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Wait Entertainment
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purposes only Don't let it get to your head.
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14 because you jacked and shit.
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Okay, we get it.
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You sexy and what?
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I know your dick big too.
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I don't give a fuck.
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What?
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We get it.
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What you trying to do, bro?
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I'm chilling, bro.
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It's hot.
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I'm not talking anymore.
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Yeah, take over, bro.
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I need to see you.
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My bad.
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My bad.
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Nah, what's over there?
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Why you saying that?
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Nothing's over there i was just what did i say that
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or something no okay don't beat me up please i'm sorry
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why are you looking at me weird because you look good oh
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because so i look good because you you don't look at me weird
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because i look good i wasn't looking at you with you were doing
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that you would you oh you were doing that don't try
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so now you're trying to flip
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this on me let's just forget about this let's restart
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that's how on your shoulder yeah you want to see it let me see it is that mary yes
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where would you do in ohio
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i don't know what do i do i don't do anything
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i stay at home all
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i do is work is it what do you work at i work in a restaurant do you whip
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it up in the kitchen so you don't know how to cook
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i mean it's i mean i can cook but not
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because of my job it's just in my genes i guess
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and what's your ethnicity i'm hispanic i'm mexican and puerto rican that's wrong what am i doing
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You keep looking down this - What am I doing?
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Nah, nothing, nothing.
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I'm just playing.
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I'm just playing with you.
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You're not playing, though.
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I'm finishing what you're gonna see, though.
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I already forgot.
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Oh, why are you forgetting?
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See, you distracted me.
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I didn't even do that.
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What's my problem?
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See, now you're trying to see, like, you're doing the most.
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I love looking at your face, that's why.
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Oh, thank you.
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Why are you trying to flirt with me right now?
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Like, you're trying to get me, like, cheesy over the phone, like, for a while.
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I'm trying to get cheesy over the phone.
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I'm just letting you know that's why I'm looking at you funny
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because I don't know what to say because your face is
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so mesmerizing you know what I'm saying okay anyway I don't really know what to say either I'm sorry
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so well you see I did not I did not make a face then did I
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you see what I'm talking about you see what you're trying to gaslight me
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you're really handsome too but I have to say you need to stop doing that looking away shit
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Look at me.
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I'm sorry.
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I'll just I'll just keep my eyes on Let me just take down your Instagram because she you do
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Yeah, go ahead
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Piss me off with that corny ass motherfucking thing.
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Hi Mello Wait say something
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Yo
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now what do you want me to see accent getting from united kingdom
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what are you guys from ohio oh you be outside the fuck
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because we're from ohio you outside no you call me calling
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you're in a car in our driveway okay you little sassy what's your mouth I like your accent.
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Me too.
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To everybody else, we do have accents.
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Yeah, you know the only country in the world, the main character.
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Nobody said that.
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I don't like you.
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Get the fuck off my phone.
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How old are you?
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Strong ass nigga.
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Damn.
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I'm not strong.
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Bull shit.
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Look at your fucking arms.
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How old are you?
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You go to Instagram.
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Yeah.
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No, she don't
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Put your hand down before I put you on my brother the fuck
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Your brother wanna do shit
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You can put your Instagram in the comments
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No the fucks no WAHHHHH Wait wait wait why you hating for though?
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Why you hating?
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You hating for?
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That's what you like?
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Why you hating for?
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That's what my dog
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You a hater I can't find it!
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It doesn't seem to be on any of these stations Keep looking.
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Oh, you're going too slow.
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Let me take the wheel.
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It's too fast.
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How could you even tell what's on?
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I can tell.
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You're a burger man, you're a boy, you're a gerberbomb, you're a gerberbomb.
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Word of my tutus, crotty.
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Word of my tutus, crotty.
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Oh, you're not from catfuck.
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I'm from the UK.
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You're from the fucking UK.
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I'm a dumbfuck, sorry.
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Read.
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Yeah, yeah, let me read it.
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What is it saying?
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United Kingdom.
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Okay.
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Are you drunk?
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No, this is my personality.
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No, it's not.
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What state are you?
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How old are you?
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I'm 19. In Texas. In Texas.
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Boy, you're in Texas.
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I told you that.
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You don't be listening?
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Nah, I do be listening, but you...
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So you didn't hear me when I said I'm from Cali, while I live in Texas?
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I'll come to your state.
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Stop talking like that.
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Fucking girl bird farm.
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I want your Instagram.
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You're very handsome.
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You're very handsome.
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Very, very handsome.
