Shadowing Practice: Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane - Black Beatles (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Black Beatles in the city,
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be back immediately to confiscate the money You sent flowers,
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but you said you didn't receive them But you said you didn't receive them That girl is a real crowd,
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please Small world, all her friends know of me Young bull living like an old geese Quick release to cash,
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watch it fall slowly Frat girl still trying to get eat Haters mad for whatever reason Smoke in the air,
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binge drinking They lose it when the DJ drops a knee Getting so gone,
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I'm not blinking What in the world was I thinkin' New day,
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new money to be made There is nothin' to explain I'm a fuckin' black beetle, cream seats in the Regal Rockin' John Lennon lenses,
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like to see them spread Eagle took a bitch to the club
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and let a party on the table Screamin' everybody's famous Like clockwork, I blow it all
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Thinkin' some more Get you somebody that can do both Black Beatles got the babes belly rolling She thinks she love me,
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I think she trolling That girl is a real crowd please Small world,
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all her friends know of me Young bull living like an old geese Quick release the cash,
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watch it fall slowly Frat girl still trying to get eat Haters mad for whatever reason Smoke in the air,
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binge drinking They lose it when the DJ drops the knee Came in with two girls, look like shripplers in their real clothes A broke hoe can
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only point me to a rich hoe A yellow bitch with green hair, a real weirdo Black man,
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yellow lamb, red like dope They say they cool on them, just came in through the side door It's so much money on the floor,
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we buyin' school clothes Why you bring a money machine to the club for?
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And a pint of lean, pound of weed and a kilo I use a stealth peltz,
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I hate her like a rondo I upgrade your baby mama to a condo Like child foes,
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serving yeo to the gringos Black beetle club clothes when I say so That girl is a real crowd,
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please Small world, all her friends know of me Young bull, living like an old geese Quick,
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release the cash, watch her fall slowly Crack girl,
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still trying to get in Haters mad for whatever reason Smoke in the air,
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binge drink They lose it when the DJ drops the knees She's a good teaser And we blowin' reefer
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Your body like a work of art, baby Don't fuck with me, I'll break your heart, baby TNG on me,
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I got a lot of flavor Fifty -hundred on my feet, I'm tryin' to kill these haters I ain't haters when I was broke,
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I'm rich, I still got haters I ain't hoes when I was broke, I'm rich, I'm still a player I wear leather Gucci jackets like it's still the 80s I've been blowin' OG Kush,
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I feel elucidated I can't worry about a broke nigga, ooh, a hater Black Beetle bitch,
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me and Parma gonna relate it That girl is a real crowd,
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please Small world, all her friends know of me Young bull living like an old geese Quick release to cash,
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watch it fall slowly Frack girl still trying to get even Haters mad for whatever reason Smoke in the air,
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binge drinking They lose it when the DJ drops the knee
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Mike Wilmer
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane - Black Beatles”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hater, geese, binge, knee, drops. This video has 35 sentences and 581 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:43. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bull noun | /bʊl/ | Specifically, one that is uncastrated. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| goose noun | /ɡus/ | Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and… |
| binge noun | /bɪnd͡ʒ/ | A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| beetle noun | /ˈbiːtəl/ | Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings… |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| leather noun | /ˈlɛðɚ/ | A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier… |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| weed noun | /wiːd/ | Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing. |
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| relate verb | /ɹɪˈleɪt/ | To tell in a descriptive way. |
| upgrade verb | /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ | To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components. |
| lens noun | /lɛnz/ | An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, stealth /stɛlθ/
- Long words — get the stress right: condominium /ˌkɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/, elucidate /əˈlusəˌdeɪt/
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 bull, knee, goose.
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.