The RealLife English

Pronunciation Podcast
Podcast #51 Using Slang
Expressions
Intro
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Green for grammar - Purple for verb phrases

CHAD: Awww yeah, whats going on?1

This is Chad from RealLife English
where we believe that listening to

1. whats going on? Whats-goin-on

2. badass: badass is an adjective (or
noun) used to describe something that

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a badass2 way to learn English. So
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is awesome, but the connotation here

is a bit more positive. Learn more about
using the word ass at 34 Ways to Use the
Word Ass

3. hang gliding

JUSTIN: Hang gliding3

CHAD: Celebrating Carnival
JUSTIN: Cliff jumping4

4. cliff jumping

CHAD: Or grooming your cat5 so let

me introduce you to my co-host, the
man who once performed mouth to
mouth resuscitation6 on his cat, Justin
Murray.
JUSTIN: Hey, hows it going? Nice to be
here, and that storys not true. I would
though.

5. grooming your cat

CHAD: You would perform mouth to

mouth resuscitation6 on the cat?
JUSTIN: Yeah, I love my cat.

6. mouth to mouth resuscitation

CHAD: What is mouth to mouth

resuscitation6?
JUSTIN: Its when somebody needs air,
theyre dying, and you bring them back
to life.
CHAD: Yeah, like a lifesaver.
JUSTIN: Yeah
CHAD: Yeah. Would you give your cat9

7. bring back to life: to resuscitate

8. lifesaver: The person who saves
peoples lives at the beach (Australia).
This is called lifeguard in the USA. A
lifesaver in the USA is the inflatable
tube used to save drowning people.

9. Justins Cat, Meru

mouth to mouth resuscitation6?

JUSTIN: If it worked.
CHAD: Cool. Nice. But whats new with
you, Justin? Whats all the news10?
JUSTIN: Nothing man, just chilling11.
CHAD: I believe you celebrated a
birthday recently.

Read more about Meru and 13 Cat

Expressions You Should Know
10. whats all the news? Chad isnt
sure if this his own personal expression
or if its Australian.
11. Chillin

JUSTIN: Yeah. Today actually.

CHAD: Today, the day that were
recording this.
JUSTIN: Yep11
CHAD: How are you feeling12?
JUSTIN: Feeling13 pretty good.
CHAD: Yeah?
JUSTIN: Yeah, its another year, another
adventure, right?

Chilling (pronounced chillin) is to relax

and do nothing in particular

11. yep: a relaxed way to say yes.

12. how are you feeling?: how-yafeelin? (chad totally removes the are;
this is colloquial usage of language.)
13. Im feeling pretty good: colloquial
omission of the subject pronoun.

CHAD: Are you going to be

celebrating14?
JUSTIN: Yeah, Im not really sure. It kind
of snuck up on me15.

14. are you going to be celebrating:

are you-gonna-be celebra-ding?

CHAD: What does snuck up mean?

JUSTIN: To sneak up on you15 means to
come behind you like in a surprised way,

15. sneak up on someone: (past tense

is snuck) arriving without you noticing
it. An unexpected, surprise event.

in a surprising way, so youre not

expecting it.
CHAD: Why did it sneak up on you?
JUSTIN: There are two reasons. First of
all there was Carnival this year, and then
February has 28 days, so Im always
looking at February, like Im expecting
31 days, and so March hits16 really
quick17.
CHAD: Ahh okay, got you18. Yeah,
youre right. 28 days except for when
its a leap year19.

16. hit: in this case hit means that

march arrives really quickly.
17. quick: it should be quickly. This is
a common mistake natives make all
the time.
18. got you: got-cha (I got you: I
understand).

JUSTIN: Yeah. Whats a leap year?

CHAD: A leap year19 is every 4 years,
when February has 29 days.

19. leap year: Every 4 years when the

year has 366 days instead of 365. This
extra day is added to February.

JUSTIN: Okay, when was the last

one20?

20. note: the last leap year was in 2012

CHAD: I have no idea. Do you know?

JUSTIN: No
CHAD: You should know because21
your birthdays in March.

21. because: cause

22. dilly dallying: to waste time.

JUSTIN: Yeah but I never pay attention

to February.
CHAD: Okay, enough dilly dallying22,
like always. Its time to move on23 and
start this awesome show. Weve got24 a
lot of25 really cool stuff to talk about

23. move on (to): to stop talking about

something, and start discussion the
next topic.
24. Weve got: we often say we got,
removing have in colloquial English.
25. a lot of: a-lah-duv

today. Lets start off26 with the

shoutouts.

[shout out music] You know you make me

want to1 shout, kick my heels up and
shout, throw my hands up2 and shout,
throw my hands back and shout

26. start off: star-doff

1. want to: wanna

2. throw my hands up

JUSTIN: Okay, todays shout out3, weve

decided to give another shout out to this
member, this podcast listener, who- we
havent given him4 a shout out in a long
time, but hes a really great member, hes
from Argentina, Max Ahumada.
CHAD: Oh, youre talking about5 Max,
man?

3. shout out: colloquial expression

to say hello to people - shou-dout
4. given him: given-im

JUSTIN: Max, yeah, Maximilian.

CHAD: Oh man, Max, yeah
JUSTIN: Some people call him Magic
Max.

5. youre talking about: ya-talkingbout

Argentina is on the Southern
tip of South America

MAX: What are you talking about6 ,

Willis? Im here guys!
CHAD: Ohhhh

6. what are you talking about:

what-you-talkin-about Willis

MAX: Whats up, guys?

JUSTIN: Wow
CHAD: Check this out7. Special guest8, in
the studio today. This is not just a shthis
is more like a shout IN9, isnt it?
JUSTIN: It is10.
MAX: Uh, yeah man, Im here in Brazil and
Im having a heck of a time11 so far12.
JUSTIN: We spent Carnival with him13.
CHAD: Yeah
MAX: Yeah, thats one of the highlights14
here in Brazil.
CHAD: So like coming here to visit15 us
was the highlight of your trip, or the
carnival?
MAX: I mean, my whole trip, I would say
that the highlight would be Carnival for
one part, and then what about16 the
English- the RealLife English Party17 that
was another highlight?

