want one
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we're back we're back we're back we're back bro bro they got you hey
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if you can't do it we're Spotted you this how you get
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I'm going to get this guy.
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My son.
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I'm going to get this guy.
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I'm going to get this guy.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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She's big.
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I'm not going to get this guy.
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Bro, come here.
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Bro, hey, hey, hey.
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You're a grown ass man, man.
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You're a grown ass man.
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Listen, listen, listen.
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Wait, calm down.
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I'm helping you.
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You don't get that.
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You can't do it, I'm helping you brother, we got two big black...
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No, no, no. Come, wake home.
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Home, silencio, 45, silencio.
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Two big black men helping you.
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We're helping, we're spotting you.
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I'm holding it.
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He's holding it.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No,
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no, no, no, no, no. Come on, amigos.
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Amigos.
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Sit down, bro.
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Come on, here we go.
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Hey, amigos, amigos.
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Come on, sit, sit, sit.
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Serious.
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When I say, stop, stop.
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Okay, stop, stop.
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Stop, stop, stop.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Ready?
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No, no, move down, move down.
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Come on, let's go.
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Stop, stop.
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My friend.
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I'm spring.
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Put your fingers like this.
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No, no, no, no. He's not not been right there.
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Scoot down.
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Scoot down.
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Scoot down.
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Scoot down.
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No, no, no, no. Scoot down.
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Scoot your ass down.
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You got your balls.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Right there.
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Okay.
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No, no, no, no, no. He stopped.
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He stopped.
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He stopped.
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He stopped.
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He stopped.
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He put his head on my balls and .
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Okay.
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Ready?
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Ready?
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Three, two, one.
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Let's go.
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Uh-huh.
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Uh-huh.
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You got it.
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Let's go.
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Come on, come on, bring it to his chest.
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Stop it, stop it.
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I'm good.
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Henry, man, you're leaving.
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You came in too much.
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What are you doing?
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Look, my ting's still up.
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Bro, come on.
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What are my ting's up?
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Bro, you didn't even do it.
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We got you.
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I never think.
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I never think.
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Thank you.
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No, come on, bro.
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Sit down, sit down.
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I didn't keep in the way.
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He was like that on his side.
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Get your ass up, bro.
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Get your ass up.
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Be your child.
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You took things off, bro oh my face bro this is all one put your feet on the ground
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yeah yeah yeah yeah three two one let's go bring it okay down down down
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One more, one more, one more.
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We got it, we got it, we got it.
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Huh?
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Hey, another one, another one!
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Hey, another one, another one!
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Yeah!
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Hey!
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Ah!
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Money!
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I'm gonna beat your ass, bro.
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Hey, bro, hey, chill up.
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Your ass is too confident.
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Hold on.
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Hey, I'm so confident.
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I can't get it.
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Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.
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You can't be doing that.
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Sorry, sorry, sorry.
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You can't be doing that.
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Sorry sorry sorry.
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I know you have been but you did it.
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Sorry sorry sorry.
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Don't be doing that bro.
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Come on bro be grown ass man bro.
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Sorry.
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Yeah man.
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Chilow bro.
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Chilow.
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Whoa!
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Hey!
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What that come from?
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Hey what's your fella?
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Damn!
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That's so fire.
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She got guns, bro.
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Bro.
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She got guns, bro.
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Oh, God.
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How you do that one thing?
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Do that one thing again.
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No, when you like with your hats.
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That's actually that's a great physique.
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That is beautiful.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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That is beautiful.
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Her shit is fucking like Baki.
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You ever watch anime?
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You ever watch Baki?
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You remind me of one of them characters from Baki.
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Yeah?
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Yeah.
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I'm trying to slowly shred, but...
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No, you shred it.
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Bro, no. Something had to happen to you for you to do that voice.
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So you just know how to do it?
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Why'd you start working out?
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I quit gymnastics and then like I just needed to stay active.
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It was driving me crazy.
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So I just like I got into the gym and then I just eventually couldn't stop.
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Because like since being in gymnastics it was like I was addicted to that.
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So you know how to flip?
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Yeah.
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I mean like muscle memory, but like I can't just like whip out a back flip.
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I'm sure I could but like Yup, yeah, I can do a handstand.
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Yeah
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Yours better than mine's what the Yours is way better than Moss!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “iShowSpeed's First Time Working Out With A Girl!”. This video has 437 sentences and 1769 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:09. The speaker talks slowly, about 103 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 67 of its 437 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
amigo noun/əˈmiɡoʊ/A friend.
bora nounA cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to…
shred verb/ʃɹɛd/To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.
curl noun/kɜɹl/A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
gymnastics noun/d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
lean verb/ˈliːn/To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
flip verb/flɪp/To throw so as to turn over.
biceps noun/ˈbaɪ.sɛps/Any muscle having two heads.
handstand noun/ˈhændˌstænd/The act of standing on one's hands, most often in an inverted way.
physique nounThe natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
sleeper noun/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/Someone who sleeps.
triceps noun/ˈtɹaɪ.sɛps/Any muscle having three heads.
freezer noun/ˈfɹizɚ/An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
addict noun/ˈæd.ɪkt/A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
work out verb/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/To calculate.
sit down verbTo assume a sitting position from a standing position.
move down verbTo demote
back up verbTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
calm down verbTo become less excited, intense, or angry.
get over verbTo overcome.
go ahead verb/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/To proceed with; to begin.
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • How long have you been working out for?
  • All right, so what are we doing today?
  • You getting that burn in, baby?
  • What are my ting's up?
  • Why'd you start working out?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've been · have been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itbe grown · was addicted
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm trying · I'm still doing · I'm leaning
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm going to put · I'm going to do · he's going to do

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 78 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like amigo, bora, shred.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →