Shadowing Practice: Travis Scott - FE!N ft. Playboi Carti - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Just come
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outside, for the night, yeah Take your time,
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get your life, yeah Do you rock like a g-b-b-b-a-r?
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He's the guy, he's the guy, he's the guy.
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Duck harry is more at stake when you in your prime, Fuck that paper, baby, my face on the dotted line.
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I've been flying out of town for some peace of mind It's like always, they just want a peace of mind I've been focused on the future,
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never on right now What I'm sipping,
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I can boot you, either pink or brown I'm the one that introduce you to the you right now Oh my God,
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that be bad Well, all right, trying to fight In the night, come alive Ain't it me?
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Ain't it?
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Ain't it?
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Ain't it?
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Ain't it?
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What's up?
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Huh?
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Way!
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Way!
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Oh, wait, wait, wait
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Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up Yeah, hold up, yeah, yeah, yeah How'd you make part of my shit?
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Give it a lie, hold up, shit, shit, yeah Try to come out about this shit, it poppin' your ties, hold up, shit Hold up, run, yeah, feelin' like I'm on team I'm gonna go outside of these hoes,
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shout out on fucking your friends I been going crazy, I been in it deep in She not innocent, shit she tryna go Be,
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be, be, be, be, be, be, be, be, be, be,
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be I just been icing my hoes, I just been dripping my hoes That's a whole lot of love shots, I got these hoes on their toes I put the bitch on the road,
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she tryna fuck on the hoes I got this ho with me, she tryna show me something Hold up, hold up, I got flows today, these niggas ain't on nothing Me and my world,
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I didn't even know we on one We ain't spike, gon' crazy into the sun, no You worried about that ho, that ho I'm chose up Pistil solid,
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the kitchen can't get us a code up Why the fuck,
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these niggas ain't like they know it Double-O-K, this shit we told us Swish out the bad,
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these nicks get rolled up Everything, everything, everything

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 31 sentences and 376 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:11. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
innocent adjective/ˈɪnəsənt/Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
introduce verb/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
duck noun/dʌk/Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and…
boot noun/but/A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
stake noun/steɪk/A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
toe noun/təʊ/Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
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.
spike noun/spaɪk/A sort of very large nail.
sip verb/sɪp/To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
drip verb/ˈdɹɪp/To fall one drop at a time.
hoe noun/hoʊ/An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or…
dotted adjective/ˈdɑtɪd/Made up of a series of dots.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
hold up verbTo wait or delay.
choose up verbTo form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
roll up verbTo dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as ain't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like innocent, introduce, duck.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →