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Very nice. And the car. And...
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Thank you so much for being here.
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Look at you.
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Look at you.
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Look at this!
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I love the hearts.
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Thank you guys so much.
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I love you too.
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Thank you.
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Are you used.. you gotta be used to this like everywhere you go.
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No, you can never get used to that.
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Love is always an amazing feeling.
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It's humbling to see people support and pretty much just uplift you whenever they can, wherever they can.
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So coming out here, feeling that, seeing that, is always a bonus.
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It never gets old.
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Thank you guys.
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Thank you.
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You are so loved.
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Did you enjoy the spirit?
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I did.
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You know what?
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It's amazing.
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Who's coming up with the jingles?
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Who's doing it?
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Ain't they good?
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Who's doing it?
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That's the staff and the crew.
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We got talent like that at the happy place.
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I'm just like that.
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It's new.
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Like every, it's not redundant.
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They're cracking a code specific to each individual.
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It's very, very special and very specific to you and your show.
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Thank you.
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What season?
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I mean, let's take a second.
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Let me take a second to get flowers for a second.
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I mean, congrats.
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You are crushing.
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Your show is crushing.
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Your audience is responsive to you and your world.
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I'm happy for you.
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Thank you so much.
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I'm sorry it took so long.
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It's long overdue.
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But I should have been here a long time ago.
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But I'm glad that I'm here now.
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I'm so...
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Yes.
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I mean, you're Kevin Hart, so we're just happy that you came to see about us.
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This is amazing to have you here.
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And congratulations, because you just won an NAACP award.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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For Fight Night.
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Yeah?
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Fight Night, the series that we did for Peacock.
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Wow.
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Very dope.
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Very dope to be received.
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Shouts out to the amazing cast that we had.
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Samuel L.
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Jackson, Taraji, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard.
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I mean, literally, we put a list of who's who.
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We had amazing nude faces as well.
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Melvin Gregg.
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I mean, like literally, Lori Harvey.
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We had Chloe Bailey in it as well.
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I mean, we really put a nice cast together.
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And everybody showed up and showed out.
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So it's amazing to be received.
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So well deserved.
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Oh, my goodness.
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OK, you named all of these stars.
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Do you remember when we first met?
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When we first met?
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Yeah.
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I've known you for a very long time.
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It's been a minute, right?
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It's been a minute.
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We're getting old.
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Yeah.
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Wait, yeah, we are.
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Yeah, we are.
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When we first met?
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We did Think Like a Man music video. With Neo.
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Neo.
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That was when we first met?
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Well, did you remember that time?
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Well, we getting old, Kevin.
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I can't remember that far back.
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You remember this?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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Boss lady got work to do.
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I thought I was doing something.
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I'm like, I'm in a video with Kevin Hart.
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Look at this.
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Wow, look at my head.
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You know, you don't know you're getting older until you see stuff like that.
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You're like, yeah.
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So you think your head grew?
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You know what it is?
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I can see an amazing amount of youth in that video there.
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You know?
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Energy.
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There's a lot of energy there.
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Older you get, you just get a little tired.
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You are.
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You always seem like full of energy.
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Don't he always seem full of energy, y'all?
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No, it's still there.
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It's still there, but I could fall asleep right now.
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I could definitely, I could fall asleep right now.
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Yeah?
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You stop talking to me?
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Absolutely.
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I'm at that age where a nap is wanted at any time.
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I will doze off right here and wake up mid-sentence.
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You know, I fell asleep on stage.
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You fell asleep on stage?
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I fell asleep performing on stage in, I was in Sydney.
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I was in Australia and you know, the flight was crazy, long flight and for some reason,
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I booked the show the night that we, like, the landed.
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So we landed early and I never really slept.
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We go do the show and there was a moment in between jokes where I'm like, man, but you know, that's life.
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That's what happens.
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And I take a beat and I literally doze.
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And I remember dozing off and I woke up and I was like, I hope they didn't see that.
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I hope they didn't see that.
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I just kept going.
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I just kept going.
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I will fall asleep at the drop of a dime.
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Listen, well, I bet you didn't go to sleep on that Eagles game.
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No. Because they won their Super Bowl.
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Yes.
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Now we hype.
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Oh, oh, there it goes.
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Now we hype.
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We woke them up, y'all.
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You want energy.
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OK.
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You want energy, you want to talk about the Eagles, you'll get whatever type of energy you want.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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You know I bought some eagles.
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What?
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I bought eagles.
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I got two bald eagles.
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Is that how you celebrate it?
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Did you buy it before they won?
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Well, I bought an eagle the first year that we went to the Super Bowl.
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I named that eagle Jaylen.
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OK, that's Jaylen.
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And then I went and bought another eagle and named that one Saquon.
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There they go, there go my pets right there.
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Yep.
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Now keep in mind that these are endangered species.
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So I can't get
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that close to them after a certain hour cause they get a little crazy and they mistake me for rodents.
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Stop it.
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Because I'm small.
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You think they could pick you up?
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Oh, 1000% they could pick me up, 1000%.
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And that's why you know I don't play with them that much.
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But during the times of the football season we do stuff like this to celebrate.
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See Saquon getting crazy.
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He getting crazy in the back.
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Yeah.
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See, Kwine's got a little attitude, so we keep him contained.
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How do you keep him contained?
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Well, you pretty much just got to keep him in the space where it's just theirs.
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Right?
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They own a certain portion of my house.
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I don't go in that.
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I don't go in their zone.
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I don't go in their zone until it's game time.
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OK.
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Yeah, it's just called being the best fan that you can possibly be.
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OK.
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Yeah.
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Clearly, you're committed.
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I'm committed.
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E-A-G-L-E-S, Eagles.
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Fly, Eagles.
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Come on.
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That woke him up.
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Fly, Eagles.
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Fly.
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Fly.
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Huh?
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Fly.
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I'm gonna fly away with you.
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Ah, even fly.
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Until they pick me up.
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Until they...
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Don't let them do that.
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We need our Kevin.
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Now tell me about this Usher concert.
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You got to be a part of the concert.
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You came out on the stage and the show.
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I did.
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That's my guy, man.
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Usher had a phenomenal run in Vegas.
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Of course, to the world's knowledge, Usher decided to go on tour.
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And Usher going on tour, he said he was going to LA.
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By the way, look at that.
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That's you.
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Look at that.
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That ain't even Usher.
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Yeah, that's me.
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Look at that.
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That's me right there, rolling.
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Uh-oh, you took your stage.
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Roll shirt off.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Did you plan to do that?
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Or it just hit you in the moment?
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Yeah, that was my moment.
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I told him, I said, hey man, if you're gonna be in LA, let me come by.
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He said, what you wanna do?
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I said, let me just, you know.
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I told him, I said, I just wanna come and shout out to the crowd.
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You know, I ain't gonna do too much or nothing.
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He said, all right.
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I said, just like, which way can I go up?
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And he told me like a very simple way, but I met with his like production team.
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So they showed me like the entrance that he comes in, how he comes in with the microphone and I have fog and everything.
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So the crowd thought that it was Usher.
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It didn't look like Usher.
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I thought I saw Usher too.
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Yeah.
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You didn't leave him nothing to do after that.
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Well, listen.
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Look, I don't want to say it, but comedy chose me.
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I chose singing.
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I could have.
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Oh, you did?
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I could have went down this path.
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Oh, OK.
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I could have been a singer.
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You know, comedy said, no, we want you here.
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I wanted to be there.
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That was a moment for me to show the world what they could have had.
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Where I had the most fun is I started to sing the song.
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OK.
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So Usher, I'll go, It's 7 o'clock.
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There you go.
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And then the crowd started singing.
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Oh.
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Oh, they think I'm really about to sing.
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I don't have the song in my bag.
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And then that shit came out and stopped me.
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But it was a great moment.
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It was fun.
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Those are the things that make touring special.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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You stay on the roll.
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Like, for real.