7. check out:

8. guest: a person whos invited to

somebody elses house or to
participate in something.
9. shout in: Chad was playing with
the words here.
10. it is: idis
11. heck of a time: a great time.
heck is a replacement for the
more vulgar hell.
12. so far: up to this moment.
13. with him: with-im
14. highlight: the most important,
exciting moment of a certain period
of time or an event.
15. here to: here-duh visit

16. what about: wha-dabout

17. RealLife English Party

in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Yeah, that was awesome. We did
a picnic and a party.
MAX: Ahh, that was cool too.
CHAD: So tell us a little bit about18

Left to Right:
Justin (USA), Max (Argentina),
Fahar-(Pakistan), Tyler (Malaysia), Lucas
(Brazil), Leandro (Brazil)

youryour whole- your trip. First of all19,

where are you from? People who listen
probably dont know where youre from?

18. little bit about: li-dull-bid-about

19. first of all: before anything else.

Catamarca, Argentina
MAX: Well, some people know that I am
from Argentina. But where in Argentina? I
am from- thats Catamarca.
CHAD: Catamarca?
MAX: Its a Northwest city. Yeah. It took
me 4 full days to get from Catamarca to
Rio (Portuguese Pronunciation). So
JUSTIN: To Rio? (in English)
MAX: So it was a long ride20. To Rio, yeah.
JUSTIN: Ahh, youre speaking
Portuguese. Yeah.
MAX: Yeah, so Ive been to two cities.
Bee-aga, as they call it here, which is BH
in English- Belo Horizonte. And the other
one is Rio (Portuguese Pronunciation), or maybe
Rio. Yeah. See map of Brazil21

20. ride: as a noun, ride refers to the

road trip made on a bus, car,
motorcycle, etc.

21. Map of Brazil

JUSTIN: Yeah
MAX: I dont speak any Portuguese.
JUSTIN: Ahh, youre doing22 okay.

22. youre doing: yir-doin

MAX: Yes, yeah.

CHAD: Rio de Janeiro. And why did it take
you four days to23 get here?

23. Four days to get here: four

days-tuh get here

MAX: Because24 I came by bus...

24. Because: cuz

CHAD: By bus.
MAX: Yeah
CHAD: There you go25.
MAX: Yeah, so it was a long ride. I could
have26 come by plane, but the thing is27 I
had a free ride from my city, well actually
Cordoba, to Camboriu because my
brother-in-law28 owns a bus company so
he didn't charge me a thing.

25. There you go: used here to

confirm acknowledge new
information.
26. could have: could-ave
27. the thing is: used to introduce
an explanation or clarification.
28. brother-in-law: the brother of
your wife. Also mother in-law, and
all other family members.

CHAD: Oh, perfect

MAX: so it was for free
CHAD: perfect. What's a brother-in-law,
by the way.
MAX: Brother-in-law would be the
brother of my girlfriend.
CHAD: Oh, so it's your girlfriend's
brother. Oh, so in English we don't
actually really call that a brother-in-law
until you're actually married. see common

29. Common Confusion: For

Spanish & Portuguese speakers, the
equivalent term (cuado/ cunhado)
applies to your girlfriends family.

29

mistake

MAX: Oh, okay, well. Actually in

Argentina we just say brother-in-law28
even though you're not married.
JUSTIN: And so Max has been here
helping us out30 as well with RealLife
English. He's been working with us,

30. help someone out: to help with

the only difference that the word
out makes it sound more like a

working for us a little31 bit, and we're

combining his trip, his adventure with a
little bit of business so when he32 goes
back he's going to be continuing to33
work for us a little bit. So its been pretty
awesome.
CHAD: And it's also great to have him on
the podcast because not only is he a longtime34 podcast listener, right?

favor
31. little: li-dull
32. when he: when-e
33. continuing to: continuing-duh

34. long-time: this is an adjective

and therefore it precedes a noun. It
means an activity has been done
during an extended period of time.

MAX: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

CHAD: He's also, you know35, a quite a
model language learner... English learner
because he's actually really incorporated
the whole real life English about
connecting his life to English and as we
can see just talking to him he speaks
English really well, he has a lot of36
insight37 into the language. Really good
expressions as well.
MAX: Thanks, thanks. The thing is to
bring English into38 your life. To make it a
part of your life, you know39. English
does not necessarily have to take a part
of40 your day, you can41 do another...
other activities while learning English,
listening to podcasts. That's where the
RealLife English Podcast is very useful.
JUSTIN: Heck yeah42.
CHAD: Nice. Aww yeah!
JUSTIN: So today's show is actually going
to43 be about some of these expressions

35. you know: ya know

36. a lot of: a-lah-duv

37. insight: deep understanding

38. into: in-tuh

39. you know: ya-know
40. part of: par-duv
41. you can: you kin

42. heck yeah: youre right, of

course. (heck is a less-offensive
substitute for hell.)

43. going to: gonna

that Max has44 learned in... you've been

learning English for like three years,
right? three, four years?

44. Max has: Max-as

45. little: li-dull

MAX: Uhm, now four years. A little45 bit

longer than that.
JUSTIN: So, some of the46- real life
expressions that he's learned47. How the
really help his communication and help
his cultural integration.

46. Some of the: some-a-the

47. hes learned: he has learned.
Not to be confused with the
contraction of IS.

CHAD: Awesome, but before we actually

go into today's conversation topic, let's
move on to the news.

[News music] What's new pussycat?

Woah1, Woah. What's new pussycat?
Woah, Woah
CHAD: Okay so todays news story is
hot off the press2. My man3 Max
actually found it and just wanted to
use this as todays story. So, without
further ado4 , Max, would you5 like to
read the headline6 for us today.
MAX: Yeah man, so uh, the headline
is, Meet the Texas Man Who Wants to

1. woah!: Alternative to WOW!

2. hot off the press: a very recent
piece of news. Its a metaphor coming
from paper media, when a story news
has just been printed and therefore
the ink is still hot.
3. my man: expression used to refer
to a good friend.
4. without further ado: without any
more talk.
5. would you: would-ya

Beat Ellens Record-Breaking Oscar

Selfie7.

6. headline

CHAD: Okay, so lets just quickly break

that down8.
JUSTIN: What does selfie mean?
CHAD: Selfie
MAX: A selfie would be like the picture
you take of yourself at arms length9.
Thats a selfie.
CHAD: Yeah, theyre kind of all the
rage10 right now on.. Recently I think
Facebook has really supported many
selfie photos.

7. Selfie: a picture somebody takes of

him or herself.
8. Break (something) down: divide it
into parts and explain/analyse
9. at arms length: as far away from
you as your arms length allows you.
10. all the rage: currently fashionable
(colloquial)

JUSTIN: All the rage?