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Thank you.
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I'm step -in team.
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Did you do that?
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They got your ass on camera.
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Niggas ain't got me on the fucking camera.
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This is the clearest video I've ever seen.
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This is the most HD shit ever
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This is 4k
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How did they get you in 4k?
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Oh no And what if I lie?
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What if I lied to you?
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What if I lied to you?
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Cuz you look younger
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You look AI Hi What's up?
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You're from the UK?
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don't ask me to say nothing now yeah yeah I'm just asking nah cause people been saying how do you say war?
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like they be asking me to say some bullshit like that I don't know what how do you say order?
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you know what's your cell deal?
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hmm?
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what's your name?
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you said what is my name? yeah what's your name?
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Nicole Why say Bebo Because that's a nickname
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Yo don't get smart with me
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Watch yourself I'm just saying
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Why are you trying to get smart with men bro I'm just saying
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Damn I was just asking I should be the one saying damn
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How old are you I'm 21
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You're 21 how old are you i'm 22.
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why are you smiling at that? oh okay
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smileful
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nah you can smile at
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that see i'm not stopping you from smiling i'm just asking cuz you're looking at me like i'm lying
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i'm not looking at you like i'm not i'm looking at your big ass head
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yeah i like your head you ate
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that nah nah nah i'm joking nah nah i'm not saying
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it badly i like your head i'll kiss you your whole head
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Wait, why are you trying to play with me though?
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Give me that Rihanna vibe.
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You know what I'm saying?
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The what?
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Give me that Rihanna vibe.
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I'm weird.
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Huh?
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I kiss you on your forehead.
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Who you getting loud with?
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I said I'm weird.
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Like, I'm funny.
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What?
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Bro.
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I'm from New York.
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Yeah, I can tell.
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I can hear your accent.
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Yeah, because you don't catch up to the bingo are you from
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the city yeah not from the city not from Manhattan
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I'm from Brooklyn oh yeah no
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I'm not from upstate bro stop playing stop playing bro okay you tied up okay I see you
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nails done are you signing up
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hey you see i don't think they'll suit me i'm saying they won't suit me
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i feel like it would i wouldn't
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you just gotta find like what you want to do like what do you want to talk
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there's no friend i'm not doing that drop your instagram oh okay my fault i'm gonna give you up so
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you better get off monkey and text me
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you haven't even followed me back you talking about
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yeah you some pretty you know some pretty i should say
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that you some cute too no no i'm pretty
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i'm a grown -ass man that's not good what you're talking about that's me giving
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you a compliment pretty that's a female's compliment okay okay my bad
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i guess you handsome like born in new york but i live in pennsylvania yeah that's my instagram
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no i'm puerto rican afro ecuadorian
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you know what you're not fully wrong though
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because thinking about it you don't really meet too many ecuadorians
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it depends on your area though like where you're where you're at is it nice over there no no oh
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that's why everyone be going on holiday
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wait why like why is it not nice over there it's the weather's ass everyone depressed
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oh is it like looming i know maybe yeah yeah something like that how tall are you
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huh how tall did you i'm five nine okay you're studying huh how old are you i said 21.
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oh please you're cute you're cute yeah you're fine you're fine
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i'm playing no i said you're fine oh i'm fine oh thank you i love you
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i did what are you talking about i said it i said i love you you're so pretty
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Why you lying to me?
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Oh?
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Huh?
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My hair's fucked up bro, why you lying?
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I ain't got a trip.
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You look like you could be a model.
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Can't do that.
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Got tattoos.
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You guys look sexy though.
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Thank you.
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You can be a model with tattoos.
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It looks good.
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Are you a football player?
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Yeah, is there a problem?
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You lying? yeah I play football what spot you playing I play left me what's
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that you don't even know okay that's all holy
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I'm funny to how do you oh your marriage why's your name clipped
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you be streaming you do be stream I don't know why you lied
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I don't be streaming then why would your name be
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because it's just I used to stream who you on the
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phone with i'm on this good my whole way with your homeboys yeah is
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that a problem yeah can you say water
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and foil besides the point do you be playing games yeah
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i play rainbow fortnite roblox oh what i'm just smoking all of those those games bro
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you do not play rainbow what's your rank i'm planning you're lying i'm not lying okay then add my instagram
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so we can play
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i don't know i'm gonna smoke you though we don't know who wins
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you won't smoke shit though i'll take you out on a date anyway you can see
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if i want after
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so after we play you're gonna take me around on a date not too bad you'll come see me
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why are you oiling yourself up like that
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because i'm getting ready for bed i just got the shower you oil yourself up like
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that like you could at least stand up and do it not on the bed you know
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i'm not on a bed i'm on my couch in the living room
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It's my fault.
