Shadowing Practice: Michael Jackson - You Rock My World (lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I don't think they're ready for this
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Dark child I like that I'm poor
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Oh, poor Like a whore
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My life will never be the same
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Girl, you came and changed
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The way I want, the way I don't I cannot explain
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The things I feel for you
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Girl, you know it's true I'll stay with you, I'll fill my dreams
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And I'll be all you need
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Feels so right, girl
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Such love I've heard you've done all my life
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Oh, feels like I've done it all
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And I've found it now, come on girl
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My world, you know you did
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And there'd be things I wanted to do
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Where is love who think I find
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Someone like you, come on Run my world
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My world, you know you did
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And there'd be things I wanted to do
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Where is love who think I find
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Someone like you, come on One time, I knew that love would bring
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This happiness to me I tried to keep my sanity I waited patiently
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Girl, you know it seems
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Life is so complete
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Love is true, because of you
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You're doing what you do
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You think that I like
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You find the perfect love
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Search for all my life
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You think I find
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You think that I like
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You find the perfect love
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You rock my world, you know you did, everything I wanna give
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You're like my world, you know it is Maybe you ain't gonna get
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Maybe stop you take the time
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So I like you, don't fight
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Girl, I know that this is love I feel the mess is all in the air
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And girl, I'll never get enough
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That's why I always have to have you here
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You rock my world, you rock my world
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Look what you did to me, baby It's not too big a time, but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time,
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but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time, but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time,
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but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time, but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time,
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but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time, but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time,
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but for the fact you'd come by It's not too big a time, but for the fact you'd come by
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The way
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you
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talk to me, the way you loving me
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The way you deliver to me
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You rock my world, you know you did too
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Tonight, I think
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Yeah, yeah, you, you, yeah, I think Yeah, yeah, yeah
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You rock my world, you rock my world
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You rock my world, you rock my world
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Come on, girl
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Come on, girl
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Baby, baby, baby, baby I want you to talk my life
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Michael Jackson - You Rock My World”. This video has 67 sentences and 612 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:49. The speaker talks at a steady 127 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| patiently adverb | /ˈpeɪʃəntli/ | In a patient manner. |
| sanity noun | /ˈsæn.əˌti/ | The condition of being sane. |
| fill verb | /fɪl/ | To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. |
| mess noun | /mɛs/ | A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation. |
| deliver verb | /dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/ | To set free from restraint or danger. |
| search verb | /sɝt͡ʃ/ | To look in (a place) for something. |
| dream verb | /ˈdɹim/ | To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping. |
| explain verb | /ɪkˈspleɪn/ | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
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 heard · I've done · I've found |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will never be · I'll stay · I'll be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 39 contractions and reduced forms, such as wanna, you'd, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like happiness, patiently, sanity.
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.