CHAD: All the rage means its very
popular and everyone is doing it. So
lets go through11 this: Meet the
Texas the Texas Man, man from
where?
JUSTIN: Texas12

11. go through: pass through

something from beginning to end.

12. Texas

CHAD: Texas, wheres Texas?

JUSTIN: United States
CHAD: South of the U.S. right?
JUSTIN: Yeah, its a really big state.
CHAD: who wants to beat Ellens
record breaking13 Oscar. Whats

13. record breaking

record breaking?
JUSTIN: To break the record, right?
CHAD: Yeah. Theyre actually
relating14 this to Twitter15.

14. relating: relading

15. twitter: twih-der

JUSTIN: Okay.
CHAD: How many times it was
retweeted16.
JUSTIN: So, there was a picture, right,
a selfie, by who was in the selfie
who took it?

16. Retweet: to tweet something

again

17. The Famous Oscar Selfie

CHAD: Uhh, the selfie17 was taken by

Ellen DeGeneres.
JUSTIN: Wasnt it Bradley Cooper18
that took it?
MAX: Yeah, I mean, the owner of that
picture I think is the guy who takes the
picture, the snapper19.
JUSTIN: At Oscars- at the Oscar
Ceremony last week, which is, you
know, a big ceremony to decide the
academy awards20 for Hollywood
films, films all around the world21.

18. Bradley Cooper is holding the

camera (hes the guy with the beard
in the front).
19. snapper: the person that snaps
(takes) a picture.

20. award: something such as a

trophy given to a person for their
excellence in a certain field.
21. all around the world: from all
parts of the world.

CHAD: Yeah
22. Well: will

JUSTIN: Bradley Cooper, a famous

actor- well22 put this in the transcript
so download that- get a23 look at thatbut he took a picture and all24 these

23. Get a: geh-duh

24. and all: an-all

celebrities are in it.

CHAD: Yeah, its like the top
celebrities. Its like Bradley Cooper, its
got Brad Pitt, its got Angelina Jolie,
its got, umm, Julia Roberts, its gotwhats that guys name?

Simpsons Parody of the

Selfie

JUSTIN: Kevin Spacey.

CHAD: Kevin Spacey. And a lot of
other actors I dont even really know.
But it25 was a HUGE hit26 on Twitter. It
was the most tweeted27 selfie ever.
MAX: Actually Twitter broke down28
after this picture.

25. But it: buh-dit

26. hit: a very popular and successful
event or thing.
27. Tweeted: twee-did
28. break down: to stop working.

CHAD: Yeah right

MAX: Because it like brought a lot of29
traffic30, thanks to that that picture.
JUSTIN: Why do you31 guys think the
picture got tweeted so much.
CHAD: I have32 no idea. Why?
JUSTIN: Because- well, in my opinion, I
think its just like, if you look at the
picture, they look human- the actorsthe look normal. Its not photoshopped33, its just- they look like
normal people.

29. brought a lot of: braw-da-lah-duv

30. traffic: the amount of people that
visit a web-page.
31. why do you guys: why-da-yaguys
32. I have no: I-av-no-idea

33. photoshopped: pho-do-shopped

CHAD: Youre right.

MAX: Youve got a34 point there.

34. youve got a: youve-gah-duh

JUSTIN: So people are like, wow, well

this is reality35, right?

35. reality: reali-dee

36. Texas man

CHAD: Yeah, yeah. So this Texas

man36 - he actually wants to beat the
record37 with a picture of him sitting38
on his couch with his 2 dogs.
JUSTIN: Really
CHAD: Hes got 165,883 retweets.
JUSTIN: And Ellens, eh, Bradley
Coopers?

.
37. beat the record: surpass the
record. to set a new record.
38. sitting: sih-ding

CHAD: Uh, I dont know. Do you know?

MAX: Her selfie got 3.3 million
retweets.
CHAD: Ahh, okay, so it seems like hes
still quite a way off39- Ellens- but hes
getting there40. Uhh, just to quickly
finish this off, it says, as of this
morning, Shipmans photo has more
than 43,000 retweets. Not too shabby
for a guy who has only ever tweeted 6
times.

39. To be quite a way off: to be

very far from something
40. be getting there: to get closer
and closer to your destination.
41. finish something off: to finish
something completely.
42. not too shabby: not bad at all

MAX: Thats a great feat in itself. I

mean he had only 20 followers before
this picture, and now hes got so many
retweets. I dont know44 how he
managed to do that. Its-

43. feat: accomplishment (fee-dinitself)

44. I dont know: I dunno

CHAD: What did I mean by not too

shabby for a guy whos only ever

tweeted 6 times.
MAX: Not too bad
CHAD: Not too bad, right, would you
say?45 Not too bad- good job, pretty46
good job- its not too shabby.
45. would you say: woul-dja-say?

JUSTIN: Yeah definitely

46. pretty: prih-dee

CHAD: Do you say that in the U.S.?

JUSTIN: Yeah, we say that, you know,
for somebody whos like- not bad at
all47, not too shabby.
CHAD: So yeah, we wish Terry a lot of
luck. We hope that he actually
manages to beat Ellens her recordbreaking selfie. But uhh, maybe we
should give it a go48. What do you
guys think?49 Do you want to50 take a
selfie here to commemorate that Max
is here with us today.

47. at all: ad-all

48. give it a go: to give ones best

effort to do something that may be
difficult.

JUSTIN: Lets do it, man!

MAX: Lets do it, man. Im down51.
CHAD: Alright52.
MAX: So I have my cell phone here so
maybe we can take it now.
CHAD: Yeah, lets do it now. Lets just
stand up. Take a selfie.
CHAD: Ready. One-two- On three.

49. What do you guys think? Whada-ya guys think?

50. want to: wanna

51. Im down: Im willing/open to

doing something.
52. alright: ah-right

Everyone say say- everyone say

cheese53.

53. Cheese

MAX: Cheese?
CHAD: Cheese, yeah.
MAX: Okay, thats Australian.
CHAD: Yeah, you say that right,
Cheese (to Justin)?

We often say cheese when were

taking a picture because it makes us
smile (and sometimes laugh).

JUSTIN: Uh-huh (Yes).

CHAD: Okay. Alright guys, ready? Get
in position. One-two-three, everyone
say cheese.
TOGETHER: CHEEEESE53!

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Selfie

CHAD: Alright, there you go, thats

the new RealLife English Podcast
selfie.
JUSTIN: Why do we say cheese?
CHAD: Cheese- I think its because
when you say that word it makes your
mouth smile. But uh, there you go.
Another random54 RealLife English
News Story. Thanks, Max for choosing
that one, it was very nice. And thanks
for taking the selfie with us.

