Shadowing Practice: Super Bowl Halftime: Kendrick Lamar Performs Not Like Us - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Say Drake, I hear you like I'm young.
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You bet I never go to sell Block 1.
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To any that talk to him and they in love.
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Just make sure you hide your little sister from him.
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Kendrick Lamar scoring another win with his Drake beef in his Super Bowl halftime show.
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I'm on him tough.
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I'ma do my stuff.
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Why you showdown like a, ain't you tired?
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Trying to strike a chord and it's probably a minor.
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You have to believe in yourself and have to know that it's only one you.
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You an amazing individual, unique, you a miracle.
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I wake up every day and I'm like, this s* is crazy.
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The rapper dropping
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Not Like Us on music's biggest stage, despite Drake filing a lawsuit surrounding Kendrick's epic diss track.
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They not like us.
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No. They not like us.
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Are you my friend?
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Are we locked in?
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Then stay at this way, stay at that way.
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This is a true art form.
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So to represent it on this type of stage,
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it's like everything that I've worked for and everything that I believe in as far as the culture.
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Like, I live and die by it.
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Kendrick capping off a legendary week.
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Before his medley of hits in New Orleans, he was in L .A last Sunday, cradling five new Grammy Awards.
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I love being present, man.
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It's my favorite.
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It's very hard for me to live in the past.
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It's very hard.
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I respect the past wholeheartedly, but being in the now and being just locked into how I feel and the energy I have now,
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that's the LA energy for me.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Super Bowl Halftime: Kendrick Lamar Performs Not Like Us”. This video has 31 sentences and 275 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:36. The speaker talks at a natural 171 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| epic noun | /ˈɛp.ɪk/ | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| legendary adjective | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ | Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. |
| miracle noun | /ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/ | An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. |
| lawsuit noun | /ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/ | In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution. |
| rapper noun | /ˈɹæpɚ/ | The knocker of a door. |
| surround verb | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| chord noun | /kɔɹd/ | A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. |
| halftime noun | The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep… | |
| cradle noun | /ˈkɹeɪdəl/ | A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. |
| diss noun | /dɪs/ | Ampelodesmos mauritanicus syn. Ampelodesmos tenax, a reedy grass used for cordage. |
| medley noun | /ˈmɛdli/ | A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. |
| showdown noun | /ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/ | The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor. |
| wholeheartedly adverb | /ˌhoʊlˈhɑɹtədli/ | In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why you showdown like a, ain't you tired?
- Are you my friend?
- Are we locked in?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, wholeheartedly /ˌhoʊlˈhɑɹtədli/
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 epic, beef, legendary.
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.