| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
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| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
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| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Find en plads og sæt dig, la' mig fortæl' dig
| Find a seat and sit down, let 'me tell' you
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| Hvor’n musikbranchen påvirker massere af mennesker
| Where the music industry affects masses of people
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| Gennem et par helt typiske danske eksempler
| Through a couple of very typical Danish examples
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| Der på en måde viser 2018's tendenser
| That in a way shows the trends of 2018
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| Kenneth og Mohammed begyndt' i tiende klasse
| Kenneth and Mohammed started 'in tenth grade
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| Af ren kedsomhed, at sidde og skrive en masse
| Out of sheer boredom, to sit and write a lot
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| Først var det bare for griner, men de blev bidt af det
| At first it was just for laughs, but they were bitten by it
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| Raptekster i kladehæfter, til de fik en skideballe
| Rap lyrics in scrapbooks until they got a shitball
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| Så de begyndt' at indspil' i lokale ungdomsklubber
| So they started 'recording' in local youth clubs
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| Og små studier hos deres venner med stjålne computere
| And small studios with their friends with stolen computers
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| Alt det booze de fik bællet i studiet, hvor de fested'
| All that booze they got the bell in the studio where they partyed '
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| Fik deres gutter klippet sammen til en video, de smed ud på nettet
| Got their guys clipped together for a video they threw out online
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| Så deres første musik var bare et sammenklip
| So their first music was just a clip
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| Af branderter i studiet, hvor de lavede deres rapmusik
| Of branders in the studio where they made their rap music
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| Med fuld attitude, smilte ikk' en eneste gang
| With full attitude, did not smile once
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| Unge, vrede typer gør familien Danmark pissebange
| Young, angry types make the Denmark family piss scared
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| De smed det op på nettet, der skete nul og niks
| They threw it up on the net, nothing and nothing happened
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| Mo begyndt' at send' det til nogle bloggere for at få nogle clicks
| Mo started 'posting' it to some bloggers to get some clicks
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| Da én delte, begyndte de andre at efterab'
| When one shared, the others began to fall behind '
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| Derefter spredt' videoen sig mer' en møl i et klædeskab
| Then the 'video spread more' a moth in a wardrobe
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| Projektet gik så godt, at drengene måtte gentage det
| The project went so well that the boys had to repeat it
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| På næste video blev tallene mere ekstreme
| On the next video, the numbers got more extreme
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| Et kommentarfelt med folk i ekstase
| A comment field with people in ecstasy
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| For Kenneth og Mo var ved at opbyg' en fanbase
| For Kenneth and Mo were building a fan base
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
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| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
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| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Yeah, der gik kun en smule tid, før nogen så en mulighed
| Yeah, it only took a while before anyone saw an opportunity
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| I musikken Kenneth og Mohammed havde udgivet
| In the music Kenneth and Mohammed had released
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| Fra et label lagde hårdt ud, første bud
| From a label laid out hard, first bid
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| Fem singler og 50.000 i forskud
| Five singles and 50,000 in advance
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| Godt nok kun med femten procent i royalties
| Good enough only with fifteen percent in royalties
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| Men foreskuddet gjorde dem lettere at overbevis'
| But the advance made it easier for them to convince '
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| Popped' en flaske, mens de ristede en smøg
| Popped 'a bottle while toasting a smoke
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| Pengene røg på samme dag på to kæder og lidt mærketøj
| The money smoked on the same day on two chains and some branded clothing
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| Næste single klarede sig ganske godt
| The next single did quite well
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| Labelmanden sagde «flot», men ville gerne ha' tallene op
| The label man said "nice", but wanted the numbers up
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| Så den næste igen den skulle være en fuldtræffer
| So the next one again it was supposed to be a hit
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| Selvom de to partnere gik ud fra deres hovedgenre
| Although the two partners went from their main genre
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| De lavede bud på bud, indspillede en masse numre
| They made bid after bid, recorded a lot of tracks
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| Men selskabet afviste, og de havde jo skrevet under
| But the company refused, and they had signed
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| Men hva' betyder det, når piger lægger an på dig?
| But what does it mean when girls attack you?
