| New York er byens by, verdens metropol
| New York is the city of cities, the metropolis of the world
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| Moderne Konstantinopel, tidens metronom
| Modern Constantinople, the metronome of time
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| Nettopp metroen eller heller kall den New York subway
| Precisely the metro or rather call it the New York subway
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| Er pulsåra fra Brooklyn og opp til Broadway
| Is the artery from Brooklyn and up to Broadway
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| Den holder byen som aldri sover alltid våken
| It keeps the city that never sleeps always awake
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| Fra Bedstuy til South Bronx — den er alltid åpen
| From Bedstuy to the South Bronx — it's always open
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| Og over tusen kilometer lange skinner stormer
| And over a thousand kilometers long rail storms
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| Flere passasjerer daglig enn det er i hele Norge
| More passengers daily than there are in the whole of Norway
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| Helvete ha’kke no' på hete bølga nedi her
| Hell, don't worry about the hot wave down here
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| Jeg tenker at jeg burde hatt på mindre klær
| I think that I should have worn less clothes
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| De sier tusenvis av folk bor inne i tunnelen
| They say thousands of people live inside the tunnel
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| Knutsen og Ludvigsens historie e’kke dems fortelling
| Knutsen and Ludvigsen's story is not their story
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| Sprayboksen ble funnet opp på Oslos øst
| The spray can was found in Oslo's east
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| Men det er her dem skjønte hvordan den sku brukes først
| But this is where they figured out how to use it first
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| Det er her grafitti fødtes, krabba og tok løpefart
| This is where graffiti was born, crawled and took off
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| Grand Concourse 149 var møteplass
| Grand Concourse 149 was the meeting place
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| Ta det fra en t-baneramp reisende blant
| Take it from a subway ramp traveler among
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| Menige mann under den evige kamp
| Ordinary men during the eternal struggle
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| Å male banen er en writers fuckings holy grail
| Painting the pitch is a writers fucking holy grail
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| Men med de lovene så får du kjapt et år i jail
| But with those laws, you will quickly get a year in jail
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| Du kan’ke signe, kan’ke etterlate DNA
| You can't sign, can't leave DNA
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| Grafitti squad har folk som etterforsker heftig spa
| Grafitti squad has people investigating hot spa
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| Så vi sniker oss på skinnebro i Queensbridge | So we sneak onto rail bridge in Queensbridge |
| Under ser vi hvordan nattgatelivet glir fint
| Below we see how the night street life glides nicely
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| Refuse har vært å spana lenge på et sted hvor det
| Refuse has been scouting for a long time in a place where it
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| Nettopp den helga står et set i express-sporet
| Just that weekend there is a set in the express lane
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| Gjemmer oss inni, baner passerer kjapt
| Hiding inside, lanes pass quickly
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| Adrenalinet pumper, så jeg svever as
| The adrenaline is pumping, so I'm floating
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| Rister cansa før vi går ut for å være stille
| Shake the cansa before we go out to be quiet
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| Han skisser opp piecen, jeg jeg b’yner fylle
| He sketches the piece, I try to fill it
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| NYPD bare cruiser noen meter under
| The NYPD just cruises a few feet below
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| Tiden går i et annet tempo i sånne stunder
| Time goes at a different pace in moments like that
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| Inn og ut, så smooth, vi fikk ikke noe chase engang
| In and out, so smooth, we didn't even get a chase
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| Så for meg er Miranda fortsatt et jentenavn
| So to me, Miranda is still a girl's name
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| Denne teksten kommer fra Rap Genius Norge! | This text comes from Rap Genius Norway! |