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B2.2·hip-hop·3:47

Houdini

Eminem · 2024

Houdini by Eminem (2024) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
  • Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
  • Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
  • Guess who's back?

Echo the hook

  • Abra-abracadabra (and for my last trick)
  • I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh (like)
  • Abra-abracadabra (and for my last trick, poof)
  • Just like that and I'm back, bro
guesswho'sfuck

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Uh, I wasto the album

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Lyrical(yeah), an electrician (yeah)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Ate someas a way of coping (mm)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But itlike I'm targeted

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And that's why(what?)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

That evenI'm a danger to? (Yeah)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Uh, I was listening to the album

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Stallion if she would collab with me

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Plus I have zero doubts

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But it feels like I'm targeted

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been runnin' at full speed

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Uh, I was ? to the album

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It would be ? to break a feve' (yeah)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Plus I have ? doubts

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? up to that mic, cock it then

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

That even ? I'm a danger to? (Yeah)

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "guess" in the whole song?

"guess"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "who's" in the whole song?

"who's"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Hey, Em, it's Paul
  • In my Air Max 90s
  • Turned me into smiley face emoji (woo)

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • How can I explain to you (what?)
  • Look what I pocketed
  • Uh, I was listening to the album

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Houdini" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

guesswho'sfuckshit

Exercise 27

If you could ask Eminem one question about "Houdini", what would it be and why?

guesswho'sfuckshit

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Houdini" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

guesswho'sfuckshit

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • you're→
  • who's→
  • don't→
  • gotta→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Houdini", what would happen instead?

guesswho'sfuckshit