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I just saw you at the NBA All-Star Game.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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What in the world?
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OK.
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And then my favorite part was you and Shaq standing.
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We can't even see who in the photo.
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Well, that's how I take pictures.
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That's how I take pictures with tall people.
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So I have a rule, right?
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Yeah.
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Oh my god.
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Yeah.
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Anybody taller than me, when you take a photo, your head is off.
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If you aren't, yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's me and Steph right there.
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Oh, so you know who you're in the picture with?
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I know who they are.
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If the people don't see the picture, that's not my business.
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OK.
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You can see me.
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You can clearly see where I'm at.
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But it's just a rule.
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I'm not dealing with tall people, OK?
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If you want to come around me and you expect me to look up and do all this stuff, I'm not inconveniencing myself or my world.
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So when you come into my domain, it is what it is.
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OK.
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Your head is off.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, see, that's a stupid picture.
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See, I don't know.
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How you feel about this?
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I don't know who released this picture, but it doesn't have my approval.
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It should have cut his head off.
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His head should have been cut off.
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Now, see this?
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I look weird in this picture.
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You can't do that.
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If you cut his head off, I look cool.
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They're like, who is that?
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Nobody cares when they don't see their head.
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But now you're looking at this, and it just makes me look weird.
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I look like one of his legs.
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I don't like this.
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Yeah, I don't like this.
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I'm going to get this taken off the internet.
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Oh, so we should probably remove that.
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Yeah, I got power like that.
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I'll get it moved.
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Yes, you do.
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I got it.
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I'll handle that.
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Listen, don't use it on us too hard now.
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I got one more thing.
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Drewski was just here, and he said you was disappointed in him for his performance at the Celebrity Game.
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Why was you so disappointed?
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Drewski's performance at the All-Star Celebrity Game might have been in the top two worst things I've ever seen.
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Uh-oh.
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You know, you know, I've become real close with Drewski and Kai, who were the feature faces of the Celebrity Game.
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And I told him, man, I said, look, this is a great platform.
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You go, you can be funny, you can be personal, but you got to actually know how to play the game too.
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It has to be a balance of fun and actual play.
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They didn't tell me that they couldn't play the game at all.
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Like, neither one of them are good at basketball at all.
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So that was problematic for me.
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I mean, when I played in the celebrity game, I'm 45 now.
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In my younger years, I played the game at a high level.
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You do know that I'm a four-time celebrity game MVP.
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Yeah, you do.
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You guys, you know that.
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Yes!
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I mean, I'm in the Hall of Fame.
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I'm in the Hall of Fame for Celebrity Game MVPs.
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I'm actually the only one that have a four-time MVP status.
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Yeah.
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And I'm not saying that to brag or to put myself above anybody else, but there's nobody else in that category.
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And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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He said it.
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Yeah.
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He said it.
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And if you really wanna know how good I was, go and watch Drewski and Kai and see the gap of separation and talent.
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You understand what I'm saying?
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Yeah.
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Now, you're currently on tour with your comedy act, Acting My Age.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Still on tour.
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Yes.
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Why you name it that?
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Where did the name come from?
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Because it's fitting.
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It's where I am in life.
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I think that there's a moment
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that we're having where people are running away from what I feel the true understanding should be about old age.
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Like, everybody's trying to get younger.
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Everybody's trying to turn back the hand of time.
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But, you know, I feel like we should uplift and amplify the idea of old age.
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Old age is, I think we should, you know?
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I like that.
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Getting older is a representation of life lived, wisdom, experience.
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And I think without those things, you don't really have the win in life.
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So it's a luxury to get older, to make it to 50, 60.
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My kids are showing me where I'm at.
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Well, how so?
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Well, I can't keep up no more.
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My son, my son is, I want to say my son is a bonafide track star.
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Oh.
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And you know, there's a moment that you have as a parent, where you feel like you feel like you still can do what your mind is saying.
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But your mind, your mind and your body are on two different pages.
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So what my mind is saying, my body has no idea that it's about to happen.