(Left to Right) Justin, Max, Chad

54. random: without a fixed pattern,

spontaneous

MAX: Yeah man.

CHAD: That selfie we can post onto
the transcript.

55. try to: try-duh

JUSTIN: And lets try to55 get more

shares than Ellen.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: Can we do this?
MAX: Definitely, man. We can- if this
guy could do this, why shouldnt we.
JUSTIN: We have 52,000 Twitter
followers.

56. Follow RealLifeEng on Twitter

MAX: Awww yeah!

JUSTIN: Follow us on Twitter if youre
not already, by the way.
CHAD: Alright guys, lets move on to
todays conversation topic.

CHAD: Alright guys, so todays

conversation topic is all about
colloquial language, slang expressions
and maybe some cultural references,
depending on nationality, whatever1

1. whatever: wha-dever

country you come from, things like

this. So, uh, Max, would you2 say you
have got a good grasp on3- I dont
know4- colloquial language, the
colloquial side of English.
MAX: I do like slangs5- or should I
rather say slang expressions6. I did
listen5 to the last podcast.
CHAD: Aww yeah! Nice!!
MAX: Yeah, I mean, slangs, slang
expressions, colloquial expressions, are
I think are vitalare of vital
importance7 if you want to be a wellrounded8 English speaker.
CHAD: Yeah, Well-rounded speaker,
what does that mean?
MAX: Yeah, I mean, complete, not
only9 knowing, in this case, academic
language, but also slang expressionslang expressions- sorry. So, I have this
metaphor- like, you wouldnt go to the
beach wearing a suit and a tie10,
right? So maybe this applies to a
language context- you- in some- in
certain contexts, you wouldnt use
academic expressions, but rather slang
expressions.
CHAD: Yeah, I agree, totally, yeah.
Like uh, but where- where do you learn
this? I mean, for anyone who wants tomaybe someone who- obviously
people who listen to our podcast- they

2. would you: woul-dja

3. a grasp of something: an
understanding of the nature of
something.
4. I dont know: I dunno
5. I do like: the function of do here is to
give added emphasis to the verb like.
(Same thing with I did listen)
6. slangs: slang is uncountable so we
cannot say slangs, we can say slang
expressions or slang words.

7. To be of vital importance: something

that is very important, especially for the
well-being of a person. This is a common
collocation in English.
8. well-rounded: having a complete set
of skills or knowledge, not only
specializing in one area and neglecting
others.
9. not only: no-donly
10. Suit and tie on the beach

realize that were not teaching them so

much academic English, but what
other11 stuff have you used to kind of
pick up12 these slang expressions, the
colloquial language. You havent triedhave you traveled to an English
speaking country?

11. what other: wha-dother

12. pick up: to acquire new words by
listening.

MAX: No, never.

CHAD: Okay
MAX: Im an avid fan13 of rap music.
Ive been listening to rap music for a
long time, and you know guys, what
they talk about in-in those songs, they
use a lot of14 slang expressions..
CHAD: A lot of, maybe even some
kind of vulgar stuff as well, swear
words15.

13. avid fan: very enthusiastic fan.

14. a lot of: a-lah-duv

15. swear words

MAX: Yeah yeah, exactly. Actually I

never get, Ive never got to use those
expressions, but I have an
understanding of what they mean in
what context they should be used.
CHAD: So you dont walk up to16
people in a formal situation and say
yo whats up bitch-ass
motherfucker17?
MAX: No, man, Ive never said that.
JUSTIN: But do you do- do you walk up
to people and say that?

16. walk up to somebody: approach to

somebody

17. motherfucker: motha-fucka

CHAD: Of course not, of course not.

I mean, like, its funny you mention rap
music and rap culture because I also
really like rap music and Iobviously
Im really familiar with all of the terms
that they use, and I actually use them
a lot, but when I use them, its kind
of.

Both Chad & Max Love Rap

JUSTIN: Its a joke

CHAD: Its a joke
MAX: Yeah
CHAD: Being sarcastic. I mean, all my
friends, Im like yo, whats up
homes18?
MAX: Yeah
CHAD: You know, its kind of a latino
mixture of latino English, rap music.
What about19 you Justin, man, you
dont really use much slang do you?
JUSTIN: Yeah, I do, I mean, I use, like,
"sup20," "peace out21," things like that.
CHAD: Yeah...
JUSTIN: And those, those are informal,
definitely. But they come from rap
music, it's just more mild22, its more
relaxed. It's more, uh, not as offensive,
maybe.

18. homes: a slang term deriving from

homie, homeboy, which was originally a
friend from your neighborhood

19. what about: wha-da-bout

20. sup?: a slang expression deriving

from whats up?
21. peace out: a colloquial way to say
bye to somebody (usually accompanied
by the peace sign)
Check out the articles 23 Different Ways
to Greet Someone in English and 26
Dynamic Ways to Say Goodbye

22. mild: gentle, calm, not strong

CHAD: Ok
JUSTIN: Because a lot of23...

23. because a lot of: cuz a-lah-duv

CHAD: So what's... wait. Just going

back, what you said, "sup?" You didn't
say "what's up."
JUSTIN: Yeah.
CHAD: That's very rap, to just say
"sup." "Sup, man?"
JUSTIN: Yeah, you might say, like,
"sup, g?"

24. Gangsters

CHAD: "Sup, G?" What's G?

JUSTIN: G is gangster24. And if you,
you'd ever met me, you'd realize that I
have nothing to do with the gangster24
culture.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah. Justin's got all
these gold chains25 coming off him, he
carries guns25...
JUSTIN: But the root of a lot of, like,
middle-class, you know, white
American slang actually comes from,
like, ghettos26, and so, it seems like
the best language, the colloquial, it
always comes from that, and then it
gets integrated into the rest of the
country (USA).
MAX: Yeah, and now that I'm27 living
with you guys, this is a true, native

25. Gold Chains & Guns

26. ghettos: slums. The poor areas of a

city.

English speaking environment, so I am

trying to use these words and one of
my favorites are - is "G." "What's up,
G?" Or, maybe, "what are you doing,
dog28 (dawg)?"
CHAD: Yeah, it comes from rap music,
definitely, yeah.
27. and now that Im: an-ow-tha-dime

MAX: Yeah.
CHAD: Dog. Hey, what's up, dog?

