| «Yo everybody wanna rap but nobody wanna work
| "Yo everyone wanna rap but nobody wanna work
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| Wanna take over the earth but they’re afraid of the dirt»
| Wanna take over the earth but they're afraid of the dirt»
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| «Workin' hard from nine to five""Dealing with reality is like drawing out your
| "Workin' hard from nine to five""Dealing with reality is like drawing out your
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| boundary»
| boundaries
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| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
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| In a game where cash rules and biting’s okay too»
| In a game where cash rules and biting's okay too»
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| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
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| Anytime the pen touch the paper»
| Anytime the pen touches the paper»
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| Das is' Gefühl, das sich in Form ergießt
| It's a feeling poured into form
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| Ich komm' Heim und weiß, was noch für Arbeit vor mir liegt
| I come home and I know what work still lies ahead of me
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| All I need is one Mic
| All I need is one mic
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| Sogenannte Top-MC's werden von meinem Album torpediert
| So-called top MC's are torpedoed by my album
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| Wie ihr Gehirn von Yayo, ich dreh durch zu A.O.T.P
| Like her brain from Yayo, I'm freaking out to A.O.T.P
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| Nick' zum Beat und pfleg' die Lyrik wie 'nen Bonsei
| Nick' to the beat and care for the lyrics like a bonsei
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| Was Copycats releasen, war doch schon vor Platz eins schrottreif
| What Copycats released was already scrap before number one
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| Tropf' auf ihre Stirn, als wär' es chinesische Wasserfolter
| Dripping on her forehead like it's Chinese water torture
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| Das 's die Strafe für die, deren Musik nie abgeholt hat
| That's the punishment for those whose music has never picked up
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| Dafür Fans abgeholt wurden von der Polizei
| For this fans were picked up by the police
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| Für die mit sinnlosen Schlägereien bis hin zum Todesfall
| For those with senseless fights to the point of death
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| Fleischgewordenes Karma seht ihr hier vor dem Mic
| You can see Karma made flesh here in front of the mic
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| Gewisse Lenkmechanismen begründen deren Overhype
| Certain steering mechanisms justify their overhype
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| Die denken wahrscheinlich, ich suche Streit
| They probably think I'm looking for a fight
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| Nein, ich bilde lediglich ein Gegengewicht um eine Balance zu halten
| No, I'm just creating a counterweight to keep a balance
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| In der Booth sind sie aufnahmefähig
| In the booth they are receptive
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| Nich' aufnahmefähig sind sie hingegen, dafür Texte mit Substanz zu schreiben
| On the other hand, they are not receptive to writing texts with substance
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| Die suchen nur auf Substantive einen guten Reim
| They only look for a good rhyme on nouns
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| Ob man damit wirklich was vermittelt, juckt von denen kein'
| Whether you really convey something with it, none of them care
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| Es geht ja schließlich um den Vibe
| After all, it's about the vibe
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| Nein, es geht eher darum, dass sie überhaupt nix zu sagen haben
| No, it's more about the fact that they don't have anything to say at all
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| Und uns diesen Rotz hinknall’n, damit wir ihnen den Wagen zahl’n
| And bang us this snot so that we pay them the car
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| Die sind Fans von Rap, die auch mal gerne rappen wollten
| They are fans of rap who also wanted to rap
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| Die Frage is': Sagen sie was aus?
| The question is: Do you say something?
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| Ich pump' mit meinen Jungs auch Straßensound
| I also pump street music with my boys
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| Aber der acht-milliardenste Part von «Pam Pam Pam Pam, Bla Bla» muss nich' sein!
| But the eight-billionth part of "Pam Pam Pam Pam, Bla Bla" doesn't have to be!
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| «Yo everybody wanna rap but nobody wanna work
| "Yo everyone wanna rap but nobody wanna work
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| Wanna take over the earth but they’re afraid of the dirt»
| Wanna take over the earth but they're afraid of the dirt»
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| «Workin' hard from nine to five»
| "Working hard from nine to five"
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| «Dealing with reality is like drawing out your boundary»
| "Dealing with reality is like drawing out your boundary"
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| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
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| In a game where cash rules and biting’s okay too»
| In a game where cash rules and biting's okay too»
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| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
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| Anytime the pen touch the paper»
| Anytime the pen touches the paper»
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| Wenn man sich wegen Schnee gegenseitig den Schädel einschlägt
| When you break each other's skulls because of snow
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| Glorifiziert es der Text nich', ihr nennt es die Realität
| Doesn't the text glorify it, you call it reality
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| Ein BMW kommt entgegen, die Bass is' extrem aufgedreht
| A BMW approaches, the bass is turned up extremely
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| Rast vorbei am Kinderwagen mit einem Baby, das schläft
| Speed past the stroller with a baby sleeping
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| Das, meine Kollegen, is' die Realität
| That, my colleagues, is the reality
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| Was ihr verzapft is' krank wie Junkies, die durch Hero draufgehen
| What you do is sick like junkies killed by Hero
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| Ihr seid nich' mal in der Position von Ehre zu reden
| You're not even in the position of honor to speak
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| Ihr killt genauso in dem Teufelskreis des Währungssystems
| You kill in the same way in the vicious circle of the currency system
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| Rap is' für mich in erster Linie die Stimme der Vernunft
| For me, rap is first and foremost the voice of reason
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| Klingt für euch dumm? | Sounds stupid to you? |
| Ach ja? | Oh yes? |
| Ihr habt die Stimme eines Stumm’n!
| You have the voice of a mute!
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| Krieg? | War? |
| Menschen flieh’n von dort! | People flee from there! |
| Ihr zeigt uns Waffen in Videos!
| You show us weapons in videos!
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| Is' Kino, oder? | It's cinema, isn't it? |
| Krieg is' dope! | War is dope! |
| Noch geht’s nich' hier drüben los!
| It's not starting over here yet!
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| Zeigt ihr uns, was bald auf uns zukommt, oder was?
| Are you showing us what's coming soon, or what?
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| Zur Hölle mit eurer Farce und der scheiß Doppelmoral
| To hell with your farce and the fucking double standards
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| Versteht mich, das is' keine Predigt, nein ich spiegel' global
| Understand me, that's not a sermon, no, I reflect globally
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| Und nich' nur eine Schattenwelt
| And not just a shadow world
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| Aka. | a.k.a. |
| für die Liebe ein Grab
| a grave for love
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| «Yo everybody wanna rap but nobody wanna work
| "Yo everyone wanna rap but nobody wanna work
|
| Wanna take over the earth but they’re afraid of the dirt»
| Wanna take over the earth but they're afraid of the dirt»
|
| «Workin' hard from nine to five»
| "Working hard from nine to five"
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| «Dealing with reality is like drawing out your boundary»
| "Dealing with reality is like drawing out your boundary"
|
| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
| «I hate this rap shit but managed to stay true
|
| In a game where cash rules and biting’s okay too»
| In a game where cash rules and biting's okay too»
|
| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest
|
| Anytime the pen touch the paper»
| Anytime the pen touches the paper»
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| «Anytime the pen touches the paper»
| "Anytime the pen touches the paper"
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| «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest» | «Before the music dies we tryna take the rest» |