Shadowing Practice: [Vietsub + Lyrics] Mockingbird - Eminem - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I know Yeah I know

sometimes Things may not always make sense to you right now But hey My daddy always tell you Straighten up little soldier

Stiffen up that upper lip What you crying about You got me?

Haley, I know you miss your mom And I know you miss your dad

when I'm gone But I'm tryna give you the life that I never had I can see you sad, even when you smile Even when you laugh, I can see it in your eyes Deep inside,

you wanna cry, cause you're scared I ain't there?

Daddy's with you in your prayers No more cryin', wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he?

Yeah, but he loves you girl, and you better know it What we got in this world, when it spins When it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls Two little beautiful girls looking puzzled in a

daze I know it's confusing you Daddy's always on the move

Mama's always on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems the harder that I try to do that The more it backfires on me,

all the things growing up as daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me But things have got so bad between us,

I don't see us ever being together ever again Like we used to be when we was teenagers, but then of course everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant to be,

but it's just something we have no control over And that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream Now,

horse, little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Stiffin' that up, or they bump, little lady I told ya, daddy said I'll hold ya,

through the night I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy,

pretty baby But I promise, mama's gonna be alright It's funny, I remember back when you and daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up

and stuck them under the tree And said some of them were from me, cause daddy couldn't buy em I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job

But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept getting broken into

and robbed A shot up on the block

and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Trying to start a piggy bank for you

so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars, till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt

so bad it broke your mama's heart

And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart Mom

and dad was arguing a lot

So mama moved back on the traumas in the flat One bedroom apartment

And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

And that's when daddy went to California with his CD

And met Dr. Dre And flew you and mama out to see me

But daddy had to work You

and mama had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the TV

And mama didn't like it And you

and Lainey were too young to understand it Papa was a rolling stone Mama developed a habit

and it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it.

I'm just sorry you were there

and had to witness it first hand cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud.

Now I'm sitting in this empty house Just reminiscing looking at

your baby pictures It just trips me out to see how

much you both have flown It's almost like your sisters now Wow, I guess you pretty much are

And daddy's still here Blame him talking to you too Daddy's still here I like the sound of

that chair It's got a ring to it don't it?

Shhh, mama's only gone for the moment Now, horse little baby don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Stiffin' that up bullet buck,

little lady I told ya, daddy said I'll hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now,

but we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise,

mama's gonna be alright And if you ask me too, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird I'm looking for the world I'ma buy a diamond ring for you,

I'ma sing for you I'll do anything for you to see you smile

And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine I'ma break that birdie's neck

I go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya And make him eat every carrot, don't do it that

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 47 sentences and 901 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:16. The speaker talks fast, about 211 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
daddy noun	/ˈdædi/	Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
argue verb	/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/	To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
bedroom noun	/ˈbɛdˌɹum/	A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
soldier noun	/ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/	A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
diamond noun	/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/	A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
prayer noun	/pɹɛɚ/	A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
steal verb	/stiːl/	To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
spin verb	/spɪn/	To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
rob verb	/ɹɑb/	To steal from, especially using force or violence.
tear verb	/tɛɹ/	To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
shelter noun	/ˈʃɛltə/	A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
bullet noun	/ˈbʊlɪt/	A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
habit noun	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	An action performed on a regular basis.
wrap verb	/ɹæp/	To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
fall apart verb		To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
grow up verb		To mature and become an adult.
pull together verb		To unite for a common objective.
sit up verb		To assume a sitting position from a position lying down.
straighten up verb		To become straight, or straighter.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, shine /ʃaɪn/

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 daddy, mama, argue.

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.

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