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| De to var blevet forbilleder for en masse gadeunger
| The two had become role models for a lot of street kids
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| Pengene manglede, og det var da egentlig pænt syret
| The money was missing, and it was actually nicely acidified
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| For det var sidste brik, før de leved' eventyret
| For it was the last piece before they lived 'the adventure
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| Og deres streams var hele og halve millioner
| And their streams were whole and half a million
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| Og en mil gi’r i snit 40.000 danske kroner
| And a mile gives an average of 40,000 Danish kroner
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| Men en flink dame sat' dem ned og gennemgik
| But a nice lady put them down and went through
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| At de 50.000 var ude af de procenter, de fik
| That the 50,000 were out of the percentages they got
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| Af den andel de producerer
| Of the share they produce
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| Så de ska' lave 330.000, før de ser en krone mer'
| So they'll make 330,000 before they see a penny more '
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
|
| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
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| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
|
| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
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| Yeah, yeah, nu' vi tre singler længere henne
| Yeah, yeah, now we're three singles away
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| Vil' være mindre poppet, hvis fansene selv ku' bestemme
| Will 'be less popped if the fans themselves could decide
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| Nogen af dem holdt ved, nogen blev ikk' så længe
| Some of them persisted, some did not stay that long
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| Men aftalen holder Kenneth og Mo i en skruetvinge
| But the deal keeps Kenneth and Mo in a bind
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| For selv når de 50 jern igen er tjent
| For even when the 50 irons are earned again
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| Er deres aftale, at de kun får femten procent
| Is their agreement that they only get fifteen percent
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| Så for hver million streams er der 6.000 at hent'
| So for every million streams there are 6,000 to download '
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| Som skattefar ta’r halvdelen af, når regnskabsåret er endt
| As a taxman, you take half of it when the fiscal year ends
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| Og det frustrerer dem begge, er det slut med at bestemme
| And it frustrates them both, it's over to decide
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| For labelgutten ka' nægte, når de gern' vil udsende
| For the label boy can refuse when they want to broadcast
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| Og de vil jo gerne bli' set som kæmpe succeser
| And they want to be seen as huge successes
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| Så nytter det ikk' at stå og sælge seng' i IKEA
| Then there is no point in 'selling a bed' in IKEA
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| Eller benz på Q8 eller kluns i en tøjbutik
| Or benz on Q8 or kluns in a clothing store
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| Så føler de, deres image ville falme på et øjeblik
| Then they feel their image would fade in an instant
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| Så for at ku' forbli' cool med de coole
| So to 'stay' cool with the cool ones
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| Har Kenneth taget skridtet, begyndt at pushe en smule
| Having Kenneth taken the step, started pushing a bit
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| Så genren der blev opfundet i sin tid
| So the genre that was invented in its time
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| Som en måde at undgå ballademager at kom' ind og sidde
| As a way to avoid troublemakers getting in and sitting
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| Ender i 2018 med at få et individ
| Ends in 2018 getting an individual
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| Til at lave krim, fordi han ikk' ka' tjen' nogle peng', der' hvide
| To make a crime, because he can not 'earn' some money 'that' white
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| Det lyder som en røver, som om jeg spilder tiden
| It sounds like a robber, as if I'm wasting time
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| Men det' fra virkeligheden, hvis du vil ha' lidt inside-viden
| But it's from reality if you want some inside knowledge
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| Ingen grund til at underspille
| No need to underplay
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| Men jeg må smut' nu, jeg ska' ha' noget at drikke
| But I have to go now, I'll have something to drink
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| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
|
| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
|
| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
|
| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu
| It's hard to say from now, from now
|
| Hvor mange timer har du?
| How many hours do you have?
|
| For jeg' på vej i bar nu
| Because I'm on my way to the bar now
|
| Tro mig, der er fart på
| Believe me, there is speed
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| Det' svært at sige fra nu, fra nu | It's hard to say from now, from now |