| Som alle andre startede jeg som alle andre med nogle barndomsvenner
| Like everyone else, I started like everyone else with some childhood friends
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| Skrev lidt rap i en kælder, lige nede under Magnus' forældre
| Wrote a little rap in a basement, right down under Magnus' parents
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| Mens resten jeg kender langsomt fandt andre projekter
| While the rest I know slowly found other projects
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| Var jeg den eneste der fortsatte for at pres' det lidt længere
| I was the only one who continued to push it a little longer
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| Første gang jeg var i studie og blev optaget (Yeah)
| First time I was in studio and was admitted (Yeah)
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| Var gennem en ven der boede på Korsgade (5-Dob)
| Was through a friend who lived on Korsgade (5-Dob)
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| På en produktionsskole i Københavns forstad
| At a production school in the suburbs of Copenhagen
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| Måden han hjalp mig med det den gang var helt overdrevet (Skud ud)
| The way he helped me with it at the time was completely exaggerated (Shot out)
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| Da jeg var 17 startede mig og CAB en gruppe
| When I was 17, me and CAB started a group
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| Og der omkring begyndte jeg at battle en smule
| And around there I started to battle a bit
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| Jeg freestylede momentært, pludselig blev det populært
| I freestyled momentarily, suddenly it became popular
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| For mig var det bare et lille element under en god koncert
| For me, it was just a small element during a good concert
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| CAB vil' lave soloting, så jeg måt' vel os' i gang
| CAB will 'do soloting, so I have to' well us' get started
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| Og det var der «Et Barn Af Tiderne» pludselig voksede frem
| And that was where "A Child Of Ages" suddenly emerged
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| Vi vil' selv udgive det, uden at vide hvor’n man skulle gøre
| We'll publish it ourselves without knowing where to go
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| Det hjalp en del jeg vandt MC’s Fight Night ugen før
| It helped a lot I won MC’s Fight Night the week before
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| Så vi fik den ud i en masse butikker
| So we got it out in a lot of stores
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| Et par anmelder svinere, men vandt et par priser (Yeah)
| A few reviewers swine, but won a few awards (Yeah)
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| Spillede hundrede shows hvor vi væltede rundt som anarkister
| Played a hundred shows where we rolled around like anarchists
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| Mest fordi vi kun sku' ha 1200, plus en kasse pilsnere
| Mostly because we should only have 1200, plus a box of lagers
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| Og selvom der var razzia i vores telt lejr
| And even though there was a raid in our tent camp
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| Så vi stadig Roskilde 06 som en kæmpe sejr
| We still saw Roskilde 06 as a huge victory
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| Rundt i landet med CAB og Lukas og bællede bajer
| Around the country with CAB and Lukas and bellowing beers
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| For pludselig var vores navn i toppen af din fest flyer
| For suddenly our name was at the top of your party flyer
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| Jeg' et statusbillede, hvis du forestillede dig at vi kom sovende til jobbet
| I've a status picture if you imagined we came to work asleep
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| For det gir' status i spillet at have noget på CV’et
| Because it gives' status in the game to have something on the CV
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| Tro mig når jeg siger vi har knoklet
| Believe me when I say we have boned
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| Et Barn Af Tiderne gik godt, plus jeg tog lidt flere
| A Child Of Times went well, plus I took a little more
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| Sejre til konkurrencer så label’sne fik go’e idéer
| Wins for competitions so the labels got good ideas
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| Vi var så vant til at blive set på som Sorteper
| We were so used to being seen as Black Money
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| At deres brede smil gjorde det rigtig svært at fokusere
| That their wide smile made it really hard to focus
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| Vi havde kontrakt på bordet, boblevand i aulaen
| We had contract on the table, bubble water in the auditorium
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| Indtil selskabet valgte at skide stort på aftalen
| Until the company chose to fuck big on the deal
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| Da et års arbejde blev dræbt af deres dumspilning
| When a year of work was killed by their stupidity
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| Kom Runforcover Records heldigvis til undsætning
| Luckily, Runforcover Records came to the rescue
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| Stadig beskidt med Crateraider som torvholder
| Still dirty with Crateraider as turf holder
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| MB, JakeOne, L.O.C., det var ret stort for mig
| MB, JakeOne, L.O.C., it was pretty big for me
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| Noget i mig savnede bare lave plader med mine venner
| Something in me just missed making records with my friends
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| Så mig og Adam Sampler gik i gang med Jungleloven bagefter
| So me and Adam Sampler got started on Jungle Law afterwards