28. dog/dawg: a colloquial way to say

friend (also spelled Dawg)

JUSTIN: But we kind of, we have an

interesting mix in this house right now,
because29, like, Chad, for example, is
Australian, so, he uses all these
expressions from there, and these
expressions that I never even realized
were Australian, now, I'm like, I don't
hear them in the United States and I
say them to an American and theyre
like "what? Whats that- what does
that mean?"
29. because: cuz

CHAD: Like what, can you think of any

of these expressions?
JUSTIN: Hey, and then I rocked up30.
CHAD: To rock up.
JUSTIN: To rock up, or, are you keen
on31?
CHAD: Ok, there you go.
JUSTIN: Rubbish32, I don't think that's

30. rock up: Australian colloquial way to

say arrive, or get somewhere.

slang, really, but, like, rubbish is

garbage.

31. keen on: to feel like doing

something.

CHAD: Yeah, yeah, you're right. I never

say garbage, I always say rubbish.
32. rubbish: garbage

JUSTIN: And "are you keen on" is

like "do you want to do something" or
"are you up for this33" or down for
this
MAX: Maybe "do you fancy34 doing
something," do you say that?
CHAD: Fancy. I do say that.

33. are you up for/ down for

something? American expressions
meaning are you open/willing to do
something?

34. do you fancy? British way to say do

you like?

MAX: But maybe you in America, you

also say that.
JUSTIN: I wouldnt- No, I would.
wouldn't-. Definitely Its very British35.

35. British: brih-dish

MAX: British.
JUSTIN: Which Australia uses a lot of36
that, but...
CHAD: I mean, like, so, let's just go
through this. Keen means that you're
interested. I often use this if I invite
someone to do something. I might say
"I'm going to37 go grab some food38,
you keen?" Would you39 ever say
that?
JUSTIN: I would say that now, because
Ive spent so much time with you.

36. a lot of: a-lah-duv

37. going to: gonna

38. grab some food/beers/etc.: to get
some food/beers
39. would you: wou-dja

CHAD: Ok. Rock up, you never say

rock up? Rock up means to arrive. I
would say like, "what time did you rock
up?"
JUSTIN: Yeah, "what time did you40
get there," right?

40. did you: di-dja

CHAD: Exactly, yeah. Well, that's

interesting. Yeah, I guess "rock up" is
definitely a slang term... I'm not sure if
it's Australian slang.
JUSTIN: But it's definitely a way, like,
kind of indicates... the slang, it
indicates where you're from and,
maybe, like, a certain connection you
have to people, a certain kind of, like,
maybe outlook41 on the world.
CHAD: Yeah, well, it definitely kind of
forms your cultural influence, I mean,
if you, even if you're from Argentina
and you speak like and American
rapper, I'm going to42 be like "oh, this
guy just loves rap music," because he's
like "yo, what's up, g?"
MAX: So, yeah, rap music is not really
the, the kind of style I follow, I try to
get to, in order, I mean, speakingwise. But I do listen to rap music and I
really like it, so, I understand a lot of44
the expressions being used there, but
it's not actually the model I try to
emulate45.

41. outlook: attitude towards life. The

way you see the world.

42. Im going to: Im gonna

43. speaking-wise: when you add wise

to a noun, it means with regards to that
subject or area

44. a lot of: a-lah-duv

45. emulate: try to copy, follow, imitate

46. got you: got-cha (I understand, I see

where youre coming from)

CHAD: Got you46. Yeah, nice.

JUSTIN: Well, a lot of times, I think
slang is definitely, like, a playful-ness47
of the language. Would you48 agree?

47. playfulness (of the language):

improvising with the language; playing
around with the words, and not sticking
to a strict norm.
48. would you: wou-dja

CHAD: Definitely.
JUSTIN: Like you're49 really creating
this role for yourself, and you're49 not
taking yourself so seriously50. So you
play with the language and you can51
make a mistake or whatever52, but it's
definitely something thats very, very
important for language learners, so
they don't get so scared, and they
don't really get locked into53 the
formal English, where they have to
think everything right and correct, you
know what I mean54?
CHAD: Yeah, it's like, sometimes, if
you already know the slang terms, and
you can use that in a second language,
and even if you aren't so fluent in that
language, but you use this
terminology, it can kind of help you
to55 adapt to that culture a lot easier.
JUSTIN: And connect to people.
CHAD: And connect to people,
definitely.
MAX: Yeah, and in-- I think that it's
important to say that, if you are nonnative English speaker, as myself, you
should be aware of what words are

49. youre: yir

50. take oneself seriously: to be worried
or concerned about how you appear.
51. you can: you kin
52. whatever: wha-dever
53. locked into: restrained, unable to
leave.

54. you know what I mean?: a phrase

said to verify if people are following or
understanding what you say.

Slang Helps You Connect

55. you to: you-duh

Be Careful When You Use Slang

slang and what are uh- maybe more

formal, because you don't want to mix
them up in the wrong situation, do
you?
CHAD: And sometimes I remember a
Brazilian guy that I met in Australia,
and his English was, you know56, a
very intermediate, maybe even lower
intermediate, and he would always use
slang terms, like, I remember one time
I asked him "hey, Pedro, how was the
party57 last night?" and he's like "oh,
man, it was off the hook58." And I was
like "off the hook? Nice, nice term,
but, where did you learn that from59?"
You know, it's such a very advanced
kind of way of using the language,
because it's such a slang term, and
his60 English is kind of a very low level,
so I was very surprised, and straight
away61 I was like "wow, where did you
learn that, man? That's awesome!"
And, do you know what that means,
off the hook?
MAX: Yeah, like, I could use another
expression similar to that, "off the
charts63."
CHAD: Off the charts... Off the
chain64, I think I've heard before as
well...
MAX: Off the chain, yeah.
CHAD: But yeah, they're all the same
thing. It just means it was- it was really

56. you know: ya know

57. party: par-dee

58. off the hook: all kinds of awesome,
great, fantastic. Learn more about how
to use the word HOOK in 16 Ways to Use
the Word HOOK
59. wherefrom?: we can also say in a
very formal way from where did you
learn that, but its much more common
to put the preposition at the end of the
sentence.
60. and his: and-is
61. straight away: immediately after.
62. did you: di-dju

63. off the charts: something extremely

good. Also popular and successful.
64. off the chain: awesome, crazy,
incredible fun.