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So I told my son, I was like, look, man, I know you're doing all this running, but don't think your dad still can't do what I do.
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Right.
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I still can do it.
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If you want to get down, we can get down.
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He's like, Dad, you don't want to race me.
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I said, we can go.
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We can go now.
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We was on a beach.
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When I say this boy left me, when I say, in my mind, I was out, I had it, I was ready.
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My daughter was like, OK, guys, on my go.
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On your mark, get set.
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And when she said go, my son was, I mean, like a lightning bolt.
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I didn't even move.
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I just looked up.
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He was at the damn finish line.
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And I'm like, OK, well, we'll wrestle then.
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Let's wrestle.
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Oh, you changed it?
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Yeah, I changed it.
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And then I felt he was a little stronger.
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I was like, he done got a little strong.
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And I started threatening him.
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I was like, boy, let me tell you something.
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I'm still your father.
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Don't grab my neck.
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He had put me in a chokehold.
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I don't know if you ever been choked out by your kid.
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Uh-uh.
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Never got him.
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I got a little lightheaded when he did it.
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I was like, I think my son can get me at this point.
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You start threatening him.
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I start grabbing weapons around the house.
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I'm no longer in that space of physicality that I used to be.
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And it's funny to me.
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It's just funny to see your body changing and your mind changing.
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So this set is about drawing attention to that on a major level.
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I love how you're accepting that.
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You have to.
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You can't run away from it.
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Yes, that's so good.
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You can't run away from it.
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I don't wear jeans anymore.
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You don't?
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Now, why you don't wear jeans no more?
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I don't wear jeans because I'm getting older.
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It's all pants, all slacks.
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Slacks?
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Slack.
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And that's for a certain age.
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I mean, I'm over 40.
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I feel like a good pant is necessary.
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OK.
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Jeans are not the same.
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Jeans hurt and they're not comfortable.
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They're not comfortable.
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I need a comfortable slack.
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I need something that I can move in and something that's soft when I'm doing this right here.
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I don't like how jeans feel on my knees.
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They hurt my knees.
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I don't like it.
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And they hurt my waist.
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Like, when you sit down, I don't like how jeans dig in my waist.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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I don't like that.
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All slacks.
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Soft waistband.
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Now, what age should we be when we start wearing the slacks?
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I mean, for me, everything changed when I got 40.
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I'm 45 now, I'm 46.
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So it changes.
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At 50, I'm going all sweatpants.
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I'm not even going slacks.
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Just sweatpants.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Well, he look good, though.
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Don't he look good, child?
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Yeah, yeah, I'm holding on.
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He looking good.
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So let's talk about your new animated series.
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Yes.
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Lil' Kev, how did you come up with that?
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I mean, listen, this is a passion project.
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This is one of those things that have been forever in the making
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and having the opportunity of course to bring my childhood to life through animation it was always the goal
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but it was like how do we do it properly
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because you want to be able to tell the story correctly you want it to be a little edgy uh
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and you want it to be fitting
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so where we found a nice little um a nice little opportunity to like turn the tables in and storytelling, when you talk about the hood,
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it's always told from one perspective, right?
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One POV of just like, oh man, the hood is so tough.
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It's so crazy.
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I wanted to showcase it in a different light.
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Although the environment may not be fitting to most, it's a comfortable setting if that's where you come from.
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And there's also an environment of like a village of protection.
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Everybody in the hood serves a valuable purpose.
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And it's a loving purpose.
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And there's a supportive energy attached to several different households.
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So when I was coming up, my mom, of course, was my mom, but my mom's work schedule didn't allow her to be there during the day.
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So I had a neighbor that I would sit with.
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I had my grandma that had to come, and I would go and be with for a certain portion.
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And after that, I would go to a friend's house from 3 to 6, and then my mom would come get me.
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But there was a village of connectivity that served to my upbringing.
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And being able to bring that to life, showcase it, and Lil Kev, It truly is fulfilling because it's an emotional thing for me.
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Mom's not here.
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So having mom on the animation, my dad's not here.