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| Den kom ud i 2010, Loppen holdt en pakket fest
| It came out in 2010, Loppen held a packed party
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| Og så tog vi ud på en dobbelt tour med Kasper Spez
| And then we went out on a double tour with Kasper Spez
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| Første gang i Pumpehuset, det skægt at tænke på det
| First time in Pumpehuset, it's fun to think about it
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| Lige dér var det tydeligt at CD salget var nedadgående
| Right there, it was clear that CD sales were declining
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| Så vi startede Skarpe Skud, gratis MP3-filer
| So we started Sharp Shots, free MP3 files
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| Første var med Face og det var lang tid før Kaliber
| The first was with Face and it was a long time before Caliber
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| Lavede sit første hook på en af mine sange, totalt griner
| Made his first hook on one of my songs, totally laughing
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| Hans stemme senere sku' lig' på kæmpe store platinsingler
| His voice later sku 'lig' on giant platinum singles
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| Jeg kendte Noize fra radioen og ville længe spørge
| I knew Noize from the radio and wanted to ask for a long time
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| Om han vil' lægge øre til nogle skitser jeg indspillede før
| If he wants to 'listen to some sketches I recorded before
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| Måske vil' han gi' et beat, men Kim han tænkte større
| Maybe 'he will give' a beat, but Kim he thought bigger
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| Og vil' lave et album, jeg tænkte OK, det nok bedst at gøre
| And will 'make an album, I thought OK, it probably best to do
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| Jeg' et statusbillede, hvis du forestillede dig at vi kom sovende til jobbet
| I've a status picture if you imagined we came to work asleep
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| For det gir' status i spillet at have noget på CV’et
| Because it gives' status in the game to have something on the CV
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| Tro mig når jeg siger vi har knoklet
| Believe me when I say we have boned
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| Over Askeskyen 1 og 2 kom ud i 12 og 13
| Over Ash Clouds 1 and 2 came out in 12 and 13
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| Da folk synes grime var det eneste der ku' hold' i retten
| When people think grime was the only thing that could 'hold' in court
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| Ingen stor succes, men vi kom da op på charten
| No great success, but we then came up on the chart
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| Og så de os live, vidste de vi havde hele fucking pakken
| And when they saw us live, they knew we had the whole fucking package
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| For koncerterne blev et hak bedre
| For the concerts, a notch got better
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| Og Thomas Lassen gjorde de så os mange steder
| And Thomas Lassen did they saw us in many places
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| Hver vinter Koldfront, og hver sommer en hel plade
| Every winter Cold front, and every summer a whole plate
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| Vi Hjerte Alberte på Bremen eller Stengade
| We Heart Alberta on Bremen or Stengade
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| Byggesten var syg, og jeg blev rigtig lettet
| The building block was sick and I was really relieved
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| Da dagen kom hvor vi faktisk ku' fylde Arena-teltet
| When the day came where we could actually fill the Arena tent
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| Bed negle bag ved tæppet
| Bed nails behind the rug
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| Hvis ikk' Suspekt ikk' lånte os gear havde vi virkelig dræbt budgettet
| If not 'Suspect not' lent us gear we would have really killed the budget
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| I tourbussen syd på. | In the tour bus south on. |
| på vej til et nyt show
| on the way to a new show
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| Jokede vi om at lave en plade, der var en lydbog
| We joked about making a record that was an audiobook
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| Gin & Cocio blev skrevet på tre måneder på Krausesvej
| Gin & Cocio was written in three months on Krausesvej
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| Til alle der rendte rundt og lavede det sam' som mig
| To everyone who ran around and did the same as me
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| At skrive så meget alene var dope erfaring
| Writing so much alone was dope experience
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| Men på en måde en forklaring på hvorfor Sparring blev en åbenbaring
| But in a way an explanation of why Sparring became a revelation
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| Jeg ville skrive med dem jeg synes rapper møgfedt
| I would write with those I think rapper crap
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| Men mange af de sessions blev aflyst i sidste øjeblik
| But many of those sessions were canceled at the last minute
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| Så sad jeg der alene i min studiesofa
| Then I sat there alone in my study sofa
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| Og ku' vælge at drikke med ned i sprut og cola
| And you can choose to drink with booze and cola
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| Men i stedet for at skride og pleje mit misbrug
| But instead of stepping in and nurturing my abuse
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| Begyndte jeg at lave en ny plade, det' den du hører lige nu | I started making a new record, the one you're hearing right now |