Steen1 ft. Asa - Terroristi (A Terrorist)
A word play in these lyrics that might not be obvious to non-Finnish speakers: risti = a cross, in this context those that are in graves in graveyards, and terroristi = a terrorist. No etymological connection, as far as I know, but a coincidence.
[Intro: Asa]
Ei kalenteri oo bisselle piisaa
Planner isn't enough for a beer (?)
Salol ei mitään muut ku eugeni
Salo only has a euro
Asa's real name is Matti Mikael Salo
Yks eugeni!
One euro!
[Verse 1: Asa]
Kuin Schaumanin aivoissa, laumani raivossa
Like in Schauman's brain, my pack is enraged
Bader-Meinhof ja Aatsi Poppaa
Bader-Meinhof and Aatsi Poppaa
Saa superapinat nyt tupenrapinat
Super monkeys getting into real trouble now
Ku ei demois lakia ja Supolla totuus
When demos have no law and Supo has the truth
Supo = Suojelupoliisi, Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.
Finnish Security and Intelligence Service - Wikipedia
Pyövelin edes vedän päästäni hupun
In front of the executioner I pull the hood off my head
Toi sakki rupu sano mestaajan suku
That crowd riffraff say decapitator's kin
Rupusakki = Riffraff
RIFFRAFF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Ei Matti nuku hiihtopipo ohimolla
Matti doesn't sleep with his skiing beanie on his temple
Vuorattuna foliolla, elän viikon kolikolla
Lined with tin foil, I live a week on one coin
Rauhanturvaajat on sotilaita toimissaan
Peace corps are soldiers in action
Päättäjät päättää päivänsä voimissaan
Decision-makers end their days in the best of health / in full possession of their faculties
Kaulaa myöten äärikristillistä
Extreme Christian up to the neck
Papilla varaa ristiin kristallisi pistää
Priest can afford to put your crystal on a cross
Pressa peitti linnan mustilla pilvillä
Prez covered the castle in black clouds
Ei kai Pertti heittänyt muslimii pihvillä?
Surely Pertti didn't throw a steak at a muslim?
Fessen nenästä vetämään, mitä me pelätään
Sucking a fiver up the nose, what are afraid of
Onnellista elämää, humalassa selällään
A happy life, laying drunk on our backs
Alvarilla valmiin kynästäni psalmii
Chill, always ready "to psalm" out of my pen
Not sure how to translate "alvarilla"... "Alvari" is quite a rare word, but it means a place that's spacious and relaxing, in example a nice living room. "Alvariinsa" is a bit more common of a word, and it translates to "all the time". I think Asa probably means both in this song. He's in a comfortable space, with room to breathe and to think, ready to write amazing lyricism at any time.
Toimintakykyä, kaks kettutypyä
Working order, two fox babes
kettutyttö - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Josta pakkasella osta satasella
Of where in freezing weather buy with a hundred bucks
Viinitila Vatasella, routajalkasella
Vatanen, that ground frost leg, has a winery
This guy: Ari Vatanen - Wikipedia
A former rally driver, turned to politician and winery owner. He's apparently a climate change denier and has said we're heading towards a next ice age, so that's probably where the "ground frost leg" bar stems from.
[Chorus: Asa & Steen1]
Vihollinen seisoo päällä pottuvarpaani
The enemy is standing on my big toe
Varo paha poika, tulin tekee parhaani
Watch out, bad boy, I came to do my best
Kotimullas maas seisoo noita ristejä
In home grounds, there are crosses standing in the dirt
Näätsä terroristejä?
Do you see terrorists?
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi? (Anarkisti, anarkisti)
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist? (An anarchist, an anarchist)
[Verse 2: Steen1]
Näit massoi mahdoton hallita
These masses impossible to control
Näit massoi mahdoton kahlita
These masses impossible to chackle
Kattokaa, pojat on jo valmiina
Look, the boys are already ready
Fasismi on vitun huono valinta
Fascism is a fucking bad choice
Jokainen sopii profiiliin
Everyone fits the profile
Me ollaan syyllisii, joit ei saatu kiinni
We are culprits that weren't caught
Ei kansallinen turvallisuus meinaa pientä piirii
National security doesn't equal a small circle
Kuka meistä tarvitsee eniten poliisii?
Which of us needs the police the most?
