Shadowing Practice: Tate McRae - Housewife (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Okay, okay Yeah, what ain't my paradise?
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It's terrible, it's compassion lights
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Truth is, it's more like it's loads of cash A nice guy and a life lived right
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There's just some things that they don't tell you, tell you And all the dreams they try to sell you,
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sell you The price of fame can take you to your knees
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And when it does, wanna run away with me I just wanna make a lot of money, be my own housewives
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You, you, you, you could be the one I'm calling honey
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Be my sex on my side
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You, you, you, you, you Hakers of open stars, headlights of precious cars
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Life in a tank in mine I, I, I, I, I, I just wanna make a lot of money
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Do my own house, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you,
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why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do you, why do
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And when did you wanna run away with me?
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I just wanna make a lot of money
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Be my own housewife
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You, you, you, you, you could be the one I'm calling
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Honey, be my sex on the side
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You, you, you, you, you Hakers of open stars Headlights of precious cars
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Life in a tank of night I, I, I, I, I I just wanna make a lot of money
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Be my own housewife
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Go into my garden, pick the money off the tree I don't pay for nothing, baby, people pay me
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And you right beside me, it's just the icing on the tree
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And I don't need you, I want you, and that's my favorite thing
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Go into my garden, pick the money off the tree I don't take nobody, baby, people take me
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And you right beside me, it's just the icing on the tree
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And I don't need you, I want you, and that's my favorite thing I just wanna make a lot of money,
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be my own housewife
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You, you, you, if you could be the one I'm calling
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How do you bring my sex on the side?
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You, you, you, in acres of open stars
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Hands like the precious cards I'm gonna take a lot I, I, I, I, I Just wanna make a lot of money
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Give my own house wine
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Be my, be my
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Tate McRae - Housewife”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tree, housewife, precious, stars, calling. This video has 38 sentences and 532 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:21. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| beside | /bɪˈsaɪd/ | Next to; at the side of. |
| fame noun | /feɪm/ | One's reputation. |
| 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. |
| paradise noun | /ˈpæɹədaɪs/ | The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death. |
| compassion noun | /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ | Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states. |
| acre noun | /ˈeɪ.kɚ/ | An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86… |
| housewife noun | /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/ | A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid]… |
| tank noun | /ˈtæŋk/ | A closed container for liquids or gases. |
| load noun | /loʊd/ | A burden; a weight to be carried. |
| tree noun | /tɹiː/ | A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. |
| ice noun | /aɪs/ | Water in frozen (solid) form. |
| sell verb | /sɛl/ | To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. |
| garden noun | /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/ | An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. |
| nobody noun | /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ | A person dismissed as unimportant. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run away with verb | To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as wanna, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, cash /ˈkæʃ/
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 honey, beside, fame.
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.