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Thought I might drop something extremely different in here, considering most of the users seem to be Americans & Canadians. Spent a bit of time translating the lyrics for you guys as well. I put some extra bits of info in brackets to help explain things that'd be easy to miss for Americans:

I'm writing in first, second and third person
Paparuda (the artist) is writing for the whole of Romania
It's very personal about the person
About money and frustration, about hunger
But it'll transform into something amazing
Something that'll transform you
I'm sorry to call you brother,
Don't take it personally, I'd like to connect in the astral
Every use of the language is a death 
With language I live, with language I'm wealthy (I think this is mainly about the overwhelming use of English these days, while he's trying to promote Romanian culture)
I write about myself a lot, probably egotism
But I'm breaking through the mold to find my optimism
I listened to Ses (another artist) as a kid, he was charismatic
He understood Romanians swept up in the transatlantic current (basically Americanization)
That's how I understand it, MCs doing the work
I write my life in verse
Some have the cure, others have the poison

I'm feeling great!
I had the poet's disease (basically being consumed by a need to create art)
To kill other rappers and their boys (meaning their followers)
I'm feeling great!
I sing verses to the junkyard
I don't do it because I want SAPARD funds (basically EU development money)
I'm feeling great
While I can still do it
When I can watch stars
Falling or rising, they shine
I know that there were MCs that could spit on a beat without anger

Musicians and poets shouldn't forget this:
Don't ignore one or the other (meaning poets shouldn't forget music and vice-versa)
Because they're interdependent
Chiseling like a sculptor
And I have a role to play if we're talking about art
I've returned to do what I once loved
Now that I'm older and a father
I see Romanian hip-hop right here in my yard
Know that I'm more relaxed, I'm going to beat up... (they specifically distorted this out, but you can kinda hear him saying here that he wants to beat up the police)

I'll call 3, 4, 5 MCs randomly
To talk about thunder, to talk about everything (talking about thunder = talking crap, big noise with no meaning)
We're not ignorant, we'll talk about the vote too
I'm not lying to you, I swear on Saint Venus
A large part of you uses rap
Kids, travellers, con artists, ready to fail
They got into the game for bravado

"Why do you dress like negroes?", I heard yesterday
Because I'm not racist, I'm ready to fight (basically a "fuck you" to the person asking the question above)
This style is from America, we're from Russia (meaning the cultural legacy they left behind)
I'm lucky music runs through my veins and clears the confusion
This is Romanian hip-hop, if it's managed to survive
On the way, that means we gave up spouting bullshit
This is Romanian hip-hop, a bit pulled by the hair (a bit forced/stretched)
Give a bit more respect if you remain a rapper