Off the Charts

good. It's just a very, would you65 say

that's kind of a rap slang as well, off
the hook?
MAX: Uh, I don't know66. But you
don't, you don't always, you don't
want to be always saying "this is good,
this is bad," you want to kind of give
color67 to your language, so you... This
is when these slang expressions come
into play68. They're useful for this.
JUSTIN: This is why it's important69 to,
maybe play around with your friends
and get a feel for70 it. Its really really
important. A lot of people will say,
like, "oh, I just want to71 learn English
for business," or whatever, but if you
look at how someone learns a
language, a child grows up72 learning
the informal, and that goes into the
formal, because there's sort of73, like,
a social structure to support them
learning the formal language, right?

65. would you: wou-dja

66. I dont know: I dunno

67. Slang Gives Color to Your English

68. come into play: to become an

important factor.
69. important: impor-int
70. get a feel for something: to start to
have an intuitive grasp and
understanding of something.
71. want to: wanna
72. grow up: to become more mature
physically and mentally as you become
older. (people grow up, things grow)
73. sort of: sor-duv

CHAD: Yeah, yeah.

JUSTIN: And so, you can't just, like, go
from 0 to business English, you're74
missing75 a lot of things in there.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah.

74. youre: yir

75. miss: to not experience something or
make contact with (in this case,
colloquial language, an important part of
the total language structure).

JUSTIN: You're not really connecting

to the life of the language.
CHAD: Yeah, I think, maybe not
even76 necessarily these slang terms

76. not even: nod-even

that are so connected to a specific

cultural group, but just informal
language in general. I mean, like, for
example, Trevor77. Trevors from
California, so, if you guys were to78
start using some of his terms that he
uses, just some examples might be
"gnarly79," "oh, that's gnarly, dude,"
that's so Californian. I would never say
that. But now, living with him, I, we
worked together for a long time, I've
said this before, and I'm like "oh my
God, why would I say that?" It's so
Californian. Oh, but, by the way, if you
want to learn more about especially, I
guess, Californian slang as well, we
have the free e-book, 101 Words You
Won't Learn at School80, written by
Trevor, so, there's a lot of cool slang
terms you can get from that. Well link
that into the show notes.

77. Trevor started the RealLife Podcast

and stars in most of the first 40. He
recently left RealLife English to start the
meditation project, The Universal Beat.
78. were to: were-duh
79. gnarly: remarkable, outstanding.

80. Free e-book: 101 Words You Won't

Learn at School

JUSTIN: That's a special gift from, well,

from Trevor, but from us.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah. Because81 you
guys are going to be so stoked82, it's
totally gnarly... Cowabunga83.

81. Because: cuz

82. stoked: excited.

JUSTIN: Cowabanga, man, that's, like,

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
CHAD: It is, yeah. You're right. I don't
know.
JUSTIN: So, you have slang, and then
you have connected speech. It seems
like a lot of people are confused, like,

83. Cowabunga

words like "gonna," "wanna," "gotta,"

with slang. Is this slang or is this
connected speech, and where do you
sort of84 separate these?
CHAD: Well, I think it depends on how
you look at language in general, like,
my perspective on this would be that
languages continuously evolve and
evolve, so, if you go back to, like,
traditional English, like, British English,
people that are very formal, they'd
probably tell you that it's wrong,
because they always fully85
pronounce their words - "I'm going to
go to the store."

Cowabunga: a yell of exhilaration used

by surfers

84. sort of: sort-uhv

85. fully: completely, entirely, totally.

Ex, I didnt fully understand the terms of
the contract.

JUSTIN: But do they really?

CHAD: I think people that are very
fundamental, you know, English
professors and things like that, but I
think, because we have kind of
evolved86, the reason we say "gonna"
instead of "going to," because it flows
more, it's easier, become like a
rhythm, a different kind of rhythm.
MAX: That has to do with the
economics of the language, when you
speak, you want to88 flow better, as
you were just saying, and so you
shrink89 words together.
JUSTIN: Ok, so, I'm curious how have
you really learned this economy of
speech, this connected speech? How
has it been for you, because it's not

86. evolve: become better with time. Ex,

homos apiens evolved into the human
species we are now
87. its easier, become: Grammar
mistake. Should be its easier to
become.. or its easier, it becomes

88. want to: wanna

89. shrink: to make smaller in size, to
contract.

something they really teach in most

schools.
MAX: Well, partly because I am a selftaught student90, on the one hand,
Ive kind of realized by myself that the
way speakers, native speakers, speak
is not the same we are sometimes
taught in school. On the other hand, I
study English, I study to be a translator
and a teacher, and so, in school I have
this subject, in university, actually,
phonetics. And they have taught me
the correct way of saying things.
JUSTIN: So, you've learned the theory
of it.

90. self-taught student: one learns on

his own, without a formal teacher.

Phonetics

Theory vs Practice

MAX: The theory, yes. Not so much

practicing, but the theory of it, and...
but non-native speakers have to do is
to- they have to take advantage of
every moment they have the
opportunity to speak, and if they have
any native English speaker as a friend,
that's the best that could happen for
them.
JUSTIN: So, yeah, this is something
that's not slang, and I think the
industry, a lot of91 times, like, confuses
the two. They'll say, like, they way,
kind of, we shrink and connect our
words, and cut them, this is, they'll say
It's slang, but this is connected
speech92.

91. a lot of: a-lah-duv

92. The Importance of

Connected Speech

CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: So it's not really slang. If
you're in a more formal situation, you
can change your intonation, maybe
you can speak more clearly, and
enunciate things, like, if I'm speaking
with non-natives, I'm probably going
to say93, like, "internet," because I'm
trying to94 consciously communicate.
CHAD: Yeah. This one time, a friend of
mine, he went to the US, and he's an95
Australian, and he went to buy some
batteries, and he said he went to the
store and he's like "yeah, can I have a
battery, please?" and the persons like
"what are you96 talking about, man?"
Hes like,"oh, battery. Hes like,
"What?" he's like, "aw, battery97!" You
know, he had to really pronounce the
battery98, because people didn't
understand "battery."

93. Im probably going to say: Im problee gonna say

94. Trying to: tryin-duh

95. and hes an: an-ees-an

96. what are you: wha-da-ya

97. battery: ba-dir-ee

98. The American T to D sound:
Learn more about How Americans
Pronounce the T Sound as a D

JUSTIN: Yeah, there are some people

who just don't understand accents,
right?
CHAD: Yeah, yeah, you're right. But,
uh, I guess that pretty much wraps
up99 our conversation topic for today.
JUSTIN: Yeah, and it's really great to
have Max here, to be talking about this
topic, because he's actually been
helping us create and develop this
podcast transcript.

