Here in our neighborhood we're used to fighting
Homie, stand tall
We're not allowed to dream, people like us, no
But we'll say watch us
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
The whole world will see
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
We're from Vestegnen1
And we're children of the suburbs
The A bus can certainly take you here
But never below the surface
Because we grew up here
Where you're not a child for long
We gather bottles to buy cigarettes
And the bottles are bought with child support
We're from split homes
So we gather in the neighborhood
To paint our name on a wall
So the world can see that we've existed
It's a weird form of materialism
But here they know what I mean
When I say that my holy cross
Is a logo with three stripes
You could see me on the playground
In my cousins old clothes
We were playing gangs and drug dealers
Where they were hanging out and smoked
Perhaps it was his BMW
His money or the girl on his arm
But I've known for as long as I remember
That when I grew up, I should be like him, because
If we shine, then the world can see us
My success won't be camouflaged
I'll lift weights and get tattooed
Because there are so few reserved seats
The church believe that they can free us
But religion for a suburban kid
Has never been faith, hope and love
But money, power and respect
Here in our neighborhood we're used to fighting
Homie, stand tall
We're not allowed to dream, people like us, no
But we'll say watch us
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
The whole world will see
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
Home for De Unge Mødre2
For coke sale, fuck up tickets3
We've got our hoods on our heads
We've got asphalt beneath feet
We wear Louis Vuitton
Even though we live in concrete
We're always late
-An entire season
But if you're up for trouble
Just come
We run from the law
Like a marathon
On basketball courts
In Air Force Ones
Jump for the basket
How high can you get?
To me, rap was a lotto ticket
Because without it I'd been invisible
Abs my ghetto passport would have gone invalid
I'd have been hit like thunder and lightning
Stole for the clothes I wore
But I knew some of Tupac's lyrics
So when I rapped, they'd listen
The only white boy the gangs loved
So well, mt notebooks were full of rap
And that's my beginning
On the search for my fame
Eminem's words, Tupac's ghost
Fill me, so I chase that feeling
When I go on stage I'm not alone
I can hear Burhan G say,
"Anker, do it for us
They said we wouldn't achieve anything,
But we did"
The three stripes that I entered
Are religion for a suburban kid
It's not Father, Son and Holy Ghost
But money, power and respect
Here in our neighborhood we're used to fighting
Homie, stand tall
We're not allowed to dream, people like us, no
But we'll say watch us
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
The whole world will see
Watch us
Watch us
As soon as we have just a little
I used to say
Some day
I'll return
So let them all see
When I'm rolling down the street in my new BMW
Some day
I'll return
So let them all see
When I'm rolling down the street in my new BMW
When I'm rolling down the street in my new BMW
1. A suburban district of Copenhagen2. A TV show about women getting children at an age that is socially considered too young3. I couldn't find an English word, but it's an amount of money you have to pay because you've done a mistake, and if you don't pay, it'll have physical consequences