Liittovaltion johtajien tosi-tv
Reality tv of the federation/union leaders
Satelliitin kautta meidät näkee, kuuntelee
Seeing, listening to us through a satellite
Ulkoinen uhka luo yhteishenkee
An external threat creates team spirit
Ota nuija kii, sitä en tee
Catch the club/moron, I won't do that
Valo sisään loistaa, ota verhot ikkunoista
Light shining in, take the curtains off the windows
Voidaan ottaa mallii toistemme elämäntavoista
We can learn from the example of each other's ways of life
Juostaan yhdes vaatteet pois lahjoittamaan
Lets run together and donate away our clothes
Eihän meillä oo yhtään mitään vitun salattavaa
We have fucking nothing to hide, right
[Chorus: Asa & Steen1]
Vihollinen seisoo päällä pottuvarpaani
The enemy is standing on my big toe
Varo paha poika, tulin tekee parhaani
Watch out, bad boy, I came to do my best
Kotimullas maas seisoo noita ristejä
In home grounds, there are crosses standing in the dirt
Andrei, lähetä niit nistejä
Andrei, send those junkies
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi? (Anarkisti, anarkisti)
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist? (An anarchist, an anarchist)
[Verse 3: Steen1 & Asa]
Steen1 ja Asa Masa
Steen1 and Asa Masa
Molemmilla oma sato kasvamassa
Both growing their own harvest
Ei se kasva maassa happamassa
It doesn't grow in acidic/bitter ground
Väärää terroristii pronssiin valamassa
Casting the wrong terrorist in bronze
Iso Henkka huonees, valtion vihollinen
Big Henkka in the room, enemy of the government
Maybe him? Iso H – Wikipedia
He's a Finnish rapper, and him and four other rappers also founded the Rähinä Records label. He's an anarchist, so he's technically an enemy of the government. The next bar doesn't apply him, though, so Idk... Iso H has not committed any financial crimes as far as I know. He's been to jail because he refused to serve in the army or civil service, but that's fairly common among these old-school Finnish rappers, to be anti-military. He's also admitted to selling drugs in the beginning of his career. But I couldn't find anything about financial crimes.
Arkadianmäkeen katsoo köyhä talousrikollinen
Poor financial criminal looking at Arkadianmäki
Arkadianmäki is a hill in Helsinki, and the Parliament House sits on top of it.
Parliament House, Helsinki - Wikipedia
Pakolliset tunnit katsot näyttöpäätettä
The mandatory hours you look at a monitor
Terveet ihmiset tarvitsevat lääkettä
Healthy people in need of medicine
Ja sairaille me lähetetään tänään terveisii oikeesti
And the sick we're sending our best regards today, for real
"Terve", "healthy" and "lähettää terveisiä", "to send regards".
Ne jotka tänään toisin ajattelee, ne vain toisii ajattelee
Those who think otherwise today, they just think about others
Ajatella toisin, olla toisinajattelija = To think otherwise, to be a "otherwise-thinker", a noncormist.
Oikeesti, kelaa jos sä vittu saastutat koko yhen järven
For real, picture yourself fuckin contaminating the entirety of a lake
Sä saat kolkyt päiväsakkoo
You'd get thirty day-fines
Ja se kuka saastuttaa kaks tuusonii euroissa vittu palkaks ku sais veloo piisset
And one who contaminates two pussies in euros fuckin as a paycheck could claim beers/peace (?)
I'm pretty sure I've misunderstood one or multiple of the slang words. Those would be "tuusonii", "veloo" and "piisset". I love Asa's lyricism, it's so... Expressive, using words I barely even know, or that I don't know, and with all the political insight he has... But this also makes him very hard to translate, since I don't even know what he means before I look into it, or even after I try looking into it.
Joten vittu pidä vihollinen lähellä!
So fuckin keep your enemy close!
[Chorus: Asa & Steen1]
Vihollinen seisoo päällä pottuvarpaani
The enemy is standing on my big toe
Varo paha poika, tulin tekee parhaani
Watch out, bad boy, I came to do my best
Kotimullas maas seisoo noita ristejä
In home grounds, there are crosses standing in the dirt
Idäs terroristejä
Terrorists in the East
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi? (Ala poika siunaa)
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist? (Start blessing, boy)
[Outro: Steen1 & Asa]
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi? (Anarkisti, anarkisti)
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist? (An anarchist, an anarchist)
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi? (Pajauta niit pökäleitä)
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist? (Smack those turds)
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi?
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist?
Kerro, ootsä terroristi
Tell me, are you a terrorist
Hei oikeesti, ootsä terroristi?
Hey, for real, are you a terrorist?
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