99. wrap up: to finish something.

CHAD: If you haven't seen it yet, you

can download it, you have all the
connected speech actually highlighted
in the transcript. But, Max has actually
made a few other adjustments, right,
man?
MAX: Yeah, that's true. I have pitched
in100 with the phrasal verbs, and the,
also, some grammar points I thought it
would be useful for learners to know
about, because I think that it improves
the quality of the transcript, and it's
helpful. I mean, as a non-native
speaker, and as someone who have
learned the language, I haven't
mastered it yet, I'm never going to do
that, butCHAD: Yeah, man, phrasal verbs are a
bitch101, right?
MAX: Phrasal verbs... I like them102.
CHAD: Yeah, yeah, but theyre difficult
to understand, for a lot of people.

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100. pitch in: to help.

101. bitch: in this case bitch means

complicated and unpleasant. (i.e. life is
a bitch.) Find out more about this word in
our article Bitch, Please! How to Use the
Word Bitch Correctly.
102. I like them: I-like-em

Phrasal Verbs are a Bitch

MAX: Yeah. Because they have so

many meanings and there are so many
of them, so... Yeah.
CHAD: And again, a lot of people also
would think that phrasal verbs are, you
know, informal expressions, which
they totally103 aren't.
MAX: Not all of them.

103. totally: todally

CHAD: So, we are going to move on

to the question. Aww yeah!

CHAD: Alright1, guys, so, today's

question, in relation to the
conversation topic, is all about slang
expressions, and today we're going to2
teach you five ways to say "cool," or
five other ways to say "cool," related
to slang expressions.
JUSTIN: Sweet!
MAX: Sick!
CHAD: Legit!
JUSTIN: Chill...
MAX: Dope.
CHAD: Aww yeah! So, they were the
five ways to say cool, should we
actually explain them?
JUSTIN: No. Take care, guys.
CHAD: See you guys later!
JUSTIN: Sweet! But sweet, right, you

1. alright: aw-right

2. going to: gonna

5 Other Ways to Say Cool

have sweets3.

3. Sweets

CHAD: Yeah, yeah. I think maybe

sweets, ah, yeah, sweet, like the
flavor, it's a sweet flavor. Do you guys
say that a lot in the US?
JUSTIN: Yeah, we say it all the time.
CHAD: Ok.
JUSTIN: And I'll4 say it like "sweet,
man," sometimes I'm actually afraid of
like communicating the wrong
intention to somebody, if I don't know
them5 very well. So, when I say "sweet,
man," I don't want to6- the person to
think I'm saying that he's a sweet man.

4. Ill: all

5. know them: know-em

6. want to: wanna

(to non-native speakers)

CHAD: Yeah.
MAX: And yeah, sometimes "sweet" is
like a response to something someone
has said. Maybe you say "we're going
to do this, this and this," and then I say
"sweet, man, let's do it."
CHAD: Yeah, sweet.
JUSTIN: Sick7.
CHAD: Sick. Yeah...
JUSTIN: It means you're sick...
CHAD: It doesn't mean you're sick, no.
Again, just means cool. Again, it's kind

7. Sick
urban dictionary definition

of often used as a response, I think,

too, when I might say "hey, there's
going to be8 an awesome rock show
tonight," and I'm like "sick! I love that
band!"

8. theres going to be: theres-gonna-be

9. Legit (Urban Dictionary)

JUSTIN: "That show was sick, man!"

CHAD: "That show was sick!" Next
one, legit9. "It's pretty legit," "that
show was legit."
JUSTIN: Too legit to quit10.
CHAD: Too legit to quit, legit. Another
way to say cool, I think it comes from
the word "legitimate10," am I right?

10. Famous Song- MC Hammer : Too

Legit To Quit (80s)

JUSTIN: But legit is a totally legitimate

word, right?
CHAD: It is. Legit.
JUSTIN: So, you can be like "that
document is legit."
MAX: Yeah, but that would be into the
formal realm12.

11. legitimate: the root definition of

legit, which means not fake, or
authentic, real, etc
12. realm: an area, domain, sphere.

CHAD: Yes.
13. literal: lih-durr-ul
13

JUSTIN: The literal application of it,

right?
MAX: Yeah. So, legit is, maybe, he's a
legit singer.
CHAD: Yeah. Hey, Max, do you like the

rap group Jurassic 5?

MAX: Sure, man, that band is legit.
CHAD: Yeah.
JUSTIN: So, I think it comes in the
face of14, or maybe, like, if people have
heard this band has a great reputation,
right? To say that that band is legit,
maybe it means, like, it's not, like,
fake.

14. comes in the face of: idiom error.

Justin misuses this idiom. It should be fly
in the face of, which means to go
against.

CHAD: Exactly, yeah.

MAX: Oh, yeah.
CHAD: Probably the origin, maybe
people don't really associate that
anymore.

Chill

JUSTIN: So, maybe, there's, like, an

authenticity to it.
CHAD: Yeah. Next one?
JUSTIN: Chill.
CHAD: Chill...
JUSTIN: So, this is, like, cool, isn't it?
CHAD: Kind of. To chill a drink is to put
it in a refrigerator, but not make it
frozen, just make it lightly chilled15.
JUSTIN: And if heard the way, actually,
I said it. Chad asked me what I was

15. Literal Definition: Ice Cold

Chilled Beer

doing and I said "chilling," I mean,

chilling16, this is a verb too. It just
means, like, you're relaxing.
CHAD: Yeah, chilling out17.
MAX: Not doing anything important,
just...
JUSTIN: Uh, this is important, though,
I wasn't just chilling.
CHAD: Yeah. Again, another way to
say "cool." Last one is "dope."
MAX: Dope, which means...
CHAD: "That shit was dope!"
JUSTIN: Well, dope is actually a drug,
literally, right?
MAX: Yeah, it's drugs.
CHAD: It could be, like, another term
for marijuana.
JUSTIN: Dope?
CHAD: But it can also be cool, now.
"Wow, that was dope!"
MAX: So, dope, is a dope way to say
cool.
CHAD: It's dope.

16. Chill as a verb: to relax, hang out

(pronounced chillin) Chill, Chill Out.

17. Chilling Out: Chillin Out (you must

take the g off the end. chilling out
pronounced fully loses its coolness).
Urban Dictionary
Definition of Chill

MAX: It's dope.