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Having my dad and the stories of old come back to life, it's a full circle moment.
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So I feel like my angels and my mom and dad are significantly proud, happy about the moment.
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Yes.
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And Brandon, such a creative way.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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I love that Wanda Sykes plays your mom.
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Wanda Sykes.
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How did you ask her to do it?
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I just asked her.
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Wanda is a mentor, a friend, just a space of love.
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She's done so much for me throughout my career, in advice and, more importantly, in just direction.
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Being able to go back to her and say, like, I got something cool I think it'd be dope for you to do.
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It's playing my mom.
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And you get to treat me the way you do at a regular level.
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You get to be mean to me.
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She jumped at the opportunity just because of that.
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And she brought so much more to the character.
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When you have something on page, you know what it is or what it can be.
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But when you have talent like Wanda come in and take a liking to it, it elevates it to another level.
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So it's special.
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We've got to put a very, very special thing on our hands right now.
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You're so great at what you do.
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I want to pick your brain.
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Like, what's something you haven't done that you want to do?
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Because you've done so much.
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I am very much adamant about trying to do as much as I can.
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Yeah.
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You know, the business of entertainment is broad.
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There's so much that adds to the definition of entertainment, right?
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So it's not just movies.
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It's not just TV.
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It's not just stand-up comedy.
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It's the writing.
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It's the producing.
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It's the directing.
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It's the developing.
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You know, it's the partnering.
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It's the business to the business.
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I'm trying my best to build better bridges so that the talent after me can surpass me.
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I think that's the real goal at hand.
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I'm very fortunate.
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I'm very blessed and thankful to have done the things that I've done and experienced what I've experienced.
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But I think the baton, it's supposed to be passed.
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So if I can build this platform and these things
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and new talent to the Drewskys or the Kyes or the Plastic Cup Boys,
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Naeem, Spank, fresh talent, writing talent, producing talent.
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If I can have the engine to service their needs and put them in a position to go forward, then that's the bigger win for me.
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That's my focus.
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And that's where I'm finding the most joy in today's time, is building the brand of heartbeat and servicing the opportunity for others.
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And I just, I hope that I can be a part of the conversation for the stars of tomorrow.
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And I hope that those stars do way more than I was able to do
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so that the generations after can continue to push and drive and do more anew.
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That's how the business evolved.
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So if you don't serve your purpose, then it flatlines.
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So how are you serving your purpose?
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How are you doing your just-do?
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You just inspired all of us.
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Will you come back again to see us?
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Absolutely.
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Oh, my God.
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This is a treat.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Kevin Hart’s Unseen & Unfiltered Extended Interview — Digital Exclusive”. This video has 541 sentences and 3772 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:35. The speaker talks fast, about 203 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| eagle noun | /ˈiːɡəl/ | Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision. |
| slack adjective | /slæk/ | Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. |
| jeans noun | /d͡ʒiːnz/ | A pair of trousers made from denim cotton. |
| doze verb | /doʊz/ | To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. |
| dope noun | [doʊp] | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| sweatpants noun | /ˈswɛtˌpænts/ | Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc. |
| uplift verb | /ʌpˈlɪft/ | To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level. |
| wrestle verb | /ˈɹɛs(ə)l/ | To take part in (a wrestling bout or match). |
| showcase noun | /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/ | A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items. |
| threaten verb | /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ | To make a threat against someone; to use threats. |
| waist noun | /weɪst/ | The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. |
| hype noun | /haɪp/ | Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims. |
| shout verb | /ʃaʊt/ | To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| animation noun | /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| head off verb | To begin moving away. | |
| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| come around verb | /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ | To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Did you enjoy the spirit?
- Do you remember when we first met?
- That was when we first met?
- You know what it is?
- You understand what I'm saying?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've known · It's been · I've ever seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be received · is wanted · are endangered |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 133 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, theirs /ðɛɚz/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: showcase /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/, shout /ʃaʊt/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, separation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/, phenomenal /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
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 eagle, slack, jeans.
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.