Ausländer [English translation]

[Part 1]:

I'm born here and will grow old out here

I'm a Turk with indefinite residence

You needn't look at me like that, homie[?], just because I've got black hair

It wasn't easy here, it's been 26 hard years

And our parents, canim, needed the money

They've worked hard here and built a new world

Dad was hassled as if he was a terrorist

Therefore today I live where the toughest ghetto is

Where only Kurds, Russians, Arabs and Turks live

Where people must fight for a small salary

You're well off up there but it's hard for us down here

For you we are wogs but still must join the army

I am not fascist - I've just grown up like this

When I'm in East Germany, I also know some skinheads

We're at home here, it's about time you get it today

Almost everyone of us on the street's got a German passport

[Hook]:

I'm a foreigner but I'm born here

Too many are in prison, only a few have become something

I'm a foreigner, canim, it's not been easy for us here

The street in the ghetto hasn't made anybody rich

I'm a foreigner but Berlin is my home

My home, my city, sometimes you also get your face smashed here

I'm a foreigner but for you I'm a wog, canim,

but still I'm here and live under the German flag

[Part 2]:

There are many gangs here and too many daredevils

Yes it's true, most of them are foreigners

Look, every other one in our district has got a criminal record

You act like a gangster but nobody in your village is tough

In the past everything was different, I've also stolen

And some good friends of mine have been deported

I know one has no reason and no right to attack someone

But they'll always find a reason to turn you in

And today we beat up each other

Much has changed - it's not like 30 years ago

Back then we stuck together and were just against nazis

Now you've got trouble with people you see every day

But in my district we're like a family

I like living in Schöneberg because I love everyone here

I can't go away because I need this place

Look, Berlin is my home

Berlin is our home

[Hook]:

I'm a foreigner but I'm born here

Too many are in prison, only a few have become something

I'm a foreigner, canim, it's not been easy for us here

The street in the ghetto hasn't made anybody rich

I'm a foreigner but Berlin is my home

My home, my city, sometimes you also get your face smashed here

I'm a foreigner but for you I'm a wog, canim,

but still I'm here and live under the German flag

[Part 3]:

You have to believe me, dealing with you isn't easy

You throw us all together and say we're all the same

I often fought, but my brother didn't want to be like that

But still he can't go to any club because of his looks

Turks kill for honour and also go on a caper

And some Germans rather have sex with little children

Not all of us would deal in coke or heroin

I mean, I also don't say every German is mental and paedophile

It's like a vine with big and small grapes

If one is bad it doesn't mean that all are rotten the same

We had to fight and never wanted anything from you

You should just know, we're also a part of the German people

[Hook]:

I'm a foreigner but I'm born here

Too many are in prison, only a few have become something

I'm a foreigner, canim, it's not been easy for us here

The street in the ghetto hasn't made anybody rich

I'm a foreigner but Berlin is my home

My home, my city, sometimes you also get your face smashed here

I'm a foreigner but for you I'm a wog, canim,

but still I'm here and live under the German flag