CHAD: Aww yeah! So, guys, hopefully
that answered all your questions, and
you have really expanded your
vocabulary with these five cool ways to
say cool. And, also, if you want to see
something else that's really dope and
it's really freaking18 sick, is the
transcript lesson.

18. Freaking: word used to give emphasis

to almost every word it precedes.

MAX: It is.
JUSTIN: It will make your experience
of listening to this podcast a lot better,
you're going to learn more.
CHAD: Max, the fact that we have you
here today, and I know you've learned
a lot of English through music, would
you like to, maybe, suggest a song to
play these guys out19 with?
MAX: Oh, yeah, definitely, man. I was
thinking about a song, it's called
"Atlanta," since we've been talking
about the silent T. "Atlanta," "Atlanta
Remix," by Jermaine Dupri. So, that's a
cool song, a dope one.

19. play out: to close the episode with a

song.

Jermaine Dupri
Atlanta

CHAD: Nice! Aww yeah. All right, so,

we're going to play you out with that
song. Max, thanks a lot for being here
today.
MAX: And, let me say this, we're going
to drop the lyrics20 in the transcript,

20. drop the lyrics: put the lyrics

so, check it out!

CHAD: Aww yeah! All right, guys,
have a good one, see you guys later.
21. Peace out:

JUSTIN: Peace out21, guys.

Colloquial expressions to say goodbye

MAX: Catch you later!

JUSTIN: Aww yeah.
MAX: Aww yeah.
CHAD: Aww yeah!!

Lyrics
Jermaine Dupri - "Altanta Remix"
[Intro: Jermaine Dupri]
After the party it's the Waffle House
If you ever been here you know what I'm talkin about
Where people don't dance all they do is this
And after the original you know what it is
[Ludacris]
Welcome to Atlanta
[Jermaine Dupri]
Remix it had to go down
I got somethin else to tell you 'bout the new Motown
Where people don't visit, they move out here
And ain't no tellin who you might see up in Lennox Square
I don't know about you but I miss the freaknik
Cause that's where my city use to be real slick
People from other cities use to drive from miles
Just to come to get a taste of this A.T.L style
I'm the M.B.P., Most Ballin-ist Player
Make my own moves, call me the mayor

Monday night you know things change with time

Magic sittin back lookin like eighty nine
All the homies on the southside up in the Ritz
Tuesday night, the Velvet Room same shit
Wednesday Strokers I don't go no mo'
Cause they don't know how to treat you when you come through the do'
Thursday night, was Plush but we moved the fuel
And I be up in the booth drunk actin a fool
Friday night, at Kaya they still got love
And the Sharkbar we poppin like it's a night club
Saturday still off the heezy fo' sheezy
You can find me up in One Tweezy
Sunday gettin me some sleep please!!!
I'm on my way to the deck then hittin Jazzy Tee's, holla!!!
[P. Diddy]
Ay yo I'm from New York man!!!
Representin N.Y.C. to the fullest
I pull it, Heads be duckin in New York be bussin
Take that....
[P. Diddy]
Welcome To New York mutha fuckas, where we don't play
And out of towners get got like everyday
And a gangstas a gangsta in every way
Sittin on twenty two's this what long money do
Now the don's on it, Diddy shine on it
Tell Flex to run it back and drop a bomb on it
Sunday we layin low and hay lo sippin cris and we straight
Monday we go to Bungalow 8
Tuesday I'm in spa drunk doin the shake
And for the rest of the week we just follow the freaks
You can spot us out of town by the way that we walk
The way that we talk, cocky the state of New York
Hot now top down at the Rucker game
New coup no roof playa what's my name?
Now Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten
Uptown what now?! let's make it happen
[P. Diddy Talkin]
New York,if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere
We still here!!! And we buildin four more new towers!!!!
[Murphy Lee]
Who say St. Louis ain't hip hop? Dirty we hop to what's hip
I'm a lunatic with too much grip to let a slip

I'm so St. Louis, ask my tatooist

I was like the waterboy now they sayin you can do it
I'm Baby Houie one of the best in the Louie
Sip Louie smoke louie, dressed in Louie
Home of back porches, chucks, and air forces
Old school cars be trailblazin like Portland
The girls are the best like Travis with fat asses
I call 'em gimme girls they always tell me I can have it
All got habits Marijuana exstatic
By two cats and coats with automatics
St. Louis, the truth like Sojourner
Don't need a burna we learn from Ike Turner
I tried to told ya don't cross that bridge
Without permission from those St. Lunatics
[Jermaine Dupri Talking]
Yo-yo-yo-yo
Ladies and gentlemen, we got the big Snoop Dogg in the house tonight
He just came from off tour
And he wanna tell y'all little bit where he come from
[Snoop Dogg]
Palm trees bad bitches and wanna bees
O.G.'s like me eatin on polyseeds
Now laters, jellybeans, and wallabees
Real niggas from the set I'm hardly ever seened
Mostly heard us sell a bird off the cizzurb
They movin yep, we hop and then we swizzurve
Alot of homies like to wear there pizzerm
Hair longer than hers short with the fizzurbs
Doggy dizzog you know I like 'em dizzog
Like Kobe to Shaq now take that
(Jermaine Dupri: Take that take that)
Long Beach is on the mother fuckin map
And sittin by the sea, R.I.P.
JD, you know about the L.B.C.
Blood and stellas, cold hearted killas
Real cop pillas, real shot fillas
Ain't no squeelas, alot of dopes dealers
Bang diggy dang dang dogg pound gangsta crip gang
Yeah we do the damn thang
Home of coroners, scoop, buck, cocaine
Head to the church house to get a little workout
Smoked out drink up, now put ya bank up
It's all on me I got a scenery too stank up
Crank up the beat, raise up the heat

I'm thrownin a block party on two one streets, fo' sho

[Jermaine Dupri]
Welcome to Atlanta remix HEY!!!
And we ride on dem thangs like ev-ery day
Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roamin
And parties dont stop 'til eight in the mo'nin
[Ludacris]
Welcome to Atlanta where the players play
And we ride on dem thangs like ev-ery day
Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roamin
And parties dont stop 'til eight in the mo'nin
[Jermaine Dupri]
Welcome to Atlanta remix HEY!!!
And we ride on dem thangs like ev-ery day
Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roamin
And parties dont stop 'til eight in the mo'nin
[Ludacris]
Welcome to Atlanta [Jermaine Dupri says: "remix HEY!!!"]
And we ride on dem thangs like ev-ery day
Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roamin
And parties dont stop 'til eight in the mo'nin