Ærlig [English translation]

Honest

We ought to be grownup men

With beautiful families and safe homes

But the tour bus is leaving at five o'clock

And we act as if the world will just wait in the meantime

We escape in women who are obsessed with dicks

Telling ourselves that we're not obsessed with them

But the entire crew has been sworn in

Yeah, no one will say anything, so it seems so easy

Until you're back in your own bed

Sullying it by saying you've got enough in her

And when something finally falls through

The standard line is that nothing happened

'Cause your profession is using your voice

So every kind of lies can't be seen through

But for a short moment, you feel nasty

'Cause your conscience is stuck

And her intuition says "Stop, wait a moment"

And I swear, that's something every woman can sense

So you promise yourself that you first and foremost

Will spend some less time being so bad

Yes, regret seems so convenient

And it doesn't take more than that to make yourself forget

As if quality time makes you demented

'Cause the bus is going once more the following weekend

I only hear myself when I talk

Never let your son become a rapper

'Cause with prestige comes the ability to lie to everything and everyone around you

'Cause we're not honest

It costs to be honest

So we're seldom honest

But right now, I'm completely honest

Take a sip of medicine

Mine is see-through, what's in yours?

Do you have time to hide in the Hennessy?

'Cause there's a show in half an hour

And the nerves always show up on your way to the stage

Where you don't really know if you should feel like a fool

'Cause your suit is sitting sublimely

But you're 33 years old, and your bread and butter is rhyming

And you feel that you're giving yourself so intimately

Hoping that it'll be returned in a scream

Yes, humility is caught in a smile

As you bare your teeth at a camera phone

But fuck it, here's your shot of adrenaline

Not even coke could top the energy

And the girl in the front of the audience seems so fine

She's been painted like an adult even though she's just a teen

And reminds your of someone

Who should have been yours

But you were not good enough with only 17 years

So your revenge becomes reality half a life too late

And everything she ends up with is a dumb bastard

Texting his one and only

With a bad excuse for coming home late

I only hear myself when I talk

Never let your son become a rapper

'Cause with prestige comes the ability to lie to everything and everyone around you

'Cause we're not honest

It costs to be honest

So we're seldom honest

But right now, I'm completely honest

Your furniture is standing on the street

As your wardrobe is leaving your window

You've been thrown out for not being faithful to her

Fortunately, your friend has a couch you can end up on

Getting wasted until you no longer can walk

Constantly addressing your ex as bitch

But you loaded the gun and shot your shoe yourself

It's a universal rule that if you

At the cost of your woman try to get two

You'll end up with none

And the tour is over, so it's time to slow down

No, no new club every night now

And without the stardust, you'll have to improvise

But you rarely get an further than your horrible intro

'Cause she can see through clichés

Yes, she walks away as you just stare

And the woman who until now has been giving you your serenity

Has a new guy and a new place to live

You went from being smart to being an idiot

You are what you eat, so you're just a hoe

• Artist:L.O.C.
• Album:Prestige, Paranoia, Persona Vol. 2