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You're a blonde.
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Drea.
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Drea.
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Yeah.
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How old are you?
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I'm 19.
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You got a little accent. From Elba.
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You're not going to sleep like that, bro.
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Yes, I am.
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Don't it make sense to do it naked, though?
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I did my other areas naked.
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Oh.
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I can't help you.
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I can't help you.
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Because I want everything moisturized.
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Yeah, I know that.
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Don't worry.
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You said what?
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I said, I know that.
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Don't worry.
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You like what?
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No, I said I like that as well.
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Don't worry.
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Oh, you're saying you like that?
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Like being moisturized?
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Yeah, bro.
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Why the fuck want to be ashy?
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No, I feel you.
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No, I feel you.
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No, it's not copying me.
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I'm not copying you, Carmelo.
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watch your mouth carmelo don't say my name my name is right
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there that's my real name jerry don't say my name you're gonna get yourself into trouble you're saying
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oh no i don't want to get in trouble oh my gosh yeah i know you don't
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why you on here being bad i'm not being bad can't forget the feet the feet are the perfect
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to be oiled and they're like white they're like french tip so cute
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All right, let me come get a little taste of that.
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Let me see.
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Do you like French tiptoes?
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If they're done well, not if they're all grown.
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If your shit all grown, I'm not doing nothing with them again.
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I feel that.
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What do you mean you feel that?
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Will you get your feet sucked?
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No, I've never had my foot sucked.
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No. That'd probably feel weird.
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That probably would tickle.
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Huh?
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I said that probably would feel weird.
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That probably would tickle.
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What, you ticklish?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, my food.
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That's what I'm saying.
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My food.
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Damn, you should oil the same place, like, several times.
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God damn.
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I'm sorry.
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I like to make sure I'm very, like, moist.
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I don't even want to know what the car looks like after you sat in it, bro.
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The car?
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Yeah, like, with, like, leather seats, bro.
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I don't even know.
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You're probably going to see, like, my ass print.
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I don't know.
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If I'm wearing shorts.
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Mm.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm being so serious though.
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Like, so free.
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Let me get your Instagram.
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Pop that in.
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Yeah, I've seen, seen.
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Were you Indian to Mexican?
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Yeah.
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I've never heard of that mix.
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Black, white, Indian, and Latina.
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They say that my mix is like very unique, I guess.
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It is.
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I like your teeth.
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I don't know.
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I love men with good taste.
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I appreciate your face.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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It looks kissable, you know?
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Pissable.
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Yeah, I said that.
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What, did I say it wrong or something?
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No, I just never heard that before.
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I like your compliments.
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They're very nice.
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I appreciate it.
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Have a nice night, though.
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You text me.
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I will, you know that.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “USING MY BRITISH 🇬🇧ACCENT 😈”. This video has 342 sentences and 2352 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:18. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 67 of its 342 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| handsome adjective | /ˈhæn.səm/ | Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly |
| accent noun | /ækˈsɛnt/ | A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to… |
| compliment noun | /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ | An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. |
| naked adjective | /ˈneɪkɪd/ | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| sexy adjective | /ˈsɛksi/ | Having sex appeal; attractive. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| vibe noun | /vaɪb/ | An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. |
| cheesy adjective | /ˈt͡ʃiːzi/ | Of or relating to cheese. |
| badly adverb | /ˈbæd.li/ | In a bad manner. |
| rank noun | /ˈɹæŋk/ | A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. |
| marry verb | /ˈmæɹi/ | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| gene noun | /d͡ʒiːn/ | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form… |
| 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… |
| bull noun | /bʊl/ | Specifically, one that is uncastrated. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| hand down verb | To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. | |
| look away verb | To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something. | |
| look down verb | To lower one's eyes; to direct one's look downwards. | |
| sign up verb | To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. | |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. | |
| take down verb | To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What you trying to do, bro?
- That's what you like?
- How could you even tell what's on?
- You don't be listening?
- You know what I'm saying?
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 ever seen · haven't even followed · I've never had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being moisturized · be oiled |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | keep looking · love looking · Stop talking |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | wasn't looking · were doing · was just asking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 186 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, ashy /ˈæʃi/, ticklish /ˈtɪk(ə)lɪʃ/
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 handsome, accent, compliment.
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.